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DJ Platurn & DJ Enki – Blendapella Volume 1
I first became aware of Enki on one of those old Scion Mixtapes they’d pass out at the door when I went to a live hip hop show. Been a fan ever since. Platurn’s been Manifest fam for awhile and has a mixtape for us coming later in the year. Serious DeeJay cats who still...
The Wu is back – Execution in Autumn (New album track)
Execution in Autumn by Soul Temple Music Staten Island’s Wildin Golden Era rap soldiers The Wu-Tang Clan have been going for 20 years straight- bending but never breaking. Pretty admirable for such a large crew made up of amazingly creative and headstrong artists. To commemorate their two decades of destruction on the mixers and mics,...
Watch and listen to The Apples’ instrumental tribute to Amy Winehouse
If you’re a fan of The Breakestra, Quantic Soul Orchestra, Menahan Street Band, or The Daptones, then you have an ear for classically, organically made funk and soul breaks that are modern made, but sound like they’re from decades past. Maybe the number one thing I miss about Golden Era Rap is the way beats...
Celebrate MCA day with ‘Boutique Beats’ – a tape of blends, remixes, and classics by Chris Read, dedicated to Adam Yauch
Boutique Beats: A Tribute to MCA by Chris Read (Musicofsubstance) on Mixcloud Today marks the one year anniversary of the day that MC Adam Yauch lost his long battle with cancer- his body gave in on May 4th, 2012. Brooklyn Heights has newly-minted their Adam Yauch Park, Beastie albums are in heavy rotation, and mixtape...
