Respect Authority

This is the first “edition”, if you will, of a feature we’re going to be running regularly called Be Shareful. Be Shareful will highlight a band/musician/hip hop superstar number one in the game/whatever and offer free downloads of some of their music. The MP3s will be available for one week so get them before the RIAA gets me.

Low Budget

I’m a sucker for mashups and remixes, and have recently happened upon DJ Low B aka Low Budget, a Philadelphia based DJ who is known for putting out diverse mixtapes, and as half of the Hollertronix combo, the other half being Diplo of MIA’s heralded Piracy Funds Terrorism Volume 1 mixtape or the more recent Top Ranking, featuring rising star Santogold. Shit, talk about run on sentences. Anyway, Hollertronix produced 2003’s Never Scared, which the New York Times went on to name their top album of the year.

Low B’s mixtapes are frankly, hot fire, and full of surprising samples. He draws from a wide range of music, blending Baltimore club with dirty Southern rap and further peppering it with rock, pop and even disco. It may sound like a mess, and it is… but, and I never thought I’d say this, God bless this mess. Uh… I mean, the only thing that’s messy about Low Budget’s music is your face after you’ve heard it and are like, “Oh my god, that music is so crazy now my face is all messed up.” Read More ›