Madlib – Road of the Lonely Ones
The path that J-Zone has created for himself: from rapper to in-demand drummer and bandleader is a story we have talked about on more than one occasion here at Flea […]
Tag Archives: Sampling
LTF – Give The Horns Some
Following 2018’s Jazz Echo EP, Light The Fuse comes through once again with another set of tracks in the full-length record Monolith. The experienced producer and beatsmith returns with a […]
Another Token Jazz Hour
This one is for all of you jazz lovers out there. It’s also for all you sample and beat heads, and of course those of you who dig James Dewitt […]
Boulaone: The Budos vs. Hip Hop
We’ve heard Mos Def and dub, Wu-Tang and the Beatles, Jay-Z and Metallica (ok The Beatles too), Fela and De La, JB and Biggie, etc. Should we go on? As […]
Sebastian Fraye – Film Exercises Pt. 1: Cuts & Transitions
We first visited Sebastian Fraye way back, when he put out Volume 1. a great bastion of cuts, beats, samples, and 24 tracks of short and to the point sides […]
Poldoore – Mosaic
Today’s goodness comes straight from Belgium based producer and beatsmith Poldoore. With a grip of organic beats, rhymes, and rhythms, he combines samples and live instrumentation to push the envelope […]
Feeling This Friday: De La Soul – What’s More (Rhythm Scholar One Of These Eyes Mix)
The Rhythm Scholar has been laying down DOPE remixes for years. Many of his remixes are staples in live DJ sets not just for this writer and DJ, but for […]
John Carpenter – Halloween (Rhythm Scholar Past To Present Fearmix)
If you’ve been paying attention to the remix game, then you may have heard of Rhythm Scholar. He is a very talented producer and well, if you haven’t, get ready […]
Colemine vs. Coalmine: Head Above Water
While we have always been fans of the gritty and funky sounds of funk 45s, more than ten years ago were were introduced to a modern incarnation of that sound […]
PREMIERE: The Reflecting Sea – Welcome To A New Philosophy
We respect artists that evolve. These creative minds are constantly moving in ways a lot of people can’t. If they’ve made a dope beat, then they are always moving forward […]
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