Consumed Links - January 19, 2011

For those of you that have been with this blog for the last couple of years... thank you very much for all of your support. Well, you know the drill, here is a run-down some things that you may have missed.


Over at Synthtopia.com a video featuring a decent amount of snippets of electronic music over the last 50 years. (synth50)


Is Activision evil? The Gold Standard investigates... (IGN)


Another (MF) Doom box set?? (prefix)


"You got the wrong beans... now, YOU DIE!" ---wait, what? (CO Arrested)


Prefix did a very nice article in memory of those we lost last year. (Lost)




Well, that's it for right now.  Stay tuned, there is more to come. 

More From DOOM To Come (sooner than you think)

Named after one of the tracks on his well received release, Born Into This, the “Gazillion Ear ep”, is on it’s way. Due out both on vinyl and digital on December 8.  It will feature re-workings of the track, instrumentals, and remixes (including one from Thom Yorke of Radiohead).

While waiting for this release you can now go pick up Unexpected Guests, which dropped in October.

Here is the tracklisting for Gazillion Ear ep:

1. “Gazzillion Ear”
2. “Gazzillion Ear” (Thom Yorke Remix)
3. “Gazzillion Ear” (Dr WHo Dat? Remix)
4. “Gazzillion Ear” (Jneiro Jarel/SITEK Remix)
5. “Gazzillion Ear” (Acappella)
6. “Gazzillion Ear” (Instrumental)
7. “Gazzillion Ear” (Thom Yorke Remix) (Instrumental)
8. “Gazzillion Ear” (Dr WHo Dat? Remix) (Instrumental)
9. “Gazzillion Ear” (Jneiro Jarel/SITEK Remix) (Instrumental)
10. “Green Whore Net” (bonus beat)
11. “Feta” (scratch samples)
12. “Kat Girl” (bonus)

Also, check out the video below:

 

DOOM

DOOM (as he wants it - no longer MF) finally has a release date for the anticipated new album, BORN LIKE THIS. The title of the album (to be released by Lex Records on March 24) is inspired by poet Charles Butkowski's poem, "Dinosauria, We."



The first single titled, "Ballskin" (prod. by Jake One) has been on DOOM's myspace page for quite some time now and has at the time of writing this hit 154,327 plays.



Frequent collaborator, Ghostface Killah (appearing as Tony Starks) is featured on the track Angelz and Raekwon guests on Yessir. On the track titled "Cellz" DOOM samples a performance from Butkowski.



The J Dilla track "Lightworks" gets a vocal treatment. Also, rapper Kurious appears on either track "More Rhymin'" or on "Better Than Beer." (That depends on your source for tracklisting.)



It is said that along with this album DOOM is planning other releases for this year....



There has been a small conflict in the actual tracklisting. Here is the one that I think is most accurate:

01- Supervillain Intro

02- Gazillion Ear

03- Ballskin

04- Yessir ft Raekwon

05- Absolutely

06- Rap Ambush

07- Lightworks

08- Batty Boyz

09- Costume Foolery

10- Angelz ft Tony Starks

11- Cellz

12- Stil Dope

13- Better Than Beer ft Kurious

14- Microwave Mayo

15- More Rhymin'

16 - That's That

17- In Ya Dreams

18- Thank Ya



Note: there was one tracklisting I saw that mentioned 2 track names "Suppervillainz" and "Bump's Message." At this time I cannot confirm them...I plan to keep you posted.

In A Hot Minute.........

It is that time of year where all of the hip-hop (good, bad , and downright ugly) all need to be released for the wonderful 4th quarter....and many of us music fans get disappointed by what we ended up with....

With that in mind here is what has been up in the hip-hop realm.....things moving quickly....

In the recent issue of Wax Poetics magazine, MF Doom is questioned about the rumors of "imposter perfomances". "I did some show, wrecked it, girls climbing up onstage and shit," says Doom."That was the first time that happened--but we was rocking, right? Somebody from the label was going to be there. I was like, 'Cool, he saw the show, and it was wrecked.'" Continuing he states, "Next couple of days, I speak to him, and he was like, 'Good show, but a lot of people are saying it wasn't you!'"

For the rest of the interview check out the current issue of Wax Poetics....

The reunion album for EPMD titled 'We Mean Business' now has a release date of December 9th. Guests mentioned are: Redman, Havoc (Mobb Deep), Raekwon, KRS-One, and 9th Wonder.

While some of us are just waiting for that new Common album to come and go....(originally titled Invincible Summer now called Universal Mind Control -out early Dec.)
Common is saying that 'The Believer' will be the next album....this was the album he started to make and then ....

DJ Babu's Duck Season Volume 3 will be in stores Oct. 28 via Nature Sounds.

“From the jump, my point was to put the spotlight on artists and songs that I felt needed more exposure,” Babu explains (interview here with HipHopDX) “It’s like a full evolution. Everything I’ve done solo and with my other groups has led up to this point. On this one I produced, and mixed everything.” Don't forget to check out the track "The Unexpected" (w/ MF DOOM and Sean Price).

That's all I can take for now.....more to come.