Monk One: The Rikers Beats Vol. 1
Most of you know Monk One as a very knowledgable music historian, writer, long time contributing editor to Wax Poetics, prolific record collector, label owner, and of course a a […]
Tag Archives: Beat Tapes
Pat Van Dyke – Stereo Vision Music Library Vol 1
PVD is back once again and this time it’s something just in time for you to pump it in your ’95 Honda Prelude with the Rockford Fosgate system and two […]
Sacred Crates – Lucid Skemes
Coming out of the dusty yard sales, swap meets, stoop sales, and thrift shops is a cat called Sacred Crates. Armed with an SP202, some synthesizers, and a grip of […]
Akalepse – Some Things I Never Said
File this under something we slept on, and man are we glad we got the reminder from Akalepse via email on this one. Apparently, we aren’t the only one to […]
The Brothership: Led Zep Meets the Boom Bap
We all know there is good sampling and bad sampling. Sometimes there is a gross misuse of said sample, and well, let’s face it: it doesn’t work brother. However, this […]
Small Professor – Mistress Jawns
In another chapter of his Jawns series, Philly’s own Small Profesor aka Small Pro drops a mix of “on the side” beats in between different projects. Minor or major, we […]
Small Professor – Elderly Jawns
Dilla became the king of the short beat tape. No longer was it necessary to loop 5 minutes of “Impeach the President” or the Touissant version of “Get Out My […]
Flea Market Funk 