Melé’s Bombay EP for Mixpak is just about ready to drop and the anticipation is getting white hot with strong early support from Oliver Twizt, Buraka Som Sistema, Catchdubs and more. Sinden recently tapped Melé for a guest mix on his Kiss FM show and the resulting mix does not disappoint. Download it here or stream it below.
[via Truants]
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Tokyo’s Roger Yamaha is owner of Moonwalk Records and the man behind Turntable Lab Tokyo. He’s a damn good DJ and a perfect gentleman and he has just finished a new mix which he describes as “guaranteed one take, no edits, no bullshit.” Stream it or download it below. And to anyone looking for the now sold out Sizzla Mixpak shirt, Moonwalk Records has the only one’s left in the world.
The hip-hop community is in mourning over the untimely death of their beloved hip-hop icon Keith “Guru” Elam of Gang Starr. The 48-year-old rapper passed away on Monday (April 19) after a one-year battle with cancer. According to his brother, Harry Elam Jr., doctors diagnosed Guru with multiple myeloma last summer and in February, he was hospitalized with respiratory problems. Soon afterward, Guru had a heart attack and fell into a coma, from which he did not recover.
“The Elam family wishes to thank the fans of our son/brother/father uncle/nephew/cousin Keith aka GURU for the outpouring of love, concern and support,” said Guru’s sister, Patricia Elam, via a statement. “Our hearts are broken by the loss of someone we loved so much. GURU was devoted to his young son, who will most keenly feel his absence. GURU died far too young but he was, and we are, proud of all his many legendary musical contributions.”
Guru’s longtime friend and Gang Starr co-hort DJ Premier also released statement remembering his departed comrade.
“I will celebrate Guru’s life, I will honor his memory [and] I will grieve with the Elam Family over his untimely death. I’m gonna miss hearing his signature monotone voice when we walks in the room, but the songs will always bring it back to me. His rhyme flows were insane, and I will never remove him from my heart and soul. Rest in peace to the man who felt “Satisfaction from the street crowd reaction.” I love you [GUU].”
If you want to leave your condolences to Guru and his family, click HERE.
The Mixpak Records Family would like to send their condolences to Guru’s family.
In honor of Guru, we are going to celebrate his life through music.
Before we go down memory lane, here is a song you should listen to first. It’s called “The Planet” (from 1994’s Hard to Earn LP), and it sums up how Guru — a then-aspiring rapper from Boston — decided to move to New York and achieve his dreams of becoming a rapper. In the end, he would become one of hip-hop’s most respected lyricists.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bwa8nqKfONk
Here’s Gang Starr first single, “Manifest,” from their 1989 debut album No More Mr. Nice Guy.
Hyberdub boss Kode9 has a new compilation for the DJ-Kicks series which he describes as “just a snapshot of my DJ sets from the first half of 2010.” He’s included two tracks from Mixpak, Sticky’s “Jumeirah Riddim Sequel” and Sticky and Natalie Storm’s “Look Pon Me.” Kode9 elaborates,
[The mix is] definitely not an exploration of my musical heritage, but it’s not all new stuff. It probably signifies something about my relationship to dubstep that the mix only has a few dubstep tunes in it… Unfortunately, I fear some listeners, because of my background, will think that all the tracks are just mutations of dubstep.
!K7 will release Kode9’s DJ-Kicks on June 22nd, 2010.
Watch: Diplo’s “No One Is Safe” – Episode 1 (New Orleans Bounce)
Between Sissy Nobby’s recently released “Lay Me Down” single that’s finally available both as vinyl & a digital download and a brand new season of Treme on HBO, New Orleans is ruling my world right now. For a brief glimpse of what the world of NOLA Bounce is like, check out Diplo’s investigation of the New Orleans bounce genre, including a bit of extra coverage of Sissy Bounce genre (focusing on Big Freedia and Sissy Nobby).
For those of you who think it seems next to impossible to summarize the Sissy Bounce scene in a brief seven minute video, I encourage you to check out XLR8R’s coverage of Sissy Bounce, OR revisit a few classic Sissy Nobby music videos, including my personal favourite: B-B-B-B-Be-Be-Buh-Be-BEAT IT OUT THA FRAME!!!
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