2012

Chris Turner – LOVElife is A Challenge

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I like Chris Turner a lot but never posted something….. shame on me! this is a mixtape released few weeks ago entitled “LOVElife is A Challenge ”  it’s available for free and it’s lovely! stream below and download at the bottom, enjoy!

World Soul Music is what Chris Turner uses as his remedy throughout this journey of life and love. So he presents to you his new project “LOVElife” to add to your collection of remedies that helps you continue to live life in all of its beauty. As a young man, Turner has experienced many worlds through this thing called life performing with musicians/friends such as Jesse Boykins III, ERIMAJ, Bilal, and Esperanza Spalding, as well as being father of two. “I’m blessed to know the feeling of fatherhood and to have a family of my own” says Turner, “It has taken all this time for me to gain the confidence to express what I have been living through this whole time.” This project is every aspect and extent of his love; the evolution of emotions expressed from a good man with music as his vessel. The importance of Loving Yourself first and foremost before you can give True Love to a significant other, as well as the world, is key, and is a lesson that Turner has embodied in life directly and musically.

“I am merely a middle man trying to bring you and true love together. LOVElife is my melodic contribution that highlights the significance of loving yourself, sharing growth, and learning to forgive. Releasing this body of work on this day is my gift to you, for I was born on this day, and life is a precious gift to me.” says Turner. LOVElife is a necessary part of an important search to find romance, of which there is no end. Happy Holidays to life and love, and all individuals finding their way, from Myself and The Romantic Movement. LOVEchild LP Coming Soon (@ChrisTurnerLC)

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Flatpocket – Geldfundphantasyen

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This is “Geldfundphantasyen” from the german beatmakers Twit One and Lazy Jones, the description says: “like Showbiz and AG, Twit One and Lazy Jones like their pockets fat not flat” well… they call their new band Flatpocket and have recorded this concept album based on this topic (“Geldfundphantasyen” means “Finding Money Fantasies” in german), while i would like to have the fat pocket too….. this is a good album, it was released last December both digitally and physically on the german label Melting Pot Music, suggested, enjoy!

For more info check: www.mpmsite.com

Full listen here:

CohenBeats – Milk and Honey Vol.1

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Got this on the mail, Cohenbeats 26 years old beatmaker from Israel, This is “Milk & Honey Vol. 1” hist last project with 27 beats made using Israeli samples only, available now as free download on bandcamp, enjoy! props to rawtapesrecords.com

Cohenbeats has been a long time friend and one of the best beat makers we know. It was only a matter of time until he would’ve released an album on Raw Tapes…
Even though Cohenbeats (also one half of the rap group Cohen@Mushon) has always had a soft spot for Israeli samples, this time he focused on 25 of his favorite beats sampled only from Israeli records from the 60’s up to the 80’s, 2 beats from Israeli related samples and many skits of Israeli people speaking half ass English. We even went far enough to feature Hebrew writings on the cover, if you ever wondered what it looked like…
We figured since all we hear in the news is political related, we needed someone to show us another side of the middle east.

So there you go, 27 nose punching, throat grabbing, heart moving beats.

K-Def – The Breaks (Mixtape)

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Great break mixtape from K-Def, enjoy!

BIG UP to DJ K-Def for making and sharing this GREAT break mix with us!

K has a whole bunch of great records of his own dropping throughout 2013 on Redef and SOS, including instrumental albums as well as collabs with MCs such as Blu, Raw Poetic, Quartermaine, El Da Sensei and more.

Hit K-Def on Soundcloud: @www.soundcloud.com/djkdef
and on Twitter: www.twitter.com/djkdef

Video: Slum Village/J Dilla/The Roots (Okayplayer Tour 2000)

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I was surfing on youtube trying to find some footages of the recent Okayplayer Holiday Jam and i came across these such incredible videos recorded during the Okayplayer Tour 2000. The first one is a short video that features Dilla performing with Slum Village and The Roots, the second one features Slum Village performing “Raise It Up” with The Roots and the last one features Slum Village performing “Conant Gardens”, “Fall in Love” and “Climax” with The Roots.

video below, play and enjoy!