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No Words #99: Magic In Threes, lojii, Tnkz (Zumi & Jeebz), The Professionals (Madlib & Oh No), Pixl Prymd

Our weekly feature No Words is all about new music recommendations. Nothing to read. Only music to listen to: lo&behold by lojii Quiet House 12″ by Tnkz The Professionals by The Professionals mmmagic…

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Free Download: Altered Crates – Otis Benjamin EP (Andre 3000 & Madlib)

The misleading title on YouTube and Bandcamp made my hip-hop heart skip a beat for a second. No, this isn’t a surprise collab drop by the Loop Digga and 3…

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Free Download: Soviet Konducta – Tape Fusion #7: Tape Fusion 0 (The Prequel)

Russian-inspired beat-tapes on top of an Ege Bamyasi record? A combination resulting in my full attention. This made me discover the Tape Fusion series by Soviet Konducta, clearly inspired by the…

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Guest Mix: Thijsenterprise – Between Beats & Jazz

Last month, Dutch producer Thijsenterprise (now residing in Barcelona) impressed us with his Dilla-influenced album Stepbacks & Setbacks: a well-crafted homage to ‘Donuts’, and on the B-side putting personal heartbreak…

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A Jazz Big Band Tribute to Madvillain by Abstract Orchestra (+Free Download)

Led by saxophonist Rob Mitchell, Abstract Orchestra has been saluting hip-hop since last year’s Dilla album: an orchestral tribute to reflect the diversity of sampling by hip-hop producers, framing the complexity of jazz…

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Grooves & Samples #42: Bernie Worrell – All the Woo in the World (1978)

Grooves & Samples offers a dive into old crates of jazz, funk & soul, to find more music through hip hop. Few keyboardists have been as influential and central to the…

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Grooves & Samples #41: Brenda Russell – If Only For One Night (1979)

Grooves & Samples offers a dive into old crates of jazz, funk, soul and beyond, in order to find more music through hip hop. Brenda Russell was born in Brooklyn,…

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Listen: Medline – Undercover

Undercover is an on-going project by French producer and multi-instrumentalist Medline, which kicked off last summer: interpretations of jazz, funk, library music and other rare grooves, as sampled by numerous hip hop…

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Grooves & Samples #40: Walter ‘Junie’ Morrison – Suzie Super Groupie (1976)

Grooves & Samples offers a dive into old crates of jazz, funk, soul and beyond, in order to find more music through hip hop. Born in 1954, Walter “Junie” Morrison…

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Listen: MED, Blu & Madlib – The Turn Up EP

Yesterday was a good day. New music by Talib Kweli, Evidence, BudaMunk, Lone Catalysts—all gathered here, for your listening pleasure. And then there’s also The Turn Up, a new EP…

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