"To celebrate the many phenomenal instrumentals that have landed on our projects over the years, we're pleased to release our first instrumental compilation, Beats, Mines and Life: An Instrumental Journey. The 14 tracks featured capture the brilliance of several of the producers we've worked with in recent years. These include numerous living legends who have […]

Cincinnati-based producer Dren AD makes his project debut with his new beat tape 'Travel', released through independent label Fort Ancient Records. The project is a mix of instrumental beats crafted to the rich, textural sound that has become the trademark for the Fort Ancient camp and features veteran rapper Moxy, previously from the Cincinnati hip-hop […]

Jakk Wonders delivers 'Rookie Season II' The second installment of the Jakk Wonders 'Rookie Season' beat tape franchise has legendary Orlando Magic star Shaquille O'Neal take center court with these 10 raw, Hip-Hop instrumentals. You can stream & download 'Rookie Season II' below...

Happy bornday shout out to Mighty Joe & Isaiah of The Other Guys (Joe's is today, Isaiah's is August 1). It's been a year since The Other Guys dropped their last album, 'Life In Analog', and the DMV duo are back with a new instrumental project called 'The Working Class'. This 8-track EP features all […]

After releasing the 'God Bless The Child' EP with L-Marr the Star as well as his Lessondary group effort 'Ahead of Schedule' last year, Cincinnati-bred emcee/producer Jermiside returns with his self-produced instrumental album, 'A Moment Between Places'. Stream & cop 'A Moment Between Places' via Bandcamp: Stream & cop 'A Moment Between Places' via Spotify: You […]

Cincinnati-based hip-hop producer Homage (CVG) releases his third album of 2017 with the celestial beat tape 'By Jove​!​: A Planetary Beat Expedition'. Homage (CVG) takes the listener on a melodic tour of our solar system with a separate beat for each planet plus the Sun. This ten-track masterpiece showcases once more the beat prowess and […]

Jakk Wonders exports 10 new raw instrumentals to the world on 'Filthy Raw 2' Following in the same vein as the original 'Filthy Raw' (released back in 2015), South African beatsmith Jakk Wonders delivers a new batch of 10 of the filthiest & rawest boom bap instrumentals to come out of Johannesburg on 'Filthy Raw […]

He has established himself as a lynchpin in the grime scene; a gatekeeper via Kiss FM’s flagship grime show "#KissGrime" and guaranteed to be in the top 3 of any grime producer poll; when a Rude Kid riddim drops, be ready for a ‘Monster’. Straight off the back of his BBC Radio 1Xtra A-listed single […]

Deep of the 2 Hungry Bros & HiPNOTT Records return with Volume 2 of 'Depth Perception'. The 'Depth Perception' series is an exploration of Deep's varying production styles that knock & incur head nodding. Deep traveled abroad & used records from Sweden, Iceland, & the Bronx for this release. Deep also inherited some wax from […]

U'nique Music pays homage to one of his favorite artists (in this case, James Fauntleroy) with this new beat tape titled 'Ode To Sensei' which you can stream & download below...