Homework 42 - "P Funk Week!"

This week you gotta flip some P Funk samples...see what grooves you can come up with!..Deadline SUNDAY 17:30...check the myspace blog for more info.

Homework 42 - "Its P Funk Week"

.KOS

Louis Den Beat Cypher 03 - February 12th 2009

Ok people, we're back!; I would have blogged this a while back but I did put the word out through other various channels and didnt want this to disappear off the front page...but the time is nowww!.

We're doing this AGAIN!, thrid time round trying to make everything bigger and better with the addtion of a BEAT BATTLE as well as 4 unique producers and PA's from some of the countries illest performers and upandcomers


I see plenty of myspace profiles from Midlands artists..plenty of them trying to sell beats, network or just out there as producers!! Well I know (normally) producers are background/humble people who probably would rather stay in perfecting their craft then hit a jam up with beat cd's but..

THIS JAM IS FOR EVERYONE BUT ESPECIALLY PRODUCERS!!

You understand that hahaha!...so when you do drag yourself out to a jam and all you can think about is beats or wonder who in the crowd makes beats or if there are other producers to build with...just remember here at the Beat Cypher THIS IS THE VERY PLATFORM FOR THAT...so do come out!!! dang; I'm happy just doing our Louis Den Beat Battles and linkin my producer buds on the regular but I want the whole beatmaking community to vibe/benefit from this which is why the outlet came about and why we're all trying to keep this going.

Emcee Vocalist?
This jam is for you, half the bill are local artists perhaps you could get put onto new talent, touch base with a new producer? theres plenty of producers in the crowd they'll be beat CD's/Phone numbers/Email Addresses/Phone numbers floating about ready for you to make new links.

Producer??
Vibe of the local talent! get new ideas; talk to heads..BUILD!; they'll be artists to link and connect with; ask the more established producers on the showcase for tips/ideas; yes its dog eat dog but theres enough of the pie out there for the talented cats that want to get somewhere reach out!!..join the beat battle!...not competitive?? sign up to the open beats; get those beats aired on a nice sound system ask for feedback..get better! connect!.

Fan / Beat Head
EVERYBODY should fall into the category! well along with hearing amazing beats all night you'll get to see the cream of the UK's talent in the form of the PA's and hear all the latest and greatest treats spun by DJ CRO! so all this and a party to boot!.

SO...

SPREAD THE WORD
Swipe this blog entry!, copy and paste it; take the e-flyers!, change your profile pic; hit up friends you know on the sites you're signed up to and get them to come to the beat cypher or pariticpate in the battle!, bring heads out with you..build participate and enjoy!!, swipe the links at the bottom of the post with links to the flyers etc..

Send the louis den press release to any contacts you have they may be interested or of use to the night!, again links at the bottom of the post!.


GET NOTICED!
You interested in getting on the beat cypher in some way??, well of course theres the traditional sign up routes (open beats/beat battle/on the spot open mic etc). But if you want to be showcased/profiled how about you come out to the night bring a few heads with you and hit up a familiar face of the LouisDen / EatGood team for more info! (Kos, Cro, Kela, Sonnyjim, Redbeard)!! remember we cant put EVERYONE on at once and we need a good turn out to keep doing them! its a cycle!!.


aite!! thats me done haha sorry for going off, this is just how determined we all are to make success of this!...now for the traditional swipe!..

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Louis Den Beat Cypher 03
JON PHONICS | PERCY FILTH | WINCHESTER | RAUL SUPREME
KYZA | PENTALK | JYAGER





ON THE BEATS
This time round we've got JON PHONICS, PERCY FILTH, WINCHESTER and RAUL SUPREME providing the blaps all playing beats straight out the equipment for the beat cypher and for the PA's.

ON THE MIC
The mighty KYZA (Dented Records) due to release his new project SOS hopefully airing some new tracks out for Birmingham (and I think his first solo PA in Brum too!).

The newest YNR signee JYAGER who hit the first beat cypher back in Oct 08 to back SIR SMURF LIL' this time he's out reppin himself for a solo set.

Brum mic heavyweights PENTALK, consisting of CASEY, PERGE and the Mobo award winning SOWETO KINCH, expect a few mics to take a beating in the process!...

all this plus the usual OPEN BEATS round where we'll play your blaps to the crowd for feedback!! bring bangers..sleepy beats wont get reloads!!...

and somethin a little special.

OPEN BEAT BATTLE JUDGED BY JEHST!
not just Jehst! but the crowd too haha, yeahhh this time we're gonna try our hand at a beat battle so if you think you've got beats to be one of the illest in the crowd! then register now at http://www.louisden.com/beatcypher ,we'll be keeping track of all the entrants from now until the beat cypher itself..the 10 best beatmakers will go into a random draw to determine the participants for the actual beat battle which'll have EAT GOOD / LOUIS DEN prizes....big.


Please do come out and support...£3.50 so do come out...and as you can see this is doesnt come out of nowhere so we need the support so we can keep putting these on!.

see you there!


Louis Den Beat Cypher 03
JON PHONICS | PERCY FILTH | WINCHESTER | RAUL SUPREME
KYZA | PENTALK | JYAGER
OPEN BEATS | OPEN BEAT BATTLE (register at http://www.louisden.com/beatcypher)
£3.50 before 9PM, £5.00 after
18+ only (ID maybe required!)
HOSTED BY REDBEARD, SONNYJIM & KOSYNE

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PRESS RELEASE (PDF FORMAT)
Download Here or copy and paste link below.

http://www.louisden.com/beatcypher/Louis Den Beat Cypher 03 Press Release.pdf



I WILL SEE YOU THERE!.

.KOS

Panned Kraklez

I truly think Wizard & Scizzahs have lost the plot, this is bonkers...I wish I could tell you what this is about but I can't; all you can do is watch hahaha.

(check for the parts where they both come out of character from catchin too much joke).

Episode 1


Episode 2


Episode 3


Episode 4


Episode 5


Episode 6


when you've figured this out...tell me?!!

.kos

Louis Den Street Fighter 2 Blaps - Video Up!!

For those who cant be bothered to go check the blog!, video is below!!..


Louis Den Beat Battles Episode 39 - Street Fighter 2 Sounds



Full blog here!, you should read it and drop a comment!.

Homework 41 - "Please Dont Sue Us!"

New Louis Den Homework entitled, "Please Dont Sue Us!"; details over at the myspace blog..take part make blaps and build!.





"Please Dont Sue Us" Homework Louis Den Myspace Blog

"Behind Closed Doors" is so close you can smell it!

This me and Andy's (Ab0181 aka Prolifik) pet project; a little over a year ago we decided we wanted to collab on some beat/film projects; ldbb was a few months in and he already expressed an interest in coming down to Brum from Edinburgh to film an ep but I thought nahhhh lets do somethin bigger!. The first project we did was 2007's "Wrapped up".

Many phone convos later we decided on a Beatmaking documentary magazine was the way to go and after various linkups and road trips we've got the cream of the footage almost edited down and ready to go....

A DVD is coming! and hopefully subsequent volumes..stay tuned!, I'll leave you with Andys words and a snippet of our "Diggin With Darren Paul" segment.


Behind Closed Doors is finally touching down! Well, in web promo format at the moment.

As from today, there will be weekly uploads of sections from myself and kosyne's first DVD project together: BEHIND CLOSED DOORS. Documenting what makes the UK's leading underground beatmakers tick.

In this snippet, we follow Darren Paul on a mission as he gives some insight into what digging for records means to him, what he is looking for and how much to spend.

THIS IS A WEB PROMO (the quality is quite reduced) , SO IT ONLY CONTAINS PORTIONS OF THE FINAL PRODUCT WHICH WILL BE AVAILABLE TO BUY IN FULL QUALITY ON DVD.

More info on the dropping date will appear here very shortly. i might even make a video about it.





Support it when we drop it!, quantities may be limited!

New Louis Den Homework - "SOAPS & SITCOMS"

Homework for those who dont know is what we call the weekly beatmaking challenges over at Louis Den Beat Battles (home being our myspace http://www.myspace.com/louisdenbeatbattles.

Anyway this weeks challenge is to flip music from soap or sitcom tv programs, full details, rules and how to submit are in our latest myspace blog entry!..

new videos on the way and a full blog about the next beat cypher event on the 12th.

Soaps & Sitcoms Homework Blog.

Yancey Boys Instrumentals!

CHAIRRR!..





Available now from the stonesthrow digital store!!

Dont get me wrong Illa J did the damn thing with these beats; but with the instros now out you now have the option of jammin out to them vintage Dillz blaps, reason Im diggin it so much is that these beats are from the same era as his Umaah beat tape Vintage which is that classic Jay Dee sound.

Wax out soon apparently....hmm to wait or not to wait.

LINK:http://www.stonesthrow.com/store/album/jdilla/yancey-boys-instrumentals

The beat battles are BACK!.

For all those wanting to get on some beat battle action; we've got the first homework of the new year for all of you over at the ldbb myspace, this weeks challenge is the flip music from the Steet Fighter 2 soundtrack; links are provided so.. GET ON IT, deadline is this Sunday 18th Jan..

FIGHT!

LINK: Louis Den Homework 39 - Street Fighter 2 samples


hit the blog up with comments as well!.

Readbeard presents Tha 40 minute wonda!....FREE DL.

Beastin on the blogs today!, heres the last one for today; gotta tell you about my boy REDBEARDS free promo "THA 40 MINUTE WONDA", clocking in at a suprising 40 minutes check out this Eat Good promo as it serves as a perfect introduction Redbeard one of the mc's on the EAT GOOD RECORDS roster (for those who dont realise the EAT GOOD / LOUIS DEN link...well pretty much all the EAT GOOD music comes out of the Den! and a lot of it happens to be over connected Louis Den producers) so you will be into this!.

Production credits include R2ThaBeatz, Roeg Du Casq, Percy Filth, Wizard, Mikee Lazy & More!.


REDBEARD - THA 40 MINUTE WONDA


01 Tha 40 Minute Wonda Intro
02 Ninja Scrollz Part 1
03 Strong horn 5 Minute Session
04 Highgrade ft Sonnyjim (Twist Face Mix)
05 Suka Ducks ft Kosyne
06 Aston Villainz
07 Birmingham vs Ipswich ft Sonnyjim,Kosyne & Jimmy Davis (Snippet)
08 Mind Gamez
09 Point Blank ft Sonnyjim & Kosyne
10 Digital.Visual.Direction'z
11 This 1'z 4
12 Home From Home
13 Tha Good Tha Bad & Tha Bearded
14 Faith (Remix)
15 Track Record ft Kosyne
16 Tha 40 Minute Wonda Outro

LINK: http://sharebee.com/d1fc7e77
MYSPACE: http://www.myspace.com/redbeardthabeardedwonda


The full length LP THE BEARDED WONDA will be dropping on EAT GOOD RECORDS soon.

.kos

Super Exile Wednesday

I first got put on to L.A badman on the beats Exile via an MP3 blog (SCREEEAMM DOWNLOADING ILLEEGAL!!!) hush your noise it was because of me getting Emanon's (Emanon is the group of rapper Aloe Blacc and Exile on the boards/the occasional verse) "Waiting Room" off a blog which led me to cop the real CD and in turn find out about Exile.

Annnyway way back in 06 he dropped his producer album "Dirty Science" on Sound In Color which featured Blu and led to the pretty much impossible to find in physical media "Below The Heavens", "Radio" his new LP is a concept album of him only sampling stuff he's found on the LA airwaves...a brave concept but the bits I've heard have been great and it sounds like one worth picking up.

Heres a few promos.


EXILE ON VIMBY TALKING ABOUT THE NEW RELEASE

VIMBY - EXILE

FIRST VIDEO OFF RADIO "WERE ALL IN POWER"

"Radio" is out Plug Research now digitally on CD 20th Jan. I'll be picking it up;

.kos

Vibe Article On Dillas Estate

* Ma dukes..(dillas mom)


Read up on the latest regarding J.Dilla's (RIP) estate, seems things havent really been right since dude passed and its quite a sad article regarding the state of affairs of Dilla's beat catalog, royalties and benefit dough..

Anyway its not an upbeat read but it looks as if things are beginning to get better for it..lets hope we can to hear more of his unreleased gems; until then the heads supposedly riding for Dilla are stopping his mom from using his name for benefit gigs/fund raisers and busy trying to sue Busta over blaps he would have dibbs over originally (see Dillagence)..aw well its easy to talk like this from the outside in lets hope it improves.

LINK: J.Dillas myspace blog

UP BEAT FEEL GOOD BONUS NOTE TO LEAVE YOU WITH

Jaylib, (J.Dilla & Madlib) on Power 106 circa 2004..in depth interview and lots of geekin out with dillz and libz on the Fantastic Four radio show with J-Rocc too.


LINK: http://www.sendspace.com/file/qq6eew

.kos

Elaquent Presents - After Midnight (free download)

Elaquent is dOOOOOOOOOOOPE!!! for those who dont know get to know!!, he's put out 3 free download projects in the past (In Color Vol.1 & 2 and Godspeed) and has just dropped his 4th "After Midnight".

I got put on to eQ via Darren Paul a while ago and have been bumping his joints since, (this was around the time In Color 2 dropped..I got part 1 and did my homework), sonn is ill on the beats; dope drums /swing and a video game/sega head to boot! (thats a plus by the way); even had Kelz buggin out for ages as he tried to get his head around eQ's sound!....

Anyway Quelz has even come thru for an LDBB challenge in the past (Jacko sounds) and will hopefully surface again, i'll leave you with the mans own blurb about his project and a download link..

Support it yo..its thats good ishhhh.


After Midnight...
After Midnight. Concept is fairly simple. Laidback vibes. Nighttime music. “play dis only at night”. Something about the nighttime induces different feelings and emotions than the daytime. Jazzy. Soulful. Didnt want to get too left field with it. Want yall to listen to it before sleepytime. Had to incorporate a lo-fi, live type of feeling that lots of music today doesnt have...of course the shit gotta swing. If some of the drums sound off-beat...your senses arent lying, it is. Like I sed in my in colour vol 2 liner notes...perfect is boring.

Feel the vibe and the grooves. Sometimes I dont wanna go to the club. Sometimes I wanna just vibe out and shoot some pool, or just relax. People nowadays are afraid to relax. So, if you havent caught the idea...musically, I wanted to tell a story...12am until 7am....so having said that, enjoy....if possible, play it only at night. Haha.

One love,
-eQ



01. After Midnight
02. The Love
03. All For One ft Mishoo the Drumkit
04. Daylight Savings
05. Tip Toes
06. Too Good (One for Isaac)
07. 2 AM Reflections ft Moka Only & Es
08. Gobstopper
09. Mystery
10. Peanut Butter
11. Take it Higher (Remix) ft Tha Connection
12. Graffiti High
13. Theory in Practice ft O-Phrap
14. High Score (Interlude)
15. 12 O'Clock ft Thesaurus Rex
16. Stars Aligned
17. Sleep Walking
18. Higher Level ft Es & Solar C

LINK:http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?dmz0jmdzonk
HOLLLAatTHEkid:http://www.myspace.com/elaquenthiphop

YOU RECORDIN SHEEEUN? - Jaisu Beat Tape #4

Sounds of the MPC powerhouse that is Jaisu...my man KILLLS it with 6 blaps (with their OG Samples) straight out the MPC...raw beats that'll make you wanna slap suttin; Prolifik aka AB0181 on the cam, Jaisu is next up (I swear a lot of the ldbb regulars are) I think me and Pro are gonna make it out mission this year that YOU ALL get the notice/exposure yawl deserve.




damn.

GET YOUR WEIGHT UP OR GET ATE UP!.

LDBB IS BACK ON MONDAY!.

.kos

WRAPPED UP 2008 - CHRISTMAS BEATS (JAISU,KELAKOVSKI,KOSYNE,METABEATS, P.L.O & S-TYPE)

What up YAWL...Merry Christmas!!!...I know its droppin a day later than I would have liked but my Christmas was a bit complicated this year and couldnt really get on the net to up the videos (although I did try and managed to drop the Welsh one first hence that gettin 300 somethin views currently!!).

Anyway If you've been following Louis Den for the past year or so then you'll remember last Christmas we did the Xmas wax swap with the boys in the scotland myself (Kos) and Kela swapped records with S-Type & Jaisu and made a beat from a christmas record..we then dropped them on my youtube channel and Prolifik (Ab0181) respectively..Well since then a lot has happened!! me and Pro have a beatmaking doc underway, we've linked a few times for beat geek outs and I even managed to get the boys down to SMASH the Louis Den Beat Cypher that took place earlier this month.

WELLLL of course it being Christmas Pro was already gettin hit up as soon as Dec hit asking him if he was gonna drop another xmas vid...so we knew it had to be so heres how we did it!.

To make it even better than last year I connected with the mighty Mayor from Welsh indie hiphop label Associated Minds...banged a few messages back and forth and got a couple of their producers (Metabeats & P.L.O) down for the project too so this time round we've got 3 camps of producers all exchanging xmas records, rather than squash it into rushed video we dropped em country by country so you get a better feel for everyones process!.


WRAPPED UP 2008 WALES


WRAPPED UP 2008 ENGLAND


WRAPPED UP 2008 SCOTLAND



I did the final edits / gfx for the vids with each camp filming theirs seperately but Prolifiks youtube is gonna be the future spot for a lot of collab/louisden related stuff as we're all pushing the same team! PLUS...this whole wrapped up thing is a joint effort/concept with myself, Prolifik and Mayor all ironing out the ideas earlier on in the month to get this to you!.

Props to Mayor for handlin the welsh side of things I know it wasnt easy getting the camera crew, Metabeats & P.L.O all together to shoot/dig and getting me the vid sent (xmas eve!!)...

Pro for handling ish the best he could despite being in spain for xmas!!

and yeah yourselves for being part of / fans of Louis Den or just vibing off the movment!! heres to a dope 2009!

MERRY CHRISTMAS & A HAPPY NEW YEAR FROM ALL OF US!....
peace & beats!.


LOUIS DEN
www.louisden.com

PROLIFIK (AB0181)
http://www.youtube.com/ab0181

ASSOCIATED MINDS
www.associatedminds.com

Louis Den Beat Cypher 2 - Birmingham - December 11th 2008

We're baaaaaaaack! yesh yesh ya'll, if you didnt read my recap on the original beat cypher night then head over to the entry on the ldbb myspace blog.

The first Beat Cypher was DOPE! and a great success it was great to see so many beat heads come out and the perfomers on the night repped hard! (that was JEHST, SOWETO KINCH, KELAKOVSKI, MR DICK and on the mic THE LOST GENERATION, MICALL PARKNSUN, SIR SMURF LIL & SONNYJIM).





Annnyway, as the night went on it became quickly evident that it'd be a good look to do this again; myself, Kelz & Cro (and a couple others who helped put the night together) had no idea if we could even do another one but here we are!.


Louis Den Beat Battles Presents
Louis Den Beat Cypher
11th December 2008
Rooty Frooty, Custard Factory, Digbeth
Birmingham



Louis Den Beat Cypher - 11th December 2008
ON THE BEATS: DARREN PAUL | S-TYPE | JAISU | ROEG DU CASQ
ON THE MIC: KASHMERE | VERB T | REDBEARD | LOGAN | TLG | SEROCEE
ON THE DECKS: DJ CRO (HIP-HOP / INSTRUMENTALS / BREAKS / CDR BEATS FROM CROWD)
Rooty Frootys - Custard Factory - Digbeth
9PM till LATE - £3.50 entry (£5.00 after 10PM)
www.louisden.com


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PEACE, SEE YOU THERE & THANKS FOR YOUR SUPPORT!.


this is GONNA BE ILLLLLLLLL!!!...

OH YEAH AND AS BEFORE FREE LOLLIES ON THE DOOR!, AND THIS TIME FREE DVDS OF BEATCYPHER 1 ON THE DOOR TOO! uh huh!!!....

its the SCOTTISH INVASION YAWL!


.KOS

NEW HOMEWORK

Smooth jamz time people!!...bring some grown folk smoothnes!! none of that cookie cutter kids chart stuff! LOL..





read more on the ldbb myspace blog..

DJ Houseshoes Producer Showcase Podcast

Yeahhh, more illyness courtesy of DJ House Shoes.





This a recording from a night that was from a few months ago which saw Houseshoes giving some limelight to some ill Detroit producers, he's recently upped the audio of the night for you to peep.

Part 1 (14 KT, Apollo Brown, Black Milk, DJ Dez)
Part 2 (Big Tone, House Shoes, Danny Brown, Nick Speed)


Link to Shoe's Blog.

Enjoy!.

Producers Edge, Fall / Winter 2008 Edition

The free version ofhte Fall / Winter 2008 edition of Producers Edge magazine is out to peep online!; this a great mag jam packed with features and is a dope publication (wish scratch could have been like this), shame they cant get bigger distro as they do things proper..magazine and DVD combo with plenty video features, but still the electronic version is just as ill with links to videos and downloadable images (complete with page turning animations!! hahaa).





Pete Rock, Just Blaze and RZA

Full length Magazine with Video, Audio and live Downloads!
It's Drum Works Part I: By the end of this issue, your drums will be better than theirs.
All for One, One for ALL: 3 Workstation dance

Videos
Dynamic Producer Conference
3030 Career Panel -- Real Talk Producer Panel -- Stacks Publishing Panel
iStandard Beast of the Beats
Pete Rock, Just Blaze and 9th Wonder on stage!
RZA on the MV-8800

Magazine Features
DSI Dave Smith
Writer's Block with Necro
Sound Designer Lukecage
Vintage Series with Sean Maru: The AKAI S-950
Griffin Avid's Corner: Drum Sounds from Scratch Adobe Audition 3.0
Redsecta Mastering: Mastering Part III Tools of the Trade

Downloads Sounds and Samples:
Big Fish Audio - retro TR series sampler
Roland MV-800 Exclusive Drum Kits and more....

****XC Subscribers enjoy eXtra Content****
"Don't just read about music production, live it in the pages of Producer's Edge Magazine."

Read The Issue Here...

and more here..

http://www.producersedgemagazine.com.

Jake One - A Great Beat Writer (OKP Interview)

Check out a new interview with Seattles finest, Jake One...where he chats a little about his new album "White Van Music" available now on Rhymesayers as well as some general production Q&A.


BONUS..FREE JAKE ONE MIXTAPE - "Great Beat Writer Mixtape"
featuring Brother Ali, Freeway, MF DOOM, Kardinal Offishall & More!!

LINK:http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/mixtape/id.580

Diamond D - The Huge Hefner Chronicles [myspace preview]

New music from DITC producer/rapper Diamond D, who Evidence has been quoted as saying is the best producer on the mic!

The Huge Hefner Chronicles (lawlz) hits the streets October 14th (thats tomorrow) and for a short time the whole thing can be previewed on Diamonds myspace, check it ooot.


Diamond D - The Huge Hefner Chronicles


01 - Intro
02 - U Can't Be Me
03 - DIAMOND
03 - Don't Beg
04 - Baby f Jawz of Life
05 - Good Tyme f Blake Carrington K Terror
06 - I Getz It In
07 - Get Up
09 - It'll Be Alright Feat Novel
10 - When Ur Hot Ur Hot f Sadat X Stacy Epps
11 - Bad Good

LINK:http://www.myspace.com/therealdiamondd

Nicolay at Red Bull Music Academy

Following on from my RBMA posts the other week; they've updated their archives to include an hour long interview with Netherlands blap master Nicolay, here he discusses his beat making process, career history and prevous / upcoming projects..definately one to geek out to and get inspired from...Peep game.


Nicolay @ Red Bull Music Academy




more today..im hittin the blog with iddish.

9th Wonder in the lab with Ludacris!

Check it out 9th Wonder of Little Brother fame in the lab, recording a new track "Do The Right Thing" with Ludacris for his (luda's) new album; this track also features Spike Lee & Common..big look for 9th, mucho props.





A very nice Arthur Verocai flip...Spinna had already hit the samp last year for anyone whose interested.

In other news...Louis Den Beat Cypher tonight....man I hope it goes well, I gues we'll see!!; please do come out if you're able to reach it it works out I promise I'll keep these going with sick guests each time but I need the support to make it happen!.

.kos

Red Bull Music Academy Sessions

If you got some time to kill or just wanna watch some all round inspiring stuff then head over to the Red Bull Music Academy site and check out some of the latest lectures from the Barcelona semester; bascially music heads worldwide get selected to attend a set of seminars host by a whole load of different guests / genres and obviously they pull the stops out across the board.

Head over to the site to see videos of sessions held by DJ Premier, Black Milk, Amp Fiddler, Madlib and many more; they've been going a good few years and have built up quite an archive.

Heres two of the latest from the Barcelona sessions which are illy.


Blu & Exile Session



Kardinal Offishall Session



New ldbb episodes are uploading!!..

Lab Session 31 coming Wednesday

Hectic day!!, got the video exported and ready to be uploaded, it'll be blogged first thing tomorrow folks.

coolio..

Beat Tape / Free Music Monday

What up people; just about to get into the cutting room for LDBB 31, hopefully it'll be up by tomorrow at the latest; its gonna be the last LDBB for a minute but further explaination (on the way) should clear up any questions.

Right on to some free beat tapes, I feel I've been slackin on the blog game so im tryin to step my game up with some free music / beat tapes!!, ga'head download, BUMP and enjoy.

First up is LDBB favourite and general badman with the blaps ILLmind!, with a free mixtape in conjunction with DJ Dub MD entitled "Blaps, Rhymes, & Life", theres some baaaad (meaning good) stuff on this tape with meezy handling all the production and appearences from the likes of 50 Cent, LL Cool J, Kool G Rap, Supastition, Heltah Skeltah and more!, check the blurb direct from the man himself..

"Blaps, Rhymes & Life" is the exclusive new mixtape project from Dub MD and one of the most accomplished producers in Hip Hop Illmind. A producer that balances both the mainstream and underground successfully, working with a full spectrum of artists from Heltah Skeltah to 50 Cent, Little Brother to Black Eyed Peas, the list goes on. This new project features some of the artists Illmind has been working closely with over the past year or so including the likes of 50 Cent, LL Cool J, Heltah Skeltah, Skyzoo and many more.

Lookout for Illmind dropping his brand new studio album currently "Untitled" coming soon, along with his highly anticipated group album as "Fortilive" with Mushmouf and Slo-Mo and his exclusive collaboration project with North Carolina's Supastition and make sure you check out his new beat-tape "New Blap City" + limited edition T-shirt which is available right now, cop them @ http://www.illmind.biz.

Also keep your eyes out for Dub MD's exclusive new mixtape project for the purest called "Hip Hop Renatus" which features the whos-who of underground hip hop emcees (44 MC's / 34 Tracks) doin what they do best over the greatest hip hop producers of all-times instrumentals, out next month for exclusive free download!


Illmind - Blaps Rhymes & Life Mixtape


01. Get Ya Ass Up! (Intro) (Produced By Illmind)
02. Heltah Skeltah - Everything Is Heltah Skeltah (Produced By Illmind)
03. Brooklyn Academy - Raise Ya Hands (feat. Jean Grae) (Produced By Illmind)
04. Fresh Daily - Get Over (Produced By Illmind)
05. D. Black - The Come Up (feat. Skyzoo) (Produced By Illmind)
06. 50 Cent - Make A Movie (Produced By Illmind)
07. Supastition - Thankful (feat. Kil Ripkin) (Produced By Illmind)
08. Naturel - The Bullets (Produced By Illmind)
09. K.O. (K-Otix) - 48 Seasons (Produced By Illmind)
10. Torae - New Blood (feat. Skyzoo, Emilio Rojas & Fresh Daily) (Produced By Illind)
11. Fortilive - The Come Up (Produced By Illmind)
12. Broken English - Different World (Produced By Illmind)
13. Skyzoo - Lyrically Inclined (feat. Wale) (Produced By Illmind)
14. Naps N Dreds - Do What I Should (feat. Copywrite) (Produced By Illmind)
15. Quan - Geez Like Deez (feat. Rapper Big Pooh) (Produced By Illmind)
16. Naturel - Resurrect (Produced By Illmind)
17. 8th W1 - A Fool's Lullaby (Produced By Illmind)
18. Faro-Z - Clap Ya Hands (Produced By Illmind)
19. A.P.E.X. - One More Time (Produced By Illmind)
20. LL Cool J - Queens (feat. Prodigy, 50 Cent, Kool G Rap, & Tony Yayo) (Produced By Illmind)
21. Wannabe? (Outro) (Produced By Illmind)


DOWNLOAD: http://www.mediafire.com/?4mhm2mxyzrt
LINK: http://www.illmind.biz



Now we got the super dope Symbolic One from the Strange Fruit Project of Music Box / Art Of One Mind fame, as previously mentioned he recently dropped his solo production album "Music Box" which has some stompin beats and ill features and should be checked out, here he drops his 4th Quarter beat CD of fresh beats straight out the lab...holla at him for rates!.


S1 - 4th Quarter Beat CD

*unofficial cover by MEDIUM.
01 Mr Porter Intro
02 Elevation Intended
03 Supa Negroid
04 Jackin Midgets
05 Mike Jackson 08
06 Crayola Music
07 Lucy Live Long
08 Pum Pums n Drums
09 Benny Twins
10 My Neighborhood
11 For Life
12 The Day Before
13 Hood Dreams
14 Hey Miss Parker
15 Million Dollar Deal
16 Get Tha Dough
17 My City Cries

DOWNLOAD: http://www.zshare.net/download/19390583ef9cc227/
LINK: http://www.myspace.com/symbolycone


Next up is DJ GRUMBLE with the excellent "FREESTYLE TOOLS VOL 2", continuing on his series of free beat tapes comes 22 dope blaps with an unmistakable boom bap bounce!, get at him on his site for prices!.


DJ Grumble - Freestyle Tools Vol 2

01 deep fried
02 super cheddar
03 taxi cab
04 makin moves
05 wu tang financial
06 metamucil
07 promise
08 grumbz blues
09 caveman
10 pan handle
11 fanfare
12 bright side
13 on the rocks
14 air
15 traffic stop
16 late night flute
17 tribal
18 vivid dream
19 rodrigo
20 time passage
21 cuz i like it
22 get em grumbz

DOWNLOAD: http://72.29.84.167/%7Egrimelab/dj_grumble_-_freestyle_tools_vol_2.zip
LINK: http://www.grumbs.com



And finaaaaaaaaly, last but by no means least is LDBB resident WIZARD!, with his newest mixtape "Yes I Do Rap", featuring production from Kid Eight, Kelakovski, Raul Supreme, Scizzaz and more as well as guest appearences from Sonnyjim, Apatight, Kosyne and more; so yeah its a regular LDBB outing, check gutter mouth wiz on the mic!.


Wizard - Yes I Do Rap

01 Yes I Do Rap
02 Bangin' Raw Shit (Featuring Scizzahz) (Produced By Kelakovski)
03 Cheezy
04 Murderous (Featuring Ezerin) (Produced By Wizard)
05 No (Produced By Prolifik)
06 Posse Ish (Featuring Sonnyjim, Apatight & Kosyne)
07 1Night Stand (Featuring Scizzahz & Natural)
08 Barz
09 Rock That Shit (Featuring Kanasu Barz)
10 KFC (Produced By Raul Supreme)
11 Get 'Em (Remix) (Featuring Tai) (Produced By Wizard)
12 It's Over (Featuring 777 & Joe Gutta)
13 Myspace Exclusive (Featuring KidEight)
14 Hounds Of H-Town (Featuring Scizzahz) (Produced By Scizzahz)
15 Whoa! (Featuring KidEight & Kosyne) (Produced By KidEight)
16 Bombardment Of Scum (Featuring Scizzahz & Vecks) (Produced By Vecks)
17 Superheroez (Featuring Ezerin) (Produced By Ernie Twig)
18.Played Out

DOWNLOAD: http://sharebee.com/ff688fea
LINK: http://www.myspace.com/wizardbeats


I aint done yet!, more coming!.

.kos

Louis Den Beat Cypher 9th October 2008!!

Make a note of this people, Louis Den Beat Battles hits the stage 9th October!!, just sent the flyer off to press so now its time to blam it up everywhere online!!.

Im hoping we'll make a success of this and be able to turn the venture into something semi regular...lets see eh??...heres a little blurb ive just banged out..*pause*.

Louis Den Beat Battles Presents
Louis Den Beat Cypher
9th October 2008
Rooty Frooty, Custard Factory, Digbeth
Birmingham

The online beat community Louis Den Beat Battles (louisden.com) takes to the stage with the first outing of its "Beat Cypher" night; the aim of "Louis Den Beat Cypher" is to showcase the production element of hip-hop in a live setting, the main focus will be on the 4 profiled producers of the night as well as live PA's from artists.

The aim is to mix more established talent with those making noise in the underground and centre it around a production setting, all beats from the evening will be played out live from some or all of the hardware used to create it allowing the producers to make all manner of live changes to their beats as they are being played; the artists PA's are also over these beats meaning we'll be connecting them with producers they may not necessarily have worked with before making a unique never to be repeated again performance of their tracks.

The night will feature a set of showcase rounds from each producer having their beats played out live; all of which is up to the producer; you'll hear a mix of blaps from their catalogue ranging from fresh beats to existing tracks to never before heard bangers from their vault!. They'll also be taking part in preset challenges to deliver a beat made to certain specifications (samples / themes...similar to the online louis den beat battles format); here we'll hear their take on flipping a sample or following a particular theme.

Finally to stitch it all together the Louis Den Cypher DJ will be providing the soundtrack inbetween the beat rounds and PA's playing a mix of hip-hop, instrumentals and original breaks for you beat heads to try and place!, our DJ will also be playing a selection of submitted beats from the crowd!! producers in the crowd are encouraged to bring a short beat reel or 1 or 2 full lengh beats to get played over the system!.

If you are able to make it down to the night please do so! as we're keen to make a success of it and continue bringing you more as time goes by!.

Kosyne, for LOUIS DEN BEAT BATTLES

Louis Den Beat Cypher - 19th October 2008
ON THE BEATS: JEHST | SOWETO KINCH | KELAKOVSKI | MR DICK
ON THE MIC: SONNYJIM | SIR SMURF LIL' | MICALL PARKNSUN | THE LOST GENERATION
ON THE DECKS: DJ CRO (HIP-HOP / INSTRUMENTALS / BREAKS / CDR BEATS FROM CROWD)
Rooty Frootys - Custard Factory - Digbeth
9PM till LATE - £3.50 entry (£5.00 after 10PM)
www.louisden.com

  

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Just heard an ILLmind break on "My Name Is Earl"

It plays at the end of "Stole Pops HD Cart" episode, just seen it on E4..hahaha, did a little searching and found out what the break was..


I Just Want To Celebrate - Rare Earth




he used it at the start of


"Sirens" by Little Brother



Ok now to make this a bit less geeky heres a pic and vid of the dooohpe Nadine Velazquez (who plays Catilina) to balance out the nerdom.







yeah..?

Kosyne @ Hiphop Kemp 2008

Check me out at hiphop kemp from the August bank holiday I knocked a little reel up from the 4 hours or so of footage I captured.


Kosyne @ Hiphop Kemp 2008

Wizard Wednesday

Alright and one more blog to add to todays posting frenzy!, I bring you duh duh duh durrrrrrr!!.. "Wizard Wednesday"...

First off is the Seaside Symptoms EP from Brighton emcee Tai whose down with the Genius Squad; this EP is all produced by Wizard and also features Wiz on the odd verse dotted throughout the project; some illy free music!.

Second up we've got Wizard and Scizzahz who are collectively known as Osb'z (Original Scumbagz) they both provide the vocals and beats for they're ventures (which sometimes feature guest production),here for free is their Dirtbox Taktix mixtape which is the follow up to their first album Lowering The Tone.

Enjoy the beats and free music!.


Wizard & Tai - Seaside Symptoms


TRACKLIST
01. Intro
02. All Good
03. Shut Shit Down
04. As Time Passes
05. My Kind
06. These Girls
07. Get 'Em
08. Back Down
09. Days Off
10. Shut Shit Down Remix

LINK:http://www.sendspace.com/file/dtj4kp

OZB's (Wizard & Scizzahz) - Dirtbox Taktix Mixtape


TRACKLIST
01. Intro.mp3
02. In Ya House Again.mp3
03. Peddalin Tripe.mp3
04. Dirtbox Taktix.mp3
05. Wuddup (Feat. Enlish AKA Big Dave).mp3
06. Brotherz Of Scum.mp3
07. Gold Barz.mp3
08. Get The Fuck Out Of Here.mp3
09. 2 Headz R Betta Than 1.mp3
10. Warning!.mp3
11. Brimmin Over With Skill.mp3
12. Who U R.mp3
13. Hayslay Interview.mp3
14. Live On Horseface FM.mp3
15. Any Kinda Slutz (Feat. Enlish AKA Shane Laden)
16. Chwoit!.mp3
17. Skit.mp3
18. Back 4 More.mp3
19. Clap Track.mp3
20. Ridiculouz (Remix).mp3
21. Desperadoes (Feat. Pace Won & Tai).mp3
22. Runnin The South.mp3
23. Me & My Fiesta.mp3
24. Murda Ya Click (Feat. Influx).mp3
25. Yaharr
26. Time Bomb
27. Outro

LINK:http://www.sendspace.com/file/hebx1w



AND FINALLY!!

Blaps for sale (holla at Wizard)
Bonus Wizard joint!!, KFC (Produced by Raul Supreme)

New Illa J - We Here / Yancey Boys Project

On August 25th Delicious Vinyl will release the debut single by Illa J: "We Here" b/w "R U Listenin". Both tracks are produced by the legendary late producer Jay Dee (aka J Dilla), Illa J's older brother.

"We Here" is all sizzle and gleam as Illa J ad-libs his mission statement: "Yancey Boys from Detroit, Michigan...comin' for that number one spot...'bout to rock the world!" Over the previously unheard Dilla track (from a cache of Jay Dee beats held in safety for a decade by Delicious Vinyl founder Michael Ross) Illa J's soulful tenor delivers the hook: "We poppin' bottles like it's first day of the year." Illa J confirms the feeling: "Somebody could be in a hoopty but the Jay Dee beat sound so good it make them feel like they riding in a Phantom."


^ hmm, sounds good; looks like Micheal Ross must have the rights to these Dilla blaps that we're held back, a decade old would make them 98 / 99, circa another batch so we're in for a treat...im glad despite his So called "Management's Stance"; Dilla's real folks can put out his beats and work on new projects.

Download the track "We Here" (mp3).
Read more about it at Delicious Vinyl.

Isaac Hayes Homeworks / Hair Band Blaps

Alright, I've been slacking on the blog; been doin nuff other ish; including adding a shop to the Eat Good Records site (pimp pimp)(props to Comabeat crew for the ill design) and umm gettin myself ready for another illy Hiphop Kemp, but im back on my blog ish (for today anyway)..

LDBB 27 - Isaac Hayes Sample Flips
Check the LDBB Myspace to listen to the Isaac Hayes sample flip beats we received and the watch the vid and see our reactions to the beats; pretty much a nice turn out which made a good ldbb session; all comments in the blog are appreciated!; and of course RIP Isaac Hayes!!.

LDBB28 - Hair Band Blaps
The next challenge we got going is for you lot to flip pop metal samples; theres plenty links in the blog and a detailed description of whats gotta be done; the timelimit for this one is the 31st August so you've got a minute!. (hair band blaps homework).

HOMEWORK 25 VIDEO/AUDIO UP, HOMEWORK 26 SET!!

Yeahhh!!, The LDBB myspace has just been updated with Sundays beats / video, as well as a new challenge..

Go check it out and comment please!!.

Louis Den Beat Battles Myspace.

Music / Beats Tuesday

Alright, so while the latest LDBB episode is uploading to myspace...(seems to be taking forever) I figured id update the blog with some goodies..

First off is a beat tape from a cat called Devon; I found his page through Okayplayer and he's got a little download up on his page entitled "2088 Archives", anyway; dude seems to be on that good shit..so check it out, in his own words..

"download it, enjoy it, tell ya moms to download it, tell her to enjoy it.

this is a collection of older/quasi-new beats and songs. im currently working on an album that i'll drop this fall. this was just some shit i wanted to share so people could rock music away from the page. if you know me, you probably have these tracks already. haha.

enjoy and read the info please."


Devon - 2088 Archives Beat Tape


LINK: http://www.zshare.net/download/16382981fe82baec/
Devons MySpace


*note..at the time of writing this zshare was all kinds of messin up...but im guessing it'll be okay soon enough.

Ok, next up we got Torae, if you dont know bout Torae then slap yourself him and Skyzoo put out that dope 12 with Primo last year "Click b/w Get It Done" and he followed that up with the Daily Conversation mixtape....anyway he's just dropped a little free ting called "Allow Me To Reintroduce Myself", which is collabos, freestyles and unreleased beats,judging from the tracklist the guests appearences look pretty tasty and the production resume is off the meat rizzy too (Khrysis, 9th Wonder, Madlib, Marco Polo, Illmind and more!!)...GO GET!.


Torae - "Allow Me To Reintroduce Myself"


01. Heard It All Before w/ Emilio Rojas (Prod by Khrysis)
02. Merchant Of Dreams w/ Skyzoo & The Embassy (Prod by 9th Wonder)
03. The Takeover ft. Kil Ripkin (Prod by COS)
04. Uncomfortable (Prod by 9th Wonder)
05. Shake It Off w/ Tanya Morgan & Kam Moye (Prod by Brizzo)
06. Crash (Prod by Khrysis)
07. No Where No More w/ Eternia & Ms. Davis (Prod by 9th Wonder)
08. Higher Learning (Unreleased) (Prod by COS)
09. Told You That w/ Chaundon (Prod by Khrysis)
10. I Dont Care w/ Nefew
11. T.I.M.E. (Prod by Vega & Suede)
12. 3 Kings w/ Skyzoo & Chaundon (Prod by Analogic)
13. Lick The Balls
14. Best Out w/ Skyzoo & Draftpick
15. Good God (Prod by Marco Polo)
16. New Blood w/ Emilio Rojas, Skyzoo & Fresh Daily (Prod by Illmind)
17. Broken Dreamz ft. KoMika (Unreleased) (Prod by Vega & Suede)
18. Rise Up (Unreleased) (Prod by COS)
19. The People w/ ESSO
20. Hip Hop w/ Punchline & Stick (Prod by Madlib)
21. Getting Money w/ Magnif of Lawless Element (Prod by Magnif)
22. Promises w/ Kil Ripkin (Prod by Vega & Suede)
23. Its All Over w/ Supastition, Dan Jons & Finale (Prod by DR)

LINK: http://sharebee.com/76f2a1eb


M-Phazes / Emilio Rojas Videos
If you check the forums out you'll know a lot of us are a bit nutty for aussie beatsmith M-Phazes, S-Type posted this up which is worth a look, its M-Phazes at the 2nd Annual "Beasts Of The Beats" showcase...Pete Rock was there to give feedback and seems rightfully blown away by what he's hearing...shouts to Pheezy's rep givin it the "air production" hahaha.






And to keep the M-Phazes link there he's putting a joint project out with frequent collaborator Emilio Rojas (aka Raks One), the project is to be titled "Phaze One" (see what they did there eh eh eh??), heres the first video from the project.


Emilio Rojas - That Time (prod by M-Phazes)



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