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Flying Lotus More Than Cartoons

DJ Tree/admin — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 23:23:19 +0000

Flying Lotus is truly doing some space aged music.

If you’ve been up late and decided to watch The Cartoon Network and found yourself nodding your head then you’ve heard the abstract beats of Flying Lotus. Adult Swim uses Fly Lo’s beats as the backdrop for there sometimes weird and minimalist promo’s.

Cosmogramma is Flying Lotus’s new album that its full of lush layered sounds ,blips and complex textured beats that fall somewhere in between Sun Ra and J Dilla. It seems to be smoother and more cohesive than his last album Los Angeles (also a must listen).

The album is packed tight with seventeen cuts and weighs in at about forty five minutes, but it doesn’t feel short or rushed probably due to the complexity of the music.

O.K.,,, I know this is not an album for everyone,, but if your into expanding musical horizons past the limits gravity, check it out.

You Best Protect Ya Neck: The Movie!

DJ Tree/admin — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 18:41:39 +0000

18 years after Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) The Rza has taken one more step in his journey to be an actual Shaolin Master and made his own Kung Fu move.

Wu-Tang vs. The Golden Phoenix definitely has that Saturday afternoon Kung-Fu Matinee feel with complete with a bad overdub and dark grainy video..

I haven’t been able to track down much info on when the release day is. I did notice that it’s associated Grindhouse Productions (Quentin Tarantino’s production company) so maybe it’ll be a double feature with Machete,,,, but by the look of it I’m betting on straight to ~~VHS~~ DVD.

A New Video From My Doppelganger

DJ Tree/admin — Thu, 20 May 2010 00:10:23 +0000

At the last Scribble Jam(R.I.P.) I met this drunk dude that thought I was an MC named Swamburger. The dude was mad drunk but he wasn’t wrong we do kind of look alike.

I was able to link up with Swamburger (back when people still used Myspace) and he was cool, and we had few laughs at the whole situation.

Nevertheless Swamburger is a dope MC and his crew the Solilaquists of Sound put it down on on some classic Hip Hop. Check out there new album No More Heroes.

http://www.solilla.com/

Sade’s Making The Late Night Rounds

DJ Tree/admin — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 14:09:00 +0000

Sade is out promoting her new album. She stopped by a couple of the late night talk shows to preform Soldier of Love and Babyfather.

So NBC figured out how to get me to temporarily,, drop my personal boycott of Jay Leno (I’m with COCO). Sade preformed Babyfather with her daughter Ila as a backup singer.

The Roots “How I Got Over”

DJ Tree/admin — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 22:35:41 +0000

This is the new video and title track for the Roots upcoming album.

It’s good to see that they haven’t abandoned making gritty records while providing the backing music for Late Night with Jimmy Fallon.

One thing though,,, is it just me or does it take a second to get used to Black Thought as a singer?

Taylor McFerrin: The Song I Promised You

DJ Tree/admin — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 21:18:16 +0000

So have you ever wondered how the son of the dude that sang Don’t Worry, Be Happy would be. Judging by this track it sounds like he turned out dope.

Check out more Taylor McFerrin

Thanks to GiantStep for finding this gem.

Eagle To Squirrel at MPMF 2009

DJ Tree/admin — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 13:11:40 +0000

Pic Courtesy of EagleToSquirrel.com

Boom, Keys, Typhoid Benny, and the EtS Dancers make up Eagle to Squirrel Variety Hour. This is video I shot at the 2009 Mid Point Music Festival in Cincinnati, Ohio for EtS’s CD release called Werk.

Check out more at EagleToSquirrel.com

D-Mob at Rhos Street Cafe

DJ Tree/admin — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 04:01:48 +0000

M.O. at Rhos Street Cafe

DJ Tree/admin — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 04:00:51 +0000

Philadelphia Slick at Rhos Street Cafe

DJ Tree/admin — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 02:03:10 +0000

I was unaware of these dudes before going to see them at Rohs Street Cafe and I was definitely pleasantly surprised when they rocked the house.

They were in Cincy promoting there new CD,, Oil . After the show I picked up a copy and its a real head nodder.

Peace to MC Till for bringing these guys in.

For more check out philadelphiaslick.com