Salt Lake City beatmaker LBOWDEEP presents the first in a series of remix compilations. Volume 1 takes vocal samples from the likes of Big L, Lil Wayne, 50 Cent, Aaliyah, Raekwon and Clipse and places them in a totally new setting. If you only have time for one track, spin ‘WuWuWuWu But Nah’ – LBOWDEEP’s perfect…
Having made its debut on Facebook Live earlier this week, the new album from Australian producer Flume sees a long-awaited full release. Featuring the singles ‘Smoke & Retribution‘, ‘Never Be Like You‘ and ‘Say It‘, it’s a big, bold collection of glossy beats punctuated by an all-star cast of Vince Staples, Vic Mensa, Beck, Raekwon and more.…
2013’s ‘Twelve Reasons To Die‘ saw producer Adrian Younge collaborate with Ghostface Killah on an exceptionally cinematic concept album. Rumours of a follow-up have been rife since its release, which can now been confirmed thanks to new single ‘Let The Record Spin’. Featuring bars from Raekwon, Younge’s production sounds as full as it did the first…
Producer Adrian Younge releases ‘Linear Labs: Los Angeles’, a self-produced collection featuring highlights from his catalogue, plus previously unreleased material from four forthcoming albums: [including ‘Twelve Reasons To Die II‘ with Ghostface Killah. For those unfamiliar with the producer’s work, ‘Linear Labs’ serves as an excellent introduction to his cinematic style. Among the unreleased gems also lies a…
Adrian Younge will release a brand new compilation later this week, entitled ‘Linear Labs: Los Angeles’. The album will feature previously unheard tracks from the producer, including those from some upcoming projects. One such track is ‘Return Of The Savage’, which is taken from the unreleased follow-up to Younge’s collaboration with Ghostface Killah, ‘Twelve Reasons To…
Wu-Tang Clan’s Raekwon has been dropping hints about new album ‘Fly International Luxurious Art’ since at least before 2013’s ‘It’s My Thing‘. Now that it’s finally here, we’re treated to some pretty grandiose beats, as well as contributions from Busta Rhymes, A$AP Rocky, 2Chainz, Ghostface Killah, Snoop Dogg & Rick Ross. It’s a pretty mixed bag…
With his long-awaited ‘Fly International Luxurious Art’ album due out at the end of the month [April 28], Raekwon releases a new track from the project, which features none other than A$AP Rocky. Although unlikely, Lord Flacko and The Chef actually make for a great pairing; with the former’s understated approach offset by plenty of hype…
Warner Music Germany have unveiled a full stream of the new Wu-Tang Clan album on YouTube, and ‘A Better Tomorrow’ is now available on all platforms. The album contains previous singles ‘Ron O’Neal‘, ‘Ruckus In B Minor‘, ‘Necklace‘ and title track ‘A Better Tomorrow. It has to be said that this album is a complete…
With their ‘A Better Tomorrow’ album due for release next Tuesday [December 2], Wu Tang Clan release the title single. On the track, the Wu spit a bunch of trite political rhetoric that essentially amounts to little more than ‘Things are shit, let’s sort it out’ over an optimistic Soul sample. Sound familiar? That’s because it’s…
After featuring ‘Wishing On A Star‘, ‘Stop Tripping‘ and ‘Footsteps In The Dark‘, we gave up chronicling Raekwon’s weekly #TBT series, figuring that at some point they’d all end up being released as a mixtape anyway. Although this was lazier than hopping on a load of old Funk and Soul tracks and slapping on the…
