Figured I’d share this for the fools not on ILLECT’s mailing list:
We just got the new CD shipment in for Sivion’s new record “Butterfly Sessions beats by Dert”. The album drops Tuesday, September 7th and we’ve got a very limited printing of t-shirts on the way. Jump on one of these combos to make sure you get the size/color you like. Visit http://bit.ly/bVbuIj to check out the lineup of the CD, the super fresh cover and of course the shirts.
Limited Edition (T-Shirt) combo
1. Butterfly Sessions CD
2. Butterfly Sessions DL (320kbps MP3)
3. Butterfly Sessions album instrumentals DL (320kbps MP3)
4. Butterfly Sessions extended digital booklet
5. Exclusive remix track
6. Here We Go b/w Sivion for President DL (320kbps MP3)
7. Mind the Rap volume 1 album DL
8. Mind the Rap volume 2 album DL
9. Exclusive Sivion t-shirt (your size)
Special Edition 1 CD combo
1. Butterfly Sessions CD
2. Butterfly Sessions extended digital booklet
3. Mind the Rap volume 1 album DL
4. Mind the Rap volume 2 album DL
Special Edition 2 Download combo
1. Butterfly Sessions album DL (320kbps MP3)
2. Butterfly Sessions extended digital booklet
3. Mind the Rap volume 1 album DL
4. Mind the Rap volume 2 album DL
3. The ThoughtCriminals – And She Goes is TOTALLY UNRELEASED up until now. Be one of the first to check out this fly track from one of my new favorites hip hop acts.
4. Elias – All I Want is more hip hop, but since when is that a bad thing. Elias rocked one of my favorite tracks on Illect’s Christmas album, here he continues to impress me.
5. Trumpeter Swan – Loose Lips is Drew Patrizi. Not enough? Ok, well… this dude is talented as all get-out. Austin TX bred and once featured in Gilmore Girls, what’s not to dig?
6. Doug Burr – Red Red is another great track in a long string of great tracks from the talented VBM staple. Enjoy!
7. Flannelmouth – Sharp Paper is a track from the the second Finnish band to embrace the ways of TPM lately. They sent me some stuff and I must say, I continue to be impressed with what Finland is cranking out!
9. Kwalified – I Like She Like is my favorite track from this dope Cali MC that has a contest with TPM coming up TOMORROW! Tune back in, folks.
10. Me You Us Them – Any Time is a track by a band who hangs out with The Prids, the band that has 250 hits and counting in a days time on TPM. That boasts well for them, don’t ya think?
1. Sayyadina – The Great Northern Revisited thepaintedman rates this:
28 minute long tracks of kick-ass grind metal mayhem.
2. Sebastien Grainger – Sebastien Grainger and the Mountains thepaintedman rates this:
You will be bopping your head and tapping your foot.
3. think quick – the john hughes demos thepaintedman rates this:
Unfocused, unpolished demo of 30 tracks, but it shows promise.
4. Stars Go Dim – Love Gone Mad thepaintedman rates this:
Generic radio-friendly pop rock, at least it’s well produced.
5. Dala – Everyone is Someone thepaintedman rates this:
Canadian gals with pretty voices and catchy pop hooks.
6. Theory Hazit – Modern Marvels thepaintedman rates this:
Has that typical ILLECT sound… which is a good thing.
7. Jason Mundok – The Other Side thepaintedman rates this:
More enjoyable music from this Lancaster folkster. (Full review coming soon, so check back!)
8. Gorillaz – Plastic Beach thepaintedman rates this:
Gone are the Demon Days, welcome to the lackluster days.
9. Broken Bells – Broken Bells thepaintedman rates this:
Redemption for the disappointing Gorillaz album released the same day.
10. To Write a Riot – Free EP thepaintedman rates this:
Taking pop punk to even greater heights of generic mediocrity.
The 3rd day of Christmas (at least by thepaintedman’s math), brings more fresh hip hop, in fact… what I am presenting to you is the freshest Christmas themed hip hop since Rev Run, Darryl McDaniels, and the Jam Master presented us the classic tune of which I shared with you yesterday.
This 10 song compilation is thoroughly enjoyable and can spice up you Christmas playlist very easily, as it has mine. All 10 songs are solid, featuring artists like LA Symphony (including my boys CookBeezy and Uno Mas, who incidently I saw on JCTV yesterday while flipping channels), MG! the Visionary (a man responsible for getting me much deeper into hip hop than I ever had been before when he released Transparemcee…), Scribbling Idiots (JustMe, Cas Metah, Mouf Warren, Theory Hazit, and Wonder Brown), Sintax the Terrific (free download of track “Snow Day” coming on Friday’s mixtape), Page One, Elias, Caramel Skillington, and Sivion. And while, I can honestly assert that all 10 tracks are fun, enjoyable, and well made, here are my top 4, in David Letterman-esque fashion:
4. LA Symphony’s “Christmas Song”
While I have not confirmed this, I assume this is an older LA Symph track, notably because of the presence of Pigeon John on the track. The beat takes a back seat to the rhymes of this all star cast of MCs. (Their other track on this comp is a sweet track, too. It’s entitled, “It’s Christmas” and has a beat I dig a bit more, but the lyrics and showcasing of the delivery of these talented MCs on this track make it my favorite of the two).
3. Elias’s “Maria”
Different than the other tracks here, Elias’s track is not really a hip hop track, but rather an acoustic reggae track ala Bradley Nowell of Sublime. A fantastic track for fans of hip hop and those who don’t bump much hip hop alike. Been stuck in my head for a few hours now (as I type this I am singing the song aloud in my office).
2. Page One, Theory Hazit, MG! the Visionary, and DJ Because’s “We Three Kings”
I’m just such a sucker for MG’s flow and adding a few other fantastic artists into the mix doesn’t hurt. I wholly dig the jingle bells and how they pair with the scratch work and the backbeat. Hot track. Period.
1. Scribbling Idiots’ “Jingle Bell Knock”
Sampling “Jingle Bell Rock” is genius for this track. The construction of the beat is phenomenal. While the LA Symph track noted above is almost entirely about the MCs on the track for me, this selection as my favorite track is easily as much about the production and beat as it is about the rhymes and flows. A very well put-together track from the collective that seems to be at the helm of all that is Illect.
Download these tracks today from sphereofhiphopstore.com or on coming soon on iTunes… you won’t be sorry. And then you can come back and tell me which tracks are your favorite. Maybe, JUST MAYBE, telling me about your favorite track(s) will pay off with a little Christmas surprise in the way of some free music.
Not sure? New to Illect? Well, look at this track listing and you’ll be sure. MG!, LA Symph, and the Idiots alone should be enough convincing.
1. Sintax the Terrific – Snow Day
2. Scribbling Idiots – Jingle Bell Knock
3. L.A. Symphony – It’s Christmas
4. Sintax the Terrific – Immanuel
5. Page One, Theory Hazit, MG! the Visionary and DJ Because – We Three Kings
6. L.A. Symphony – Christmas Song
7. Elias – Maria
8. Caramel Skillington – Salvation’s Army
9. Sivion – Celebrate the Son
10. Sintax the Terrific – Lament of the Diamond Star
