Newest Industry Presents: Flatbasset Radio - Episode #9 (Best Of 2012 Countdown!)

Threat Level: Orange Juice...

Well hello again, music fans! Welcome to Episode #9 of our weekly Flatbasset Podcast!

For those of you who are unfamiliar with the podcast, here's the story. Each week TCDroogsma participates in our Songs Of The Week column. Since he's typically kind of a jerk in that column we asked him if he'd like to put together a weekly podcast to prove that he actually does like music and, on occasion, has interesting things to say about it. Foolishly, we also asked him to wish our readers a Happy New Year. So now this exists:

Since this is the first week of the New Year we asked TCDroogsma to put together a Top 10 list of his favorite 2012 albums. Not only did he do that, but he also scolds children, explains a theory about British discographies, explains why Chris Martin put Coldplay on hiatus, actually says, “Nobody does Bloc Party quite like Bloc Party,” (which is arguably the dumbest sentence this blog has been affiliated with), and wishes everybody a happy new year!

Click the player above to listen to the podcast. Click the title below to download it for your very own.  Here's how the show breaks down:

Flatbasset Radio – Episode #9 (Best Of 2012 Countdown!)

10. Why? - Thirteen On High (from the album Mumps, Etc.)

09. Illogic & Blockhead – Heartless (from the album Preparing For Capture 2)

08. The Vaccines - Teenage Icon (from the album The Vaccines Come Of Age)

07. Killer Mike - R.A.P. Music (from the album R.A.P. Music)

06. Bloc Party - Real Talk (from the album Four)

05. P.O.S. - All Of It (from the album We Don't Even Live Here)

04. Aesop Rock – Leisureforce (from the album Skelethon)

03. The Cribs - Jaded Youth (from the album In The Belly Of The Brazen Bell) 

02. El-P - The Full Retard (from the album Cancer 4 Cure) 

01. Blur - Under The Westway (from the single Under The Westway)

So there you have it, everybody. That's the last 2012 list we'll be publishing here on Newest Industry. Bye by, 2012. Thanks for everything.

For more TCDroogmsa he can be found on Twitter (@TCDroogsma) or rambling away on his personal Flatbasset blog. Don't be surprised if that yellow hat makes its way into his day to day wardrobe.

 





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Newest Industry Presents: Flatbasset - P.O.S. (All In A Day's Work MegaMixx)

We are seriously taking the city...

Hello again, Twin Cities hip-hop fans!

It's been a great year for Twin Cities hip-hop. Brother Ali, MaLLy, I Self Devine, Big Quarters, Mike Mictlan... So much good music came out of the cities that it's almost unfair.

Today, though, we're here to celebrate the impending release of P.O.S.'s We Don't Even Live Here, which will hit the streets this coming Monday. This will be P.O.S.'s fourth solo album and, we're betting, will be high on the “Best Of” lists at the end of the year.

More to the point, to celebrate the release we asked our resident hip-hop junkie TCDroogsma to put together a little something for us. He came back with an hour long Flatbasset mix packed with P.O.S. jams.

As you can see, click the download tab below to download the free mix. Of course we'd like to take a moment to point out that, obviously, we do not own any of the music contained in the mix. We asked TCDroogsma to put it together as a celebration and that's just what he did. So please don't sue us. We don't have any money anyway.

TCDroogsma, any thoughts?

Y'know, I've been a Doomtree fans for a minute now and I thought it would be fun to put together a nice run of tracks that P.O.S. has been featured on rather than a typical “best of” type of thing.

If you remember, back when Never Better came out Fifth Element released a couple of bonus albums called Meat Tape and Meat Tape 2 that featured a bunch of harder to find stuff and stuff that, evidently, P.O.S. was digging at the time. That was kind of my plan with this mix. Think of it as Meat Tape 3 or P.O.S. & Friends Rappity Rap Party or I Already Know All These Songs.

It should be noted, of course, that I am not a DJ. If the fades and blends and such aren't up to par, that's why. Don't think of this mix as some chopped up, bangin' DJ mix (though, if someone did that with a bunch of P.O.S. guest spots I'm sure it would kill), think of this more like the best hour of radio that would never get played on the radio.

Obviously all of the tracks contain some sort of P.O.S. contribution. My apologies if I'm not giving full credit to everybody involved.

FLATBASSET - P.O.S. (ALL IN A DAY'S WORK MEGAMIXX)

Track List

01. P.O.S. - Audition M.D.

02. P.O.S. - Savion Glover

03. Building Better Bombs – The Action Pact

04. Mike Mictlan & Lazerbeak - Shux

05. Cenospecies – Thank You From The Bottom Of My Fuck You

06. Mux Mool - Death 9000 (Prof & P.O.S. Broadcasting Version)

07. P.O.S. (w/Craig Finn) – Safety In Speed (Heavy Metal)

08. Doomtree – Gander Back

09. Gayngs – No Scrubs (P.O.S. Regrind)

10. Cecil Otter - Travelling Dunk Tank

11. BK-One - A Day's Work

12. icollide (w/P.O.S. & Dessa) – Les Masquerade

13. P.O.S. (w/Astronautalis) – Hand Made Hand Gun

14. MK Larada – Teddy Bear & A Tazer (Break In Two Mix)

15. P.O.S. (w/Slug) – Bleeding Hearts Club (MPLS Chapter)

16. Scroobius Pip (w/P.O.S. & Sage Francis) – Let 'Em Come

17. Sims - Too Much

18. P.O.S. (w/Dosh) – Tons

19. P.O.S. (w/Sims, Dessa, & Cecil Otter) – Low Light Low Life

20. Illuminous 3 – No Kings

21. Doomtree – Fresh New Trash

Blaow! Hot fire!

Be sure to check out P.O.S.'s new album We Don't Even Live Here, on the streets October 22nd. He's also playing a record release show at First Avenue on the 26^th. Best believe we're gonna be there.

Also, if you haven't heard, P.O.S. has had some health issues come to light over the last couple days.  Turns out dude needs a kidney.  Tough times.  To help out financially, hit up the Paypal account at stefneedsanewkidney@gmail.com.

Thanks to TCDroogsma for putting the mix together for us. For more of TCDroogsma be sure to follow him on Twitter and/or Instagram or you can check out his own blog Flatbasset. He's still counting down Morrissey songs despite our best efforts. He's got problems, though. Problems.

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As Old As We Get, We Don't Forget...

"We gotta learn to see the beauty in each moment of life..."

Hello again, Twin Cities hip-hop fans.  If you didn't know, today marks the two-year anniversary of the death of Michael (Eyedea) Larsen.  Obviously, we don't need to remind anybody just how significant an impact Mr. Larsen had on the hip-hop culture of the Twin Cities.  His loss is still felt two years later.

We remembered that, at the time of Eyedea's death, TCDroogsma wrote a brief piece on his Flatbasset blog.  We decided it would be appropriate to re-post it here on Newest Industry.

TCDroogsma, any thoughts?

I did not know Eyedea personally.  I was just a big fan.  When he died the feeling of loss throughout the Twin Cities was palpable.  I didn't have any more to write than any other fan, but I thought it would be appropriate to write something.

I wrote this bit two years ago.  Not sure if it's aged well or not.  It originally appeared under one of my Caffeine & Obscenities posts.  Have a look:

File Under: I’ll Still Smile

As most of you know, St. Paul rapper Eyedea (Mikey Larsen) died of a prescription drug overdose last month. I won’t waste time going over his accomplishments (and I certainly won’t be able to write anything as personal as Sage Francis’ obituary).

I saw Eyedea perform 5 times (Eyedea & Abilities reunion show at the TC Celebration Of Hip Hop, Fifth Element in-store for the release of By The Throat, a Turf Club show, the first Soundset, & at the Triple Rock w/Puppies & Ice Cream). Each of these shows was a genuinely inspiring experience. I’ve been to countless shows over the years. Most left me entertained (if not intoxicated). More importantly, though, each of these shows left me incredibly inspired. 

Eyedea was one of the rare artists I’ve seen up close and personal who reminded me that art is whatever you want it to be. Along with P.O.S., Lazerbeak, & The Cribs, his shows made me want to go home and become a better writer and a better person. For this, he’ll always have a special place for me. I won’t say something corny like, “I’ll miss him.” I will say, I was lucky to see him. Thanks.

Originally posted to Flatbasset December 14th, 2010.

Thanks to TCDroogsma for digging that one out of the vaults.  And thanks Eyedea.  We still smile.