TAG: Collaboration

Aug24

Paul White – Rapping With Paul White (Review)

Paul White

Rapping With Paul White

Released by One-Handed Music


Part hip-hop, part electrofunk and part space-jazz, UK producer Paul White’s new record Rapping With Paul White, is a genre-bending mixture of geographically diverse sounds. Featuring Detroit’s heavy-hitter Guilty Simpson of Stones Throw and Random Axe fame on the single “Trust” as well as the Motor City rapper Danny Brown on “One of Life’s Pleasures”, Paul White cooks up some delectable selections for our audible consumption—from straightforward hip-hop bangers, to more methodical and introspective instrumental tracks. In addition to the already mentioned stellar collaborations, there are some intelligently composed tracks ...

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Dec22

LMNO – JAMES KELLY 10-Pack (Review)

LMNO

JAMES KELLY 10-Pack

Released by Up Above Records


Looking for those last minute items but aren’t sure exactly what to gift? Well, look no further—Long Beach based emcee LMNO of the Visionaries has made decision-making this holiday season a no-brainer. Having released an epic ten (yes, 10) albums to commemorate 2010, you can purchase any of his ten records, gift wrap them and put them under the tree for all the music lovers in your family. The albums are: Push That Work, fOnk garden, Next in Line, Selective Hearing Part 2, Determined to Fly, Banger Management, Tripping ...

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Oct28

Twin Shadow and Hooray For Earth, “A Place We Like” (MP3)

I was actually just having a long IM about Twin Shadow last night, and I was thinking about Hooray For Earth because they have a couple of ads spread around the internets. When who woulda thought both of these bands worked on a song together that sounds like faux Caribbean folk, which I like am incredibly digging. Well it happened! The fruits of their labor can be listened to below and according to the press release, “Rough Trade just put out a Twin Shadow record with a bonus disc and it has this track on it” so go get it there! Twin Shadow + Hooray For Earth = Best buds <3 <3 <3

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Oct11

Broken Bells @ The Wiltern 10/06/10 (Review)

While I’ve already seen Broken Bells twice before their show on Wednesday 10/06 at the legendary Wiltern in LA, their live performances have always had a particular experiential magic to them, something which I have found special enough to draw me to their performances time and time again. Broken Bells, comprised of James Mercer (of The Shins) and Brian Burton (Danger Mouse), released their self-titled debut album back in March and have been playing shows all across the country, including (albeit secretly) at festivals such as SXSW. The quality of their artistry is undeniable, and their small yet profound body of work gives them accessibility not true for bands with much larger and more thorough discographies. Broken Bells’ novelty stems primarily from their imaginative instrumentation and genre-pushing collaborative work in which, in addition to the group …

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May11

LMNO & Kev Brown – Selective Hearing Part 2 (Review)

LMNO & Kev Brown

Selective Hearing Part 2

Released by Up Above Records


Long Beach native James Kelly and DC-based Kevin Brown have teamed up once again under their pseudonyms LMNO and Kev Brown, respectively, in an appropriate and highly anticipated return to their highly original and collaborative brainchild (and homage to) James Brown. Their original work was unleashed onto the world in 2008’s well-received and inventive Selective Hearing, a soulful serving of stylized beats and eloquent rhymes. With quality cuts like “The Beat Tape” and “The Cause,” James Brown threw down a debut of impressive caliber that established both LMNO and ...

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