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Mick Boogie calls De La Extras #2 “a definitive Sunday afternoon hip hop listen…perfect ish”…Download it below if you haven’t already…

May 24, 2011 / / No comments

Yesterday when I hopped on twitter I caught some great feedback from the homie Mick Boogie on my De La Extras #2 mixtape.  Seeing as how he’s kind of like a big deal (word to Jigga, Kanye, Nike, Lebron, etc), I figured I’d share his words and give everybody who slept on the tape another chance to check it out.  With that said, Mick called De La Extras #2 “a definitive Sunday afternoon hip hop listen…perfect ish” and coming from a man who collaborated with the legendary Jazzy Jeff for the acclaimed Summertime mixtape last year, that’s one of the best compliments I’ve gotten in a minute.  Anyway, I’m gonna shut up about myself and give y’all the link, a little backstory on the tape and the tracklist below; enjoy:

.:M11X & Illroots.com present DJ Low Key – De La Extras #2 (tracked version):.

.:M11X & Illroots.com present DJ Low Key – De La Extras #2 (untracked/podcast version):.

My boy Mikal Hameed aka M11X hit me up a while back to put together a mix for his contribution (pictured on the cd cover above & flyer below) to the now-in-limbo De La Soul – 3 Feet High & Rising Art Tour.  Mikal does “sound sculptures”, pieces of art that can play music from either ipods or turntables and needed something to play on his De La Soul chair.  De La is my favorite group ever, so I was happy to put together a mix of rarities, remixes, guest spots, bootlegs & b-sides that’d please the craziest of De La fanatics for him. Anyways, the De La art tour is still up in the air, but we decided to drop the tape with our homies from Illroots.com on New Year’s Eve 2009 as one last tribute to De La Soul as they closed out their 20th year in the rap.

1. DJ Low Key “De La Extras #2 Intro”
2. Teenage Fanclub & De La Soul “Fallin (Remix)”
3. De La Soul “La La La”
4. Joel Turner feat Dave “You”
5. Big Pooh feat. Posdnuos “People (Remix)”
6. Eslam Jawaad feat. De La Soul “Rewind DJ”
7. Malcolm McLaren feat. De La Soul “Hey DJ”
8. De La Soul feat. Sean Paul “Shoomp”
9. De La Soul & Camp Lo “So Good”
10. De La Soul feat. Jazzy Jeff “Hold Tight” aka “Cobb Creek (Demo)”
11. De La Soul “Breakadawn (De La Soul Remix)”
12. Oh No feat. Posdnuos “Smile A Lil Bit”
13. J-Live feat. Posdnuos & Oddisee “The Upgrade”
14. DJ Jazzy Jeff feat. Posdnuos “Let Me Hear U Clap”
15. J Period feat. De La Soul “Excursions”
16. Adam F feat. De La Soul & DV Alias Khrist “Time 4 Da True”
17. Ty feat. De La Soul “The Idea”
18. Nat & Onda feat. De La Soul “It’s A New Thing”
19. Matt & Kim feat. De La Soul “Daylight (Troublemaker Remix)”
20. Jungle Brothers feat. De La Soul, Monie Love, A Tribe Called Quest & Queen Latifah  “Doin Our Own Dang (Richie Fermie Mix)”
21. Queen Latifah feat. De La Soul “Mama Gave Birth To The Soul Children”
22. Mint Royale feat. Posdnuos “Show Me”
23. George Clinton feat. De La Soul “Do Fries Go With That Shake”
24. Last Emperor feat. Masta Ace & Trugoy “Clear Day”
25. Rob-O feat. De La Soul & Pete Rock “Stay Away”
26. Truth Enola feat. De La Soul “Voicestress”
27. Bush Babees feat. De La Soul & Mos Def “The Love Song (Remix)”

Last but not least, shouts to Mick Boogie for the mention, De La Soul for being the best of the best, M11X, Illroots.com and everybody listening.

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MP3: Che Grand “The Solution (Salute)” from the upcoming Solution Tape #2…Don’t miss the Solution’s 4 Year Anniversary tonight, 2/4!!!

February 4, 2011 / / No comments

Our good friend out in Brooklyn and frequent Solution guest, Che Grand, recorded us this ridiculous Solution anthem last year (in fact, a shorter, alternate version appeared on Che Grand & DJ Low Key – The Fixtape Too).  It features him MURDERING a futuristic Madlib joint and talking about his favorite party.  Download it for free below to get a preview of the heat we’re bringing for The Solution Tape #2 and make sure to get up on Che Grand’s music if you’re not already.

.:Che Grand “The Solution (Salute)”:.

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.:Che Grand & DJ Low Key – The Fixtape Two: In It For The Drink Ticket:.

September 2, 2010 / / No comments

Che Grand is one of my favorite rappers out.  Not because I’ve known him for years or because we released Limited Edition: The Fixtape back in 2007 or because we’ve performed at shows across the country together.  It’s because Che Grand is a BEAST on the mic, period. On The Fixtape Two: In It For The Drink Ticket, Che blacks out on everything from synthy funk beats to prog rock to club ish like he was born to do it, all while maintaining that Airtight Grizzy sound we all know and love.  The tape features guest spots from the Lessondary, Uzoy, Theo, Peter Hadar, Jay Electronica and more, while the production lineup includes Brian Brizzo, Von Pea, Nottz, Apple Juice Kid, Suhburb, Illmind, Cook Classics, The Stuyvesants & Boom Clap Bachelors. Shouts to Spec Boogie on the cover. The tracklist and download links are below, enjoy.

1. Fixed Tapes
2. Smoke Circles
3. Standin’ Too Close feat. Spec Boogie
4. Von Pea feat. Che Grand & Elucid – Thanks For Your Children
5. King x Grand
6. Drink Ticket (Oh Baby)
7. Confident feat. Uzoy
8. TJ Hooker Verse
9.  Streets
10. Salute (The Solution) (Dub)
11. Man Myth Legend
12. Get On Your Job feat. Boom Clap Bachelors
13. Donny Goines feat. Che Grand & Izza Kizza – She Likes
14. Work Harder (Lawwd Listen)
15. Donwill & Von Pea feat. Che Grand – Headphone Rock
16. The Mood (Jungle Sounds)
17. Cook Classics feat. Che Grand, Donwill, Theo & Peter Hadar – Pitch Me To You
18. My Style feat. Miky & AKIR
19. Brizzo & Cizzo feat. Che Grand – Never Be The Same
20. Jay Electronica feat. Che Grand – Hagler
21. Von Pea Kung Fu Grip Interlude
22. Star (Pimps In Canada in 3D) w/ The Lessondary
23. Antonio Fargas
24. Swing (Original 2006 Demo)
25. The Stew Fuzz Theme
26. Rock N Roll Pussy
27. Thru Wit It
28. Love Is The Motivation
29. Outro

.:Che Grand & DJ Low Key – The Fixtape Two: In It For The Drink Ticket (tracked):.

.:Che Grand & DJ Low Key – The Fixtape Two: In It For The Drink Ticket (untracked/podcast style version):.

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Aeon x DJ Low Key mixtape coming in a few months!!! Check out a few of his remixes below & get familiar…

August 31, 2010 / / No comments

(What a bad hip hop pic…neither of us look mean)

Me and insanely talented, Philadelphia-based producer Aeon are linking up for a mixtape in the coming months (unless the NL east race ends our friendship…LOL).  You might know him from Aeon Got Beats Vol. 1 or his work with Tanya Morgan, Che Grand and the rest of the Lessondary.  Anyways, here’s a quick preview of what you can expect on the tape, enjoy…

.:Carlitta Durand “Official (Aeon Remix)”:.

.:Torae “Switch (Aeon Remix):.

.:Nicolay & Kay “Tight Eyes (Aeon Remix):.

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Che Grand & DJ Low Key – The Fixtape 2:In It For The Drink Ticket coming next week!!! Check out “Man Myth Legend” & “Get On Your Job” below…

August 27, 2010 / / No comments
(“Gold, the charm works like it/No animals were harmed except the shark biters”)

Here’s two more new Che Grand joints from our upcoming mixtape, Che Grand & DJ Low Key – The Fixtape Two:In It For The Drink Ticket…The tape drops next week, I can’t wait for y’all to hear it…

.:Che Grand “Man Myth Legend”:.

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Alive & Fixing (c) Che Grand…Fixtape Two coming soon!!! Here’s a preview…

August 25, 2010 / / No comments

From ZFTPLabel.com: a little off schedule but as promised, here are 2 Fixtape Two joints!

.:Che Grand featuring Spec Boogie “Standin Too Close”:.

.:Che Grand “The Mood (Jungle Music)”:.

.:Bonus: “Lawwd Listen” on 2Dopeboyz.com & “Man Myth Legend” on the ZFTP Tumblr:.

In Che’s words: I’m hoping I don’t alienate my current listeners with this mixtape, I told Von Pea I’m ready to lose a few fans lol. I’ve just been having fun lately recording and engineering for myself and others, learning how to use Pro Tools. With that said expect the rest of this random collection of music new (old to some) and newer soon….

My 2 cents: Che MURDERS a variety of styles on here, everything from dub to prog rock to boom bap. No matter how familiar you are with Che Grand’s music, you’re gonna be impressed.  In the meantime, definitely check out the original Fixtape if you haven’t already.

.:Che Grand & DJ Low Key – Limited Edition: The Fixtape:.

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.:DJ Low Key & Sounds Supreme – The Solution Tape #1 (hosted by U-N-I & Ro Blvd):.

March 3, 2010 / / No comments

It’s been a long time coming, but we promise it’s worth the wait…Ladies and gentlemen, we’re proud to present to you, DJ Low Key & Sounds Supreme – The Solution Tape #1…Hosted by our good friends and some of our favorites artists out, U-N-I & Ro Blvd, and featuring exclusives and world premiers from some of the top new MCs and producers in hip hop including all three members of Tanya Morgan, Donnis, Exile, DJ Day, Che Grand, Buff1, Adad, 8thW1, Whygee, Kid Hum, Kooley High, Median, Theo Martins, Mike Baker, 1 O.A.K., Moe Green & more, as well as some of our favorite newer tracks…Check it out below and leave us a comment at DenverSolution.com to let us know what you think, cool?

.:DJ Low Key & Sounds Supreme – The Solution Tape #1 (hosted by U-N-I & Ro Blvd):.

.:DJ Low Key & Sounds Supreme – The Solution Tape #1 (hosted by U-N-I & Ro Blvd) (extended untracked/podcast style version):.

Tracklist:

1. DJ Low Key & Sounds Supreme “Question:What’s The Solution?”
2. U-N-I & Ro Blvd “The Solution Tape #1 Intro”
3. Donnis & Ro Blvd “Meet Me At The Solution”*
4. Moe Green “Round & Round”#
5. Donwill “808 Hi”*
6. Ilyas “Put It Up”#
7. Von Pea & Suhburb “Toss It Over”*
8. Kooley High feat. Median & Halo “What The Deal”*
9. Whygee & Kid Hum “I Play The Wall”*
10. Adad “Hi”#
11. BJ The Chicago Kid “Sky’s The Limit”
12. Theo Martins “Kirby’s Airwalk”#
13. Erykah Badu “Jump in The Air”
14. 8thW1 & 2 Hungry Bros “Talkin’”#
15. Ro Blvd “Desha Dayana Instrumental”
16. U-N-I & Ro Blvd “Land Of The Kings”
17. Donwill “Love Junkie”
18. TiRon & Ayomari “Ms. Right”
19. FRESHselects x Waajeed feat. Buff1 “You”#
20. El Prez & Ro Blvd “Lil Miss Popular”
21. Food Chain “Who Ridin’”
22. U-N-I “Beautiful Day” (Live at the Akomplice Season 11 Release Party)*
23. Exile & DJ Day feat. Von Pea, Donwill & Che Grand “Live at the Solution – 6/26/09″*
24. Exile & DJ Day “Funky Beats Interlude – Live at the Solution”*
25. Sounds Supreme “Intro”
26. Raheem Devaughn & Phil Ade “Pretty Girls (Remix)”
27. Chip Tha Ripper “Thank God”
28. Nneka feat. Jay Electronica “Walking (J.Period remix)”
29. Skyzoo “Beautiful Decay”
30. Othello & DJ Vajra “Connect For”#
31. Kidz In The Hall “Jukebox”
32. U-N-I & Ro Blvd “Stylin’”
33. Lupe Fiasco “Lean”
34. Nametag feat. Skyzoo “Back On My Shit”
35. Seven feat. Talib Kweli “Go Slow (DJ Premier Remix)”
36. Whygee & Gyp Da Hip “The Solution Freestyle”*
37. Gorillaz “Stylo (Chiddy Bang Remix)”
38. U-N-I & Ro Blvd feat. Miguel “Lately”
39. Mike Baker & 1 O.A.K. “The Solution (Mile High)”*
40. U-N-I & Ro Blvd “Shouts”

* Exclusive to the Solution Tape #1
# Exclusive world premier

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Friday, 2/26 -> DJ Low Key & Sounds Supreme – The Solution Tape #1 Release Party + The Solution’s last night at the Funky Buddha…

February 24, 2010 / / No comments

FRIDAY, 2/26 ->  Me and Sounds Supreme are finally dropping the Solution Tape #1, hosted by our good friends U-N-I and Ro Blvd, just in time to celebrate our final night at the Funky Buddha.  We’ve held down the Funky Buddha’s rooftop for the last 2+ years and while our time there has been awesome, it’s time for us to move on to a bigger and better spot, where we can take the Solution to the next level.  With that said, we’re looking forward to our new home, a few blocks away at Bar Standard (1037 Broadway). Bar Standard has a stage, great sound system, impressive lighting, a recently renovated interior, two AMAZING rooftop decks for summer and all sorts of other useful features that we plan to make the most of (starting with our 4th annual J Dilla tribute on 3/5).

But anyways, back to the party on 2/26.  You know the music’s gonna be on point, we’ll be giving copies of DJ Low Key & Sounds Supreme – The Solution Tape #1 (hosted by U-N-I & Ro Blvd) to the first 100 people, we’ve got clothing giveaways from Akomplice and two lucky Solution fans are gonna win a dope new Denver Diggers fitted, courtesy of Frank151 (find out how to win in the post below).  Don’t miss your chance to witness the end of this chapter of the Solution!!!  No cover / 21+ / Music at 9 / More info at DenverSolution.com.

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Here’s what they think about you (c) vintage Ice Cube…Some feedback on 2009…

January 5, 2010 / / One comment

Now that 2009 is in the rear view, I wanna post up a little feedback about mixtapes of mine and the rappers/producers I’ve been workin with.  Hopefully you’re already up on all these releases and you’ve made up your mind for yourself on how good they are.  If not, check out the feedback and links below to catch up ketchup find out more.

TiRon – Ketchup (mixed by DJ Low Key) – I linked up with LA’s TiRon in early ’09 and our tape ended up getting props all over the place. Earlier this year, the LA Times called it one of “the best releases of ’09 (thus far)” and said TiRon was “Los Angeles’ best rapper”, while countless hip hop fans/blogs/sites/magazines/etc showed love.  Shake of the insanely popular blog 2DopeBoyz.com (probably my favorite blog), called it his favorite mixtape of the year and his partner Meka had it on his best mixtapes of ’09 list too.  PopularLemonade.com called it their artist mixtape of the year, there was lots of talk about TiRon in the XXL Freshmen post on 2DopeBoyz, Moovmnt said he was next to blow up & that’s just the half.  Stay tuned for the follow up mixtape, Mustard, in early 2010.

Jermiside – Die Jerm Die (mixed by DJ Low Key): Me & Jermiside (of Red Giants/Lessondary fame) dropped Die Jerm Die in October and made a lot of noise on the blog circuit as well, receiving props on major sites like KevinNottingham.com, FlawlessHustle.com & 2DB.com.  Wake Your Daughter Up, one of Vibe Magazine’s Top 30 Blogs, said it “might just be one of the best mixtapes of the year”, CokeMachineGlow.com called it “the most lyrical release of the year”  & RockTheDub.com said it was “impressive…what you need”.

Tanya Morgan – Brooklynati: In 2009, I got to travel to some of the biggest music events in the country (SXSW & A3C), go on a run of shows with a rap legend (Dres from Black Sheep) and hit up a bunch of cities (NYC, St. Louis & many more) to DJ for Tanya Morgan in promotion of their latest album, Brooklynati. Brooklynati’s been included on more “Best of 2009” lists than I can keep up with, receiving props from names like the Onion A/V Club, Village Voice, Allmusic.com, iTunes Indie Spotlight and a bunch of other top notch publications/sites/blogs/stores.  Check out samples and pick it up here or here if you haven’t already.

Che Grand – Everything’s Good Ugly: Now that NYC’s Che Grand has finally released his brilliant debut album, Everything’s Good Ugly, we’re just about ready to knock out the sequel to the Fixtape, our collab from 2007.  His album followed fellow Lessondary members Tanya Morgan on a lot of “Best of 2009” lists and that’s just the tip of the iceberg, Che is one of the best rappers out, period.  Just ask the infamous Jay Electronica, who praised Che after he hopped on Jay’s unfinished “Hagler” demo (Kanye’s liked it too, check his blog).

U-N-I & Ro Blvd – A Love Supreme: I’ve been raving about Ro Blvd for years and years and when he linked up with Thurzday and Y-O aka U-N-I for A Love Supreme, he showed everybody why.  U-N-I are one of the best groups out (XXL, Billboard & Complex agree) and Ro showed his ass, producing one of the years best albums.  Don’t believe me?  Just search “A Love Supreme” and “best of 2009” and watch google light up.  Me and Ro Blvd were/are in a crew called the B Club together and have some dope ish up our sleeve for 2010, starting with a ridiculous exclusive Donnis & Ro Blvd song for the Solution Mixtape #1 (with my partner Sounds Supreme), dropping in a few weeks.

Shouts to everybody who downloaded, rocked and talked about these mixtapes, albums and artists, we appreciate the support.  With that said, 2009 was the shit and 2010 is about to be even better.  Last but not least, make sure you check out De La Extras #2, technically my last mixtape of 2009 (posted minutes before midnight on New Year’s Eve, from the middle of a party actually…LOL), and stay tuned for a ton of great releases and big things in 2010.

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.:M11X & Illroots.com present DJ Low Key – De La Extras #2:.

December 31, 2009 / / No comments

The homie Mikal Hameed aka M11X hit me up a while back to put together a mix for his contribution (pictured on the cd cover above & flyer below) to the now-in-limbo De La Soul – 3 Feet High & Rising Art Tour.  Mikal does “sound sculptures”, pieces of art that can play music from either ipods or turntables and needed something to play on his De La Soul chair.  De La is my favorite group ever, so I was happy to put together a mix of rarities, remixes, guest spots, bootlegs & b-sides that’d please the craziest of De La fanatics for him. Anyways, the De La art tour is still up in the air, but M11X is about to hit the road for some solo shows, so we decided to drop the tape with our homies from Illroots.com on New Year’s Eve as one last tribute to De La as they close out their 20th year in the rap.  The tracklist and links are below and last but least, if you’re in the Bay, make sure to check out M11X’s “Urban Audio Manifesto #2” show in San Francisco on January 8th.

.:M11X & Illroots.com present DJ Low Key – De La Extras #2 (tracked version):.

.:M11X & Illroots.com present DJ Low Key – De La Extras #2 (untracked/podcast version):.

1. DJ Low Key “De La Extras #2 Intro”
2. Teenage Fanclub & De La Soul “Fallin (Remix)”
3. De La Soul “La La La”
4. Joel Turner feat Dave “You”
5. Big Pooh feat. Posdnuos “People (Remix)”
6. Eslam Jawaad feat. De La Soul “Rewind DJ”
7. Malcolm McLaren feat. De La Soul “Hey DJ”
8. De La Soul feat. Sean Paul “Shoomp”
9. De La Soul & Camp Lo “So Good”
10. De La Soul feat. Jazzy Jeff “Hold Tight” aka “Cobb Creek (Demo)”
11. De La Soul “Breakadawn (De La Soul Remix)”
12. Oh No feat. Posdnuos “Smile A Lil Bit”
13. J-Live feat. Posdnuos & Oddisee “The Upgrade”
14. DJ Jazzy Jeff feat. Posdnuos “Let Me Hear U Clap”
15. J Period feat. De La Soul “Excursions”
16. Adam F feat. De La Soul & DV Alias Khrist “Time 4 Da True”
17. Ty feat. De La Soul “The Idea”
18. Nat & Onda feat. De La Soul “It’s A New Thing”
19. Matt & Kim feat. De La Soul “Daylight (Troublemaker Remix)”
20. Jungle Brothers feat. De La Soul, Monie Love, A Tribe Called Quest & Queen Latifah  “Doin Our Own Dang (Richie Fermie Mix)”
21. Queen Latifah feat. De La Soul “Mama Gave Birth To The Soul Children”
22. Mint Royale feat. Posdnuos “Show Me”
23. George Clinton feat. De La Soul “Do Fries Go With That Shake”
24. Last Emperor feat. Masta Ace & Trugoy “Clear Day”
25. Rob-O feat. De La Soul & Pete Rock “Stay Away”
26. Truth Enola feat. De La Soul “Voicestress”
27. Bush Babees feat. De La Soul & Mos Def “The Love Song (Remix)”

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