Posts Tagged Instrumental Hip-Hop

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]