Kev Brown - The Weekend Beat Tape

Producer......Beatmaker.....Soulful Genius.......all four of these words apply to the man pictured above me. For all those that have been on they Rip Van Winkle stuff for the better part of the 2K, Kev Brown is currently one of the dopest producers out there in Hip-Hop universe. I give the Landover, MD native such high praise because he is a prime example of of the continuation of great things. By this I mean he has successfully picked up where so many of the great 90's producers like Pete Rock, Large Pro and The Rza left off. Not only has he continued writing chapter's in the never ending saga of the collective "Hip-Hop Production Book", he's written his own chapter that I think will one day just have to be included in any conversation about boom bap "GOAT's".

Known for his entrancing, head nodding drums and meticulously chopped and tinkered-with samples, and just an overall supremely soulful vibe, Kev finds himself at the forefront of good music in general, not just Hip-Hop. Kev first broke thru by doing some production work for another soulful genius Jazzy Jeff. After contributing nicely to Jeff's 2002 opus "The Magnificent", he was the first producer to re-wrok Jay-Z's "Black Album", aptly calling his version the "Brown Album" and inspiring over 100 more producer's to attempt (sometimes as successfully as him) to do the same. After working with a host of big names (De La Soul, Busta Rhymes, Marley Marl, Bahamadia), dropping a debut LP ("I Do What I Do"), and putting out a few mixtapes and a handful of singles for his die hard fans Kev is still in hot pursuit of making the good music...and still finding it.

Here, we have one of Kev's many gifts to us "true" Hip-Hop lover's and Music enthusiasts......"The Weekend Beat Tape". LOL, that's another thing that I enjoy about Kev man; his sort of dead pan, straight to the point titling of projects ..see "Random Joints", "I Do What I Do", etc......In any case enjoy these skillfully crafted instrumentals...that I assume were made over a weekend sometime in 2007.

-BIG D O






01 - Call Me
02 - Congo Rock
03 - Day Dream
04 - Drunk Horns
05 - Frampton
06 - Just Can’t Stop
07 - Kick Back
08 - Ohio
09 - The Police

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