Oddisee – People Hear What They See
I don’t know why it took me so long to write about my man Oddisee’s latest album, People Hear What They See. Oh yeah too busy listening to it. People- I want to tell you the music is out there. I know folks say Hip Hop sucks these days, and yeah I have caught myself [...]
Computer Jay – Savage Planet Discotheque vol 1 & 2
Computer Jay is one of the few producers I know that can move between genres seamlessly, and still keep his sound. The stuff he produces can melt or blow your mind. Either way it’s a good thing. Savage Planet Discotheque vol. 1… melted my brain and by the end rebuilt it just to it blow [...]
Union – Analogtronics
What do you get when you have two Parisian producers, one a big Dilla fan and the other a Herbie Hancock jazz lover? Well OJ & Gold (Union) would say Analogtronics and I would tell you it’s some good music. With some “oohs” and chimes and a nice beat that drops a few seconds in, [...]
Crown Royale – We Gotcha
Just what you have all been waiting for… more Crown Royale! A video and an EP from Crown Royale, what more can you ask for?! From their self-titled LP, Crown Royale, We Gotcha takes you through some of the spots in sunny SoCal, and to our beloved Fat Beats. It also features Buff1 and Rhettmatic [...]
Black Milk – Album Of The Year
I don’t have to say much about this album… I really don’t. The title and the music speaks loud enough for it. I bought Album Of The Year at Fat Beats, dropped it in the CD player on the way home, and drove the long way home to hear it again. When I got home, I [...]
Trek Life – Everything Changed Nothing
My man Trek Life is not playing. This is the Year of the Trek, and with his latest album, Everything Changed Nothing, there is no questions about that. I heard So Supreme from ESPN, and a few other tracks here and there. The day the album hit stores Trek’s in-store at Fat Beats, I bought [...]
Record Store Day: April 17th 2010
[ 17 April, 2010; ]
It’s that time of year again…RECORD STORE DAY! Last year I went to all my usual spots to check out what was going on. It was nothing but good times. Each store had something different going on… and the discounts! To Beats+Crates Record Store Day is a celebration of independent record stores not being run [...]
Strong Arm Steady – In Search of Stoney Jackson
I’M NOT PLAYING…BUY THIS SH*T NOW! Ok, I’d heard the buzz about Strong Arm Steady’s (Krondon, Phil Da Agony, & Mitchy Slick) In Search Of Stoney Jackson, but it was the midnight release and in-store performance at Fat Beats that pushed me over the edge. (If you haven’t seen it, google that sh*t. I would [...]
Dynas – The Apartment
I was at Fat Beats talking to House Shoes, and he pulls a record off the rack and says “You should get this”. It was Dynas – The Apartment and at first I was like ” who’s this cat?” House Shoes put it on the turntable and started going through the tracks. ”And this is [...]
Kev Brown – Random Joints
I went to Fatbeats for Fashawn and Exile’s in-store and picked up the album Boy Meets World (dope, must have). I talked to Houseshoes and he was like, “If you want some dope sh*t, check this.” and handed me Kev Brown Random Joints. When Houseshoes talks music, you listen! I bought that too. I got [...]
