Raj

Raj Mahal is originally from Detroit but says that now he moves from place to place. His is soulful and at times very bass heavy brand of hip-hop or as quoted on his soundcloud "APOCALYPTIC SOUL MUSIC!". As always here are a few of my favourite.

Tired of you by Raj Mahal

Eritrean Silk by Raj Mahal

Discursive Flips by Raj Mahal

BONUS:
A nice little Kanye remix by a guy called Nick Dean
Kanye West- Diamonds (Nick Dean Remix) by NickTheQuick

Saki

More hip-hop this time from NegroSaki from Florida who really loves his samples. I just stumbled across his soundcloud today, I'm loving his tracks and this picture by him which you can find on his deviantart. He also has a track entirely of Super Smash Bros Brawl sound clips along with Tekken and Final Fantasy remix albums which is pretty damn cool.

Short Bump Series 2: Part 4 - Saki Has His Way by NegroSaki
Would You Be Mine (Mr. Rogers Tribute) by NegroSaki Ninten-Dough (2008) by NegroSaki

Sub Swara

Sub Swara make glitchy dubstep, hip-hop and dancehall with the occasional ethnic drum beat woven in. I heard about these guys a while ago on www.bwompbeats.com which is a great blog well worth checking out. Here are a few of my favourite heavier tracks and a nice picture for you all.

Traffic Jam (Sub Swara refix) by Sub Swara

Bird of Paradise by Sub Swara

Glitterstep (Sub Swara Remix) by Sub Swara

Clappp

More from Japanese hip-hop producer bugseed, I cannot fault this guy's beats, his Bohemian Beatnik LP I posted a while back sounds like Miles Davis with an MPC, if you didn't pick that up get it at his bandcamp. These few tracks are of equal quality, Japan seems to never stop giving us great producers!

control by bugseed.

clappppppp by bugseed.

sex in the car pt.2 by bugseed.

dance on the concrete by bugseed.

B-Ju

I know literally nothing about this guys apart from his wonky brand of hip-hop is sick, so that's all I'm going to write.
Green Hearse (2008) by B-Ju
Guilty Simpson - Before The Verdict (B-Ju Remix) by B-Ju
Habit In Your Redlight by B-Ju

Gunpowder, Treason and Plot

Today's the day that we celebrate the foiling of one of the most famous terrorist plots ever by burning oversized dolls of one of the plotters on large fires. Plus there are loads of pretty fireworks! I could post a load of songs related to bonfire night but I can't really think of enough off the top of my head. So instead I'm just going to post a few songs I've been listening to a lot recently. Also we have our first follower that isn't someone I know which is pretty exciting so thanks to Jules for reading and thanks to everyone else reading we are starting to get quite a few hits from outside the UK!

Click the link to listen to mp3 or right click to download.
Black Ant - Boomerang

Take: Neon Beams by ALPHA PUP

Malefique!

Stumbled across this Russian Hip-Hop producer and was really impressed with his stuff. Loads of dope material FREE on his Last.fm page so grab all that shit HERE. He's a few tasters for you all.


Jesus Iced ( Kyddio Beat) by Malefique

You Can Tell Me Later by Malefique

Instrumentals?

One of those albums to just chill to, be sure to check this one out!!



http://freddyfinger.bandcamp.com/album/luminous

Dj Premier & Lord Finesse To Release New Big L Album

Dj Premier has announced he will be working with Lord Finesse on a third and final full-length album from the legendary Big L. According to a blog i read, Mother of the late Big L found a lot of unreleased acappellas in his closet that were recorded into pro tools. Dj Premier & Finesse plan to take all this unreleased stuff and put it into one last album in memory of Big L. Should be very exciting! BIG L REST IN PEACE

Mos Dub

OK so I already posted this a few days ago but I tried to edit it using my PS3 and it managed to delete half the post. Mos Dub is a remix album by Max Tannone who you may know from the Jaydiohead album he did a while ago, if not then it's well worth checking that out too. If you didn't know that Mos Def was a sick rapper (and a massive MF Doom fan according to my friend) then you might recognise him from his role in the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy film. Anyone this album is his vocals put to beats made up of classic reggae, ska and dub and if that doesn't sell it to you then maybe the fact that its completely free will. Mos Dub by Max Tannone

Oh No - Ethiopium

Not a recent album, but one I thought needed posting. Oh No (Younger Brother of Madlib) created this album using samples strictly from rare 60s and 70s Ethiopian funk, jazz, folk, soul and psychedelic rock. Got to be one of my favorite instrumental LP's out there.
Here's a zip to the album, and a few tracks below for you to get an idea of what it's about.

Jazz Liberatorz

If you like hip hop and jazz..then look no further for the combination. Three wild producers from France who have bagged a load of dope rappers including Mos Def and Fatlip (Pharcyde) for a couple of albums, both on wax for all you diggers out there! Free download of one of the albums HERE

Ta-ku - Tribute

I had never heard of this guys before a couple of days ago and still don't know much about him. This album is 27 tracks of heavily Dilla influenced beats, in tribute to his legacy. Making good use of chopped up soul samples and heavy kick drums I reckon there are a few tracks on this album that Dilla himself would be proud of. Download FREE in high quality HERE. He has also done a Nujabes tribute album called Tribute to Jun available on iTunes worth checking out.

Here's a little taster. Click the arrow to download.

Taku - Yes (Tribute To Jun) by Hypetrak

A Few Random Tracks

Just thought I'd posted a few tracks I've been listening to recently, mostly folk and indie and that.

First up is my favourite Bob Dylan track and one that I could not find any links on the internet apart from covers on Youtube so I decided to upload it especially for you guys.
Bob Dylan - I Was Young When I Left Home

More tracks after the jump

The Beginning

Well, I decided to start a music blog seeing as a I have a lot of time on my hands during my gap year. It seems silly to even post anything seeing as I have officially zero readership but you gotta start somewhere. The site looks really bad at the moment but I will work on that once I get to grips with things. Will be posting tracks or events that I'm feeling at the time, I'm not a great writer so content is likely to be short and not so sweet but I can guarantee quality of music will be high. Expect regular free (legal) downloads.

To start us off I have to mention the Ninja Tune XX release this month, a box set bursting with quality celebrating 20 years of the label. Ninja Tune have always been at the forefront of electronic music with long term signings such as Mr. Scruff and Coldcut. If you haven't already the order it at the Ninja Tune shop. Preview on the Soundcloud below.

Ninja Tune XX Box Set Previews (CDs 1-4 only) by Ninja Tune XX