Oh No vs. The Oneness of Juju
Havana Joe over at Stones Throw sent me this in the mail a while ago. I had no idea what it was. I put it in the player and my head nodded from beginning to end. I forgot to ask him if it was cool...
View ArticleWax Poetics Digital is now LIVE.
CLICK HERE TO VISIT WAX POETICS DIGITAL I know this project has been in the works for quite some time so congratulations to the staff over at the best music magazine in the universe, Wax Poetics....
View ArticleMF DOOM –“Sniper Elite”
Wow, something dope is making the cyberspace rounds. An MF Doom banger called “Sniper Elite.” Better known to geeks such as myself as “Anti-American Graffiti,” one of the beats off J Dilla‘s...
View ArticleMayer Hawthorne & The County –“Just Ain’t Gonna Work Out”
I love those random nights when I’m on AIM and someone shoots me over some heat out of the blue. So Deluge from Punchdouble gets the thumbs up for putting me on to this. Brand new Stones Throw...
View ArticleVIDEO: Mayer Hawthorne & The County –“Just Ain’t Gonna Work Out” + BONUS:...
Back in November, the Internet was sent into a tizzy over this song (myself included). Alot of different folks have different opinions about this retro-soul sound that was made popular by Amy...
View ArticleDam-Funk –“No More Luv”
I’ve been all over the place trying to find out the story behind this joint and I think I’ve finally figured it out. One of Stones Throw‘s best kept secrets, Dâm-Funk is a monster when it comes to...
View ArticleVIDEO: Mayer Hawthorne & The County –“When I Say Goodbye” (Barbershop Quartet...
The underground bubbling is slowly starting to come to a full-blown boil as Mayer Hawthorne & The County‘s debut album (slated for a September 9th release). I haven’t heard one bad joint yet....
View ArticleMayer Hawthorne –“Little Boxes” (Weeds Theme Song Cover)
Mayer Hawthorne just released a treat with a very shiny wrapper to the masses. Any of y’all watch Weeds on Showtime? Well according to Mayer, Showtime reached out to a handful of artists to cover /...
View ArticleMayer Hawthorne –“Just Ain’t Gonna Work Out (Astronote El Camino Remix)”
The first remix that Astronote did of this song was incredible and I can’t count the number of times I played the song on repeat when I first downloaded it. Don’t think Stones Throw (Mayer...
View ArticleMayer Hawthorne –“Green Eyed Love (Classixx remix)”
Producers seem to be having a field day remixing Mayer Hawthorne lately. And most of them have been pretty good for the most part. Here’s a trippy, ’80s-inspired rendition of “Green Eyed Love” by...
View ArticleVIDEO: The Making of Waajeed’s Remix of Mayer Hawthorne’s “Green Eyed Love”
We all knew that Waajeed was nice with the production equipment, but who knew that he could catch wreck with a video camera and some film editing software too? The brain behind the genre-bending and...
View ArticleVIDEOS: J Dilla Documentary by Stussy
Kudos to the Stussy gang for this nice piece of film. A couple of weeks back, in conjunction with the anniversary of J Dilla’s death / birthday, Stussy released a limited edition tee which showcases...
View ArticleVIDEO: Mayer Hawthorne –“I Wish It Would Rain”
So my hands-down favorite song on Mayer Hawthorne‘s widely-praised A Strange Arrangement album got the moving picture treatment. Henry DeMaio (the director of the above video) took a pretty minimal...
View ArticleVIDEO: Rare Form presents Donuts Are Forever 4 (NYC J Dilla Tribute)
One of my favorite things to do in my spare time other than provide y’all with treats via this blog is produce and promote events with my Rare Form crew based here in my hometown of New York City....
View ArticleJ Dilla – Donut Shop EP
Well look at what Stones Throw was nice enough to treat us to? Recently, the Los Angeles-based independent juggernaut teamed up with Serato (the company that slowly and singlehandedly continues to...
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