It’s been 8 years since I last had a video made but time flies, right?
Here’s a new video for the song “Slippery Slope”, featuring Billy Woods, Open Mike Eagle and Breezly Brewin. The video was created and directed by Mr. Oz
I’ve been on tour the majority of the last few months and a question that keeps coming up from random people is “Are you ever gonna work with mc’s again?” to which i reply “Actually…”
Turns out, I’ve been making tons of music with rappers over the last 4 years or so and a lot of people haven’t really noticed. Granted, I can’t really knock them for that cause the projects haven’t been huge name artists but more rappers I personally fuck with as a person and a fan. Labors of love and respect. I figure I might as well just give the heads up to all those asking cause there is , in fact, lots of music I’ve done with MC’s. Entire albums produced by me, in fact. As well as some one offs here and there.
I’ll also add, I’m working on a compilation album that I plan dropping before my next full length that will feature rappers, singers and instrumental songs. It will be a free release too so get your wallets out and then immediately put them back in your pocket.
Anyway, here’s a quick refresher course of the albums I’ve done with rappers. Included are links but know that, if you wanna support and buy the album and the website i direct you to is not one you typically use, all these albums (with exception of the Ep’s with Illogic) are available EVERYWHERE digitally. I-tunes, amazon, etc as well spotify for streaming.
So, let’s start with Illogic.
Illogic is an incredibly gifted mc from Columbus, Ohio who I’ve been down with since before Def Jox existed. He worked with Aesop , as well as Atmosphere, Blueprint and ton of other talents. A few year back he hit me up asked if I wanted to do a project together and I jumped at the opportunity. Turns out…we were both in highly prolific points in our lives and we churned out an full length album and 3 Ep’s. So, we got MAD music together including two lead up EP’s to the full length and prologue EP we dropped afterwards.
https://illogic.bandcamp.com/album/preparing-for-capture
https://illogic.bandcamp.com/album/preparing-for-capture-2
https://illogic.bandcamp.com/album/capture-the-sun
https://illogic.bandcamp.com/album/after-capture
Next up, We got Billy Woods. Woods is a brooklyn based MC I was a huge fan of before i even met him. We got linked up through friends in common and immediately hit it off. We made the album “Dour Candy” soon after that and are currently finishing up another album together (Mostly produced by me but with a special guest producer on a couple tracks) that should be out next year.
https://www.amazon.com/Dour-Candy-BILLY-WOODS/dp/B00D9Q8NJW
Next we got Marq Spekt. He’s originally from philly and a guy I’ve been a fan of since the early 2000’s. He was one of those dudes that everyone I knew knew but I had never met before. I forget how it happened but we linked up and decided to do an album together out of mutual respect and admiration for each others work. We got two albums together on HipNott Records , the newest actually dropped pretty recently
https://marqspekt.bandcamp.com/album/justplaywitit
https://marqspekt.bandcamp.com/album/keep-playin
There’s also a few loosies I’ve done with various artists over the years you might have missed:
Lice (Aesop & Homeboy Sandman)- Environmental studies
Open Mike eagle- Billy’s Quagmire
Red Pill- Darlin’
Sum- Oblivion
Premrock- Criminal Childish
Premrock- Let me see your tongue
Sir Jarlsberg Ft. Aesop, lateef, Blockhead, Kimya dawson, Baby Dayliner and more- All’s Faire
Googie- Big mouth arcade
Googie- Googie Architecture
And shit…while I got you here, did you know I made an album as a part of a group called The Mighty Jones? It’s me on beats, two female vocalists and live guitar and bass. If you’re not so much a hip hop fan but like my beats and singing…this one should speak to your soul. This song in the video below is actually not even released but will be soon.
https://themightyjones.bandcamp.com/releases
So, there you have. I may have even forgotten a few things but that’s the answer to anyone who’s wondered if I still make music with other people. A resounding yes with much more to come.
For those who don’t know, rapper and friend Open Mike eagle has a really great podcast called “Secret Skin”. On this show, Mike interviews comedians and musicians. Mike has a very nice way of making the conversation feel super casual yet music nerd friendly at the same time. I did the show a while back and had a great time:
http://www.infiniteguest.org/secret-skin/2014/10/open-mike-waffle-house-blockhead-part-two/embed/player/
This week, he got Aesop in there and it’s awesome. While you may have read Aesop interviews here and there, I believe this is his first real podcast (I could be wrong about that). Not just that, but it’s more than an interview as the typically private guy discusses things that he generally has kept to himself over the years. If you’re an Aesop fan, this will be your shit. Not just for the personal stuff, but also a look behind the curtain at his musical process.
Enjoy!
http://www.infiniteguest.org/secret-skin/2015/06/aesop-rock-anxiety-depression-moving-nyc/embed/player/
It’s funny. About a week ago I was thinking “Man, I feel like there is not much to look forward to in rap in the near future”. Well, allow me to eat those words. In the past week 3 dope Ep’s by artists I like a lot have dropped. as well as a few other bits and pieces. So, as a good samaritan, I figured I’d just hip you to all of this, in case you haven’t been paying attention. These are all artists I’ve been championing on this site for a while now so it’s only right.
First up, Open Mike eagle dropped a new EP called “A special Episode of Ep”
Next up we got a new 11 song ep by Shirt (formally T-shirt). He’s not streaming the entire thing but here’s a first song off it:
Here’s a link to where you can get it (it’s $5 you cheap fucks): http://worksite.info/
As a little bonus here’s another track he did that isn’t on the ep:
Next we got a banging new EP By Your Old Droog. He just put some shit out so this came outta nowhere.
This is a one off by former Yay or nay subject Koreatown Oddity (and Ras G). Definitely feeling this one:
Lastly, we have an ep that came out a few weeks ago by Tree and Crack. Tree’s new album “Trap Genius” is apparently coming pretty soon but, until then, this should hold over he fans
http://www.audiomack.com/album/tree/treecrack
Oh, and here’s a new song from Tree. I almost forgot:
Last week, Marq Spekt and I released our album “Justplaywitit” on Hipnott Records.I had mentioned a bonus track coming down the pipe featuring some special guests.
I told you it was coming! So, here’s a little extra treat. In all honesty, this wasn’t even a bonus track that we left off the album. Nope. It was a song specifically made to give to you guys after “Playwitit”dropped.
So, enjoy!
You can download it from the soundcloud page but, just in case, here’s an alternate link:
http://www26.zippyshare.com/v/35699248/file.html
Also, While I got you hear, my boys Armand Hammer (Billy Woods and Elucid) dropped a new EP today called “Furtive Moments”. I did a track on there , as well as the bonus track on the vinyl.
Check it out:
http://backwoodzstudioz.com/portfolio-item/armand-hammer-furtive-movements-ep-colored-vinyl/
Okay, so two new songs by two artists I greatly enjoy dropped this week. I don’t have download links to them but you can stream them/watch them here.
What i wanna know is which joint do you like more??!?!?
Open Mike Eagle: Qualifiers
OR
Danny Brown: ODB
There can only be one!
Just kidding. But i think both these songs are very dope but also very different. What do you think?
Open Mike Eagle is a giving man. He’s also a prolific man. He just released a new EP on bandcamp that is free of change. It’s awesome. I’d go into detail but I’m sitting in an airport on two hours of sleep, barely able to put together these very sentences. Just know it’s dope and Mike does that thing where he’s keeps evolving and switching things up. And for that, I salute him. He’s not the guy making the same song over and over again. So…here’s the link.
DID I MENTION IT’S FREE?!?!?!
I did? Cool. Cause it is.
http://openmikeeagle.bandcamp.com
Also peep this. It’s not on the EP but it’s pretty cool as well.
I figure now is as good a time as ever to just do a big post updating all of you on what I’ve been up to, musically. Since I get about five tweets/facebook comments a day saying shit like “Hey dewd, instead of posting jokes how bout you make some new music!”. First off, blow me. Secondly, I am and always have been steadily making music. So here’s a run down of some newer shit I’ve been involved with and what’s coming up:
By now you should know my newest album “interludes after midnight” BEEN out. Buy it on I-tunes, or at a store or from a guy in an alley…Whatever…just cop that shit…or go here:
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_i_4_9?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=blockhead+interludes+after+midnight&sprefix=blockhead%2Caps%2C157
I also have a free EP I did with Illogic (more on that later) that you can download here:
http://illogic.bandcamp.com/album/preparing-for-capture
What else? Oh yeah, I did this remix for aesop’s single “Zero Dark 30”
as well as a remix for Billy Woods “DMCA”
http://www.divshare.com/download/18460718-d73
There’s also this remix I did for Premrock and Willie Green:
http://premrockandwilliegreen.bandcamp.com/album/radio-dial-blockhead-remix
Okay, and now the stuff that’s coming up…
Illogic and I have another free EP “Preparing for capture part 2” dropping September 4th. After that, we plan to drop the full length album “Capture the sun” in 2013.
I’m working on an album with Billy Woods that’s mostly been recorded. It’s gonna be crazy. It was originally gonna be an ep but we decided to just make it a full length. I’m very hyped about this album.
I’m doing albums with Open Mike Eagle and Marq Spekt as well. both of those projects are still in the early stages but they should get rolling very soon. Mike told me he’s gonna bring out the Evil Mike Eagle for this record, which I responded “You should call your self Open Mike Evil” to which he responded “STFU”. Whatever, it’s gonna be awesome.
There’s also the album I’m doing with my group “The Mighty Jones” , which consists of singer Joanna Erdos, Guitarist Damien Paris (he’s the guy who’s played guitar on all my solo albums) , Jeremy Gibson (aka Sir Jarlsberg but he also plays like 20 instruments), and myself.
This is a song from that album…It’s gonna be ten songs long.
Beyond that, I plan to hit the road in the fall. There is talk of me finally getting back to Europe in late september…but it will be mostly eastern euro dates so, if you live in france or the UK get your local promoters to come holler at the kid. I’d love to get out there again…it’s literally been almost ten years. Regardless, I’ll announce all those dates when/if they get solidified.
As for US dates, I’m still working on that but I got a show in S.F. in august:
http://www.songkick.com/concerts/13520874-blockhead-at-public-works?utm_source=4181&utm_medium=partner&utm_source=kickalert.me&utm_medium=twitter
Okay? Cool. Well…thanks for reading this and supporting me. I’ve enjoyed it all.
Cobra Commander By Open Mike Eagle Feat. Danny Brown
http://limelinx.com/dmfkv
Open Mike Eagle has a new album out called “4NML HSPTL” and you should go buy it right now.
Mike has been one of the more prolific artists over the last few years dropping albums, ep’s and random tracks all over the place, all while maintaining a very high level of quality. The new album is no different. Good shit all around.
So , peep this song he did with Danny Brown. Also, Keep an eye out for music he and I will be making in the future. The wheels are rolling. I’m psyched. Yeah.
5ree thinkers By Open Mike Eagle
http://www.hulkshare.com/embed_mp3.php?fn=g0eao4s9wycp&bg=000000&fg=71C90C
My homeboy Open Mike Eagle is one productive motherfucker. in the last few years, he’s released 2 full length albums , and few free ep’s all while touring pretty consistently. He’s also got a little something brewing with your truly that I’m very excited about. But that’s not happening yet, so for now, enjoy this new song off his “Rent Party extension” EP. This, right here is my joint. If you like it, go download the whole ep from here:
http://www.okayplayer.com/news/audio-premiere-open-mike-eagle-rent-party-extension-ep.html
