Here’s a new track from Big Boi’s latest LP, Sir Lucious Leftfoot, which is supposedly coming out soon. This track brings back the all-too-familiar pace that sets him apart from the rest. Instant classic! Gotta love the East Point shout out at the end!
Thanks to Dax from SnortThis.com for keeping us in the loop!
Download: Big Boi - Shine Blockas ft. Gucci Mane
Our homie from Charlotte, A Huf, recently released this mixtape to the web. It’s great fodder for Monday morning creativity, so check it out!
Download (via Mediafire): A Huf - The Morning After
Chris from Life After Midnight asked me to submit a Monday Morning Playlist for this week. It’s pretty cool to read through some of the past MMP’s and see what industry bros are listening to. He also conducted an interview with me that will be published on Wednesday. Check it all out here.
Yesterday, I was asked to freak a type treatment for Levi Maestro’s new mixtape (mixed by DJ Sourmilk) featuring songs from his Maestro Knows web series that has gotten hugely popular over the past months.
I decided to go with one of my favorite “display/headline” fonts, Trade Gothic Bold No. 20 Condensed, that I’ve been rockin’ since my design school days. Also, I’m hyped to finally throw down on one of Zach Wolfe’s shots. He’s been holding it down for ATL for years!
Download (via Sendspace): Maestro Knows & DJ Sourmilk Present… Season One Mixtape
NYC’s Da Hardy Boyz are visiting Atlanta this Friday thanks to Chris Black aka Done to Death Projects. They’ll be at Standard 1841 for an after work Keg Party followed by a night of mayhem at El Bar.
We have their single, Hardy Time, streaming on the audio player of our redesigned PROCESS site. Click on Summer Jams.
Download their Turntable Lab Mixtape (via zshare): Da Hardy Boyz Mixtape
A few months ago, Charlotte-based MC, Stranger Day, remixed a track by Atlanta’s Cristo Disco for his Gold Metal Mixtape release with Streetlocal. This past weekend, Stranger Day filmed the music video for the track Cristo Disco Ball in Charlotte and brought Cristo Disco up to the pool party-themed video.
Download: Stranger Day - Cristo Disco Ball
Check out Cristo’s production photos and comments from his day in Charlotte after the jump. Read the rest of this entry »
If you haven’t heard of the Willie Isz, you will come this summer. Goodie Mob frontman and Dungeon Family member, Khujo Goodie, has joined forces with Jneiro Jarel to orchestrate their first album, “Georgiavania”. From what I’ve heard so far, the sound is reminiscent of classic goodie mob crunk with a futuristic hip-hop twist that Jneiro Jarel brings to the table. Can’t wait to hear the rest of the album that is due to release in June on Lex Records.
Download: Willie Isz - The Grussle
This is the first taste we get from Mikkey’s The Last Shall Be First EP (produced by Mr. Money Machine aka Don Cannon) and it’s a certified banger! Very appropriate for Memorial Day. It’ll be on heavy rotation in the Treehouse all summer long.
Download: Mikkey Halsted - Hello
Hollyweerd teams up with Grip Plyaz on a new track that reference’s life in Atlanta. This seems to be a winning formula for Grip, as we recently heard him crush the track on DJ Smile’s Atlanta Bitch.
Mums FP’s manager just sent this track over. Apparently it was recorded in 2007, but will finally be released with a mixtape titled, Mr. 4th Quarter, on May 15th. If the rest of the tape has a groove like this track, then we’re in business!
Download: Mums FP - Cool Like
This remix is very straightforward and that’s why I love it. DJ Slink takes a classic AC/DC track and peppers in just enough Three6Mafia to make the track interesting. I heard one of the resident DJs at El Bar play this a couple weeks back, but I can’t remember who it was. Regardless, I’m looking forward to hearing it again at loud-as-hell volume. Perhaps someone will play it for me tonight, if I can make it back to the A in time to see Rob Wonder and Cristo Disco for their Cinco de Mayo party.
DJ Slugger’s new mixtape, Keep It Hood The Sequel: Stay Gutter stays true to his grime-time roots. Really great stuff. I’ve been bumping on the streets of HK for about a week now. It’s the least I can do to feel like I’m home.
Download (via zshare): DJ Slugger - Stay Gutter Mixtape
For those who missed it:
Download (via MediaFire): DJ Slugger - Keep It Hood Mixtape
Atlanta mainstays, Criminal Records and Creative Loafing have gotten together to release a compilation mixtape featuring Atlanta’s most talented artists. My personal fav has to be Grip Plyaz. I just like the attitude he brings when he’s flowing. FYI - There’s a download link at the bottom of this post.
There are 2 record release shows where you can score the 500 limited edition vinyl EPs:
N.E.C., Grip Plyaz, the Balkans, A. Leon Craft.
$10 (includes vinyl LP).
Thursday, May 7
7 pm
Eyedrum
290 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive
404-522-0655
Stanza, Carnivores, Mums FP, Predator.
Free
Sunday, May 10
3:30 pm
Criminal Records
1154-A Euclid Ave
404-215-9511
Full tracklist:
1. Predator - “You”
2. Grip Plyaz - “Fuck Dat Hipster Shit”
3. Anna Kramer and The Lost Cause - “I Can’t Take It”
4. A. Leon Craft - “Spaced Out”
5. The N.E.C. - “Cruel Sea”
6. Stanza - “A. Town Love”
7. Zoroaster - “White Dwarf”
8. Balkans - “Violent Girls”
9. Carnivores - “Shark Teeth”
10. Mums FP - “Cause & Effect”
11. Abby Go Go - “The Lost Song”
12. Spree Wilson - “Travelin’ Man Blues”
13. All Night Drug Prowling Wolves - “Dance Again”
14. G.G. King - “Drug Zoo”
15. Noot d’ Noot - Fingers Like Steeples
16. Batata Doce - “Corda Bomba”
17. Facehugger - “Through the Air Vents”
18. The Coathangers - “Stop Stomp Stompin’”
19. 4th Ward Afro-Klezmer Orchestra - “East Atlanta Passover Stomp”
20. Customers - “Howling At The Moon”
21. Danny! - “I Want H.E.R. (She’s So Heavy)”
22. Supreeme - “I’m On Fire”
23. Derek Lyn Plastic - “Run With Me”
24. Withered - “Reveal the Essence of Suffering”
25. Pill - “Lookin’ In”
26. Thy Mighty Contract - “Bats in the Dark”
27. Jeffrey Butzer - “Theme for a Tailor”
Download (via Creative Loafing): Mixt: An Atlanta Compilation
Photo by Alexey Yurenev
Done to Death artists, US Royalty, just recently collaborated with Joseph Pepper from Cartel & Stuart Luptin from The Child Ballads / Jonathan Fire*Eater covering The Rolling Stones “Sweet Virgina.”
I had a chance to catch up with Joseph at El Bar a couple weekends back and he mentioned that the idea for collaborating was very impromptu, yet welcomed. Apparently he hit the studio immediately, recorded the guitar track, and was pleased to hear the final result!
Download: US Royalty & Friends - Sweet Virginia
