Brooklyn Love
[DJ Mix] Capital STEEZ Tribute Mix by Dj Statik Selektah
If you keep up with the underground, you know one of the stories of the year was the ride of Pro Era movement out of Brooklyn led by their crew head, Joey Bada$$. The unfortunate coda to what should have been a triumphant year for these kids was the unexpected suicide of talented crew member, Capital STEEZ just before Christmas. If you weren’t up on this work, DJ Statik Selektah dropped a nice tribute mix to him on his radio show during the holidays which you can listen to right here…
Bonus:
Hit the jump to hear MeLo-X – Live From East Flatbush feat. Joey Bada$$ & CJ Fly (Prod. By MeLo-X)
[mix via Afro-Punk]
[MP3] Maffew Ragazino x Steady Fam x Spazz One – Halloween H20 (Produced by Vinyl Frontiers)
Super #latepass. This dropped on Halloween, obvs but I just cleared out my inbox and am going through what’s left of the 12,000+ unread emails I thought were worth keeping and reading after dumping the rest into the delete folder!
[MP3] Introducing New Artist Krissy Krissy – Suspicious / Your Love
This is something slightly off the usual path for the Kitchen. Check out a couple tracks from new artist, Krissy Krissy sent to me by my good friend, Fiona who is working with this Brooklyn-based artist. The tracks are from her Above All EP that dropped in September. I don’t dig the entire EP, some of tracks were a little too down straight down the middle classic Top 40 pop for my taste, but these two just about pass muster so I thought I’d post them here and see what y’all thought. Y’all dig?
[MP3] Skyzoo feat. Dj Prince – Give It Up (Prod. by !llmind)
I know this dropped a couple months ago and the album it’s from came out Oct. 2 but I just caught up with this, am digging it and as I’ve frequently said, we do what the f-ck we want here at The Kitchen so enjoy Brooklyn’s finest spittin’ over a very ill(mind) and twisted dubsteppy bassline:
With his highly anticipated sophomore album “A Dream Deferred” set for a 10/2 release date, Skyzoo launches his new single “Give It Up” (feat. DJ Prince), produced by !llmind (Kanye West, 50 Cent, Ludacris, Scarface). The single, which mashes vintage hip hop drums and 808s with dubstep grime, is a staple of !llmind‘s new signature “boom-trap” sound, which can most recently be found via his production on “The Morning” by Kanye West & G.O.O.D. Music on the Cruel Summer album. Topped with Sky’s signature “slick talk” lyricism, the song is a subwoofer’s dream come true.
“A Dream Deferred”, featuring Jill Scott, Freeway, Talib Kweli, Raheem Devaughn and more, and produced by !llmind, Jahlil Beats, 9th Wonder, Black Milk and more, drops on 10/2 via Sky’s newly formed label The Faculty Inc./Duck Down Music.