5 posts tagged Album

Back in ‘11 it was known that Blu was working on a secret album ‘UCLA’ with producer Madlib. Today Blu dropped the album, you can listen it here. Enjoy! [EDIT: It seems Blu was so nice to remove the album from bandcamp shortly after putting up. Wonder why…]

Super Nice Music is proud to present The BUMS, two of the few honest and true Hip Hop craftsmen still out there. The album, “Like This”, is a re-release of the 2008 debut of the duo hailing from North Carolina, and contains a never before released bonus track. We bring you this overlooked gem with the announcement that The BUMS are back with new music coming in 2012.

The BUMS are MO (MC, Producer) from Richmond, VA and TJ Hooky aka Dick Grayson (Producer) from Fayetteville, North Carolina, USA. The acronym BUMS stands for Building Up Musical Sounds, and not without reason. Both MO and TJ come from Hip Hop’s golden age, both produce music and like to blend the all-time great American music like R&B, Soul, Jazz and Funk with the classic Hip Hop from the likes of Dilla, Pete Rock, Madlib, DJ Premier and Dr. Dre.

The BUMS met in 2002 through a mutual friend and shortly after started working on their debut LP, entitled Like This. Although originally released in 2008, the Super Nice crew feels like this LP is not recognized for what it is, a true Hip Hop classic, and therefore decided to re-release the long player to give it the shine it deserves. This fourth Super Nice release is just a warm up to more and better things to come from the unique duo that is The BUMS!

Currently The BUMS are hard at work in the studio to finish off two new projects: A Beautiful World and Bumtacular Fleets, which are both expected to be released on Super Nice Music in 2012.  After releasing these two projects MO and TJ hope to expand the sound of The BUMS to different genres such as Jazz/Instrumental and R&B projects. 

Follow The BUMS on twitter: @thebumsmusic and listen or hit the download link below! 

A few days ago I posted “Him”, a soulfull hiphop track featuring vocals from Tamala and produced by Mabuana. I also stated that he was a “drummer/producer” from Japan. so now that we know of his production side, what about his drums?

Ovall, soulfull, laidback, groove and hiphop are words that come to mind. I really hope these guys make it to europe sometime but for now this snippet has to do.

Be on the look out for Pac Div’s upcoming EP ” The Div” which is set to drop on November 8, 2011. With production work by Like, Swiff D, No ID, Cook Classics, Blended Babies, Mickey Park and Dj Dhadi. Mibbs, 1/3 of Pac Div, also announced on his twitter that the full version of “She” will appear on the album, which is great news for Pac Div fans who’ve waited a while for the full song.

Torae will drop his next solo project, ‘For The Record’, on November 1st. The production line up is not to be messed with: 9th Wonder,!llmind, Large Professor, Pete Rock, Dj Premier, Nottz and Diamond D and many more. Be sure to check it out when it drops in November. Check out the snippets to get a taste of the project.