Oliver Grimball – Anodyne Holiday
No B.S. instant classic! I was checking out the preview of Oliver Grimball’s album on iTunes, but needed to hear more. I tell you this is one of those rare treats that makes you question todays music. Anodyne Holiday is an album that you need to listen to over and over to catch all the [...]
Black Spade – Build and Destroy
I’ve been waiting for this since To Serve With Love. If you don’t know about Black Spade, this is a good time to be introduced to him with his new mixtape Build and Destroy. Once you cop it, I guarantee you will be digging up everything else Black Spade makes. From St. Louis, Black Spade [...]
MWCC: Mozambique West Coast Coalition
Al JaZz teamed up with Spon on Brazillionaires, and now he’s back with MWCC: Mozambique West Coast Coalition. Teaming up with Dareenzo, & Origimoz they cranked out an instrumental tribute to the west coast. Now I don’t know what Mozambique’s west coast sounds like, but the way this sounds they might have a city called [...]
Thesaurus Rex aka BoomBaptist – Beat Tape
B+C gets lots of emails everyday, and I’m glad to read them all. When the emails have links that lead to gems, I go bananas. That’s what happened when I got an email from BoomBaptist with a link to his Beat Tape. BoomBaptist posted the Beat Tape to see if folks were getting a feel [...]
Records, Tables & Needles Vol.2: Love Edition
The season of love is here, and to kick it off Jynxx has blessed us with Records, Tables & Needles Vol. 2: Love Edition. For you folks trying to set the right mood at home, in the car, or you’re trying to get the DJ to switch it up, this is the album for you. [...]
Svetnik – Blueprint (EP)
Svetnik is crazy talented. If you don’t know who he is there was a B+C post a while back that was about his other beat tape Lo.Fi. Rocking Lo.Fi made me feel relaxed and at peace no matter what chaos was going down. Blueprint gives you that same feeling with a nice upbeat tempo. I was cranking out [...]
Red Pill – Please Tip Your Driver
The first time I heard the track Please Tip Your Driver, I played it over and over. Shortly after, I hit up Red Pill and wanted to get the low down on the track. It’s the first single from his album with the same title. At the time when I first heard it, the album [...]
Snowman Jack – Beats
If there is one producer to look out for, it’s Snowman Jack. He’s cranked out tracks for artists from Guilty Simpson to Magestik Legend. I really got to know Snowman’s work when he did I Believe on the Starship 27 compilation, and that’s when I started digging around. I hit Snowman up to see what [...]
Thelonious – Life Of A Teenage Champion
The first project I heard from Thelonious was Fear of Flight and it was dope. I kept checking back with Thelonious, and he just cranked one beat tape out after the next. I have had the honor of doing the art for one of the many beat tapes, Big Wheels & Gold Teeth, but also [...]
Ayiro + J. Bizness – Cali Fire Commission Vol. 1
J. Bizness dropped Reason Beats & Pieces a while back and it was something to rock to. You can’t go too long without hearing a J. Bizness beat, he’s everywhere. J. Bizness teams up with Ayiro, another dope beat maker, for Cali Fire Commission. Earlier I was going through downtown L.A. and the tracks fit [...]
