ONRA - MY COMET / SHHHHHHH (2008)

Onra is one of the most interesting producers nowadays, i've already written about his Chinoiseries LP and A 7" from his and Quetzals - Tribute project.

This 7" is in a serie of 7 records from the great irish All City Label. All records in the serie are worth a purchase the next time you buy records. This is beats of the more experimental side of hiphop and I always like progression in beat makin, so this is kind of uplifting to hear!

The two tracks on this record is the opposite of each other. The beat called "My Comet" ia an easy listened beat with similarities in some of Flying Lotus work. The B-side is the more hard melted "Shhhhhhh".

Both tracks are genious in their own way though, and Onra shows who's the king of France again!

http://www.all-cityrecords.com/

LISTEN TO MY COMET/SHHHHHHH

/ JayWalk

SHAFIQ PRESENTS JANK RANDOM VS EARL LEONNE - THE FREQUENCY CLASH (2008)

I really love Beats, as you probably already noticed if you've been
reading some posts in this blog.

This LP is in the same league as other artists on poo-bah records, like Take, Ras G and Ta' raach.

By this i mean the characteristic atmospheric sound of theese artists. It's fresh!

The LP is made by Shafiq Husayn from the always interesting Sa-Ra collective, and i'm really
looking forward to more of his solo projects.

Peace!

// JayWalk

CIRCLE RESEARCH - WHO? (2008)

Circle Research is a Toronto based beat making duo. They released an interesting 12" earlier this year called "The Who EP, with some tracks from this album released a couple of weeks ago. Most of the tracks are about one minuite long, in other words, this album is more for listening than using in your next mixtape.

Circle Research uses many of the classic hiphop breaks and samples on the album, but they put them in a new perspective and create a hybrid between the classix and the hip hop sound we're looking for in 2008.

The album is released on the german label "Melting Pot", which is a very interesting label for those who haven't checked them out yet.

At the end I have to add some credits to the man behind the artwork of this record, it's fuckin brutal..

Below, some of my favourite tracks from the record.

UNA MAS 98/04
OH SNAP!
AFTER THE LAUGHTER

WWW.MPMSITE.COM



/ JayWalk

MURS - MURS FOR PRESIDENT (2008)

Murs new full length! Likely to be one of the best full lengt albums from US artist this year, along with some other releases. Funny surprise is the coloured vinyl, I didn't expect that when I opened the sleeve. After one listening, the best tracks is the same as the 12" below, but I think this is the the kind of record that grows when you've listened to it some time. As it is most of the time with good records.

You can listen to two tracks from the record below.

http://www.myspace.com/murs

/ JayWalk

MURS - CAN IT BE/ME AND THIS JAWN (2008)

I really like Murs. This 12" is no exception!

Solid catchy Jackson 5 sample. Probably there's a hit warning on this one. Hit warnings is of course always bad, so let's hope it wont make it to far on the charts. Then I can be proud of this record next year too.

The B-side, "Me And This Jawn", has one of the best beats lately. But the song doesn't really stick to my brain, I don't know why. I have a bad feeling about "New Murs".

Maybe because he's now released by warner music....

LISTEN TO "CAN IT BE"
LISTEN TO "ME AND THIS JAWN"

/ JayWalk

DJ PREMIER - BEATS THAT COLLECTED DUST (2008)

Dj Premier doesn't disappoint us this time either. This LP is packed with beats that most producers would have given their right hand for coming up with. Premo though, admit in the inlay that he's not very fond of theese beats, and they aren't his best. I agree with him, this material isn't sparkling as much as some of his other released stuff. But still, premo keeps it so geniously simple so you just got to love this. Especially on a dusky swedish monday like this. Big up once again premo!

My favourite tracks on the record is "Blow Horn Joint" and "B-Line".

Listen!

BLOW HORN JOINT

B-LINE

/ JayWalk

J RAWLS - DIGITAL FUNKY/ANOTHER TRIBUTE TO DILLA 7" (2008)

An almost new 7" by J Rawls, from his forthcoming album "Liquid Crystal Project pt. 2". Can't wait!

This records contains one funky side and one jazzed down side with lower bpm. Very good record, unfortunately my digital funky side have some wierd sounds that i think is mistakes in the pressing, too bad, but that's the price you pay when you buy vinyl theese days.

Support J Rawls, you know you'll like it!

LISTEN TO DIGITAL FUNKY
LISTEN TO ANOTHER TRIBUTE TO DILLA

/ JAYWALK