LMNO & Kev Brown - Raise (Instrumental)
August 18th, 2008 by the infamous Business
LMNO & Kev Brown - Raise
Produced by: Kev Brown
From: (Selected Hearing) - (Up Above Records) - (2008)
Another dope beat from Maryland’s own Kev Brown , the man behind the Brown Album, sometime Pete Rock / Grap Luva colaborator and no stranger to the page. He’s been quiet for the last year or so, but this should put his name back on the lips of internet nerds everywhere.
Before he goes full tilt this year with beats on Busta Rhymes new “Blessed” album (check the “Packing Them Things” joint for proof), Kev Brown produced this disc for Visionaries own LMNO.
When a track has “Produced by: Kev Brown” on the linerm you know what to expect: Head Nodding drums, jazzy samples and a classic, bittersweet vibe… and “Raise” does not disappoint.
As the summer winds down, you know what to do with this.
Black Milk: Popular Demand Instrumentals Coming Aug 24th
August 11th, 2007 by the infamous Business
Black Milk Instrumentals:
Pressure - (2007)
Sound of the City - (2007)
Broken Wax - (2007)
From “Popular Demand” (Promo Only Bonus Disc) - 2007 (Fat Beats)
Black Milk is the future of Detroit. No lie.
I had heard his shit and heard his name around, most memorably as some drunk motherfucker from POUND was screaming “BLACK MILK IS THE FUTURE” at a NYE jam two inches from my face.
After getting his start cooking beats up for Slum Villiage and his own RJ Gunna project, Curtis Cross (better known now as Black Milk) dropped his debut solo disc earlier this summer on the legendary FAT BEATS and it has not left my decks or my headphones since. This shit bangs, what else can I say? Its also a perfect time to hype up Black Milk cause the full instrumentals are dropping Aug 24th on Fat Beats and Imma git git git em.
With the blend of what I call “Tron” music (acidic afro futurism as rooted in Detroit Techno as in Casio crazy Hip-Hop) and those so, so, so sweet SV soul joints we’ve all grown to love, “Popular Demand” is the spiritual heir to J. Dilla. By deftly blending his own rapping, D-town’s dirtiest guests, drums that will make you hate him for being so on-point and a grab-bag of production fucking backflips, Black Milk made me go back to the summer I bought a stolen copy of “Fantastic Vol 2.” from out front HMV and played it the fuck out. And that is exactly what I’d been waiting for. He gets this summer’s MVP award from SpliffyHux HQ. And he’s been on a roll lately, lacing banagers for Pharaohe Monch’s new disc, Guilty Simpson and a mixtape on Aftermath call “Caltroit” or something like that, whatever….Just get this fuckin’ album already, and for my heads who read this rambling crap, a few choice Black Milk Instrumentals.
“Sound of the City” is a ridiculous MONSTER of a beat, with fat bass notes propelling a shuffling break and some almost Hi-Tek sample chops. Highly Recommended. “Pressure” is some of that Tron music shit I was on about, and it too, is fire, and finally, the eye-watering “Broken Wax”….Ghostface would cry like a baby to this…it’s really that good, just wait after the glitchiness dies down…. and it’s like a minute long….. damn it. I hate this guy.
No coz thingy this time kids, it only works for single files, boo-erns :(
Black Milk - Sound of the city (Instrumental) - Download
Black Milk - Pressure (Instrumental) - Download
Black Milk - Broken Wax (Instrumental) - Download
* All joints produced by Black Milk, obviously.
Haterproof: Give it to Me Instrumental
August 7th, 2007 by the infamous Business
Timbaland (Ft. Nelly Furtado & Justin Timberlake) - Give it to Me
Produced by Timbaland
From: Shock Treatment - 2007
Slowly recovering from Caribana weekend, so cut me some slack….
This has been kicking around for a minute (since like February really), but a drunken weekend conversation about how 99% of anything touched by Justine Timberlake and Timbaland is damn near hater-proof inspired me to upload it. Try and test this beat, try it….. This beat is on some electro-meets-Bambaataa-pop-Tron music shit, and barring that ridiculous singing by Tim on the intro, is fucking crazy in the club. I was not really feeling Tim’s new album, but I copped the single anyways, for whatever thats worth. Also, this gives me an excuse to look for pictures of national hottie Nelly Furtado instead of that milk-dud lookin’ motherfucker Timbaland. What’s up with the shirts Tim? Get some sleeves on that shit!
50 Cent - Straight To The Bank - Produced by Ty Fyffe
July 17th, 2007 by the infamous Business
A little Curtis with my coffee this morning, the latest from 50, and by latest I mean two months old. But I just got the instrumental, so cut this man a lil’ slack okay?
Produced by Ty Fyffe and the don Dr. Dre, this is a nice, if standard, west coast mixtape banger. So who the fuck is Ty Fyffe? Well, dude has been putting in what I call “Track 13’s” for years. A track 13 is a filler joint, usually after the first 10 songs, that new jacks and unknown dudes always seem to clean up producing. I mean, Ty Fyffe had three joints on the McGruff album. McGruff! Holy shit, talk about paying dues.
He’s done joints for Foxy, Ja Rule, Dipset (including “Come home with me Tonight” for Cam’Ron), Beanie Siegel (the dope ‘Change” of his masterpiece “The B. Coming”) and more and more. In fact so many more that I was damn surprised I didn’t know more of this work, and Ill be showcasing some more of Ty Fyffe’s fire in the next couple of weeks. Stay tuned!
For the Kids: Nottz & The Bad Seed
July 3rd, 2007 by the infamous Business
Damn, talk about slept on! I was starting to pack up all my old crusty 12″s and get the last of them into my Mac, when what should I stumble on but this banger from VA’s own NOTTZ, who I’ve kinda been sleeping on in the course of this website’s stumbling progress.
Now, Nottz needs little introduction: Dominick “Nottz” Lamb is a motherfucker on the boards who’s discography is a mile long: Busta Rhymes, Styles P, Ghostface, Rah Digga, Royce Da 5″9, Game and on and on and on. An absolute monster with the SP1200, Nottz trademark, NYC flavored bangers have been amongst my favorites for damn near a decade.
About this tune? Crazy dope beat. Sampled from “Annie”, Nottz breaks it down into a staccato arrangement of piano chord hits, dusty boom-bap drums and those familiar, fat, bass notes that shook my brains back in the day. Solid…..and the rapper?
Well, Bad Seed was in O.B.S. (Original Blunted Soldiers), a mid/late 90’s NYC crew on the Makin’ Records label, affiliated with Jean Grae (back when she was What? What?), Mr. Khalil from Da Bush Babee’s, Pumpkinhead and the Mhrolocks. They all went their separate ways after inevitable label bullshit and I’ve heard nothing from Bad Seed since. Another rap casualty? Anyone out there know, holla.
Cilvaringz: The story so far…
May 25th, 2007 by the infamous Business
Cilvaringz’s dropped a new album and I’m late to the party. I got a shitload of material to cover, so get ready for some serious Kung-Fu…. Read the rest of this entry »
Week of Vintage Hi-Tek, Day 5
March 15th, 2007 by the infamous Business
Hi-Tek Ft. Common - Tekzilla
Produced by: Hi-Tek
??? - Rawkus (White Label)
Sorry for the latest bout of my usual wackness. Three things happened all at the same time
1.) New Laptop: MacBook, you touch me so right baby.
2.) New Server for the site: Faster downloads, more reliable. My old host was ass.
3.) Manged to fuck up my whole MP3 collection, and then get it back. When they say don’t unplug the drive, DON’T UNPLUG THE DRIVE MAN!. They are NOT kidding.
Anyways, back on the Hi-Tek ish, and Imma wrap this up:
Jumping off from the last one, I give y’all TEKZILLA.
This is, to me, the definitve sound of late 90’s Rawkus hip-hop. Boom-bap, strings, gorgeous horns, nice, sparse bass, what else you want from ‘Tek man?
Oh, and yes, I post-dated this shit, so I don’t look like such an idiot ;) Oh, and this “week of Hi-Tek” is now a 5-day business week. I need to give yall some fresh crack I got so I’ll cap this off right here.
A Week of Hi-Tek - Day 4
March 12th, 2007 by the infamous Business
Common Ft. Sadat-X & Talib Kweli - 1-9-9-9
Produced by: Hi-Tek
From: Soundbombing II (1999 Rawkus)
From the damn near legandary Soundbombing II. One of my personal favorites, I just can’t get enough of those string stabs and as always, that bassline knocks.
And why no posts for the last few days? Cause Canadian Music Week is why. Logikal Ethix & Unknown Mizery KILLED it opening for Pharoahe Monch, video to come soon. That night was BIG (and not just cause my beats got love), T-Dot veterans in the house: Mathematik, 2Rude, Mindbender, K’naan…live crowd…it was all dope except for 7L & Esoterrible, who were booed repeatedly during their really, really gay set. So gay.
A Week of Vintage Hi-Tek, Day 3: Good Mourning
March 6th, 2007 by the infamous Business
Reflection Eternal - Good Mourning
Produced by: Hi-Tek
1998 - Rawkus
Another sweet one from Tekzilla. Off the classic debut Reflection Eternal album. This really put me onto ‘Tek in a big way by showing off his versatility on the boards. The drums have that trademark knock, the swing and that rock solid bass, but instead of the usual jerky guitars and bombastic horns, Tony brings us an atmospheric tip that sets up Kweli to once again do that thing he does. The whispers in the track are key.
A week of vintage Hi-Tek
March 5th, 2007 by the infamous Business
Reflection Eternal - 2000 Seasons
Produced by: Hi-Tek
1997 - Rawkus
Because why the fuck not? Because since I posted last night’s joint I’ve kept his old Rawkus singles on my decks and been giving em love*.
Hi-Tek’s contributions to the game are, to me, immersurable. Those drums man.
So all week I’m gonna be lacing y’all with some VINTAGE Tony that I know you’ll love.
Hi-Tek: More Or Less (From Hi-Teknology 2)
March 4th, 2007 by the infamous Business
Talib Kweli Ft. Dion - More Or Less (Instrumental)
Produced by: Hi-Tek
From: Hi-Teknology 2 (The Chip)
Now this is my shit right here. Even the 80’s Hair Metal solo action at the end.
I spent a shitty day stuck in the matrix and got my first proper listen to the new Hi-Tek, even though it’s been out for a minute. It’s pretty dope, but it is as good as his first? Yes and no.
I don’t think the beats are on the same OH MY GOD level as his earlier work, but his production prowess has obviously increased, and, his work on the mic is much less of a joke than on Tekzilla. Even though I’ll admit that the 2nd time around I skipped some joints (which I never do with Hi-Teknology uno), it’s all good, and Busta hasn’t been this animated in years.
This joint is on a pure Reflection Eternal yet Top-40 vibe that’s solid throughout, if a little cheeseball. Dion, Hi-Tek’s RNB crush, appears on many of the joints, and is a solid if uninspiring dude. Much like this post. It did the trick, but really, that’s it?
Note: This does however give me a jump-off for my new button right thurr. From now on y’all click the coz to get the hotness, ok?
Selected Madlib
January 10th, 2007 by the infamous Business
I’ve had this for a minute, and while not nearly as classic as “The Unseen”, it’s still aight; I didn’t remember how sweet this joint is in comparison to the baffling weirdness that dominates the rest of the album. And I’m not even talking about the rapping. You can easily see why Madlib gets dick ridden so much, the loop digga comes through with a sweet, nostalgic bit of flute & string on my first selection: “The Clown (Episode C)”. Ignore the insanely sloppy and out of context vocal samples and you’ll appreciate. The second is “Privacy”, a quick little number that’s a very Bay area Heiro style piano bounce. Simple, dope. What else you need?
But you can’t front on his weirdo joints either, as evidenced by the second treat I’ve included, “Tomorrow Never Knows”. A stand-up bass and dusty break bump along under some 70’s synth loops that give it the futuristic lounge vibe I’m sure Madlib envisioned when he smoked an ounce of weed to his lid. There is also a track called “Shroom Music”. I don’t really know where to go after that.
Quasimoto - The Clown (Instrumental)-(Produced by Madlib) - Download
Quasimoto - Privacy (Instrumental)-(Produced by Madlib) - Download
Quasimoto - Tomorrow Never Knows (Instrumental)-(Produced by Madlib) - Download