Rye Rye + HOTTUB

Now I am not a particular fan of this kind of music, or at least I never was. But, times have changed,

and even music blogs need some diversity. I'm not exactly sure what type of genre this music fits into

but I would describe it as something like electro, funk, club hop. Rye Rye is from Baltimore, and her quick raps

that go hand in hand with an extremely fast beat, (I'm talking about Light speed BPM's) give off an energy that is

unmatched by any Hip Hop song. At this blog, we like chill hip hop, but as the other contributer, I've got to

show people what else is out there. I saw this live, and it was fucking crazy. Here are some pictures from the show.

The first group is RYERYE a single female emcee from Baltimore, and the latter is HOTTUB from Oakland.

I could'nt find a HOTTUB song to embed, so here is their myspace.

VA - Mellow Beats, Rhymes & Visions (2008)

Tracklist:
01. Caural / In Tandem
02. Kero One / Keep It Alive!
03. Presto Feat. 3rd Lhind / Searching
04. Funky DL / Don’t Even Try It
05. Emanon / More Than You Know
06. Cyne / Growing
07. Sound Providers Feat. Little Brother / Braggin And Boastin
08. Rashaan Ahmad & Kero One / Here We Go
09. Aloe Blacc & King Most / With My Friends
10. Pete Philly & Perquisite Feat. Senna / Mellow
11. J. Rawls / A Tribute To Bobby
12. Think Twice / Time’s Passin Me By
13. Skiggy Rapz / Sail Away
14. Cosiner & Capital / Introducing The Haunt
15. Specifics / My Tunes
16. The One / Tribute To Weldon Irvine
17. Flytronic Feat. Cecilia Stalin / I Will
18. J.R. of Momentan Feat. The Saint / Fur Euch (Danke)
19. Perquisite / Reminisce
20. Panacea / Limitless Pages


Who can resist an album with a cat on the cover?! Anyway, I had to post this one because its such a beautifully done compilation of great songs and great artists. Not a mixtape mind you, but just a great selection of music all put together. I highly recommend this one as it really is a beautifully put together selection of music. Don't sleep on it!!

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DJ Ryow AKA Smooth Current - Maintain The Focus (2009)

Tracklist:
01. The Beginning… (Intro)
02. Disbelievers Clear The Way feat. Insight
03. The Dream Chaser feat. Substantial
04. Re: Strain of Stairs
05. Ain’t Even Like Me feat. Kim Hill
06. Sweet Madness
07. Don’t, Won’t, Can’t Stop feat. Othello
08. In The Twilight
09. Designed Like This feat. Insight, Dagha & Moe as Electric
10. S.M.O.O.T.H. C.U.R.R.E.N.T. feat. Lushlife
11. Blue Time feat. Nikko
12. Heathaze
13. That’s It feat. Profile
14. Afterglow (Outro)

Very nice album by a well-respected DJ in my book. He worked with the Shinsight trio and with the Levitatorz (shows in the tracklist doesn't it!?) as the beat man, and this was his first own release as far as I know. I know he's done a lot of mixtapes as well long before this (including some really good ones with hydeout productions) but this was a very solid album with all new music. Just like his name predicts, the music is smooth, jazzy, and doesn't disappoint in my opinion. Check it out and props out to the original ULer!

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DJ Mitsu The Beats - A Word To The Wise (2009)

Tracklist:
01.Intro
02.A Word To The Wise feat. Grap Luva
03.Ridin' Around feat. Kev Brown & Cy Young
04.Big Supply feat. LMNO
05.Playin' Wit Crime feat. Maspyke
06.Promise In Love feat. Jose James
07.Night In Vienna
08.The Way feat. Colonel Red
09.Hard Candy feat. Mathematik
10.The Game Changer feat. WildChild & Georgia Anne Muldrow
11.Free Your Mind feat. Black Spade
12.Tokyo Girl feat. Maspyke
13.Get'Em Up feat. Elzhi
14.Dim Skyline feat. Mark De Clive-Lowe
15.Impulze feat. Mathematik
16.Re-Estimate
17.Ex Lovers feat. Dynamic Duo
18.Playin' Again feat. Ivana Santilli

Yeah everybody has been posting it and I decided to as well just for my friends who follow this blog and may not have seen it elsewhere! Decent album with a few good instrumentals (Dim Skyline for sure) but it kind of lacks that smooth jazzy feel on other parts of the album. Because of that, this isn't my favourite DJ Mitsu the beats album, but it's still better than what you'd hear on the radio for sure! Check it out at least!

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Dj Four,One,One & L/1 - The Quality of Jazz (2009)

Tracklist:

01.Intro - four,one,One
02.Insomnia - Make a Mark (four,one,One Remix)
03.Interlude One - four,one,One
04.Searching - L/1
05.We've Got Jazz - four,one,One
06.Interlude Two - four,one,One
07.Round Midnight - L/1
08.Interlude Three - four,one,One
09.Little Shawn - Check It Out Y'All (L/1 Remix)
10.Night Harbor - L/1
11.Interlude four - four,one,One
12.You're So Beautiful - L/1
13.Highest Melodies - four,one,One
14.Strike the keys of a piano - four,one,One
15.Interlude Five - L/1
16.I Got Rhythm - L/1
17.The Night Wanders - four,one,One
18.Coming To Town - L/1
19.AYaWaWaYa - L/1
20.Outro - four,one,One
21.Emanon - Detour (four,one,One Remix)
22.Pete Rock - Trumaster (four,one,One Remix)

This is one hell of a GOOD album. So much that I will call this THE ALBUM OF 2009!! The jazz samples on this album are unsurpassed in my opinion, and the remixes of the few hip-hop tracks on here are just amazing in my opinion. The only thing that could possibly beat this album this year could be Lady Paradox's new album dropping soon hopefully, but we will see. IF YOU LIKE JAZZ, AND IF YOU LIKE MELLOW HIP-HOP BEATS, GET THIS!

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Check out his myspace page!

Shin-Ski - Planetarium (2009)

Tracklist:
1. Fomalhaut
2. Europa
3. Antares
4. Southern Cross
5. Procyon
6. Asteroid'S Belt
7. Deneb
8. Polaris
9. Aldebaran
10. Altair
11. Rigel
12. Mirfak
13. Sirius
14. Orion's Belt
15. Spica
16. Canopus
17. Vega


A new instrumental album by Shin-ski of the Shinsight trio! Full of funk, jazz, and all that good stuff with a hiphop feel. I'm a big Shin-ski fan and this one doesn't disappoint! A cool chill-out album! Props to the original uploader on this one, whoever you may be.

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Shiro Sagisu (鷺巣詩郎) - Shiro's Songbook 2 (2000)

Tracklist:
1. SING A SONG PRELUDE
2. REACHING FOR THE TOP
3. DON'T LEAVE ME
4. I'LL BE ALWAYS ON YOUR MIND
5. EVERY GENERATION
6. YOU AND I
7. IF YOU EVER
8. SWEET INSPIRATION
9. EYES
10. WINNERS AND LOSERS
11. YOUR LIFE
12. WHY PRETEND
13. SING A SONG
14. SING A SONG FOREVER


Well, this is probably a big change from what gets posted at most hip-hop blogs, but hey I decided to be different. I ripped this from my personal collection of CDs in high quality VBR for you all to enjoy this amazing experience of Gospel mixed with R&B with a Jazz influence (and don't worry, no religious crap either).
IF you have ever watched the famous anime "Evangelion" or enjoyed the music from that show and especially the movie "The End of Evangelion," you will DEFINITELY enjoy this. Very meaningful, if not a bit dark lyrics with amazing vocals and nothing less than an amazing production from the man behind it all, Shiro Sagisu.

THIS CD IS OUT OF PRINT, SO ENJOY!!! =)

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