label: self-released released: 02 May 2011 style: instrumental jazz hiphop format: 320kbps mp3, FLAC,....
After weeks of anticipation, we are pleased to announce the full release of The Beast’s Guru Legacy EP, brought to you by Pierce Freelon, Eric Hirsh, Peter Kimosh, and Stephen Coffman along with a slew of special guests. The Guru Legacy EP consists of several jazz arrangements from the Jazzmatazz catalogue, as well as sample-based remixes of those arrangements, by various hip-hop producers.
tracklist: 1. Keep Your Worries (ft. John Robinson & Jocelyn Ellis) 03:31 2. Keep Your Worries | The B-Side 01:29 3. State of Clarity (ft. Silent Knight & D. Noble) 04:01 4. State of Clarity | The B-Side 01:41 5. For You (ft. Shirlette Ammons) 04:17 6. Loungin | The B-Side 01:52 7. ?uestlove Interview | *Bonus Track* 13:28
label: The Revivalist released: 26 October 2010 style: hiphop jazz soul beats format: 320kbps mp3, FLAC,....
Jazz vocalist and multi Grammy nominee Nnenna Freelon joins hip-hop quartet The Beast release Freedom Suite: a 10-track collection of creative reflections on jazz and hip-hop. Freedom Suite is available for FREE download, digitally released on Okayplayer's jazz inspired channel, The Revivalist. With guest appearances from 9th Wonder, Branford Marsalis, Phonte (of The Foreign Exchange/Little Brother), YahZarah, Geechi Suede (of Camp Lo) and several others, Freedom Suite follows in the tradition of other collaborative jazz and hip-hop projects like the late Guru's Jazzmatazz. The album features six original songs written and produced by The Beast, which are infused with both a live jazz aesthetic (drums, bass, piano, percussion, strings and horns were all recorded live) and an electronic/sample-based hip-hop aesthetic. Freedom Suite also includes four contemporary interpretations of “standards" from the jazz and hip-hop cannon, including arrangements of Mos Def's “Umi Says," Johnny Mercer & Hoagy Charmichael's “Skylark" and Lauryn Hill's “Doo Wop."
tracklist: 01. Good Evening ft. 9th Wonder 00:35 02. Rise Beyond the Sky ft. YahZarah & Rapsody 03:16 03. Freedom Part 2 ft. Suede (prod. Apple Juice Kid) 04:55 04. Let Go ft. Tyler Woods 04:15 05. Once Again ft. Kooley High 05:12 06. Get Out of Town ft. Phonte 04:20 07. Skylark 05:22 08. Love ft. King Mez & Thee Tom Hardy (prod. Apple Juice Kid) 03:00 09. No Escape ft. Carlitta Durand & Darien Brockington 04:05 10. Strangelove ft. shirlette ammons 05:38 11. Umi Says 05:22 12. Good Night ft. 9th Wonder 01:09
