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Posts Tagged Instrumental Hip-Hop

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July 28, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Roc Marciano: Pimpstrumentals

Roc Marciano Pimpstrumentals Marci Enterprises Roc Marciano has been prolific as both MC and beatmaker over the last decade. Nearly an album a year under his own name as well as collaborations (DJ Muggs) and cameos. And of course those free mixtapes too.
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, David Axelrod, Dr. Dre, Hip-Hop, Instrumental, Instrumental Hip-Hop, J Dilla, Marci Enterprises, Pete Rock, Pimpstrumentals, Roc Marciano, Roc Marciano: Pimpstrumentals, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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March 2, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Playlist: Nice-and-Easy

From time to time I’ve made playlists for people – for events, for background-for-events – starting, probably, with filling iPods for friends but extending to virtual-DJing. Just recently I was asked to put together a couple of hours of music for a corporate event; the brief: background. That dreaded word – I’m sure the artists […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Ambient, Background, DJ, Easy, Funk, Instrumental, Instrumental Hip-Hop, Jazz, Nice, Nice-and-Easy, Playlist, Playlist: Nice-and-Easy, Soul, Spotify ·

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July 31, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Jordan Ferguson: J Dilla’s Donuts (33 1/3)

J Dilla’s Donuts (33 1/3) Jordan Ferguson Bloomsbury Academic It’s sometimes worrying when a thoroughly modern album is approached as part of the 33 1/3 series. Maybe we’re more sympathetic with the passing of time, ready and open for nostalgia and of course, more simply, there’s more weight attached with the wait, the passing of […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 33 1/3, Beatmaker, Bloomsbury, Book, Book Review, Dilla, Donuts, Hip-Hop, Instrumental Hip-Hop, J Dilla, James Yancey, Jay Dee, Jordan Ferguson, Madlib, Music Book, Peanut Butter Wolf, Producer, Stones Throw, The Pharcyde ·

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August 7, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

The Last Skeptik: Thanks For Trying

The Last Skeptik Thanks For Trying BBE/Border The BBE label has brought a lot of goodness into my life – maybe you feel the same way. Maybe you don’t. But it’s certainly not overstating things to say that Thanks For Trying by The Last Skeptik is not only among that goodness it’s the very best […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, BBE, DJ, Instrumental Hip-Hop, Producer, Thanks For Trying, The Last Skeptik ·

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June 18, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

DJ Shadow: Reconstructed – The Best of DJ Shadow

  DJ Shadow Reconstructed: The Best of DJ Shadow Hip-O Records I’ve liked other things by DJ Shadow but when it comes down to it – it’s about Endtroducing… That is – rightly – the masterwork. The other albums don’t come close; in fact, album-wise it’s been diminishing returns. So I was not only apprehensive […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Dark Days, DJ Shadow, Instrumental Hip-Hop, Josh Davis, Outsider, Reconstructed: The Best of DJ Shadow, Six Days, This Time, Unkle ·

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June 15, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

DJ T-Rock & Squashy Nice: Getting Through

DJ T-Rock & Squashy Nice Getting Through Why Records American cut’n’paste hip-hop DJs – T-Rock & Squashy Nice – return, silly names and all, with their third album on a New Zealand label. I’ve never quite understood what that means or how it works or, um, why – but I thoroughly enjoyed their debut, Rock […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, DJ T-Rock & Squashy Nice, Getting Through, Instrumental Hip-Hop, Outloud, Rock & Squash Techniques ·

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May 24, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

Gaslamp Killer: Breakthrough

Gaslamp Killer Breakthrough Brainfeeder William “Gaslamp Killer” Bensussen has been playing sets and releasing EPs for a few years but Breakthrough is his semi-ironically/semi-accurately named debut album. If you’ve enjoyed the music of Alphabethead (and if you haven’t – you should) then you might find something to like in Gaslamp Killer’s ever-so-slightly-similar approach. You could […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Alphabethead, Aphex Twin, Brainfeeder, Breakthrough, Flying Lotus, Gaslamp Killer, Instrumental Hip-Hop ·

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