For Free Album Friday it’s an album put together by Squeek Boogie called Dillmatic. By that title (if you are a hiphop fan) you should be able to guess he takes the beats of Dilla and the rhymes of Nas. Not all the Nas stuff is from Illmatic but it makes a good title. Overall its pretty solid, towards the end I started skipping tracks but certainly worth a download. Before this album I’ve never heard of Squeek Boogie before but he is a producer from Phoenix hit up his links below for more info and download the album here
Count Bass D and DJ Pocket recently put out a free album that features straight loops for beats and I thought it might as well throw it up for Free Album Friday. Now to be honest I’m pretty underwhelmed by this release I like Count (especially Begborrowsteel) but overall I think this album misses the mark. There are a few songs I like (like “Everyday Ritual” below) and its free so whatever. I don’t have a problem with loops I just don’t like the sample material they took the loops from it’s like 80s R&B sounding junk. But peace to Count Bass D he makes good music. You can download In the Loop here
For Free Album Friday its a beat CD from producer Kylebeats. This came out in 2009 but its a collection of his beats from 2004-2007. I don’t know much about him besides he lives in Dallas and is a huge Dilla fan but there is some niceness on Beats Please so download it here
In my last post I shared the work of Apple Juice Kid this is another album he had a hand in and another good Free Album Friday post. The Remix Project Mixtape features musicians playing instrumental covers of various hiphop songs. It works really well they add enough flavor to it but while staying close to the original. Most songs are pretty short and flow seamlessly from one to another. They cover artists like Outkast, A Tribe Called Quest, Jay-Z, Snoop Dogg and much more. Below is their cover of the Scarface song “On My Block”. I would recommend you download the album you can grab it here as 320kbps mp3 if you want it in another format such as FLAC you can get it here. The players on The Remix Project Mixtape are
Drums: Apple Juice Kid
Bass: Matt Brandau
Percussion: Brevan Hampden
Keys: Mark Wells
Guitar/Samples: Dana Chell
Cuts: DJ Merlin
Apple Juice Kid is a drummer / producer he recently released the free album Louis Armstrong Remixed from listening to the songs on the site I’m not a huge fan. The way the vocals and the new beats come together don’t jive with me but he did release Miles Remixed in 2008 which is nice. On it he edits MIles Davis songs into new compositions and I think it will make a good Free Album Friday selection. Apple Juice Kid started as a drummer and moved into producing. He co-produced Camp Lo’s 2008 song “Lumdi” ,which I was a fan of, and he did a song for Wale that appeared on the itunes version of his Attention Deficit album. In addition to the Miles Remixed album he also played drums on The Remix Project Mixtape. Check his links below for more info on what he is up to.
Also if you are an older Jazz fan I would be interested to hearing what you think of what AJK did feel free to leave a comment below. Well I always encourage comments so feel free to speak your mind on it and any post regardless of age but I’m curious as to how a remix album like this is received to someone who mainly listens to Jazz. Do you appreciate it or do you see it as why is he messing with these songs I already like? Either way you can download the album here in 320kbps mp3 if you want it in another format such as FLAC you can download it here.
Back with another Free Album Friday post. You may know Elzhi from his work with Slum Village or his solo stuff. He is certainly a vary talented MC. Today he dropped The Leftovers Unmixedtape, it features beats from guys like Jake One, Black Milk and Oh No among others. Some of the songs were previously unreleased or promo stuff and as it says in its press release “It’s raw, uncut, unmastered, fresh from the studio and ready for your ears. No DJs, just eLZhi and his comrades, your speakers and you.” So a little holiday treat from Elzhi. You can download it here (which is 320k mp3) but if you want it in another format (such as FLAC) you can download it from elzhi.com
Earlier this year Adrian Champion released Stars & Stripes which he takes music from The White Stripes and mixed it with hiphop acapellas. It came out pretty nice. I will be interviewing him soon and with it being Free Album Friday it seemed like a good time to share the album with everyone if you haven’t checked it out yet. You can download it here.
Due to working on the Montparnasse posts I didn’t have a chane to put up a Vs. this week and since the Free Album Friday was just three songs I think I will kill two birds with one stone. Nine Inch Nails frontman Trent Reznor and El-P are friends and Reznor even was on a song (”Flyentology”) off El-P’s I’ll Sleep When You’re Dead album. So it’s not surprising Reznor might take a shot or remixing El-P’s work. He might have done more but El-P made available three songs for free. Out of the three I only like Reznor’s take on “Up All Night” but you can download them here and check them out for yourself.
El-P “Up All Night”
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El-P “Up All Night” [Survivalism Reznor Remix]
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Which song do you like better, the Reznor remix or the El-P original? Leave a comment
For Free Album Friday I have a nice little treat thanks to 6955 (Jason DeGroot). I have been a fan of 6955 for years. I guess you would put his music in the genre chiptune but he seems to take it to better places then most of his contemporaries. At one time the Canadian born artist was living in Japan but he is now back in Canada and part of a team working on a video game called Fez. It’s a 2D and 3D platformer game and expected in 2010. Heres a trailer for the game
Recently 6955 made available three previously unreleased demo tracks made for Fez. You can download the three song EP here and if you want to buy the CD (only 250 made) you can do that here. For more info on the game visit the companies website polytroncorporation.com and for more info on 6955 check out 6955.org. Also if you are a videogame fan 6955 started to do a web video series called Points which was good but then killed after 1up.com was sold but you can watch the ones that were made at points-tv.com
As mentioned in an earlier post Greenhouse Effect now known as Greenhouse has had some turn over. Now the group is MC/Producer Blueprint and MC Illogic. Just a few days ago they released a free EP called Electric Purgatory Part One. I haven’t had a chance to check it out yet but will soon but being Free Album Friday I thought it would be a good one to share. Im in a hurry at the moment i’ll update this post later. But grab the album here. If you want it in another format such as FLAC you can download that from the group here. If you want to pay for the album you can buy it on CD that comes with instrumentals AND a poster for 4.99 and that can be purchased here
