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R.A.P. statt E.K.G. - August 2011

Studio 2 (the small studio)

Oh wow, I should be locked up for blog neglect. A whole month without an update, not even a radio show update. That last part can be explained though. Last month's show was a repeat. It's happened more than a few times this year, hell it almost happened this month -- but I managed to put some string a few nice joints together for two hours for your listening pleasure.

I haven't cleaned up the playback yet (snip off the excess and merge the two files together), but that will be tomorrow's after work activity. So check back here again when that happens.

This particular playlist was a bit hastily cobbled together (even more so than usual) with easy-peasy fade-ins & fade-outs and little regard to how the songs fit together. That is a bit sad in a way, since it's all music that I've really been diggin for the past month -- so I definitely didn't give it the attention that it deserved. That said, I was up until 2am on Friday after getting home from work at 11:30pm on Thursday, just so I wouldn't have to do another re-run.

That's gotta count for something, right?

As per usual, a lot of the music I played is available for free/legal download. Or they're artists/labels that have other free stuff available to check out. The highlight/tip of the month is the Mello Music Group label website. This summer, they've had "Free Fridays" where they've put up music to download for free, which is how I got a hold of Oddisee's 101. Right now you can cop the free mixtape Daily Bread , which has got some dopeness on it.

After the jump you can see the playlist, including links to free downloads (and whatnot).

Enjoy!






Dead Prez - Hip Hop
Dead Prez - Hell Yeah
Random Axe (Guilty Simpson, Black Milk, Sean Price) - Black Ops
K.Flay - Doctor Don't Know
Johnny Polygon - The Riot Song
Johnny Polygon - That's You
Oddisee - The Perch
XV - That's Just Me
Zion I & The Grouch - Used to be Vegan
Zion I ft. K.Flay - Cruisin
K.Flay - Less than Zero
Gracias ft. Ekow - Money
Zion I & The Grouch - Trains and Planes
Rollo & Foxn - Titelnamen sind überwertet
Dendemann - Metapher als Leder
Casper - Die letzte Gang der Stadt
Creme Fresh - Scherben
XV - Foreign Exchange
Oddisee - Claim to Fame
Herr von Grau - Das erste Buch Grau
Casper - Auf und davon
Atmosphere - Wild Wild Horses
Samy Deluxe - Ego
RAG - Requiem
RAG - RAGtime
RAG - Kopfsteinpflaster


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