Saturday, March 13, 2010
Thursday, March 11, 2010
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Saturday, March 6, 2010
Test Presses.
At this point talking about the 13 emcees of X-Mas is some old ass news. It is almost as if this project was just a figment of our imaginations, like "this muth@fu*kah is neva comin' out" type shit. Well Bums finished up the mixdown this week and that shit is OUTTA HERE!!! In the muth@fu*kin mail on the plane to vinyl press plant land. See ya, Now lets make this an official piece of music history. 10 and change minutes of a holiday saga packed with that old SEASONS GREETINGS type of cheer. Sign me up I am in, X-Mas during spring..... Break out your sleigh.
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
Here it is....Definately go check Werners Blog.
Representing Providence On Wax
This is a pretty nice compilation album that's just dropping now from a new label, Pro-Town Records. It's limited to 300 copies, but unlike most limited vinyl releases today, it's not priced to gouge the collector, it's actually priced below the norm: $10 for a full-length LP (11 songs + an intro). It's by a crew from Providence (Pro-Town, see?) Rhode Island that've been down for a good while, but up 'till now haven't put much music out. The full line-up consists of: Romen Rok, DJ Al Bums, Cevtwo, J Strest, Info Mite, Swerve One, Roe Diggs, Minister Ref, Jahpan and Chachi Carvalho. Some of them have put in some guest verses over the years - you may remember Romen Rok from Joe Beats' solo album for instance - but probably made the most noise with their album as Funkbunker Fleet (Slap & Spit) in 2003.
This album is a compilation of material recorded from 1999-today. And what's fun is that you can't tell what's from the 90's and what's recent when listening to it. It's totally consistent and timeless. The production (primarily handled by Al Bums) is on one-hand pretty varied - they use a wide variety of samples, some upbeat and soulful, others loop soulful crooning - but on the other hand, it's all pulled into a unified style of straight boom-bap hip-hop.
Lyrically, it's pretty consistent, too. Some songs are posse cuts, others are solo songs. But regardless, they're pretty much all non-stop battle rhymes in the vein of clever wordplay that only briefly pauses for some scratched-in hooks. You can distinguish who's rapping by their voices alright (Info Might has a gruffer voice, Al Bum's voice is deeper, etc), but writing-wise they seem to speak with one voice. "Love Is Blue," a more contemplative tune, is pretty much the only song that isn't about dissing "you," dropping punchlines ("I'll never get washed up - just like my dirty dishes") and flexing skills ("I stay busy as a bee stuck in a bucket of molasses"). But let's face it, we don't generally like our MCs to stray too far from the formula, do we? And they don't.
So I encourage you to check it out. It won't replace your favorite record by the masters like Rakim or the random rap greats like Unique, but it's some solid underground hip-hop. You can check out snippets and more (they're already planning their next release) at their blog, pro-townrecords.blogspot.com. When releases like this drop in 2010, I feel there's still hope the hip-hop vinyl scene.
Labels: Al Bums, Cevtwo, Chachi Carvalho, Info Mite, J Strest, Jahpan, Minister Ref, Roe Diggs, Romen Rok, Swerve One
This is a pretty nice compilation album that's just dropping now from a new label, Pro-Town Records. It's limited to 300 copies, but unlike most limited vinyl releases today, it's not priced to gouge the collector, it's actually priced below the norm: $10 for a full-length LP (11 songs + an intro). It's by a crew from Providence (Pro-Town, see?) Rhode Island that've been down for a good while, but up 'till now haven't put much music out. The full line-up consists of: Romen Rok, DJ Al Bums, Cevtwo, J Strest, Info Mite, Swerve One, Roe Diggs, Minister Ref, Jahpan and Chachi Carvalho. Some of them have put in some guest verses over the years - you may remember Romen Rok from Joe Beats' solo album for instance - but probably made the most noise with their album as Funkbunker Fleet (Slap & Spit) in 2003.
This album is a compilation of material recorded from 1999-today. And what's fun is that you can't tell what's from the 90's and what's recent when listening to it. It's totally consistent and timeless. The production (primarily handled by Al Bums) is on one-hand pretty varied - they use a wide variety of samples, some upbeat and soulful, others loop soulful crooning - but on the other hand, it's all pulled into a unified style of straight boom-bap hip-hop.
Lyrically, it's pretty consistent, too. Some songs are posse cuts, others are solo songs. But regardless, they're pretty much all non-stop battle rhymes in the vein of clever wordplay that only briefly pauses for some scratched-in hooks. You can distinguish who's rapping by their voices alright (Info Might has a gruffer voice, Al Bum's voice is deeper, etc), but writing-wise they seem to speak with one voice. "Love Is Blue," a more contemplative tune, is pretty much the only song that isn't about dissing "you," dropping punchlines ("I'll never get washed up - just like my dirty dishes") and flexing skills ("I stay busy as a bee stuck in a bucket of molasses"). But let's face it, we don't generally like our MCs to stray too far from the formula, do we? And they don't.
So I encourage you to check it out. It won't replace your favorite record by the masters like Rakim or the random rap greats like Unique, but it's some solid underground hip-hop. You can check out snippets and more (they're already planning their next release) at their blog, pro-townrecords.blogspot.com. When releases like this drop in 2010, I feel there's still hope the hip-hop vinyl scene.
Labels: Al Bums, Cevtwo, Chachi Carvalho, Info Mite, J Strest, Jahpan, Minister Ref, Roe Diggs, Romen Rok, Swerve One
Pro-Town compilation review.
http://wernervonwallenrod.blogspot.com/2010/03/providence-on-wax.html
Check out this review conducted by Werner Von Wallenrod on his blog.
Check out this review conducted by Werner Von Wallenrod on his blog.
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Crazy forward progression as of late . Things are on the move at the spot. 4/5 new joints in the works as of this past week, plus remixes to older joints are in order and ready to be worked. The final touches are finally being put on 13 mc's...whewww. That project will be finishing up finally. There is new material being produced on new machines and the sounds show and prove. Albums always comes with that muck for your eardrums. MomaG is on point with a couple of new joints that are sure to melt off a face or two. My man Stresto just laid out some glowin' hot coals for us tribal folks only to walk over. Damn things are on the move and it feels good to be getting goals accomplished, gotta thank the whole Pro-Town fam for stayin positive through any adversity. Lets keep it rollin fellas. Once again Thank you to all of the cats from around the world for copin' the compilation, that joint is movin quick so if you don't have a copy I suggest you grab one now. Peace Rhode Island, and Whole World. Swerveone
GET WELL GURU!!!
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