New track came in yesterday. Donwill of Tanya Morgan, produced by Von Pea, also of Tanya Morgan. Von Pea really did it up nicely. And Donwill laid down some very nice, personal rhymes in a beautiful tribute to his late father. R.I.P. William Donald Freeman Sr. You’re son is doing great things. Hit the jump for more details from Donwill.
peace,
-the judge
Damn, I wish I hadn’t been so busy yesterday and had been able to get this out sooner. Flying Lotus grabbed my number one spot for album of the year with Los Angeles. And Theo is definitely up there in my top 10 new artists to look out for in ‘09. So this remix of Roberta Flack is definitely going to grab my attention. But it does more than that, it keeps my attention. It’s real cool, and could easily replace the original on the album (btw, this is an official collaboration, and not an overdub). Check out the track, and get excited because ‘09 is starting off right.
Theo X Flying Lotus - Roberta Flack Revisited
peace,
-the judge
The wait is over, and the EP is finally here. And I have to say, it was worth the wait. It’s smooth, lyrical, mellow, and thoughtful. Great, consistent production throughout that beautifully sets the mood. Lyrical and technical strength from Mishoo. And excellent guest spots to spice things up. This is the way to kickstart the year for sure. Shoutout to DutchMassive for putting me on this, and keeping me up to date on the happenings with this. DEFINITELY check this out.
Mishoo the Drumkit - Born in the Land of a Thousand Hills
enjoy,
-the judge
Yesterday I tripped it up to Philadelphia for the ANML HSE 1 Year Later Party. It was quite an eventful night, the highlight of which were the performances by Theo and Theophilus London. Theo premiered a new song which I believe is going to be released tomorrow and is produced by Flying Lotus. Be excited for that, it’s dope. Theophilus is so hype live, and got the whole crowd going. It was definitely a night to remember. Be on the lookout for my interview with Theo, and an upcoming interview with Theophilus.
Head here for more photos of the night
peace,
-the judge
The video is Theophilus in the studio working. The track below is supposed to be the intro upcoming mixtape/album called This Charming Mixtape. Its real cool. I hope you like it. I’m frantically blogging because I’m about to trip it up to Philly to see Theophilus London perform tonight. So enjoy the track, and I’m signing out for a minute.
Theophilus London - Gray Night Intro
peace,
-the judge
peace,
-the judge
I love posse cuts. And this is like the internet posse doing the posse cut to end all posse cuts. Print, Mickey Factz, Homeboy Sandman, $rictly Busine$$, Outasight, 6th Sense, Oddisee, Von Pea, & Fresh Daily all go in over the Bonobo track. And not only is this a posse cut, its a conceptual song which is real dope. And its also based on comics. I don’t understand why more MCs don’t do stuff like this. As the video shows, they all get along well, and obviously had a lot of fun doing this. But I’m glad all the stars aligned for this track to come to fruition. I see this quickly becoming one of my favourite songs of all time. Nevermind the fact that it’s 10+ minutes long. It’s worth listening to the whole thing.
peace,
-the judge
A-trak leaked this photo of the upcoming picture disc release of Say Whoa!. Not only is this a picture disc, but its also the first release on Serato’s new label. Its Say Whoa! on the one side, and the other side functions as a Serato controller disc. Pretty interesting concept. I’m tempted to buy one even though I’m not really on Serato. Anyways, all you DJs out there, keep your eyes out for the release of this disc. It’s gonna be ill.
peace,
-the judge
Because there’s no other way that more accurately represents a year. And in this case, its only 3 lists, that are honestly kind of arbitrary. But regardless, I now present to you the Vinyl Meltdown top 10’s of 2008:
10 Albums to Chill to:
1. Flying Lotus - Los Angeles
2. Panacea - A Mind on a Ship Through Time
3. Jackson Conti - Sujinho
4. Lykke Li - Youth Novels
5. Raphael Saadiq - The Way I See It
6. Gnarls Barkley - The Odd Couple
7. Fat Jon - Repaint Tomorrow
8. Samon Kawamura - Unfold
9. Clutchy Hopkins - Walking Backwards
10. Eric Lau - New Territories
10 Albums to get Hype to:
1. Wale - Mixtape about nothing
2. Cut Copy - In Ghost Colors
3. Murs - Murs for President
4. Tittsworth - 12 Steps
5. Nas - Untitled
6. Black Kids - Partie Traumatique
7. MGMT - Oracular Spectacular
8. NERD - Seeing Sounds
9. Crystal Castles - Crystle Castles
10. Nadastrom - Pussy EP
10 Other great albums
1. Kanser - Retro Future Legacy
2. Q-tip - The Renaissance
3. Black Keys - Attack and Release
4. Santogold - Santogold
5. Beck - Modern Guilt
6. Sam Sparro - Black & Gold
7. Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend
8. Black Milk - Tronic
9. Theo - The Birth
10. Theophilus London - JAM!
Again, the rankings are fairly arbitrary, as are the categories, but I wanted to share a bunch of albums that I loved this year that you should go back and listen to. Just sit back, and reflect on the good old days of 2008.
peace,
-the judge
Skillz does his yearly thing, and drops the 2008 wrap up. Not much to say about this. It’s always good. It always recaps the years event. I always enjoy it. Hopefully you do too.
peace,
-the judge
This is really dope. Not only is this beat awesome, but it samples one of my favourite tracks of all time, which comes from one of my favourite albums of all times. First comment with that sample gets a prize. No I.D. is doing Mikkey right on this album. He’s also making great use of the technology at his disposal, and turning around music and videos real quick, and he’ll be launching his new site, www.mikkeyhalsted.com on January 1. Definitely keep an eye on this guy.
peace,
-the judge
