“Beat Kaestli’s emergence as a vocalist bespeaks a life full of experience. Like Jazz itself, his willingness to adapt and improvise has given rise to a unique young man and artist.” (David Donnenfeld ...

What a blessed evening to be a J Dilla fan. Fresh out the press, a new compilation tape of the gawd's presumably more electrified sonic constructions is on the way in the form of the 40-track ...

"Mulberry-eyed girls in black stockings, Smelling vaguely of mint jelly and last night's bongo drummer... fling their arrow legs / To the heavens / Losing their doubts in the beat" of San Francisco ...

Philadelphia-based music journalist John Morrison lists five of the best recent beat tapes by producers with deep ties to Philly's music scene. This article was originally featured on WXPN's The Key ...

It's so hard to get work done when someone is rapping in your ear (and if you're listening to Meek Mill, it sounds like someone is rapping at your temporal lobe). That's why beat tapes are where it's ...

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