Hypnotic Brass Ensemble

Hypnotic Brass Ensemble is a 9-piece, Chicago-based brass group featuring 8 sons of Phil Cohran on horns.

Originally from Chicago, the brothers started as a street ensemble before recording in 2004. They have performed with Mos Def, Aquilla Sadalla, Phil Cohran, The Recipe, Nomadic Massive and at the North Sea Jazz Festival. In late 2007 they recorded with Erykah Badu and Maxwell. They supported Blur for their Hyde Park reunion concerts on the 2nd and 3 July in 2009. They are also confirmed collaborators on a number of tracks off of the third Gorillaz studio album, Plastic Beach.

"War"

Nine

Make or Take!

I Want To Be Free

Enjoy the summer y'all!

Flying Lotus

"Whole Wide World" (Instrumental)

Don't Trip

Declaime feat. Quas

Zen Approach

DJ Krush feat. Black Thought



I love DJ Krush!

DJ Krush

For The Love Of You

Marvin Isley, bass player for the Isley Brothers, died in Chicago on Sunday, aged 56.

Rest in peace Marvin!

J. Rawls feat. Eric Roberson

Jason Rawls is an American hip hop, soul, and neo-soul producer whose work crosses over into jazz. He has worked with Dose One, Beastie Boys, Slum Village, El Da Sensei, Count Bass D, Grand Agent, 9th Wonder, J-Live, Us3, and Moka Only.

J. Rawls' production is best known for his work with Black Star, a rap group formed by Mos Def and Talib Kweli. Rawls contributed production on "Brown Skin Lady" and "Yo, Yeah" which placed him on the map among producers in the rap music genre.



Such a beautiful song, such a beautiful album!

Go There With You

Shawn Jackson

From the album "First Of All"

A solid and well rounded album!

Who Run It?

Album from 2005 through Japanese based imprint Grit Records.

Villa Manifesto

Slum Village is set to release its first album in five years, the partially posthumous Villa Manifesto. Heading up this project, T3 brought together elements of his friends' and musical cohorts' past recordings to make Villa Manifesto what is being called "both a reunion and a memorial album."

On his new record's title, T3 said, "The reason why we call it Villa Manifesto is that it was a statement we want to give our people because we had been away for so long. What we're doing, what's going on, how we're feeling, and where we're at today."

Villa Manifesto hits stores July 27!

1. Bare Witness
2. Lock It Down (prod. J Dilla)
3. Earl Flin f. J Dilla
4. Scheming f. J Dilla, De La Soul & Phife (prod. Young RJ)
5. Faster f. Colin Munroe (prod. Young RJ)
6. 2000 Beyond f. J Dilla
7. Stereo f. J Dilla
8. Don’t Fight the Feeling f. Dwele (prod. Mr. Porter)
9. Dance
10. Um Um
11. The Set Up
12. Where Do We Go From Here f. Little Brother
13. We’ll Show You

Yah!

Buraka Som Sistema is an electronic dance music project from Portugal, specializing in a fusion of techno beats with the African kuduro genre, and are generally credited with creating the "progressive kuduro" variant.

Sound of Kuduro

Symbolyc One & Illmind

The Art of OneMind is a collaboration between two artists, Symbolyc One (S1) and Illmind. The project is a culmination of their common love of soul and Hip-Hop music, which burns bright throughout the album.

Please set me at ease

from the album Shades of Blue.

Moğollar

is one of the pioneer bands in Turkish rock music for about 40 years and one of the founders of Turkish ethno rock music (or Anatolian rock music). The major goal of the band is to prove that folk music has a multi-layered soul and folk music's dynamism is very close to pop music's dynamism.

Themes, Schemes & Dreams

Show & A.G feat. O.C., D-Flow and Party Artie (from the album Full Scale 1998)

My man J.Rocc

Stones Throw Podcast #52

Get the podcast here. Do it!

J.Rocc does his thing with about 100 records from the dollar-bins of used record stores in the L.A. area that no one else ever wanted to touch. This is a part of the Secondhand Sureshots project (Stones Throw).

You can read more here.




(Pictures from a Stones Throw show in Oslo, 2008)

Get Down Get Funky

BLACKMONK

Let The Funk Ride

Aim is Andrew Turner, a British musician, DJ and producer. Aim's sound is a blend of funky electronic music and hip hop beats. Beats I love. Enjoy!



From the album "Means Of Production"



Fall Break from the album "Hinterland"

Straight Talk From New York

dj honda

Dj Drama & Little Brother

Lovin It feat. Joe Scudda



The sun is shining!

Lootpack

Lootpack is a hip hop group signed to Stones Throw Records. Though they were together since high school, Lootpack - Madlib, Wildchild, and DJ Romes - made their first appearance on the 1993 debut album by Tha Alkaholiks, 21 & Over.
The first vinyl by Lootpack, Ill Psych Move EP, was released in 1996 on a label named Crate Digga's Palace founded by Madlib's father, Otis Jackson Sr. After this 12" they caught the attention of Stones Throw founder Peanut Butter Wolf, producer and DJ.

Eventually the three of them signed for Stones Throw leading to their 1999 release of Soundpieces: Da Antidote. A follow-up has not been released, but all three of them have collaborated on other projects and recorded solo records.

MF DOOM & MF GRIMM

Hmmm

I have a feeling that I already posted this one, but who cares! It's dope!



Lord Finesse "Check The Method"

Actual Facts

The Shit Is Real

Things We Do

From the album "Detroit Deli: A Taste Of Detroit"

Mighty Healthy

Ghostface Killah "Supreme Clientele"

Lionel Richie

"All Night Long" was a 1983 hit single for Lionel Richie. Taken from his second solo album Can't Slow Down.



For you Kevin.

MADLIB ON FRIDAY NIGHT FLAVAS 2005

Click here to listen to it.

Lord Quas!

Aloe Blacc

This is the lead off single from Aloe Blacc's forth coming album Good Things, produced by Truth & Soul, and featuring the backing band known as Expressions and El Michels Affair. The A-Side “I Need A Dollar” has just debuted as the theme song to the HBO series How To Make It In America.

The 12-inch vinyl for “Dollar” will be in stores April 2010. This is an advance digital release, which is also available on iTunes. Instrumentals for both tracks are included.

The album Good Things will be released in 2010 – track list & street date TBA. (Stones Throw).

A beautiful colab

Goapele feat. Dwele from the album "Change it All"



A beautiful woman! Check out her new album "Milk & Honey"!

Frank n Dank

from Detroit, Michigan. They are mainly known for their many collaborations with J Dilla. The duo first came to public attention as guests on J Dilla's album, Welcome 2 Detroit in 2001. Prior to this, they had been performing in their hometown, Detroit, since the mid-1990s and had released the 12"s "Everybody Get Up!" and "Me and My Man" between "Love (A Thing of the Past)", both produced by J Dilla.



J Dilla feat. Frank n Dank, from the album "Welcome to Detroit"



Quart Festival, Kristiansand' 08

Steely Dan

I really like these guys!

"Peg"



"Josie"

Keith Elam

Born on July 17, 1966, near Boston, Guru rose to fame in the late 1980s as part of the duo Gang Starr with partner DJ Premier. The pair helped define the New York underground rap sound in the 1990s. Their unique sound combined Premier's production palette, which leaned heavily on sampled jazz records and scratched vocals on the choruses, with Guru's uncompromising rhymes. Although the pair would work separately as often as they did together — Guru's Jazzmatazzseries of albums and Premier's work with Nas, Jay-Z, and underground act Group Home — Gang Starr continued to release critically acclaimed material throughout the late '90s and early 2000s.

Their 1998 album Moment of Truth was among their most critically lauded collections and Gang Starr's biggest-selling project to date. Gang Starr's last group project, The Ownerz, was released in 2003.

Guru found solo fame in 1993 when he released the first volume of his Jazzmatazz series, an all-star project that featured a number of collaborations with jazz icons such as Branford Marsalis, Donald Byrd, Roy Ayers and Ronny Jordan, as well as vocals from French producer Solaar and N'Dea Davenport of the Brand New Heavies. The album's mixture of jazz and rap was considered pioneering at the time, and the record spawned the hit "Trust Me." Guru would go on to make four volumes in the series.

R.I.P. to Guru, of the legendary Gang Starr Foundation who passed away from cancer yesterday (19.04.10) at the age of 43. You will be missed dearly.

Book of Rhymes

From the album "God's Son" 2002.

Peanut Butter Wolf

feat.Planet Asia, Madlib - ‘Definition Of Ill (Madlib Remix)’

Planet Asia

feat. Kutmasta Kurt "Golden Age"

Wow

the week goes by so fast!



Stay safe.

Tom Scott

"Today"



Tom Scott (born May 19, 1948, Los Angeles, California) is an American saxophonist, composer, arranger, conductor and bandleader of the west coast jazz/jazz fusion ensemble The L.A. Express.

Jay Electronica

Seriously

I love this song!

Oh baby you got what I need!

Freddie Scott "Got What I Need" 1968

Das EFX

"They Want ESX" from the album "Dead Serious"



I have actually been partying with Das EFX and I have to say that they are really nice! Much respect to Andre Weston and William Hines.

Everything I Do Gonna Be Funky

1973 baby!

Two Can Win

Only One Can Win

The Sylvers

Be Easy

Ghostface feat. Trife

Stay Away From Me

The Sylvers were a popular soul and disco family group during the 1970s. The group was from Memphis, Tennessee. "Stay Away From Me" received significant airplay at R&B radio outlets.

Lord Finesse!

Gorillaz

Super!

This song reminds me of my bestfriend Lise, who actually gave birth to the most beautiful baby boy last week. Love you!



MF Doom "Hoe Cakes"

D&D All-Stars

Group Home

Group Home is a hip hop duo, composed of members Lil' Dap and Melachi the Nutcracker. They came to prominence as members of the Gang Starr Foundation. Lil' Dap made his rhyming debut on Gang Starr's 1992 classic Daily Operation on the song "I'm the Man". Both members appeared on Gang Starr's critically acclaimed 1994 effort Hard to Earn, on the tracks "Speak Ya Clout" and "Words from the Nutcracker".In 1995, the group released its debut album, Livin' Proof. The album was very well received, mainly due to DJ Premier's advanced production work, described by Allmusic as "rhythmic masterpieces". A second album A Tear for the Ghetto was released in 1999, this time with only one track produced by DJ Premier.



Since then, little has been heard of the group. Lil' Dap released a solo single, "Brooklyn Zone", in 2001, and guested on several other releases. As of 2007, Lil' Dap is an independent artist, and is in studio working on another project. He was featured on Large Professor's 2008 album Main Source.

Good Times

Cameo is a funk-influenced R&B group that was formed in the early 1970s. Cameo was initially a 13-member group known as the New York City Players; this name was later changed to Cameo to avoid a lawsuit from The Ohio Players, another group from that era. Since then, Cameo has recorded several hits records. As of 2009, some of the original members continue to perform together, while two others were hired by the hip hop group Outkast.

This must be the coolest album cover, and the music video is so hot!





Have a beautiful Sunday everyone (finally the weather is getting a bit "warmer" around here)

Cheers!

Legendary Brazilian composer Arthur Verocai

This man is great!



"Na Boca Do Sol"

Beautiful

I wish Dilla was alive to see this

Ras Kass

"Goldyn Chyld" Produced by Primo



This is a unreleased primo classic from 2002

STUSSY X J DILLA X STONES THROW PT. 3

While we are waiting

for stussy dilla pt. 3

Large Pro feat. Nas



"Stay Chiseled"

STUSSY X J DILLA X STONES THROW PT. 2

Don't Cry

Young J Dilla, so cute!

Guilty and dilla

Move

STUSSY X J DILLA X STONES THROW PT. 1

Stüssy & Stones Throw Records have partnered for the J Dilla limited-edition Stüssy Tee. I just bought one!

February

is Dilla month!

It's been four years since the king of beats passed away. What a sad day that was. Play some Dilla today in memory for one of the greatest to ever do it. Turn it up!



"Take Notice" feat. Guilty

The Budos Band

The Budos Band are an "Instrumental Staten-Island Afro-Soul" outfit recording on the Daptone Records label. The band has eleven members who play instrumental music that is self-described as "Afro-Soul," a term and sound which - in a recent interview - baritone saxophone player Jared Tankel elucidates as, being drawn from Ethiopian music the band had been listening to that had a soul undercurrent to it, which the band then "sprinkled a little bit of sweet 60's stuff on top" of.



Gotta love it!

"Daglar Daglar"

This guy is a legend!

Happy birthday Torgeir!

This one is for you :)

cold water music (1999)

Aim is the Mancunian DJ Andy Turner.



I don't think I will ever get sick of this album!

Favela on Blast

Listen to the song, watch the documentary and love baile funk!



Diplo feat. Pantera Os Danadinhos

More Barış Manço

We can't ever

get enough of J Dilla can we?



Of course not.

Dimlite

Wow. What a great producer.

Dimlite is the main alias of musician/producer Dimitri Grimm, born 1980 in Switzerland, currently residing in Switzerland’s capital, Bern. With his father being a casual multi-instrumentalist and his grandfather a contemporary classical composer, the apple hadn’t had a big chance to fall far from the tree.

Record labels:
http://www.nowagainrecords.com/
http://dimlite.ehstrawlogy.com/

Almost

all of the music posted here is available from the following sites:

www.thegiantpeach.com
www.ughh.com
www.fatbeats.com
www.hhv.com
www.boomkat.com
iTunes

Make sure you support the artists!

Out For The Cash

EPMD

From the album "Back in Business"

dj honda feat. Camp Lo

dj honda

born in Hokkaidō, Japan is a hip hop DJ, turntablist, music producer, musician, Chapter President of a national Japan DJ battle, and entrepreneur. In other words, this guy is great!

Oh No

I just had to share this album with you after the last post. This album is produced by Oh No and it's sick! The solely instrumental album was released by Stones Throw Records in 2007, and is described as "an audio tour of Turkish, Lebanese, Greek, and Italian psyche funk.

Turkish funk

This guy is awesome! I have been listening to his music since I was a kid. Two of my favourite songs. Enjoy!

J Rawls & J Live

Lights Out!

Royce Da 5'9"

My most precious record!

Just

ignore Kanye!

So

Talib Kweli is coming to Stavanger, Norway in February! I've seen him live before, but i'm pretty sure I will go see him again. Happy now Torgeir?

Screwball!

oh and of course the one and only Preeeemo!

Exile

is a great producer from California. His first record appearances came as a member of hip hop duo Emanon alongside rapper Aloe Blacc. Exile's guest production work with artists including Mobb Deep, Ghostface Killah, Kardinal Offishall and Jurassic 5 is also renowned.

This track is from the album "Dirty Science" from 2006 feat. Slum Village.

Sade oh Sade

Sade - Soldier Of Love (Official Video)

Soldier Of Love – Sade’s comeback to the music scene after nearly ten years and lead single of her upcoming album – proved that the British singer and her band remained thoroughly consistent with the sound they have crafted over the last two decades. Director Sophie Muller now delivers the video that captures the spirit of the powerful song. Backed by militaristic choreography against dramatic skies the visual is in accordance with the album and single art work and further whets the appetite for her highly anticipated new album Soldier Of Love that is set for a worldwide release on February 8th via Sony Music. (www.hypebeast.com)

True Love

Produced by Young RJ.

He's the genius of love

1981 baby!

If you

like my blog I really think you should become a follower :)

And if there is anything you want to share with me, music or whatever please don't hesitate to contact me.

Peace.

The True Meaning

cormega the legacy

It's all beautiful, all beautiful music.

Waajeed from Detroit

is a producer and one half of the hip hop and R&B group Platinum Pied Pipers. Waajeed was an executive producer on Dwele's pre-debut project, Rize, which ultimately led to Dwele getting signed to Virgin Records shortly thereafter. He has been a close friend of Slum Village since its earliest days, DJ'ing for them on their earliest tours, convincing the group to release their first album/demo, Fan-Tas-Tic (Vol. 1), choosing the group's name, and introducing them to fourth member Elzhi.

According to Waajeed, his first MPC had previously belonged to J Dilla. After the hardware was broken by Questlove, J Dilla said that Waajeed could keep it if he could fix it. His first beats were made on that very same MPC after managing to correct the problem.

Keni Burke

Oh what a smooth song! Enjoy.

Happy New Year!