Coalmine Records recently released Phazed Out (Untagged/No DJ Version) by M-Phazes, the Australian producer from Melbourne who has been crafting tracks for artists in his homeland as well as overseas.
Most notably, M-Phazes produced four tracks on Pharoahe Monch’s last release W.A.R. (We Are Renegades), including the lead single “Clap (One Day)” and “Assassins” featuring Jean Grae and Royce Da 5’9.
On Phazed-Out, the man has a plethora of artists on tracks remixed with his soundscape. One of the standout tracks is “Brooklyn Bridge” featuring BK rhymers Bekay and the Juice Crew/MAIncorporated All-Star, Masta Ace.
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Another strong collaboration on the album is “Underground Record” by Famoso, Termanology, Shabaam Sahdeeq Aka S Double, Phantasm, the one Chubb Rock, and Brand Nubian lyricist Sadat X. Each artist’s verse is concise and flows seamlessly into the next.
“Midnight Madness” by Boot Camp Click mainstay Heltah Skeltah is a heater you’ll want to check out. It’s a very energetic track that will bring fresh air to any block party. M-Phazes does a Phazed Out Remix on the CL Smooth and Skyzoo track “Perfect Timing,” which is definitely good riding music. He ends the record with the track “Super Good” by triple threat artist J-Live.
If you want an album to start the summer off right, Phazed Out is a must-have.
For our second installment of The Orchard’s Catalogue Cuts, Orchard-ite Ben Wexler brings you the best of Hip Hop and Rap music from our vast repertoire.
We’ve got some “legendary” (quite literally) tunes from all coasts: Pigeon John, Murs, and Fashawn from the West; Lord Jamar, The RZA, R.A. The Rugged Man, and G.U.R.U. from the East; Royce Da 5’9″ and Nick Speed from the Midwest; and Stat Quo, Scarface, and K. Gates from the Dirty South.
You’ll notice some classics from back in the day like “Game Type” by Tragedy fka the Intelligent Hoodlum to the Hip-House smash “Turn Up The Bass” by Tyree Cooper featuring Kool Rock Steady, and some more recent tracks from the past 18 months including “Mega Fresh X” by Cormega feat. KRS-One, Kool DJ Red Alert, Big Daddy Kane, Grand Puba, and Parrish Smith of EPMD, “A’s & E’s” by Edo G. and Masta Ace feat. Marsha Ambrosius, and “What I’m Here For” by Rasheed Chappell feat. EPMD’s DJ Scratch.
If you want an eclectic mix of Hip-Hop, look no further than this totally dope playlist.
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Philly rap group Jedi Mind Tricks recently announced the upcoming release of their seventh LP, Violence Begets Violence, and they premiered the first track from the record earlier this week. Titled “Target Practice,” the cut features production from Hypnotist Beats. Check it out here.
On October 25, 2011, JMT is set to drop its seventh studio album, Violence Begets Violence, through Vinnie Paz’s own imprint, Enemy Soil. Though JMT fans can expect more of the uncompromising, unrelenting brand of hardcore rap music that has become the group’s signature sound, Violence Begets Violence, marks a change as longtime JMT producer, Stoupe, hands over production duties to a new wave of talented producers honed on the JMT sound, but set on creating a fresh take on a classic formula.
Fashawn‘s new video for “The Ecology/The Score” featuring Planet Asia finds the Fresno based MC seamlessly transitioning between his acclaimed 2009 release Boy Meets World and the upcoming mixtape Grizzly City 3.
Via 2DopeBoyz.
Depression, losing a friend and album collaborator to lung cancer, a nasty breakup, and living on an air mattress for three months has armed rapper Cage with more than enough real life inspiration for his new record Depart From Me. Having “.. sabotaged relationships so [he] could write about it,” Chris Palko offers an art-imitates-life set that’s poised to be the “realest” record of his career, dropping June 30th on Def Jux. Scheduled to play SXSW at the Biz3 showcase at Club DeVille alongside Kid Sister, Lady Sovereign, Chin Chin, Hollywood Holt, Thunderheist and Asher Roth, this tormented wordsmith is ready to hit the scene with the followup to his acclaimed 2005 release Hell’s Winter. Fresh off a Pitchfork feature, his new single “Nothing Left To Say” is buzzing just about as hard as his tortured rhymes. Featuring lyrics and production from the late Camu Tau, Sean Martin (ex Hatebreed) and underground Hip Hop phenoms El-P and Aesop Rock, Depart From Me is 14 tracks of real, emotionally scarring and therapeutic life stories over mostly sample-less and progressive beats. CAGE IS BACK IN FULL EFFECT!!! Check his videos and select tracks from the album on his myspace.
