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August 30th, 2010 at 7:26 pm
Grip Grand — “TR-808″
Produced by Grip Grand
Rapper/producer/bloggerator Grip Grand (URB’s Next 100, XXL Chairman’s Choice, East Bay Express Best Rapper, etc.) presents “TR-808,” an ode to California from the upcoming FREE mixtape, Cassette Trippin’. If you like classic West Coastin’, this one is for you…but don’t take my word for it. Listen to “TR-808″ above, then download it below:
The full Cassette Trippin’ mixtape will soon be available for free download from GripGrand.com, RoutineFly.comBandcamp, and better blogs everywhere. Until then, enjoy this sneak preview, and stay tuned!
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August 24th, 2010 at 12:38 pm
Grip Grand — “Definition”
Rapper/producer/person-writing-this-post Grip Grand (URB’s Next 100, XXL Chairman’s Choice, East Bay Express Best Rapper, etc.) presents “Definition,” from the upcoming FREE mixtape, Cassette Trippin’. If you like rapping and beats, I really think you’ll appreciate the finer points of this project…but you don’t have to take my word for it. Listen to “Definition” above, then download it below:
The full Cassette Trippin’ mixtape will soon be available for free download from GripGrand.com, Bandcamp, and maybe a third place (if some organization decides to sponsor it…I’m looking at you, Harpo Productions). Until then, enjoy this sneak preview, and stay tuned for more leakery next weekery.
Posted by: Rob Rush On
August 2nd, 2010 at 1:45 pm
The mixtape has arrived! After a few hurdles, mostly adding new songs, then us going on tour. The mixtape has been complied, checked and double checked for quality, normalized, equalized, quantified, pasteurized and packaged for your listening pleasure. Proe delivers in full force with this mixtape packed with all the rapper talk and witty wit you want in a mixtape. Flexing his versatility and strong hold on the art, Proe makes it painfully clear that he is ready to go on any beat at any time.
This release comes the Yin to his next album’s Yang. If you don’t know what I mean then just wait until you get your eardrums soaked in Proe’s next full length album which is already nearing completion. For now take a ride on the punchline side with the new mixtape. Proe is a beast.
Posted by: Rob Rush On
August 2nd, 2010 at 1:27 pm
Some short but sweet adventures from the road. The final shows Days 7 & 8 are on the way. Most of the beats here are supplied by the mighty Grip Grand, as are any other beats that aren’t wildly popular songs you’ve seen in previous videos. All taken from Grips most recent project, Brokebeat, Vol. 1: Mr. Prettybeat, available here.
I’ve been promising new, free music for a while now in the form of my upcoming mixtape, Cassette Trippin’…but this isn’t that. Unforeseen obstacles have come between me and the mixtape’s eventual release date, but rest assured that you’ll get it in your hands as soon as possible.
Until then, here’s a song that sounds nothing like Cassette Trippin’ at all: “Conservation of Matter,” written, produced, and performed by De La Soul’s least favorite De La Soul song—which is to say, by Me, Myself, and I. If you don’t know what I’m talking about, go see Plugs One through Three in concert sometime. They’ll probably clear it up for you.
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July 23rd, 2010 at 10:37 am
Proe is a name you may or may not be familiar with, depending on how long you’ve been listening to the Rec-League’s music. Proe’s last album “Perfect” came out in 2005 and received high marks accross the board. It even earned him an interview on the suicide girls site, as well as a fistfull of praise from many online critics… More recently, Proe contributed his song“Kop Cilla”, to the Rec-League“Season Two” album, released in dec 2009.
After a lengthy hiatus Proe is back making more music than ever. After recording and scrapping an entire album he made with DJ MF Shalem and starting all over, Proe is ready to make a splash once again with multiple projects nearing completion.
His “Whatever You’re On I’ll Take 2″ mixtape is part exercise, part flexing and all fire. Proe’s signature style and supreme confidence come through like it never left on this newest release.
The first song from the project is “Famous” and is a light-hearted and honest take on some musician’s instant success. followed by “Not A Battle Rap” which is just that, Proe going in with no other goal other than murdering the beat. In Proe’s own words
“This mixtape is fun, this is me on my rap shit, honestly it couldn’t be more different than the music I’m making with shalem…”
Proe’s versatility has always been one of his many strong points, and even on his “rap shit” Proe is able to display his humorous take on music, and maintain his outrageous lyrical ability at the same time.
