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Koushik

30. July 2008

Stone’s Throw often relishes in mixing the new with the old but few of the venerable label’s artists sum it up as well as Koushik, the eponymous moniker of Koushik Ghosh. Mixing hazy 60’s nostalgia with new school beats and production, the music occupies a very unique place within a larger nexus of downtempo, soul, [...]

Menehan Street Band

30. July 2008

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Whether a casual hip-hop fan or more hardcore, there’s little doubt that Jay-Z’s “Roc Boys (And the Winner Is)” has been on your radar at some point this year. Diddy’s suprisingly successful production mends an absolutely perfect horn sample with Hova’s indelible vocal skills for an undeniably epic single. For the curious, that sample comes [...]

DJ Mujava

23. July 2008

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I try not to make a lot of bold predictions on SK. I am but one man with unpredictable, selfish and often misguided taste. Truth is, far too many people spend their days trying to forecast the next big trend in music. I’ll leave XLR8R to coin the next sub-genre and predict music’s next great [...]

High Places (Allez-Allez Remix)

11. July 2008

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Back in the day — now easily over a decade or so — my old friend Sam and I used to share a kebab over at Crystal, skate around the Sommerset parking lot (badly) and engage in friendly arguments about music. While the doner ingestion (and resultant swamp-ass) and skateboarding have steadily slowed to a [...]

Flying Lotus + Lil’ Wayne

8. July 2008

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Here’s a quick little nugget just sent out by the Warp camp from LA’s Flying Lotus, who will be dropping a series of EPs throughout August featuring new non-album tracks, very special collaborations, and remixes from some of your favorites. Here’s one of the first, featuring none other than the self-professed “greatest rapper alive” Lil’ [...]