So over the past few days I've been doing some plotting. The only way I am going to be able to get a handle on this project is to break it down into tiny manageable pieces. I'm starting with formulating a Kickstarter proposal to hopefully get: the demonstration garden, the website, equipment for podcasting, and a hand full of other things funded. In researching past Kickstarter projects--the most successful ones, in addition to being fantastic ideas, have had really great prizes/gifts for their donors (one Projector had the savvy idea to post a link to a Flickr album of the prize packages). So needless to say this has me thinking a lot about the prizes I'd like to offer. Two ideas sprang from here:
The Worldbridge Mixtape
Growing up in Cleveland the vast majority of my closest friends were either musicians or artists. I'm utterly thankful to them for my diverse taste, judicious ear, and my deep love of music. Not to mention a distinct love for musicians in general. So I got to thinking--what if I talked to all my musical friends and asked if they would be open to donating a track to a compilation album, which would be a prize for particular levels of donations. In return they get exposure to my donors, and a page in the cd booklet for: a stort bio, member names, contact/booking info, and permanent real-estate in the "web of allies" section of the completed website. I am thinking minimum 10 tracks, max 15. Thus far 4 out of the 4 people I've talked to are definitely interested. So we shall see.
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The Worldbridge Track of the Week
I don't know about you--but I use music religiously to keep me motivated. Over the past few years I have been collecting songs that really keep me going, as well as capture the essence of where I'm at existentially or psychologically in regard to this project. So every week I'm going to Share one of those songs with you my cherished reader, in hopes that the motivation becomes contagious and helps you get through what your going through and to succeed at what ever challenges you are facing--or at least learn well from the disappointments.
With that I think the song that truly captures where I'm at right now is "Jump" from Madonna's 2005, "Confessions on a Dance floor." I hope you enjoy and find the energy to keep it movin'.
WOW. Late entry for Mixtape of the year! This ultra-dense mix features over 250 beats from between 1999 and 2009. A decade of forward thinking Hip-hop in one handy mix. If that's not essential, then I don't know what is. Full tracklist and high quality mp3 download below.
Download: Om Unit - A Boom Bap ContinuumOr stream online... A Boom Bap Continuum... ten years of beats from '99 to '09 by ABoomBapContinuum Tracklist... Don't hold your breath reading, this shit is looooooooong... Intro ft. Oh No, Waajeed, Dom Sum, Take aka Sweatson Klank and Jay Dee.1999 – Mixed by 2tall The Isolationist – Settle Down (prod. Vadim) Lootpack – Episode IV (prod. Madlib) Mos Def – Fear Not of Man Company Flow – Blackout (prod. El-p) Phi Life Cypher – Last Man Standing (prod. Nappa) The Isolationist – Hydro Slush (prod. Vadim) Smut Peddlers – For The Record (prod. Mighty Mi) Task Force – Force The Resistance (prod. Mark B) The Creators – Hard Margin Afu Ra – Equality (prod. Premier) Group Home – The Legacy (prod. Premier) Afu Ra – Mic Stance (prod. Premier) High & Mighty – Dirty Decibels (prod. Mighty Mi) Consequence ft. Everyone – Nobody (prod. Nick Wiz) Sir Menelik ft. Grand Puba and Sadat X – 7xl (prod. Spinna) Sound Providers – Get Down (prod. Soul One) Busta Rhymes – Rhymes Galore (prod. Rashad Smith) Nobody – Green Means 2000 – Mixed by Kper Quasimoto – Microphone Mathematics (prod. Madlib) Lootpack – Loop Digga (prod. Madlib) J-Zone – Metrocard Millionaire Spacek – Eve (Jay Dee remix) Common – Doin It (prod. Jay Dee) Cocoa Brovaz – Super Brooklyn (prod. DJ Rob) El Da Sensei – Keep It Live (prod. P. Original) Cali Agents – The Good Life (prod. Protest) Bumpy Knuckles – Stock In The Game (prod. The Alchemist) Pete Rock – Back on the Block (DJ Krush remix) Divine Styler – Make it Plain Slum Village – Raise it Up (prod. Jay Dee) Skitz – Twilight of the Gods Lootpack – Weededed (prod. Madlib) RZA – RZA #7 Ko-Wrek Technique – Metro Dade (Luke Vibert remix) 2001 – Mixed by 2tall Prefuse 73 – Nuno Dabrye – So Scientific Jay Dee ft. Frank n Dank – Pause Jay Dee – Busta (Much More Re-edit) Pete Rock – Walk on By Roots Manuva – Witness (One Hope) (Walworth Road Rockers Dub) (prod. Lord Gosh) Cannibal Ox – The F Word (RJD2 Remix) Cannibal Ox – The F Word (prod. El-p) Masters Of Illusion – We All Over (prod. Kutmaster Kurt) Mission ft. Mia Doi Todd – Home (prod. Thes One) Jehst – High Plains Anthem Skeme – Turning (prod. Skitz) Maspyke – Truth in Position (prod. Roddy Rod) Hi Tek – round and round Kool G Rap – First Nigga (Premier Remix) Dilated People – Clockwork (prod. Premier) Erick Sermon – Music Third Sight – Will I Get Shot by a Dope Fiend? (prod. D-styles)2002 – Mixed by Kper Ricci Rucker – Dirt Program Dj Shadow – Six Days Daddy Kev – Untitled Boards of Canada – Sixtyniner P.U.T.S – Acid Raindrops (prod. Thes One) Harmonic 33 – Extraordinary World Craig David – 7 Days (DJ Premier remix) Non Phixion – The CIA Is Trying to Kill Me (prod. Necro) Insight – Ghetto Blaster Gangstarr – Skills (prod. Premier) J Live – Satisfied (prod. Spinna) Bumpy Knuckles – Scram (prod. Jazzy Jeff) D-Styles – The Murder Faktory DJ Vadim – Till The Sun’s in Our Eyes Ricci Rucker – Dirty Larry remix Busdriver – Imaginary Places (prod. Paris Zax)2003 – Mixed by 2tall Push Button Objects – 360 degrees (Prefuse 73 remix) Romanowski – Super Skank Pharoah Monch – Agent Orange (prod. SA-RA) Madlib – Please Set Me at Ease (hip hop mix) Smiley the Ghetto Child – Wake Up Call (prod. Premier) Medaphor – What You In It For (prod. Oh No) Jaylib – The Official (prod. Madlib) Dudley Perkins – Falling (prod. Madlib) Akrobatik – Remind my Soul (prod. Fakts One) Prefuse 73 – Uprock and Invogorate Prefuse 73 – Busy Signal (Make You Go Bombing) DJ Baku ft. Rumi and Primal – Chikusatsu P-Love – Fop Lights2004 – Mixed by Kper Metal Fingered Doom – White Willow Dj Signify – Winter’s Going De La Soul ft MF Doom – Rock Co Kane Flow (prod. Jake One) Metal Fingered Doom – Shallots Madvillain – Figaro (Prod. Madlib) Take – The Start of Our Ending (Nordic Soul Instrumental) El-P – Jukie Skate Rock Vast Aire – Red Pill (prod. Ayatollah) Dabrye ft Jay Dee – Game Over Daedelus – Dumbfound (edIT remix) Blendcrafters – Melody (prod. DJ Numark) Machinedrum – Bill o Wads Danny Breaks – Windscreen Wiper Thomas Felman – Interstellar Madvillain – Accordion (prod. Madlib) Madvillain – America’s Most Blunted (prod. Madlib) Sixtoo – Boxcutter Emporium pt2 Telefon Tel Aviv – I Lied Loefah – Horror Show2005 – Mixed by 2tall The tape vs. RQM – Minimal Prefuse 73 – Hide Ya Face Ghislain Poirier – Dontsmileitspostmodern The Bug – Fire (Version) Boom Bip – The Move Quasimoto – Greenery (prod. Madlib) Jay Dee – Track 2 (from beat CD 05) Jay Dilla – Lightworks Oh No – Keepintime remix MHE – 008 The Perceptionists ft. Guru – Party Hard (prod. Camu Tao) Little Brother – Starvation (prod. Khrysis) Oh No – Move (prod. J Dilla) Percee P – Put It On The Line (BX remix) (prod. Madlib) M.E.D – Can’t Hold On (prod. Madlib)2006 – Mixed by Kper Kutmah – Warm Like The Sunshine Ras G – Birth of the Beat Flying Lotus – 1983 J Dilla – In The Streets Georgia Anne Muldrow – Hello Shawn J Period – The Comeback Nosaj Thing – Aquarium Dj Krush – Kemuri (Untouchable Mix) Clark – Herr Barr Flying Lotus – Untitled Modeselektor – Fake Emotion (Dabrye Remix) Elliot Lipp – Rhyme War Exile – Silver Moon Ras G – Random Selection Oh No ft. Vast Aire – No Aire Foreign Beggars – Slow Broiled Ilk (prod. Oh No) Exile – Planet Ox Jneiro Jarel – Bboy Portrait in Spain Para One ft. TTC – Musclor Loefah – Mud Hudson Mohawke – ZoOoOoOom2007 – Mixed by 2tall Kev Brown – Outside Looking In Waajeed – Tron Flyamsam – Green Tea Power Flying Lotus – Shhh Heralds of Change – Work That Blockhead – Do The Tron Black Milk – Sound The Alarm Take – Walk Away ft. Gaby Hernandez J Davey – No More (prod. Brook D’Leau) Prefuse 73 ft. School of Seven Bells – The Class of 73 Bells Oh No – Bouncers Heliocentrics – Distant Star Aesop Rock – Keep Off The Lawn Busdriver – (Bloody Paw On The) Kill Floor (prod. Boom Bip) Matty G – 50,000 Watts Loefah – Disko Rekah The Bug – Poison Dart (DJ Baku Scratch Megamix) The Bug ft. Flowdan and Killa P – Ganja2008 – Mixed by Kper Funkenteller feat. The Deepspace 69 – Emulator Megasoid – Soundbwoy Bass Mike Slott – Deux Three Onra – My Comet Afta1 – Honey Dip King Midas Sound – One Ting (Dabrye Remix) Take – Make Believe Mono/Poly – The Beatles, Bitch Mweslee – Chandal 500 Maga Bo – Fire Nosaj Thing – Coat of Arms Guilty Simpson – Bitches (prod Mr Porter) SA-RA – Talk Sex Onra – The Anthem Take – Bouncing Cherries Onra – Bombs Ras G – Overcast 78 Beat (Two) Budamunky – Budamunk Funk Hudson Mo – Still on It Bullion – Rude Effort Samiyam – Beat 4 Rustie – Zig Zag Flying Lotus – Auntie’s Lock/Infinitum (Quarta 330 remix) Joker – Gully Brook Lane Matty G – West Coast Rocks (Glitch Mob remix)2009 – Mixed by Kper and 2tall Hudson Mohawke – Rising 5 Tago – Babel Fish Paul White – Synth March Machinedrum ft. ie.merg – 911 Loops Haunt – Impact Omnihammer Blue Daisy – Space Ex Bullion – Are You The One Grandeurs of Delusion – Desrunay (prod. Uncle Lew) Exile – The Sound is God Jneiro Jarel – Ghetto Dreaming Little Dragon – After the Rain (GB re-interpretation) Ras G – Eunice in White Diamond District – I Mean Business (prod. Oddissee) Debruit – I’m Going with You Samiyam – Rough Copy Om Unit – Ether Milanese – Disclosure Danny Breaks & Adlib – The Sound Nosaj Thing – FWD Architeq – Sleeping Bear Lament (Take remix) Black Milk – Bounce Computer Jay – Distance Harmonic 313 – Cyclotron Dam Funk – Kill Dat Fulgeance – Smartbanging GLK – Anything Worse Omega Clash – Junior Floating Points – Shangri La Mos Def – Supermagic (prod. Oh No) Starkey – Miracles (Jamie Vex’d remix) Mark Pritchard – Wind It Up Dorian Concept – Her Marshmallow SecretOutro ft. KenLo Craqnuques, fLako and Jay Scarlett
I really this kid. He's talented as a producer and a writer. He's clever. And, he's still in college. While making this mixtape and videos and being on tour, he still manages not to miss any classes at Duke University. This kid is doing his thing and getting a lot of buzz in the industry. One Foot Out The Door is his new mixtape and features artists like Bun B and Kid Cudi, and has the cosign of Clinton Sparks nd DJ Benzi. The best part of it all is that it's FREE to download from iTunes. You can get it by clicking here. Looking fwd to this new one!
His first mixtape, Mike Posner and The Brain Trust - A Matter of Time, has a great mixture of genres with fantastic production and is free to download in iTunes and you can get it by clicking on the hyperlink.
ALSO, He has a ongoing videoblog at Vimeo.com that you can access here where you can follow the kid flying back forth from class at Duke University and then ATL for recording. Really intersting stuff because now a days you don't find kids that actually want to finish college, they just want to be in the flashing lights via there non existent talent. Here is his personal Vimeo page: Mike Posner on Vimeo.
AND...Check his Youtube page out. This is where I first found him and then started following him on twitter (@MikePosner) and so on. This is example of his production talent. Dude did this in his dorm at DUKE! Crazy!
TOKiMONSTA, the official first lady of Brainfeeder shows us that the current beatscene won’t be dominated by men only. TOKiMONSTA (Jennifer Lee) born and raised in the South Bay area of Los Angeles, was an unfocused pupil of classical piano. However, she has come to use this background to create vast textural soundscapes by utilizing live instruments, percussion, digital manipulation, and dusty vinyl. Through the creation of beats, she is able to fuse the sounds of the past with current music sensibilities into something advanced all while preserving old school vibes. Her live performance is exciting as well as astounding intricate using a laptop, drum pad, MIDI controller, and an analog Roland SP 404. She is fearless and energetic having performed with the likes of Flying Lotus, Daedelus, Nosaj Thing, Gaslamp Killer, and many other of her fellow beat makers. Musique Large – The Functional Disfunction
Known as Los Angeles' "Ambassador of Boogie Funk," Dãm-Funk represents the citizens of the Funkmosphere. Headquartered in the Leimert Park section of L.A., Dãm (pronounced: 'Dame' as in Damon) spent the last few years cultivating a musical renaissance rooted in the early-'80s styles known as Boogie, Modern Soul and Electro-Funk.
