Broken Complex (BC) was formed in the heart of Los Angeles’ San Fernando Valley in 2004, as an independent record label and promotions company that sought to showcase these talented local artists and musicians. It has since released eight full length albums, and it’s diverse roster of artists have been featured in magazines (URB, Deli LA, etc.), nationwide tours (Warped Tour, Rock The Bells), and consistent college radio play. In addition, BC hosts the longest running live hip hop event in San Fernando Valley: “Foundation”.
The new Broken Complex self titled album brings the entire BC roster: DJ Hoppa, DJ Silly Kid, Laz, Mine+US, Sirah, Cleen, General Populus, Uncle D and Max Star together with special guests Copywrite, Intuition, and Pigeon John to deliver an instant classic. Production is handled by DJ Hoppa, with DJ Silly Kid on the scratches. The individually skilled emcees compliment each other perfectly over Hoppa’s beats, bringing back the sound and individualistic vibe of hip hop groups like Hieroglyphics, Pharcyde and A Tribe Called Quest.
1. Intro (Broken Complex) (Produced By: DJ Hoppa)
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2. Show Stealing feat. Intuition (Produced By: DJ Hoppa)
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3. This Life (Produced By: DJ Hoppa)
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4. Get Back (Produced By: DJ Hoppa)
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5. Play The Game feat. Jess Imme (Produced By: DJ Hoppa)
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6. Frozen feat. Pigeon John (Produced By: DJ Hoppa)
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7. These Days (Produced By: DJ Hoppa)
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8. Hideaway feat. Man Like Devin (Produced By: DJ Hoppa)
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9. Dollar And Change feat. Copywrite (Produced By: DJ Hoppa)
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10. One Minute (Produced By: DJ Hoppa)
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11. They Say To Me feat. Kadie 88, Eraserfase (Produced By: DJ Hoppa)
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12. Don’t Hate on My 808 (Produced By: DJ Hoppa)
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13. Summertime (Produced By: DJ Hoppa)
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14. Stay High feat. Devon Lee (Produced By: DJ Hoppa)
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Now available as a free download is “SOULROC”, the free LP from Roc C and Soul Professa. “SOULROC” finds Roc C crushin’ it lyrically atop production handled solely by the “Professa”. Also, the Free LP features mastering from DJ Romes. Doesn’t it seem as if Roc C has been everywhere over the last two years and don’t sleep on his LP with IMAKEMADBEATS “The Transcontinental”.
released 22 November 2010
All tracks prod by Soul Professa
Mixed by Soul Professa & Dj Romes
Guitars and Bass guitar played by Soul Professa
Mastering by Dj Romes
TRACKLIST:
01. SOULROC (Roc C x Soul Professa) – Intro 00:51
02. SOULROC (Roc C x Soul Professa) – Murda 02:21
03. SOULROC (Roc C x Soul Professa) – Critical (Cuts by Dj Romes) 02:15
04. SOULROC (Roc C x Soul Professa) – Stop 02:08
05. SOULROC (Roc C x Soul Professa) – All About Hip-Hop 02:42
06. SOULROC (Roc C x Soul Professa) – Get Em Got Em 03:28
07. SOULROC (Roc C x Soul Professa) – 101 03:00
08. SOULROC (Roc C x Soul Professa) – Anutha Day (Feat Lyric James) 03:17
09. SOULROC (Roc C x Soul Professa) – Listen Up 02:55
10. SOULROC (Roc C x Soul Professa) – Follow 02:03
11. SOULROC (Roc C x Soul Professa) – Roc Kil (Feat Concise Kilgore) 03:29
12. SOULROC (Roc C x Soul Professa) – Run Hide (Cuts by Dj Romes) 03:30
13. SOULROC (Roc C x Soul Professa) – Surviva (Feat Oh No) 03:03
14. SOULROC (Roc C x Soul Professa) – Ezee 02:45
Famed producer/emcee The Alchemist and Oh No, the left-coast rapper/beatsmith are collaborating as Gangrene, to bring audiences the gritty opus Gutter Water on Decon. Over the course of three years and a myriad of emails, the two have built a project that celebrates their shared passion for dusty breaks and lurid wordplay as well as their distinctly different application of each.
On Gutter Water, both Oh No and The Alchemist share production duties while trading verses over each other’s dense compositions. Both find themselves remarkably at ease amongst the threatening drums pounded out on endearing vintage equipment, flipping verses that run the gamut from literal to abstract, amounting to an incredible collection of head-nodders. A myriad of features include Raekwon, Evidence, Roc C, MED, Twins Gambino, Planet Asia and Fashawn.
1. Intro
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2. Boss Shit feat. DJ Romes (of Lootpack)
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3. Not High Enough
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4. Gutter Water feat. Raekwon (of Wu-Tang Clan)
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5. Get Into Some Gangster Shit feat. Planet Asia
01. Here We Go!
02. New Ngafsh
03. Let It Bump
04. What Da Hell!
05. The Slumper (OG Version)
06. Creep
07. Dope!
08. All Around The World
09. Die, Mufuca Die!
10. Punish ‘em!
11. Lavish Lifestyles
12. Gotta Style
13. I_need_to_quit_drinkn
14. Westside Cve
15. Focus 4 Doe
16. Pimpin’
17. 187 ‘em
18. Turn Dis Shit Up!
19. On Da Strip
20. Leave Me Alone
21. Twist Dat (Remix)
22. Sip Dis (Remix)
Drawing from a traditional jazz canon as well as hip-hop “standards” from the recent past, the album brings a live jazz sound to some of the most loved tracks in popular music. The album features six original songs written and produced by The Beast and also re-makings of modern classics such as Mos Def’s “Umi Says,” Johnny Mercer & Hoagey Carmichael’s “Skylark,” and Lauryn Hill’s “Doo Wop.” The project has guest appearances from Branford Marsalis, Phonte (of The Foreign Exhchange/Little Brother), YahZarah and Geechi Suede (of Camp Lo).
Recognizing the importance of talking about the convergence of jazz and hip-hop and its role in forward-thinking culture, the album also features conversations among some of hip-hop and jazz’s greatest intellectual minds including ?uestlove, Herbie Hancock, Amiri Baraka, Branford Marsalis, Angela Davis and more.”
Tracklist
01. Good Evening feat. 9th Wonder
02. Rise Beyond the Sky feat. YahZarah & Rapsody
03. Freedom Part II feat. Suede (prod. by Apple Juice Kid)
04. Let Go feat. Tyler Woods
05. Once Again feat. Kooley High
06. Get Out of Town feat. Phonte (prod. by David Amber)
07. Skylark (prod. by Freddie Watts)
08. Love feat. King Mez & Thee Tom Hardy (prod. Apple Juice Kid)
09. No Escape feat. Carlitt Durand & Darien Brockington
10. Strangelove feat. Shirlette Ammons
11. Umi Says
12. Good Night feat. 9th Wonder
Atomic Clock is Zion I’s seventh full-length album and the highly anticipated follow up to 2009’s, The Takeover. On Atomic Clock, Zion I continue to explore a new direction fuzing Amp Live’s electronic production with acoustic elements, creating a style that mashes every Zion I album out to date into one. Producer/Beatmaker, Amp Live flexes his versatile production skills complimented with MC Zumbi’s steady lyrical artistry creating a classic Zion I album that stands up with the rest of their deep diverse catalog.
Zumbi states, “We called the album Atomic Clock after the immaculate timing and rhythm it takes between musicians in one room to make good music.”
Amp Live notes, “We used mostly live instrumentation on this album, and worked with a lot of different musicians. My beats are a little bit more atmospheric, with a dub reggae style on some tracks.”
The album maintains a catchy dub reggae backdrop for the tracks “Always” and “Dubstar”, while still uploading the socially-conscious rhetoric that Zumbi is known for. On the snare pounding, piano and horn driven “Always”, Zumbi sings the chorus, “Love conquers always, gotta keep your head up,” creating an anthem to keep positive. With the track “Fix It”, Amp mixes his futuristic beats, live drum work, and violin continuing to do exactly what they set out to do on Atomic Clock- make good music. Atomic Clockis Zion I pushing their boundaries musically, and lyrically sending a positive message to their fans that keep coming back, album after album.,
1. Foreward (Intro)
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2. Always (Produced By: Amp Live; Ben Yonas)
3. 4U (Produced By: Ben Yonas; Amp Live)
4. The Sealing (Produced By: Amp Live)
5. Signs Of Light (Produced By: Amp Live; Ben Yonas)
Since late in 2009, Emcee/Producer tandem Statik Selektah and Termanology have been hard at work on their landmark collaborative album 1982. Now New York transplants, Statik and Termonology are Massachusetts natives and have worked together frequently throughout the last five years—yet 1982 marks their first full-length project together.
Termanology began making a name for himself with several highly acclaimed 12″ singles. At the onset of 2006, Term’s big break came when DJ Premier blessed him with one of his signature, scratch-laden beats. “Watch How It Go Down” instantly became an underground classic and with it Termanology thrusted himself onto Hip-Hop’s international radar. The conscious hood anthem garnered the earnest MC tons of praise, landing him in The Source’s “Unsigned Hype” and XXL’s “Show and Prove” columns. On September 30, 2008, he released his debut album, Politics As Usual, to critical acclaim. Politics As Usual featured production and appearances from Hip-hop heavyweights such as Bun B, Prodigy, Freeway, Sheek Louch, The Alchemist, Pete Rock, Buckwild, Easy Mo Bee & Large Professor.
Establishing his own spot amongst the ranks of East Coast hip-hop’s seminal figures, DJ/producer Statik Selektah utilized his turntabling skills and ingenuity in PR and promotions to break some of the region’s most promising artists, bearing his own influence on the national mixtape circuit. As a producer he has worked with Talib Kweli, Bun B, Styles P, Consequence, Freeway, M.O.P. and Jadakiss (among many others); and most importantly, the DJ became a major-player on the mixtape circuit as his releases with Nas, Q-Tip, John Legend, and Saigon received major accolades and write-up’s. Statik dropped his first LP, Spell My Name Right in 2007, Stick 2 the Script in 2008 and his third full-length solo-project, 100 Proof: The Hangover in 2010.
Statik has revealed that 1982 will be released on October 26, 2010 through Showoff Records, in conjunction with Term’s ST. Records and famed Boston underground Hip Hop imprint—Brick. The 1st leak from the album is the grimey headnodder “Goin Back.” The record has been getting rave reviews on the net, radio & streets alike and features legendary West Coast act Xzibit (MTV’s Pimp My Ride) & “The Hustler” Cassidy. A video is in the works for “Goin Back” with director John Colombo, who recently shot visuals the for official single off the 1982 album - “You Should Go Home,” which features “Mr. 5 Mics” Bun B & Maybach Music crooner Masspike Miles. The video for “You Should Go Home” is out now and the single is available on Itunes & All digital stores. With the release date for the project now on the horizon, Termanology laments on the project named after his and Statik’s mutual year of birth – “I’m excited, the album is finally here and hip-hop is in desperate need of an album like this right now.” Other album highlights include Term spazzing out on the 100 bar intro “The World Renown” and linking up with legendary MC’s Inspectah Deck, Styles P & M.O.P.
As an added bonus, Statik Selektah has also revealed that the duo will release a free Bonus EP of exclusive material to those who provide proof of purchase of the album.
1. The World Renown (Produced By: Statik Selektah)
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2. People Are Running (Produced By: Statik Selektah)
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3. Things I Dream feat. Lil Fame (of M.O.P.) (Produced By: Statik Selektah)
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4. Goin Back feat. Cassidy, Xzibit (Produced By: Statik Selektah)
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5. The Radio (Produced By: Statik Selektah)
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6. Wedding Bells feat. Jared Evan (Produced By: Statik Selektah)
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7. You Should Go Home feat. Bun B, Masspike Miles (Produced By: Statik Selektah)
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8. Tell Me Lies feat. Styles P (Produced By: Statik Selektah)
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9. Life Is What You Make It feat. Saigon, Freeway (Produced By: Statik Selektah)
