The Musik Lounge

Back at it again! Just as the temperature in my room began to drop in my room I found some inspiration to lay down a strictly hiphop set. I kicked it off with Murs and Aesop Rock "Happy Pills" - a song that I still love even if I don't indulge in them any more. As per usual I didn't know where I was going, things got a lil rough as I found my groove I slipped into a West Coast run of funky jams, some of which I hadn't heard in years. As the sounds flowed I kept moving and groovin with whatever felt right. Which led me to Dilla & Guilty, Cousin Stizz and Seattle spitter Porter Ray for some spaced out philosophy on life. About half way through the Royce & Westside Gun tune I knew it was the perfect track to let this round of TML Radio close out with.  Even though I find myself surrounded by more and more out there sounds I will always live by the Primo motto "I fiend for hiphop everyday" which birthed this mix. If it wasn't for hiphop I'd b...

With Evidence dropping his new EP tomorrow - I won't lie I think it's about to be one of the best releases of the year - I've got a week of Ev & Alc posts ready so if you don't know get ready, and if you do kick back and enjoy! Whenever you are a fan of the artist it’s just a little harder to dissect the music. I’m a fan of Evidence. Dilated Peoples was forever my shit, and then they slowly got consumed by the music industry machine and I lost interest. But my boy Swerve kept telling me to check out The Weatherman LP . I took my sweet time, but finally I stopped sleeping and was blown away. Since then Ev has steadily impressed, reminding me why I loved Dilated back in the day. For his first mixtape venture he links with DJ Skee and together they put out The Layover Mixtape . While Skee’s involvement is minimal, a few drops over good verses and the occasional shout out, it’s a good bet he was involved in setting up just a few of these collaborations. The most notabl...