We at Crumpet always have the freshest beats up on our techincs 1200’s. We are constantly digging and scratching the surface for artist and music that are pushing the boundries and making us groove.And whats even better we LOVE to share the goodness with ya’ll….Count Bass D-L7
You might be asking yourself “who’s this guy?”……. “Never heard of him”…..well take a few minutes to introduce yourself to his music and you are assured you won’t be disappointed!
Count Bass D is a multi instrumentalist beat maker and downright fresh lyricist, bringing forward his 7th studio album L7 with precise accuracy.
L7 is a mash up of jazz’d out beats, spacey synths, crafty sample stabs with Count Bass D’s conscious and witty microphone manipulation sprinkled over the top for good measure. Highlite tracks include “Can we hang out Tonight” and “Neon Soul”….Never the less each track has its own persona that definitely takes you on a journey into unknown realms.Introduce yourself!
Hip Hop I love you, but step out of line and I will beat that ass.
I think the time has come to clear something up. Having a MySpace and possibly a shaved head too does not make you a rapper. The digital age has been a great way for so many to get their music to the masses, but it also means Steve from Smithfield now thinks he’s a superstar. There is no simpler way to put this, I would rather listen to a Himalayan Sherpa playing a symphony on the pubic hair of an Alaskan Seal than the painful bullshit that seeps from your pages. People doing Snoop covers, or rapping about guns, or dissing other rappers who nobody has ever heard of, this shit is out of control. Ignorance is indeed bliss as when you stumble on their page it’s full of clueless fuckwits making the problem worse falling at the feet of the musical equivalent of Sarah Palin. I see only one solution, the appointment of a ‘pull your card’ squad to roam MySpace and let wack fucks know their time is up.
MySpace superstars, you have been pimp slapped.
We at Crumpet always have the freshest beats up on our techincs 1200’s. We are constantly digging and scratching the surface for artist and music that are pushing the boundries and making us groove. And whats even better we LOVE to share the goodness with ya’ll….
Think spaced atmospheric beats, beautifully crafted melodies, precise beat creation, emotionally crafted music.
Harmonic 313, Uk native and Sydney resident comes correctly on the seminal Warp label. Adopting a forward thinking ethos to create futuristic beats is this man’s equation. Think Sun Ra’s futuristic jazz blended with J Dilla’s crafty beat design then sprinkle a dash of Prince’s funky supercharged melodies and you got Harmonics Ep1 in a nutshell. Visit harmonic313.com solve the word problem and score a free mp3….yeah! we all love free stuff!!
Crumpet is proud to present “Some Serious HeadNod’n Shit” A night dedicated to beats, bass and honey. Join Crumpet Residents A Fish Named Stargazer and guests as they dip deep, very deep into unknown realms to bring you only the finest delicacies in beat form that will get your feet tapping and your heads nod’n. For this first instalment we bring you Sydney native soul sonic destroyers Simon Caldwell,Murda1,Risq & Deejay Saez, with over 50 years combined experience and record collections that will leave you grasping for air this night is not to be missed..ohh..did we mentioned it’s free? That’s right! Your heard correctly… free!..zip!..nothing!..nada!.. so polish off those dancing shoes and get your honey on! Crumpet Stylez.
Deejays:
Simon Caldwell
Murda1
A Fish Named Stargazer
Risq
Saez
Free Entry
Middle Bar, upstairs Kinselas
383 Bourke St Taylor Square Darlinghurst, Sydney
8pm till Late
In an effort to encourage more Americans to vote, Mos Def explains what he would do if he was the president of the Unites States. With universal health care education and housing, free breakfast for all kids, National Jam-Master Jay Day, and a 100-year ban on the phrases “in the club” and “that’s hot”, you know he’s got our vote.
Competition:
Want a chance to showcase your skills and rock with The Legendary Roots crew? Well here is your chance, thanks to Indaba’s The Roots “Criminal Remix” contest. You have until November 12th to submit your round one remix to The Roots‘ “Criminal” off of their latest album Rising Down. Provided are separate tracks from the song including bass, drums, keys, guitar, and vocal, so you can really get busy (no pun intended). The Top 25 finalists from round 1 will receive autographed copies of Rising Down and move on to Round 2 where they will have another week to remix a second track by The Roots. The winner of round 2 (as selected by Black Thought, ?uestlove and Indaba resident Mantis Evar) will have an opportunity to record an original song with members of The Roots. Hit up Indaba for further details and to get the stems and go to work. In the mean time check this new joint from Von Pea, Donwill, Spec Boogie, and Che Grand (aka The Lessondary) to see how to at least rip new vocals over a track by The Roots
Hip hop I love you but step out of line and I will beat that ass.
How funny are artists from any country who fake ‘hardness’ in a blatant attempt to sell CDs and merchandise. Whether you are an Australian act overusing the word cunt in the hope your rubbish CD appeals to kids who like swearing or a US act making up an entire past life of crime. If you aren’t to be fucked with or live a life of crime chances are you don’t walk around telling people about it. Shit if you are going to talk up drug deals on record you may as well wander around the club with a massive sign reading ‘pills here’. Countless US acts have been caught out as fakes and I’m sure many from Australia face the same fate in the not to distant future. Who knows what psychological damage it will cause on the clueless fans spending their days online championing sub par music as ‘revolutionary’ and ‘too gangsta for a gay like you’. Its like a kung fu movie, you only worry about the one guy who isn’t saying or doing anything, because in the end he will kick your ass. The only fear acting hard instils is that I will have to listen to your rubbish CD more than once.
Today, Crumpet presses rewind on our dusty old VHS recorder to share a classic performance we found on the Meaning of Dope, our favourite source for vintagehip hopmusic videos. This clip features a supa-fly Mary J Blige (dressed in Cross Colors gear) kicking it alongside Grand Puba and crew. So sit back, relax and enjoy.
Crumpet resident A Fish Named Stargazer is always dig’in deep to bring you only the freshest headnod’n beats and treats from around the globe, dont trip……download or die!
Let me paint the picture: rapper pulls up to a flashy nightclub in his flashy new Bentley. He’s escorted to the “V.I.P” room where a platter of half-naked females fight for air time in front of the camera, while his entourage hang back throwing gangsta hand signs in the air…
Ring any bells?
Yep, we’ve all seen our fair share of stock-standard, lame-ass, bling-bang hip hop videos. The industry has been pumping out these cringe-worthy clips for years, even from guys like Dre, Biggie, Pac, and my personal favourites – De la. But every now and then, when the stars align, a good hip hop clip can make us go ooh ooh ooh… like these ones made by LA-based Syndrome Studios:
With a mad mix of lush design, special effects, awesome cinematography, beat-timed editing and sick motion graphics, Syndrome creates music videos that are dope as.
Hip-hop super-group, The Mighty Underdogs, comprised of Lateef the Truth Speaker(Latyrx), The Gift of Gab (Blackalicious) and producer Headnodic drop their fresh off the press new jazz infused album Droppin Science Fiction
Featuring Damian Marley, Julian Marley, Lyrics Born, Chali 2na, DJ Shadow, Zumbi from Zion I, Tash from the Liks, Casual, Raashan Ahmad, and more. Don’t sleep on Droppin Science Fiction.
There are times within life where more 90s isn’t a good things. For instance if you have just stumbled across your new partners porn collection and it features people aged 90 and above. Hip hop however flourished in the 90s and with that in mind crumpet provides version 3.1 of this excellent series.
Tracklist
01. Butter Intro
02. Mix Tapes - The Nonce
03. Follow The Funk - Casual
04. C’Mon Wit Da Git Down - Artifacts
05. Pass It Around - I-Cue
06. Freaky Flow - Special Ed
07. Kikit - DJ Smash
08. Flava In Ya Ear (Original/Remix) - Craig Mack
09. Nobody - Consequence
10. Recognize & Realize - Big Noyd
11. Humm Deez Nuts - King Sun
12. Maximizer - Hustletron
13. First Sermon - Extra Prolific
14. Likwit Fusion - Lootpack
15. The Nod Factor - Mad Skillz
16. In The Ghetto - Eric B. & Rakim
17. I Got To Have It - Ed O.G & Da Bulldogs
18. God Lives Through - A Tribe Called Quest
19. Rashaan - The Prunes
20. Throw Ya Gunz - Onyx
21. Ruff Rhyme (Back Again) - King Tee
22. Fat Pockets (Remix) - Showbiz & A.G.
23. Who Got Da Props - Black Moon
With Diesel’s Dirty Thirty party now over, we Crumpeters gotta say throwing a big three-oh party for the rest of the world is a mad major marketing ploy to get masses back on the Diesel bandwagon which, in our circles at least, had been dying in the a-hole.
We’re taking a look at the mashups that happened as part of Diesel’s artist lineup.
London’s lineup included Soul Jazz Soundsystem, Mark Ronson, and DNB heavies DJ Fresh & MC Dynamite.
Stockholm sported Swedish hip hop superstar Lazee, while in Zurich the Cuban Brothers smashed it up.
Tokyo got a sweet deal with Soulwax and the venerably talented A-Trak
and of the more current commercially viable known artists Chaka Khan vs Hot Chip performing at the New York event also a pregnant M.I.A (coming out of retirement) vs N.E.R.D live mashup. Insane!! Check the clips here
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