Posts Tagged ‘Opio’
DJ Rhettmatic – “Rhett Got Beats” (Instrumental Mixtape)
May 31, 2017
DJ Rhettmatic shows us what 20 years of applied experience can do for a project. All dope music, no junk from the Beat Junkie. The West Coast OG is out with his own full-length instrumental beat tape, “Rhett Got Beats.”
At 18 tracks beatin’ down the block, with a bonus feature from Hieroglyphics’ Opio and Pep Love, this will fit nicely in your Street Corner Music collection.
– DJ Rhettmatic
Souls Of Mischief Talk About Their Past, Influences, Music And Future Moves On NPR’s Microphone Check
September 4, 2014
Oakland group Souls of Mischief is the invited guest on this episode of NPR’s Microphone Check. The emcees speak to Adrian Younge, producer of Souls’ recently-released LP – “There Is Only Now” (which Mic Check co-host Ali Shaheed Muhammad, of A Tribe Called Quest, narrates. Great conversation, memories and insights shared by three Souls members (Tajai, Phesto and Opio) with Younge, Ali and Mic Check co-host Frannie Kelley.
Listen below. Take a trip back to last century. The Golden Age of Hip-Hop; from a unique West Coast Oaktown perspective. From the ’80s and early ’90s – still taking it to the next level today their way. Respect. Souls.
“We respected it all but we wanted to be different. We didn’t want to sound like anybody else. Those were the rules of the greatest rappers that we heard.”
Mission accomplished. Stream and download this episode of Microphone Check below.
DOWNLOAD: SOULS OF MISCHIEF ON NPR’S MICROPHONE CHECK | THERE IS ONLY NOW
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Tags: Adrian Younge, Ali Shaheed Muhammad, Frannie Kelley, Microphone Check, NPR, Opio, Phesto, Souls of Mischief, Tajai, There Is Only Now | 
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Hieroglyphics – “It’s Partly Me” (Video)
July 16, 2013
Hieroglyphics go back past the Golden Era 90s that spawned the crew… back to the 70s. Front and center for “It’s Partly Me” and its video (above): Heartaches and relationships. Get this as part of Hieroglyphics’ reunion album “The Kitchen” (out now).
Posted in Album, Hip-Hop, Music, Videos | Tags: A-Plus, Casual, Del the Funky Homosapien, DJ Touré, Hieroglyphics, It’s Partly Me, Opio, Pep Love, Phesto Dee, Tajai, The Kitchen | No Comments »
