The Musik Lounge

Well I guess the great thing about blogs is that you can come and go as you please! I have been traversing the West a little bit as of late, but I'm starting to settle down - Portland what up? I'm staying a bit out of the city this time but I plan to be going into the town on the regular. There will be more to come once again and I haven't forgotten at all about the good old TML Radio... It'll be back! You ain't heard the last from me, but while you are praying for it enjoy my look at the latest project from the young producer Jansport J. I know. Jay-Z remix records are old. But I'll be damned if they still don't impress from time to time. Admittedly, I didn't make it through even half of the hundred plus American Gangster discs every bedroom producer had to try their hand at. So while I didn't take any time out during our Jay-Z period to shed some light on the phenomenon he may not have fathered, but certainly mothered along, let me introduce you ...

Yes I was up listening to beat tapes late last night, and the night before. I’ve always enjoyed instrumental Hip Hop – the Strictly Beats blog was my introduction to the music blog scene – and as such I figured why not give some new beat tapes a listen. As it is every year, the first quarter generally starts out fairly slow on the release of new music. Luckily the industry is changing and while our favorite rappers won’t be coming out readily with new music a number of up and comers have been blessing us with great music non stop since before the 2009, and it seems that it’s only going to continue. Dert is a talented producer. As I mentioned in the Jansport J post below , sometimes beat tapes are inspired by one source, as is the case with Talk Strange , an instrumental project inspired by the tunes of Icelandic songstress Bjork. My familiarity with the music of hers is fairly minimal. I heard the Timbo produced tracks and may have ran through the last album once? A couple of her olde...