Flatbasset Radio: Episode #69 (Rhymesayers 20th Anniversary Celebration)

You can be yourself and be a star...

Well hello again, podcast fans!  Welcome to a very special episode of Flatbasset Radio!

Folks, it's a big day here in beautiful Minneapolis. Rhymesayers Entertainment, pillar of the local music community and the national hip-hop world, is celebrating their 20th anniversary with a big ass show down at the Target Center.  It's a celebration, bitches!

As a tribute to all the hard work the label's done over the years, I decided to put together a show celebrating some of my absolute favorites RSE artists. It was a tough show to do, many great songs were left off, but that's a testament to the job they've done over the years.  RSE keeps their quality control on point.

So, in this week's show I talk a lot about the importance of the label for all kinds of reasons.  Rhymesayers isn't just about the music.  In addition to playing the jams I discuss the importance of Rhymesayers as a part of the community, an example of the spirit of independence that runs throughout the midwest, and a testament to the fact that hard work & a belief in the goal can go a long way. Even if you're not a hip-hop fan, it's indisputable that the label's success has provided a blueprint for independent businesses throughout the Twin Cities. It's provided a beacon in a city that prides itself on an independent streak that was burning before RSE existed and will continue to burn after it's gone. Rhymesayers Entertainment is both an institution itself an inextricable link in the chain of the Twin Cities history.

Of course, at its core, it's built on the jams.  Kick back and enjoy!

As always, Flatbasset Radio is completely free. Just click the Mixcloud player below and you're good to go.

Flatbasset Radio: Episode #69 (Rhymesayers 20th Anniversary Celebration) by Tcdroogsma on Mixcloud

01. P.O.S. - Let It Rattle

02. Freeway & Jake One - One Thing

03. Toki Wright - Devil's Advocate

04. MF Doom - Rap Snitch Knishes (w/Mr. Fantastik)

05. Aesop Rock - Cycles To Gehenna

06. BK-One - Love Like That (w/Aby Wolf)

07. I Self Devine - Sunshine

08. Brother Ali - 5 Line King

09. Soul Position - Priceless

10. Atmosphere - Smart Went Crazy

11. Eyedea & Abilities - Music Music









Thanks for listening!

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

(THIS POST ORIGINALLY APPEARS ON THE TWIN CITIES BLOG NEWEST INDUSTRY.  PLEASE STOP BY THAT BLOG IF YOU HAVE A CHANCE.  WE'RE ALL WORKING VERY HARD ON IT.)

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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