Comprehensive Beatdown

COMPREHENSIVE BEATDOWN: SEVEN DAVIS JR – UNIVERSES

Posted by Bloggy Bonilla on August 5, 2015
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Comprehensive Beatdown is back with Episode #23. This week, Bloggy Bonilla and Silent G check out the debut album “Universes” from Seven Davis Jr., which was released on July 24 by @ninja-tune . @seven-davis-jr creates an upbeat collection of songs using a palette of house, disco, electro, and more. Fans of Thundercat and Toro Y Moi, both artists previously covered on the podcast, should enjoy this album.

The guys also check out songs from the new Public Enemy album and a remix of a Major Lazer track by Stro Elliot. Silent G also plays a song from the most recent Phish show he attended this past weekend.

ninjatune.net/release/seven-davi…ses-deluxe-version
www.publicenemy.com/intro
@stroelliot
www.livephish.com/

 

COMPREHENSIVE BEATDOWN: L’ORANGE & KOOL KEITH – TIME? ASTONISHING!

Posted by Bloggy Bonilla on August 1, 2015
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Bloggy Bonilla and Silent G are back with Episode #22 of Comprehensive Beatdown, this week covering “Time Astonishing,” the collaborative album between producer L’Orange and legendary rapper Kool Keith. “Time Astonishing,” released by Mello Music Group on July 24th, mixes L’Orange’s signature beat-making style with the otherworldly raps of Kool Keith and a healthy dose of B-movie samples and science fiction themes to create a trippy record about space travel and physics. It’s heavy and fun at the same time.

The guys also check out a track off the new Romare album as well as brand new songs from friends of the podcast Marcel P. Black and PyInfamous.

romaremusic.bandcamp.com/
www.mellomusicgroup.com/
marcelpblack.bandcamp.com/
pyinfamous.bandcamp.com/

 

COMPREHENSIVE BEATDOWN: YOUNG JEEZY – LET’S GET IT: THUG MOTIVATION 101

Posted by Bloggy Bonilla on July 23, 2015
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Bloggy Bonilla and Silent G are back with Comprehensive Beatdown Episode #21. This week, the guys take another step back into time to discuss Let’s Get It: Thug Motivation 101, Young Jeezy’s debut album with Def Jam. Released on July 26, 2005, the album is considered by many to be a classic of the past decade, both for the Atlanta Trap genre and hip hop in general.

 

The guys also listen to a track from Mbongwana Star as well as the first of the “Meow The Jewels” songs from Run the Jewels.

COMPREHENSIVE BEATDOWN: VINCE STAPLES – SUMMERTIME ’06

Posted by Bloggy Bonilla on July 16, 2015
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Comprehensive Beatdown is back with a new episode this week, our 20th! Thanks for the continued support and listens over the past several months.

 

This week, Bloggy Bonilla and Silent G bring you “Summertime 06” from Vince Staples, the Long Beach, California rapper’s debut album on Def Jam after a string of popular mixtapes dating back to 2011. The guys also check out new music from Ghostface Killah & Adrian Younge, Statik Selektah, No Suh, and Emancipator.

 

Check out the podcast, as well as all the other great ones, at Dope Media Network (link below) as well as iTunes.

 

http://www.nosuhfoster.com

https://emancipator.bandcamp.com

http://offbeatjxn.com

https://soundcloud.com/dopemedianetwork

 

 

COMPREHENSIVE BEATDOWN PODCAST: CZARFACE – EVERY HERO NEEDS A VILLAIN

Posted by Bloggy Bonilla on June 25, 2015
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Bloggy Bonilla and Silent G are back this week with some all new music. The guys check out “Every Hero Needs a Villain” by Czarface, the second collaborative album from Wu Tang member Inspectah Deck and Boston hip hop duo 7L & Esoteric.

New tracks from The Robert Glasper Trio, Ghostface & Adrian Younge (featuring Vince Staples), and Alfred Banks (featuring Pell) are covered as well.

alfredbanks.bandcamp.com/track/alfred…here-ft-pell

COMPREHENSIVE BEATDOWN PODCAST: SLUM VILLAGE – FANTASTIC VOL. 2

Posted by Bloggy Bonilla on June 18, 2015
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On this week’s edition of Comprehensive Beatdown, Bloggy Bonilla and Silent G re-visit another classic album, Slum Village’s “Fantastic Vol. 2.” which was released on June 13, 2000 (after a good deal of label politics). “Fantastic Vol. 2” is considered a touchstone in the “neo-soul” movement, whose sound was developed by Slum Village’s J-Dilla and a host of other musicians and collaborators (The Ummah, Soulquarians, etc). Like many other classic albums of the time, “Fantastic Vol. 2” didn’t enjoy huge sales, but its impact is unmistakable.

The guys also pay tribute to jazz legend Ornette Coleman, who passed away on June 11. The podcast opens with a portion of Coleman’s “Free Jazz,” the controversial recording that divided critics and fans while initiating a new movement in jazz music in 1961.

COMPREHENSIVE BEATDOWN: DONNIE TRUMPET & THE SOCIAL EXPERIMENT – SURF

Posted by Bloggy Bonilla on June 10, 2015
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Comprehensive Beatdown is back for episode 15 and this week Bloggy Bonilla and Silent G check out “Surf” from Donnie Trumpet and the Social Experiment, who are best known as the backing band for the Chance the Rapper. “Surf” is an eclectic debut from the band and includes a plethora of guest spots. Chance himself, who is an official member of the band, is all over the album as well. “Surf” was released as a free download on iTunes on May 28th and had over 600,000 downloads during its first week of release.

 

The guys also check out new tracks from Killah Priest and Ozay Moore, as well as a local track featuring several Jackson rappers, including Savvy, Doe Hicks, Hollywood Luck, Tricky LT45, Coke Bumaye.

 

https://emancipator.bandcamp.com/album/live-in-athens

http://www.donnietrumpet.com/

https://soundcloud.com/ozaymoore

http://www.killahpriest.com/

 

https://soundcloud.com/savvylildaddy

https://doehicks.bandcamp.com/

https://1stupluck.bandcamp.com/

https://trickylt45.bandcamp.com/

https://cokebumaye.bandcamp.com/

 

COMPREHENSIVE BEATDOWN PODCAST: KAMASI WASHINGTON – THE EPIC

Posted by Bloggy Bonilla on May 28, 2015
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On Comprehensive Beatdown this week, Bloggy Bonilla and Silent G listen to Disc 2 of Kamasi Washington’s newest 3 CD album, “The Epic,” which was released on May 5, 2015, on Brainfeeder Records, the label owned by Flying Lotus. “The Epic” solidifies Washington’s place as a leader in the American jazz scene. On top of that, he has played with a wide-range of artists including Wayne Shorter, Snoop Dogg, Raphael Saadiq, Nas, and most recently on Kendrick Lamar’s acclaimed “To Pimp a Butterfly.”

The guys also check out new songs from Skyzoo, Disclosure (featuring Gregory Porter), and MDMX, the collaboration between 7evenThirty and 5-D, both Jackson natives and Dallas transplants. Finally, the podcast is excited to welcome as guest picker, one of their biggest fans, Wade Thompson, who submitted “Legacy” from Joey DeFrancesco and Jimmy Smith.

Check out MDMX here: mdmxmusic.bandcamp.com/releases

COMPREHENSIVE BEATDOWN: MURS – HAVE A NICE LIFE

Posted by Bloggy Bonilla on May 20, 2015
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ComprehensiveBeatdown_Murs- Have A Nice Life

After a week off, Bloggy Bonilla and Silent G are back for episode 12 of Comprehensive Beatdown. This week’s album, “Have a Nice Life,” is Murs’ first record since signing to Strange records in February of 2014. Murs is best known as being a former member of the Living Legends crew as well as his work with Slug (of Atmosphere) and his numerous, well-loved solo albums. The guys also check out new tracks from Camp Lo, Abstract Rude, Holly Herndon, and local track from Jackson Heavyweight PyInfamous.

PURCHASE: MURS – HAVE A NICE LIFE

PURCHASE: CAMP LO – RAGTIME HIGHTIMES

PURCHASE: ABSTRACT RUDE – KEEP THE FEEL (A LEGACY OF HIP HOP SOUL)

PURCHASE: HOLLY HERNDON – PLATFORM

CHECK OUT: PYINFAMOUS – BANDCAMP

 

COMPREHENSIVE BEATDOWN: ODDISEE – THE GOOD FIGHT

Posted by Bloggy Bonilla on May 7, 2015
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ComprehensiveBeatdown_Oddisee-The Good Fight

Welcome back to the Comprehensive Beatdown, Episode 11. This week, Silent G and Bloggy Bonilla tackle “The Good Fight,” the newest offering from Oddisee through Mello Music Group. Oddisee handles all the production and rapping on the record, as he continues to evolve his sound as well as his lyrical acumen. Guests on the record include Maimouna Youseff, Nick Hakim, Tranqill, and Gary Clarke Jr. The guys also check out a track from the most recent Oh No & Alchemist collaboration as well as songs from the new Blueprint and Nosaj Thing records. The local track for the week is supplied by Jackson, MS based artist Spook.

Thanks as always for listening. We will be taking a break next week, so look for us again in a couple weeks.