■LAKAI THE USELESS『SOMETHING LIKE THAT』 -アルバム価格: ¥1,500 -発売日: 2010年 3月17日 / RELEASE: MAR 17TH 2010
01. Intro... Underground City(¥150) 02. Sixteen Chaple(¥150) 03. Never Understand Feat. DJ Biz Kid(¥150) 04. I Wanna Know Your Name(¥150) 05. We All Die Prod. By Brother Beatbox(¥150) 06. To Be Heard Prod By. Dirty Hairy(¥150) 07. Just Leave Me Alone(¥150) 08. Girlfriend, Boyfriend (Trend)(¥150) 09. $h!t Talkers Feat. Glad2mecha & Cuts By D.J. Biz Kid Prod. By Glad2mecha(¥150) 10. The Given Few Prod. By Glad2mecha(¥150) 11. M.O.M. Prod. By Wizard Of Odd(¥150) 12. Captains Log(¥150) 13. So Fresh Prod. By Dirty Hairy(¥150) 14. The Little King Prod. By Dirty Hairy(¥150) 15. Outro...3 ends Prod. By Dirty Hairy(¥150) 16. A Child's Laugh Prod. By Chief(¥150)
-LAKAI THE USELESS - ARTIST PAGE
1. Intro...(¥150) 2. Nature(¥150) 3. Get Ya Mind Right(¥150) 4. Came To Get Down(¥150) 5. Never Let You Go(¥150) 6. Paying Dues(¥150) 7. I Was Made To Love Her(¥150)
■DJ IANHEAD『FEBRUARY 2010 MIXTAPE: A SHORT TRIBUTE TO AHMAD』
→FREE DOWNLOAD!!
01) Children of the Night 02) One 03) Handicapper 04) Manhattan Reflections 05) Eclipse 06) You're Welcome, Stop on By 07) Theme from M.A.S.H. 08) I Love Music
I write these liner notes with a sigh. First of all, let me say Ahmad Jamal is one of my favorite pianists of all time, and I love many of his records immensely. The albums "Jamal Plays Jamal" and "The Awakening" are pieces of art that should be in every music lover's collection. His covers of standards and classics are often beautiful and creative, and his touch on the keys always sounds incredible.
This is a short mix of eight songs I really dig, nothing close to a sampling of his catalog. In making the mix, I thought I'd try and spice things up a little and maybe drop in a nice sample of Jamal speaking once or twice, so I searched the internets for a nice little snippet. I did find a nice interview from 1985 on Marian McPartland's "Piano Jazz" show (everyone needs to tune in to this if they haven't already) but it didn't quite fit.
And then I found a more recent 20 minute interview on a WNYC show, and after getting halfway through, had to turn it off. While the interviewer left much to be desired, so did Jamal. Even after being told that hip-hop had helped many people find his music, he had nothing to say except mumble about not getting paid for samples.
The man is a legend, and if he's gotten jacked by record labels, I totally sympathize. But it was Pete Rock and Common Sense and Nas that led me to "I Love Music," which ends this mixtape. I remember finding "The Awakening" for five bucks from some dude on Prince Street back in '97 and clutching it tightly under my arm. And so it is always somewhat of a let down to hear people I look up to kind of brush aside the very reason I know who they are.
But what can you do? This is probably true of many of the artists I love. The bottom line is, these are great records and beautiful music. Jamal is a phenomenal musician, and I had to the privilege of witnessing him live at the Blue Note a couple years ago and it was stunning. The way he not only played the keys but directed and created the environment around him was magical.
Again, this is just a short selection, of the post-Argo Jamal. And despite my frustration with his outlook on hip-hop, everyone who hasn't dug into his catalog should make it a priority.
■DJ IANHEAD『MIXTAPE FOR MESH RADIO & ROOT70』
→FREE DOWNLOAD!!
01. Mr. Supreme "Instrumental"
02. Blu (UK) "Spinnin"
03. Phraim "Tailored" 04. VERA Clique "Hands Up"
05. Elaquent "Are You There?"
06. Eligh & Murs "Thought Process" 07. Alliance Crew "Sessions"
08. Replife "The Left Side of Things"
09. Eryka Badu "Soldier"
10. Khingz "Blacc Han Solo"
11. Nick Nack "Fighting Facts" 12. Lucid Music "Like This Like That"
13. Pete Miser "All in My Head"
14. J. Dilla "All Good" (instrumental)
15. Pete Rock & CL Smooth "It's On You"
16. DJ Krush "Roll and Tumble" 17. DJ Quiet "Mr. Liar" 18. DJ Ian Head "The Jazz Parlor"
19. Dollabin "Every Record"
20. Oddisee ft. Skyzoo "So Muthafuckin Soulful" 21. Doodlebug "4. OZ's"
22. Oddisee "When Everything Changed" 23. DJ Ian Head ft. Opoetik "NightSky" 24. DJ Soares "Vida"
25. Collapsible Mammals "Knowledge Beginnings" 26. Fakehunters ft. Melodiq & JustBrea "Just Breathe"
27. Mic Crenshaw "Master of Ceremonies"
28. Amaze 88 "The Cool Out"
29. St. Germain "Street Scene"
30. Bahamadia "Ruff'n'Rugged" (instrumental)
31. Gabriel Teodros "Chili Sauce"
32. Evolve-One "The Special"
33. Georgia & Mos Def "Roses"
34. Dwight Trible "Otherworldly"
Just finished this exclusive mix for MESH RADIO and ROOT70 LOUNGE, which the the Japanese label I'm on. The mix features many other artists on ROOT70, as well as new and old, mostly underground, flavors I'm feelin right now. It runs around an hour and a half. Hope y'all enjoy, full track listing below:
01. Intro 02. Welcome 03. Get There 04. The Groove 05. Hipsters 06. Dreamz Feat. Gabriel Teodros 07. The Drumer 08. It's The Dolla 09. Motion 10. Appetite Interlude 11. Every Record 12. City 2 City 13. Bullshit 14. Styles You Cant Afford Feat. Toni Hill 15. Pragmatic
We love records.
As people continue to download mp3s like eating french fries, we wanted to try and make the release of our music a memorable experience, like pulling a classic record from the crate. Similar to jazz albums of the past, we've added a set of liner notes, to bring a little more context to each song. We've also made individual songs available for download, in addition to the full album. We hope you enjoy.
01. Opening Act 02. Just Take a Second 03. Soul Searchin 04. Shut the F*%k Up 05. Motown Heights 06. 7:35 A.M. 07. P. Chase Suite 08. Smoke Break (Blueberry) 09. As the World Turns 10. Midnight 11. Sunday Lounge 12. Don't Matter (Bonus Track)
What up world!!
Let me make this short and sweet. We made this instrumental album over the span of 6 days. We copped many records while digging, sifted through hundreds of samples while listening, and chose only a handful to punch in through the MPC. We smoked a ton of weed too lol, but we had mad fun chillin out and vibing to ideas. This was a collaboration between two cats who put music above everything else in their lives. We spent 6 days total making beats and ended up with 19 instrumentals by the end of it. Then we linked up with G Forces ultra dope older brother, DJ Celsius, who laced our joints for the final touch.
The instrumentals on Sunday Lounge were meant to be bumped. We didn’t have time to track out the mpc and fine tune the levels and mixing. Some sound great while others are on some rougher wu-tang style why-did-you-release-it-like-that shit. But you know what? It’s ALL good. We still wanted to share what we came up with no holds barred. With that said, hang up your ipod headphones for this one and turn up the subs. For a 6 day collaboration session, we had a lot of fun and hope you all enjoy.
Till next time, Peace!
Any questions or comments, hit us up. We’d love to hear what you think.
Special thanks to Rochelle and Sierra for the dope photoshoot, DJ Celsius once again for the amazing scratching AND the cover art, and to everyone who takes the time out to give us a listen. Much respect!!
Let me be up front – I know a tape based around Jay Dee (Dilla)’s music is cliché at this point. J. Rocc of the Beat Junkies has already done several definitive mixes, Rev. Shinez has dug deep into original Dilla breaks, and Houseshoes just put out what may be the most complete mix of the samples Jay Dee used.
So I understand if you pass up my tape.
But hopefully you won’t. I really dug Dilla, his choice of records, his lush filtered samples, his basslines, and the fact he loved to eat donuts (Cuz I LOVE me some donuts). I was introduced to his genius by Jumbo of the Lifesavas, otherwise known as my high school janitor. He hit me with a dub of the early Slum Village album before it dropped, and told me to dub it and give it back to him the next day, cuz that was his only copy. And even rocking a dub of a dub, the beats were just so ill. I'd bump the shit til I couldn't take the rhmyes anymore, but I never got tired of the beats.
I’d wanted to do this tape for awhile, and felt I should put something together dedicated to Dilla, as I was a fan of his music. Not every beat or 12 inch, but the feel of his production – he just had a great ear for great records. This tape is a mixture of some of my favorite Dilla-related records (that I own on wax) from well-known to more obscure, from rock to classic hip-hop tracks. It is by no means any kind of compendium, and isn’t meant to be. It’s just a brief sampling of music I dig, music that represents the inspiration I took from Jay Dee.
I’ll run through a few of the tracks I included on the tape:
“When I Die”
This was sampled for one of my favorite joints off of “Donuts.” The more you listen to Donuts and the samples he used creating it, the more you see how carefully he planned it as his last record. It’s sad yet beautiful. Anyway, I just loved what he did with this, but I also thought it’s a great little song in itself.
“Long Red” by Mountain
Everyone knows this classic breakbeat. I remember copping a few copies in the dollabin years ago. As my dude Alex says, Dilla made these drums part of his signature sound. No one used these drums like Dilla except for Rick Rubin. They are so hard, so raw, and plus you got the singer’s “Louder!” that just peaks the energy level even more.
“Let’s Ride” by Q-Tip
Hard drums (crazy programming), sick guitar sample, and Tip killing it. It’s one of my favorite Tip songs ever. The feel of the joint is so ill, and so much of it is the combination of the snap of those drums and the light feel of the guitar.
“We Must Be in Love”
I don’t know when or where I got this 45 but I was going through my collection before I moved and put this on the deck, and was like, oh shit. A great song already, Dilla takes it, transforms it into his own soul record (with the help of Monch).
“Inside My Love” by Minnie Riperton
Another classic of the “Dilla sound.” He must have used this record a dozen times – I hear this sample (even though I first heard it on Tribe’s “Lyrics to Go”) and I immediately think Dilla.
“Track” by J. Dilla
I remember buying this 12 inch and playing it literally 10 times straight when I got home. Mostly just the instrumental (sorry Phat Kat). That bassline is just so ridiculous. I love how he keeps that kind of white noise-record sound play throughout as well. Genius.
“Love Junkie (remix)” DJ Cam / Cameo ft. Dilla
Fuckin CAMEO and Dilla goin back and forth?? “You can’t fight the feelin / Cam and Dilla Dog / enough to have me illin’”
“Asiko” by Tony Allen
If you don’t have Tony Allen’s “Black Voices,” make that your next purchase. Fela’s drummer as a master, and this is one of my favorite albums of any genre. The fact that Dilla sampled this just puts a bigger smile on my face.
“Fuck the Police” by Jay Dee
This is definitely an original I’m still after. Regardless, I love that Dilla made a raw, political track like this. A classic.
“Get a Hold” by Tribe Called Quest
I remember fronting on a lot of “Beats, Rhymes and Life” when it came out, but I couldn’t deny this cut. This was kind of a prelude to the style he flipped on “Players.” Classic verses from Tip just take it to that other level.
“Runnin (Jay Dee Remix)” by Pharcyde
Don’t sleep on those classic Pharcyde / Dilla tracks.
“You’re Gonna Want Me Back” by Dionne Warwick
Had to have this record once I heard the original. Just a great song. This album actually has a couple joints with Dionne getting funky. But just the way Holland / Dozier structured the song is sick, similar to how Dilla re-structured the cut on “Donuts.”
“Nag Champa” by Common
Instantly my favorite off the album when I heard it. “Word to my mother like my last record cover.” Common’s flow is so perfect with the subtle Ummah beat…that bass? That fusion sample? Crazy.
全曲試聴可能&購入はコチラ 
