Less than a week ago, Vida Killz released an untitled song, produced by 20th Letter, in remembrance of her cousin who recently passed away. She put her heart and personal feelings into this song, to which you can hear the sadness. I’m feelin’ this song, and I look forward to seeing some visuals put to it.

Yes, eventually, there will be a video for it, as well as a remix bundle, with the original song included. All proceeds from this track will be directly donated to the non-profit movement TWLOHA. If you’re a producer and want to do a remix for the song hit her up.

Listen now.
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Shot by Northbound Films during the Beatrock Music 2-year anniversary celebration, “Lookin’ Up” is the first music video from Prometheus Brown & Bambu’s Walk Into A Bar album. The video also features footage of Prometheus Brown and producer 6Fingers’ official welcome into the Beatrock Music family. Along with the release of the video, Beatrock Music has also released a FREE DOWNLOAD of the maxi single, which features remixes by 6fingers & Generation ILL.

Video and download after the break.

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Blacc Slimm, a 20-year-old rapper/producer from Washington, DC, sent over his new beat project, “The Cause Effect“. It’s “The 8 Track Player’s Story” and it’s free. He is influenced by some dope musicians, such as Wu-Tang Clan, DJ Premier, Mobb Deep, Alchemist, Nas, and Redman. Like I had already mentioned, he is also a rapper. Along with Berto J Prince, they are Rapid Transit. Go stream it right now, then hit that download link.
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The Audible Doctor and maticulous join powerful forces to become a rapper/producer duo called Audimatic. Audible Doctor on the raps, maticulous on beats.

Today, they dropped a music video for their single “Broken Cup”, and first official collaboration as Audimatic. The video was directed by Bludainian Banks, and “Broken Cup” is on maticulous‘ “The maticulous EP“, so go get that. You can expect more from Audimatic on March 13th, but for now watch the video.
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The Archaeologist, a producer from Rochester, New York, released a beat tape this month, titled “Parlez Vous Francais?“. There are educational French vocal samples from the ’50s, over twitchy, lo-fi, hip hop beats. Basically, by the end of the 12 tracks, you’ll know how to say conversational things like: “Fork“, “Knife“, “Have you any soup?“, “What vegetables have you got?“, various vegetables, “How are you?“, “Has it arrived?“, “Money in hand, let’s go shopping“, “It’s on the left“, and so on.

And when I say beat tape here, I mean a for real, limited-edition cassette tape. Stream the beats below. Then, either download via the “buy now” option, or purchase the home-made cassette tape for $8 quickly (it’s a limited edition of 5 tapes, and there’s only 1 left).
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DTMD (Dunc & Toine) have a music video for “Raw”, featuring Godly MC and Kev Brown, from their 2011 debut album “Makin’ Dollas“. The video was directed by Roddy Rod of Humble Monarch Productions. After you watch the video, download Oddisee‘s remix of the single, that will be on MMG‘s “Self Sacrifice” album dropping in March.

DOWNLOAD “Raw” (Oddisee Remix)

Released on Valentine’s Day, San Jose rapper Myc Ripley put forth his free album “408 & Heartbreak“. There are a total of 11 tracks, featuring a couple guest rappers, Samagon MC and Tonik Obiektiv, on the song “Sentiment Inselator”. Production was handled by Healthy Fresh, Kery, DJ Kleen, Moniz Secret Stash, and B.Solchaga.

You might recognize that his single “She’s Gone”, because it appeared on our latest compilation. After you listen to “408 & Heartbreak“, be sure to flip through the other tunes on his Bandcamp. Also, watch a Myc Ripley music video for “Repel Dem”, which is part of a mini-series/documentary called “Inspire” (in association with Bring It Back Tour and Ikilledfritzfilms).
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Shortcircles (Matt Tammariello) is a producer from Escondido, California. As a teenager, he was influenced by artists such as Sadat X, Common, and MF DOOM, which lead him to writing raps and forming a rap group with a friend. Shortly after, he was introduced to ambient music, and, with his father, he turned his garage into a studio. This is when he transitioned from rapping to making beats. Fast-forward–past moving out of Escondido to the Bay, past going to college and experimenting with recording techniques–to when Matt translated his melancholy emotions of a lost friendship into an EP called “The Mapzzz” (for the website Mapzzz). Shortcircles was born.

His inspirations shifted to Four Tet, Teebs, Floating Points, and DJ Shadow, and he describes his music as a “peaceful sound. I try to make music that is as honest to myself as possible.” Shortcircles was eventually approached by a friend, and Plug Research member, Elephant & Castle, and PR brought him aboard the label.
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