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Sunday Morning Bandcamp: Bodega Man

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If you haven't gotten onto Bandcamp and just perused the mass amounts of FREE music readily available on their network you really should. Routinely finding multiple new artists or projects throughout the week on Bandcamp, it's been in my head for awhile to feature some of these finds here. Perhaps this will become a new Sunday trend. Bodega Man is someone I plan to feature more on the site in the future but I couldn't sit on his album any longer, The Jazz Album: Recession Thinking , it must be heard. I'll let him break it down: The concept of this album was the reflection of the average 9-5er American worker who struggled daily thru this recession. It was also for the people at the bottom of Americas pyramid. I wanted to put the peoples pain in each song from the ghettos of America, middle class America, and I myself who struggles every single day. Needless to say he is tackling some topics very few are addressing with their music these days and it's refreshing. The

Mick Boogie "The Changemakers"

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Mick Boogie is a pioneer of the current internet mixtape game. Having dropped routinly fresh and consistently filled with new material projects, along with teaming with more artsits then I could list for promo mixtapes to create hype for their respective offical full lengths. Quiet as kept, more times than not, these "street" releases could pass as their album and be far more respected. For his latest tape he has decided to round up the best of those he has worked with over the years, along with a few suprises to keep you ahead of the curve. Expect a number of usual suspects such as U-N-I, Talib, Outasight, Joe Scudda and Big Pooh. He also calls up the "blog" rap generation in the form of Shawn Chrystopher, Fly Union, Curtain$ and more. Bottom line, heat is here from a number of generations of talent. Boogie puts Oncue on for the intro and outro cuts, having never heard this dude he exemplifies why this tape is titled The Changemakers and why Mick Boogie can claim

Joy Orbison x "Money To Blow"

Enjoy this remix from DJ Dials reworking parts of the Euro club anthem of last summer "Hyph Mngo" from Joy Orbison and placing the Cash Money crew's A Capella over it. Download it here . If you didn't hear Hollis cover "Money To Blow" last week, watch it now.

TML Radio Vol. 11

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It's been a hot minute after a little break from being on the air things got sorted out and we are back on! This week I invited my friend and fellow SU alum Rob LaGatta in to kick back and drop some tunes. We basicaly went back and forth playing a wide variety of cuts. Peruse the tracklist and download TML Radio Vol. 11 here ! TML Radio Vol. 11 (4.3.10) Examples of Twelve "Pt. 2 The Madness? I" Wheedle's Groove "Baby Back" Aleke Kanonu "N'Gwode" Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings "Window Shoping" Why?Arcka "Out of School" Why?Arcka "Come Teach" Why?Arcka "GSH J Dilla Interlude" Why?Arcka "We Be Burnin' It Up" Impressions "Long Long Winter" Hudson Mohawke ft. Dam Funk "Allhot" Edie Hazel "California Dreamin" Sapient "Make More (Budo Remix)" The Final Solution "Never Coming Back Again" OC Notes ft. Cat Satisfaction "On A Clear Day (You Can S

March Heatrocks, Vol. 2

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The March Heatrocks have been broken into two volumes, get the first here ! Download March Heatrocks: Vol. 2 here Kicking off this volume of the March Heatrocks is Starlito, formerly known as All Star, which I previously blogged about here . Renaissance Gangster is fresh and "Weed Smoker Music" is as good a description of his genre as anything else. The song is pretty self explainatory, he captures a mood well. "Straight A student might focus to it/Just don't defocus to it" Changing it up but keeping it on track I was struck by this Don Cherry and Brent Roesenberg tune "In A Geodetic Dome." The song is basically a four minute long trumpet solo. There are repetitive hits on a gong very quietly in the background, an perhaps a few other equally quiet sounds. The point here is the trumpet, and a beautiful piece of playing it is. Slow and melancholy it's also reflective. Boom Bap Project haven't been active in some time but five years ago they dro

March Heatrocks, Vol. 1

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I'm making it a priority to get the heatrocks posted in the first week of the new month from here on out. This month was a slow one on the new music front, at one point I was convinced this was gonna be a short collection. Shuffle knew better though, hitting me with a number of gems that I just had to add to the mix. In the end I had enough to make this the first "double disc" heatrocks edition. Keep reading for what Vol. 1 holds and tune in tomorrow for Vol. 2! Download March 2010: Vol. 1 Here I have a folder of Jazz releases from '08 that a particular blog dubbed "best of" and of the handful that I've listened to they live up to the title. Quiet Village was among that collection and while the album has never gotten a full length play from me cuts come into my mind frame from time to time. "Too High To Move" is a great example of a smooth and melodic track letting you ride along with it. Don't be afraid by it's long nature, a trumpet