Benz and a Backpack

Lester Bangs do their best to combat obeatsity. Download for free from their BandCamp!

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fwmj’s Producers I Know Presents: J57′s “The Analog Tape,” inspired by early an early-to-mid 90′s sound complete with dirty, dusty tracks that hearken to the Stretch & Bobbito era of beats. Shouts to Dart Adams for overseeing the project!

Download: J57 – The Analog Tape (Beat Tape)

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For the fourth time this month, Philadelphia-based producer Knxwledge drops off a wonderfully ill beat tape. This time, Knxwledge pulls on a variety of soulful, aired-out string, horn and vocal samples, splicing them with nimbly automated drum patterns. ShadySide.EP is available for the nominal fee of $1 via Knxwledge’s BandCamp. Whaddap Gloof!

Download: Knxwledge – ShadySide.EP

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Knxwledge has had a prolific August. The Flowrs.EP is the Philly producer’s third release this month, and it’s replete with crumbly, off-beat grooves that are as warm as they are engaging. The tape is like a trip on California’s famed Highway 1– you twist and turn, rise and fall through its peaks and valleys, breathing in clean ocean air while the wind rushes against your face. Knxwledge excels at creating spacious mixes that exude nostalgia, so it’s no wonder the skillful producer was called upon by West Coast rhymers Blu and Co$$ to supply beats for their most recent albums. Keep tabs on Knxwledge via his Tumblr or BandCamp, and thank the GasedBod that he made it a little bit easier to acknxwledge that summer’s quickly coming to an end.

Download: Knxwledge – Flowers.EP

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Producer Falside links up with ProducersIKnow.com to bring you his newest instrumental installment, Snare Conditioning. Best known for providing beats to a slew of hip hop’s veteran luminaries and eager new-comers alike, Falside holds the boom bap tradition tight with this latest beat tape. Please download, listen, share, and enjoy!

Download: Falside – Snare Conditioning [Beat Tape]

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Beat Stew: Vol. 3 is a 22-track, free mix tape – the 4th in the Beat Stew series – featuring the Proximal Records crew as well as artists like Matthewdavid, Devonwho, Turquoise Summers, Evany, Day After Discovery and more. The mixtape focuses on a future funk sound to get listeners in the groove for BENEDEK’s upcoming single “That’s My Jam!” featuring DaM-FunK, due out on August 16th. Sit back and let the funk transport you to another planet.

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Curated by the big homie House Shoes (who’s having a big couple weeks), this tape is chocked full of atmospheric gems and is easily worth every penny of the $10 it costs. Do the right thing:

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