I found this dope beat tape on one of my recent web travels. The concept for the album impressed me as much as the music itself .

Most great music is made as an effort to expand oneself, and this Hayling’s effort as a seasoned keyboard player to do more then sample the greats .  He has deconstructed the music and recreated the colors of Ahmad Jamal, Herbie Hancock, and Thelonius Monk, then he looped and chopped the samples on his MPC and added a good dose of the BoomBap.

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Overall Infamous Quotes is a decent mixtape, but you know if Skillz is involved the major focus is on lyrics. I’m sure I’ll be listening to this for some time pealing back the layers of dudes punch lines and metaphors.

This one is good candidate for the headphones.

A couple of months back Stones Throw released J Dilla Donut Shop, it contains two Serato Control Records two slipmats and six unreleased Dill beats.

After requests to make the mp3s available in there there store they one upped us and decided to give it to us for free, if you signup for there newsletter.

I couldn’t find a direct link to signup for the newsletter (it’s in the bottom right hand corner of there sight), so here’s the direct download.

J Dilla: Donut Shop

The beats feel like a continuation of Dilla’s Donuts, but with only six tracks,, it seems like its ends way too quick.

Its been a while for  Lauryn Hill. Check out her newest song Repercussions.

I’m not surprised that new music from Ms. Lauryn Hill is starting to surface before her return to the stage later this summer on the 2010 Rock The Bells Tour.

I’m planing on hitting the D.C. show,, so I hope her voice is well rested after her long break .

Madvillain are back to recoding as a group, and is currently working on a new album to be released on Stonesthrow.

The track has a classic Doom flow with laced with a far out Madlib sample, its good but its defiantly feels like an appetizer to a gourmet meal (it was tasty,, but man I’m still hungry!) .

Download the new track Papermill

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Track List:

01. Donuts Outro
02. Hot Shit (I’m Back!)
03. World Full Of Sadness
04. Upper Egypt
05. Stereolab
06. The Stars
07. Antiquity (feat. The Miguel Atwood-Ferguson Dillchestra)
08. She Said
09. Hall & Oates
10. Eve
11. Look Into Her Eyes
12. Make Em NV
13. Oh! O!
14. Wicked Ways

The Roots Dilla Joints ]]> http://djtree.com/blog/the-roots-dilla-jawns/feed/ 0 http://djtree.com/blog/guru-respect/ http://djtree.com/blog/guru-respect/#comments Sat, 15 May 2010 00:37:17 +0000 DJ Tree/admin http://djtree.com/?p=1017 After Guru’s somewhat untimely death a couple of weeks ago, and the (what I consider shady) dealings that followed, I didn’t want to post just anything, so I searched the net listening to mixtapes and tributes, these are a couple of things that I enjoyed.

Out of all the stuff i listened too, I thought it would be best to repost some pieces from cats that actually knew Guru, because I feel there might be some cats trying to get some undue publicity off of dudes death.

So,, 1st up I heres a recording of Jazzmatazz live at Eurockéennes Festival (France) (2001) posted by DJ Premier. For me Jazzmatazz is a good representation of the sound and feel of the 90′s.

Guru: JAZZMATAZZ LIVE

As I said I listened to a lot of Guru mixtapes, but nobody had as much passion as DJ Evil Dee on his Podcast. He touches most of the hits and the songs that you probably want to hear, but lets face it there are so many Gang Starr and Guru records it would be too much to play everything.

DJ Evil Dee: PODCAST FOR GURU

J.Rocc was granted access to Blue Notes Sample Library to make this MixTape that is not big on tricks, scratching or blends. J.rocc just presents these classic jazz cuts with some Hip Hop flavor.

J.Rocc is the founding member of The World Famous Beat Junkies and is currently signed to Stones Throw Records.

J. Rocc: DROPPIN' SCIENCE

]]> http://djtree.com/featured/j-rocc-droppin-science/feed/ 0 http://djtree.com/blog/over-time-rewind/ http://djtree.com/blog/over-time-rewind/#comments Tue, 23 Mar 2010 21:08:08 +0000 DJ Tree/admin http://djtree.com/?p=901 I’m not sure what a Fudgemonk is, but Damu got beats!!

I first heard of Damu on a progressive hip hop show called Subsonic on XM Radio. I think he did some beats for the shows promo.

So, I ditched XM after the merger with Sirrus, but I missed a lot of the flavor of the shows that the merger killed. So when I stumbeled across Over-Time it was like a shot from the not so distant past.

Over-Time is a collage of beats and samples. It’s a little more than a beat tape but not quite a mix tape. Damu channels those old familiar sounds of that 90′s Boom Bap, Hip Hop.

After checking out Over-Time I’m definitely looking forward to checking out some of Damu’s more recent work, and it looks like Damu is dropping a couple of new joints sometime next month, I’ll pick them up next month and let you know how they are

Download Over-Time Here

Check out more about Damu at Wonkabeats

The B.K.. Cincy connect has reunited and they are about to drop a new album. Tostirthe pot a little they dropped this mixtape with Statik Selektah.

Talib Kweli and Hi-Tek are back with the RE:Union mixtape, mixed by Statik Selektah ! There are some new cuts along with some classics and a few songs I’ve only heard a few times.It’sdefiantlya head nodder .

Download The Re:Union Mixtape

1. Intro
2. Revolutions Per Minute
3. In This World ##
4. Hip-Hop (Unreleased)
5. Back Again ##
6. Wishing On A Black Star
7. Just Begun ft. Jay Electronica, J. Cole, & Mos Def ##
8. Come Around ft. Termanology & Royce da 5’9 (produced by Statik Selektah)
9. Internet Connection
10. Let It Go ft. Dion
11. Testify ft. Styles P
12. Time
13. The Thrill Is Gone ft. Styles P (produced by Statik Selektah)
14. Can We Go Back The Reflection Eternal Classics:
15. Fortified Live ft. Mos Def & Mr Man
16. Chaos ft Bahamadia
17. The Express
18. Respiration ft. Common & Mos Def
19. Definition ft. Mos Def
20. RE:Defininition ft. Mos Def
21. Move Something
22. Ghetto Afterlife ft Kool G Rap
23. The Blast RMX ft. Erykah Badu
24. Good To You (produced by Kanye West)
25. Get By REMIX ft. Jay-Z, Mos Def, Kanye West, & Busta Rhymes (produced by Kanye west)
26. Back Up Offa Me
27. Piano (Hi Tek ft. Ghostface)
28. Music is Life (Hi Tek ft. Nas)
29. Hang Ups (NEW Reflection Eternal not on album)
30. Outro

Also heres a new song and video. Talib Kweli + Hi Tek-Reflection Eternal -Back Again-Vid Premiere Reflection Eternal | MySpace Music Videos