I had to buy this record just off the strength of the artwork and the production alone! It’s such a good record musically but the artwork makes this one a little more special. The cover art is created by Freegums out of Florida and is also etched into one side of the vinyl.

I’ve been meaning to pick this one up for a while now from one of a small number of online retailers carrying the record. But I’ve been preoccupied with many other vinyl purchases at the moment. Mostly from Ebay-You know how that goes haha. But finally I was able to grab a copy through a [...]

Black Sheep’s first album consisted of some of the best sample based Hip Hop production of the 90’s behind clever rhyme displays and comedy relief unlike any other group at that time. And looking back now at the production of Black Sheep and the amount of samples they use to create the great music on [...]

I’m digging this record a lot. It’s quite different from your average Hip Hop instrumental LP in the way Hubert constructs his beats here. His beats range from mellow Jazz grooves with light airy keys, to rhythmic Bossa and Latin styles driven by light drumming, horns, and heavy bass tones. You get some boom bap [...]

Here’s a second look at the new Dilla “Donut Shop” release that hit stores this week.

Today my instincts payed off as I found a copy of “Wu Tang Forever” instrumentals on wax for less than $5. I’ve never seen a copy of this before and I’ve never heard of a copy like this in existence. A huge plus too as it looks unplayed-a minty copy of what appears to [...]

I’ve never made a tribute mix before-especially one dedicated to J Dilla because everyone and their great grand moms has made one. But there are so many great JayDee beats out there and I was and have always been inspired by his production. Here’s a short mix focusing on the production of J Dilla. Enjoy [...]

Just like Hi Hat Club Vol.1, number four is split into two producer’s work. Side A features beats by Brenk and side B features beats from Fid Mella. Although I really could have done without Brenk’s vocal drops of “Yeah” and “Chop Shop Bitch!” occasionally blasting throughout his side, the beats on this record are [...]

A look into the new Study Guide 10″ brings me that much closer to owning a copy. Definitely looking forward to this one.

Feddie Joachim

This is another one of those records that didn’t really grab right away-it happens! But the online snippets didn’t do this one much justice. You really have to listen to this one on your turntables to really appreciate the the music contained in these grooves and feel the drums and the bass as it was [...]