Artist: MoRuf Album: Shades.Of.Moo Released: November 12, 2013 East Coast native MoRuf drops his latest LP, titled Shades.Of.Moo, which features 15 promising gems from the unsigned emcee. With production headlined by Melo-X, along with Iman Omari, Jesse Boykins III, and Madlib among others, Shades.Of.Moo offers a full spectrum of original material guaranteed more...
Artist: Stan Forbee Album: Jazz Sessions Released: July 30, 2013 Since the early days of Hip Hop's musical development, Jazz has always been one of its primary sources for samples and inspiration. In exchange, Jazz throughout the years has been deeply influenced by the culture and sounds of the Hip Hop movement. The two genres have danced in synergy since the more...
Artist: Boora Album: The Art Of 10 Seconds (Part Two) Released: July 6, 2013 Released by Blunted Astronaut Records, Boora- The Art of 10 seconds (Part Two) hits the airwaves with as much urgency as the title suggests, leaving prisms of resounding '60s and '70s Soviet jazz archives in the air, and leaving the listener to pick up each contributing piece of the more...
California's full of little treasures. For those Left Coasters on the hunt who dig live music and film, here's one that pops up every month down in Long Beach. It's called Beat Theatre. Now, to truly cherish this unique treasure, you've got to be like us over here at ILLSOCIETY and be down with two things: dope beats and some dope shit to look at while you listen to more...
From DJ Shadow and DJ Krush to Prefuse 73 and a young Four Tet to Dilla, Madlib and their countless adepts, theres always been a healthy scene centered squarely around the creation of beats. But until recently its all felt a bit nebulous. Enter Los Angeles and the Low End Theory crew, whose pioneering night has given a voice (and some recognizable faces, Flying more...
Interviewed by Stacie Fresh It is undeniable that the two-toned flat-top wearing emcee, who’s t-shirt reads “sicker than the average” is anything but that. Curtiss King is like a breath of fresh air, from the way he dresses to the music he makes. Looking like he stepped straight out the 90’s from the outdated neon colored gear and printed shirts and the more...
He's not from a galaxy far far away, and I don't think he ever trained under the cruel tutelage of Pai Mei or Jim Kelly… But something about Flying Lotus sounds part sci-fi crossed with the dark hadou, like cruising in an x-wing fighter after pounding cinder blocks into dust at the neighborhood dojo. His music can be melodic as songbirds and nightingales, more...
Album: Oodles of Doodles Artist: Jonwayne Released: March 6, 2012 Original Keys, strings, and nothing but hypnotizing beats is what Jonwayne brings to the table. I have been listening to this album a lot lately and just had to refresh peoples ears. He finds a passion in beat making that comes from some deep magical place that we can’t find. Mr. Jon has been more...
