Nine - No Country For Old Men [Mixtape]

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Ocean "Spitz" Wisdom - CHAOS 93'

Ocean "Spitz" Wisdom is a hip hop artist from Brighton, England.  I found him through his contributing track to kidkanevil's 'Rap Biscuits: Volume 1'; "Ewok", coinciding with the/my Star Wars hype prior to its release -- showcases Wisdom's quick lyrical delivery and unique voice all while dressed like a Sith in the video.  Naturally I had to dig further and found his debut album 'CHAOS 93'' is coming out in February, with two recently released singles.  I think all three of these videos/songs are fire -- and even though I've stepped outside the UK hip hop world I'm glad the Ocean pulled me back in.

 

CHAOS 93' - PRE-ORDER

d.whale - Revelations EP

'Revelations is a metaphor for an awakening. South Jersey Hip-Hop conglomerate Music Crave Ent. (d.whale, EPIK & YK) release their debut EP “Revelations.” The project is a narrative of the lives of the artist beginning with their adolescence glorifying bankrolls, cars, clothes, hoes and drugs. Towards the middle of the project the artist experience their “Revelation” in which they realize what is priority and most important in their existence on the planet. It’s not all bout being a rapper but being a leader and being a source of inspiration for your generation. The question is what’s you “Revelation?”' - via Soundcloud

Really nice free mixtape helmed by the young and talented DeJuan Whaley (d.whale) and a plethora of producers with some really nice features including the likes of Mick Jenkins.  This covers a lot of ground appropriately for its conceptual design, magnified by all the hands in the pie throughout the project.  The constant is the presence of d.whale, whom has shown with the scope of this EP that he'll hopefully be in your ear for the foreseeable future.

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IDE - Sound The Horns (Prod. Lucky Loopiano)

IDE just released his new single/video/EP for 'Sound The Horns', which can be copped in single, clean, instrumental, and acapella form from iTunes.  This track is featured on his upcoming 2016 full length 'Breathe Easy', produced mostly by Lucky Loopiano and featuring many of the Creative Juices crew (IDE's label) like longtime favorite Alucard.

"Sound The Horns" Official music video
Directed by Serringe [Element Tree]
Director of Cinematography: Serringe [Element Tree]
2nd and 3rd cameras: Kenneth Shumaker, Aquiles Torres
Costume Design and Make up: Charlie De Leon
Opening Titles/Score: Kenneth Shumaker
Cast: Ryan Gallogly, Charlie De Leon, Jesus Himself, Geraldo Barreto, Roy Johannessen
Lyrics: IDE
Beat: Lucky Loopiano
Recording & Mixing Engineer: RVM Sounds
Mastered: Manuel Roessler
Single from the upcoming release "Breathe Easy" coming 2016 on CJMHipHop
www.CreativeJuicesMusic.com
@CJMHiphop
IG: @ide1043
Twitter: @ide1043
FB: IDE (Creative Juices)
Youtube: IdeologyTV

Jasper Redd - Jazz Talk

Jasper Redd is a comedian from Tennessee who gained some attention being featured on a season of Last Comic Standing.  Not sure if he won...but he probably should have.  I discovered him after the fact, and quickly caught on to his 'Jazz Talk' podcast which interlaced jazz music into his comedy, featuring new songs and samples for each episode he released, usually 2-5 minute chunks relating to one topic.  He also later did a stand-up special released on Netflix called 'Jazz Talk' which features a few of the same bits but without the music continuously intertwined, which released in audio formats via the same name.

His stand up is great, really funny dude, but the Jazz Talk podcasts specifically -- altogether about an hour of material -- is an incredible mixing of music and comedy that's unlike anything I've heard before.  He even commented on Youtube that he just threw on a jazz mix CD and just spoke over them but the result is eerily impressive for how smooth he molds the two together.  The levels of chill are through the roof on this, definitely one of my favorite comedians around today.  You can check out his stand-up performances or hear him via interwebs.

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Mick Jenkins - Wave[s]

Mick Jenkins' new 9 track mixtape 'Wave[s]' streaming on NPR.   

Officially out on 8/21.

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