October 2007 Archives

I've been slacking on the coverage of the VERY anticipated collaborative project from California's Bishop Lamont and Detroit's Black Milk titled Caltroit. If you are not in the know, Bishop Lamont is from Carson City, CA and is currently signed to Aftermath where he is working on his own album The Reformation along with Dr. Dre's Detox.

The extremely dope west coast web site DUBCNN.com recently posted an Aftermath sampler hosted by Bishop Lamont along with Aftermath producer Focus titled Mangravy that was given out at Lamont's last "lingerie party" of the same name. The sampler previews songs from the following albums: Bishop Lamont's The Reformation, Bishop Lamont & Black Milk's Caltroit, and Focus' upcoming album Dedicated.

Mangravy Sampler (36MB, rar)

The tracklisting is as followed:

01. Bishop Lamont - Feel On It (Prod. by Focus) (The Reformation)
02. Bishop Lamont & Black Milk - Movie Star (Prod. by Focus) (DEDICATED)
03. Bishop Lamont - Bad Girl (Prod. by Focus) (CALTROiT)
04. Bishop Lamont & Black Milk - Mouth Music (ft. Guilty Simpson & Busta Rhymes) (Prod. by Black Milk) (CALTROiT)
05. Bishop Lamont - No Stoppin' Carson (Prod. by Dr. Dre) (The Reformation)
06. Busta Rhymes - Shine (Prod. by Focus) (Dedicated)
07. Focus - Watcha Workin Wit' (ft. Bishop Lamont & Stylistic Jones) (Prod. by Focus) (Dedicated)



For some additional Bishop Lamont greatness, download his new mixtape (oh wait, I mean "street album") titled N*gger Noize presented by DJ Skee.

Bishop Lamont & DJ Skee - N*gger Noize (download)

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DJ Spinna recently produced his own dedication to the late great J. Dilla with a track called “Dillagence (One 4 Jay)” featuring vocals from Phonte of Little Brother singing hooks to various Dilla produced tracks. It can be downloaded below. Enjoy.

DJ Spinna - Dillagence (One 4 Jay) f/ Phonte of Little Brother (mp3)

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On Thursday, October 11th at Sputnik in Brooklyn, NY, Black Jewel Enterprises presents a tribute to the greatest to ever do it J. Dilla with music by Evil Dee & Mr. Walk better known as Da Beatminerz along with DJ House Shoes. The night runs from 7pm-2am and cover is a $10 donation that will go to the family of J. Dilla and the Lupus Foundation of America. Sputnik is located at 262 Taaffe Place in Brooklyn, NY between Dekalb & Willoughby Ave near Classon Avenue.

And another reminder that on October 13rd, The J. Dilla Project will host the New York City Walk For Dilla to raise money for Lupus research. The walk takes place at the South Street Seaport. Check-in is at 9am and the walk starts at 10am. For more information on the NYC Walk For Dilla: ALR NYC Walk For Dilla Page.

Black Milk just posted a track titled "Death Wish" on his MySpace page that his produced for Lloyd Banks that did not make it on Bank's Rotten Apple album.

Looks like Black Milk will be heading on the road for the 3 Tha Hardway tour in Europe with Guilty Simpson and Sean Price. The dates are as follow:
Oct 17 @ B72- Wien, Austria
Oct 18 @ Atomic Cafe - Munchen, DE
Oct 19 @ St. Gallen - Kugl, CH
Oct 20 @ Rote Fabrik - Zurich, CH
Oct 21 @ Leromandie - Lausanne, CH
Oct 24 @ Nouveau Casino - Paris
Oct 25 @ Omplex - Offenburg, DE
Oct 26 @ Students Culture Hall - Bucharest
Oct 27 @ Splash Holland - Amsterdam
Oct 28 @ Skaters Palace - Munster
Oct 29 @ Loppen - Copenhagen, DK
Oct 30 @ Scheune - Dresden, DE
Oct 31 @ Faust - Hannover, DE
Nov 1 @ Vooruit Ballroom - Gent, BE
Nov 2 @ Studio67 - Koln, BE
Nov 3 @ Venue tba - Helsinki

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The Chicago/Detroit house duo of Sean Haley and Scorpeze known as Windimoto just released the first single "Don't Let Me Leave Alone" from their forthcoming EP The Travels of Windimoto. The single gets the remix treatment from Holland based soulful hip hop producer Nicolay along with Bay-area producer Trackademics.

Windimoto - Don't Let Me Leave Alone (mp3)

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Now on sale at FatBeats.com on triple vinyl pressings are Phat Kat's Carte Blanche album on Look Records along with the Delicious Vinyl compilation of Jay Dee productions titled Jay Deelicious.

Carte Blanche 3LP @ FatBeats.com
Jay Deelicious 3LP @ FatBeats.com

I know I'm a little late in posting this, but UK's Fat City Recordings released a compilation eariler this year titled Producers No. 1 featuring the likes of Mos Def, MF Doom, and Ge-ology, along with a strong Detroit presence with Guilty Simpson, Ta'raach, and Samiyam. The CD and the 12" EP can be purchase over at FatBeats.com

Out now is the If I Don't Remixes single from the godfather of Detroit hip-hop Amp Fiddler taken from his full-length release Afro Strut. The track features vocals from Grammy nominated Corinne Bailey Rae. Remixes include a jazzy house remix from Wookie (from the Soul II Soul camp), a remix from British hip hop collective Foreign Beggars, and NYC's Taylor McFerrin.

Amp Fiddler - If I Don't (mp3)

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Dropping this fall is the next in the series of BBE Records Kings Of... series with the Kings Of Electro, compiled by the London-based creative Trevor Jackson known as Playgroup, and the German electro duo Alter Ego. You can't do an electro compilation without including some Detroit shit, and Kings Of Electro makes sure to satisfy that requirement. The double mix CD includes Detroit classics such as Model 500's "No Ufo's", Detroit Grand Pubahs's "Big Onion (Joakim Remix)", and Galaxy To Galaxy's "Jupiter Jazz". For an electro-head like myself, this is a dop compilation. Playgroup digs into the early classics of electro while Alter Ego represents the modern representations.

At this past years Detroit Electronic Music Festival, it seemed like the Berlin-based electronic duo Booka Shade was the only artists that rocked the main stage correct. On October 22nd, via !K7 Records, Booka Shade will drop their contribution to the label's famed DJ Kicks mix series. The mix features early influences in electronic music like Yazoo's "Situation" or Heaven 17's "Geisha Boys And Temple Girls", and the new chapters for the likes of Lopazz and The Streets, along with the required Detroit inclusion of Carl Craig ("Landcruising") and Matthew Dear ("Tide" & "Don & Sherri (Hot Chip Remix)").

The full tracklisting is has follows:
Track List:
Passengers - Different Kind Of Blue
Noze - Slum Girl
Cerrone - In The Smoke / Ben Westbeech - Hang Around (Wahoo Dub Mix)
John Carpenter - The Bank Robbery
Booka Shade - Estoril
Yazoo - Situation
Akiko Kiama - Misida / Karel Fialka - The Things I Saw
Lopazz - 2 Fast 4 You
Quarion - Play Your Part
John Carpenter - Arrival At The Library / Mlle Caro, Franck Garcia - Far Away
Aphex Twin - Alberto Balsam
Heaven 17 - Geisha Boys And Temple Girls
The Tubes - Drums
Brigitte Bardot - Contact
Booka Shade - Numbers
Quarion - Karasu
The Streets - It's Too Late
Amir Ad Fontes - Virtual Nature
Carl Craig - Landcruising
Mathew Dear - Tide
Mathew Dear - Don And Sherrie (Hot Chip Remix)
Richard Hawley - Last Order

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