Rico Tubbs has been at it again; produce tune, get it mastered, give it away. He should really have a think about his business plan. Although, since this one is a bootleg of Jay-Z, and given Jay-Z's method of resolving professional disputes maybe it's best to do this one for free...
Anyway, here it is; get stuck in, pass it around, please link and blog and what have you.
Rico's had a great idea! Well, great for you lot anyway. I'll hand over to him:
"Here's a new concept: Make track, pay for professional mastering, give the track away free. As a sidenote, Tomb Crew's "Inna Dat" is out now on BASS=WIN - get it now from Beatport." - Rico
Nice. This tune has been spanking it in Rico's sets lately, and he's been beating back suitors to the track, just so he could get it properly mastered and give it away on here. No strings. So I recommend checking out the aforementioned Tomb Crew release, and, while you're at it, have a look at Rico's myspace too. Mighty!
Atlanta, Georgia. According to the wise sage DJ Assault, Atlanta G.A. is where the pimps and players stay - presumably they like these attractive waterfront residences. It's also the home of T.I. - the rapper who fell off harder than anyone else in the last decade. I mean seriously - from the heights of 'What You Know', he started recording RnB pop with Rihanna that was so bad they put him in jail.
A sad story.
Anyway, on a lighter note, we've got this cheeky slice of dancefloor fuel for you. It combines the B.Rich remix of Rico Tubbs track 'Hot Girls Dope Boys', with the vocal from T.I.' s ode to large wheels, "24's" and mashes it all up in a B'more stylee. Not big, not clever, but definitely fun, download this and play it out this weekend. Full 320 action.
To celebrate the launch of BASS=WIN here's another slice of cheesecake!
One of my first dubstep tunes - a genre that we'll also be covering on our label in the future (another one of my forays into this area is out soon on Trouble&Bass - "Heavy Bass Champions Of The World"). Here's the full .WAV file for you:
Its been a while since my last post as touring and getting BASS=WIN set up has kept me busy 24/7 (launching in 2 weeks by the way!).Anyway heres a VIP freebie thats got good support from the few people Ive sent this.The original remix with even heavier wobble will be on the Top Billin release with ton of other remixes from the likes of Act Yo Age , Small Town Romeo,Dj Beware & Motorpitch etc.
(Based on a true story) Have you ever been in a promoters car in some far flung part of the world on the way to a gig? As he navigates some mountain pass on two wheels at 70mph, your trying to understand even just a couple of words of his pigeon english, while desperately trying to use hand signals to let the guy know your desperate for a piss after the 16 local beers you just got bought by him and his mates at the truck stop to accompany your dry blue meat and lettuce sandwich. While all this time his tinny sound system blasts his mates DJ demo. "Dis Gooood yeeeees" he shouts over the bur of the passing traffic with the drivers side window open as he smokes something that looks more like a manikins leg than a spliff. Then.......Silence. The music stops, and there seems to be peace in the world again. He turns to you and says, "Now, we goooo old schoooool".... What can this mean? you think to yourself... Old school what? The "pish pisssh" sound of the ejected CD, then the small clatter of CD against plastic as he struggles to slot the next one in while still navigating with one hand and one eye closed due to manikin leg smoke. Finally the cd finds its slot and for the slightest of moments you grind your teeth and hunch your shoulders in expectation of some techno re-work's of the local folk music. (this has actually happened to me, and all 7 members of the promoters entourage that were squeezed into the VW golf sung along to all 10 tracks on the cd, while slapping me on the shoulder with massive smiles, one of them even did a solo in the breakdown and was applauded by his mates after) Then like a bucket of soft feathers being tipped on your head, the warm and comfortable first few bars of Snaps "Rhythm is a Dancer" strokes your ear drums with a comforting familiarity. Then everything feels right with the world again. your ignoring the fact he just overtook a coach into the path of an oncoming haulage lorry and managed to miss its speedy advance by merely inch's, and that your about to piss like a race horse in your levi's if you dont stop at what is considered a toilet in this country. but a hole in the ground in any other.
Heres something I made almost 2 years a go and had some talks to get it out on Top Billin. Somehow the whole thing got forgotten and the track was gathering dust on my harddrive. Then I heard the (brilliant) Mightyfools bootleg a while a go and thought I'd do a bit of a remaster of this one. So here ....
Next Episode is one of those universal party tunes you can play anywhere.
This is actually 90% done by Will Power - I just tweaked the drums & bass sounds a bit and its maybe more of an transition tune than full on remix - Its good to have few of those just in case you want to drop few hip hop tunes in the middle of your set. Also this one has the full track in the middle rather than the annoying few bars ( Whats with microwave djs droppin just one verse and one chorus anyway? The fact that you can do 30 second mixes with laptop doesnt mean you should - end of rant :) )
If you are in London area see you @ Egg Saturday! Have a good weekend!
Yes I know it's only yesterday that Rico Tubbs gave away his cheeky bootleg of Chelley, but today we've got a version of his anthem 'Gangsters' in our grubby paws which needs to see the light of day. It's by Brighton-based reprobates the 2 Bit Thugs and it kind of draws in all those influences that the kids are so keen on these days - wobble dubstep, fidget, breaks and squashes them all into one vicious whole. We don't give away an awful lot of tunes on this blog, because we like to keep things up above a certain standard, but this one needs shouting about. Grab it while it's hot!
1st official post! - let's see if I manage to mess it up :D Just heard this rokcing the dancefloor in the middle of Sharkslayer techno set and instant thought was to blend it with Maurice Joshua acid house classic. Added some room to mix in and mix out as well. More blends and bootlegs coming soon! BASS=WIN! -R
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