As some of you may already know, Jaylib "Champion of Sound" is one of my favorite album of all time. If you happen to share the same ideology, you'll be happy with this one.
This beat, released today, might not be the best sound you've heard coming from Madlib & J Dilla but since this shit doesn't come around often I thought it was post worthy. Probably an old JDilla joint that Madlib decided to spit some random shit over it while getting high.
Didn't sleep enough last night so the music posted today will definitely reflect my state of mind. Decided to drop some reggae and 1 hip hop track produced by one of my favorite producers : 9th Wonder.
Linval Thompson - I Love Marijuana I first heard this track from Madlib mixtape "blunted in the bomb shelter". The original is from Linval Thompson called "I Love Marijuana". If you like Madlib(& smoking weed) and you've never heard this mixtape before, go get that shit right now. BTW this song is a classic stoner anthem.
Ancient Astranauts - All Of The Things You Do (Feat. Tippa Irie) This track is bit more uptempo then the rest. Produced by the "Ancient Astronauts", very talented German producers that usually come up with experimental hip hop instrumentals. They've collaborated with Pharcyde on this particular album.
Wu-Tang was the shit back then, and still is. That said... for this post I kinda hit the shuffle button a couple times until I landed on some shit by The RZA. This is why I'm sharing with u guys 2 of my favorite "recent" RZA beats.
This one is off the Afro Samurai soundtrack. Afro Samurai is a Japanese manga witch got adapted into a TV series and a movie. The original author of the comic books, Takashi Okazaki, was deeply influenced by his love for soul/hip hop music and American medias. He went for one of the biggest name of the game to produce the soundtracks for his series. This joint and the whole album has a nice hiphop/soul vibe to it.
Now time for some good east coast sh'bang. Madlib is foshoo in my top5 producers' list. He produced this nice original beat for De La Soul, who I think doesnt need any introduction... Listen for yourself, there's also a videoclip. Dont expect any oldschool, this one was produced in 2004, its late delasoul stuff, but still bangin. De La Soul - Shopping Bags (Produced by Madlib)
Last featured rapper was 1st brought to my attention by DJ Skeet Skeet couple months ago when I asked him what fresh west coast hiphop was he listening at the moment. He answered mister almighty Dom Kennedy. You can compare him to Pac Div, featured in one of my older posts, and The Cool Kids. This track is a perfect summer anthem. P.S : chek out the booty at 00:22. DAMN! Dom Kennedy - Watermelon Sundae
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