As I mentioned a while back, I really got into 9th Wonder, still love his stuff. So much I created another grouping on instrumentals, that was strictly from searching YouTube. Under this process, I stumbled upon some guy called "Rythmatical" and this album called "Fellowship. Well let me tell you I had no idea what I was about to get into. I eventually looked him up and discovered his Band-camp page, which I had also just discovered existed, and have since used to find other artists.
As for Fellowship itself:
It is basically a beat tape made by a group of dope producers, simply beautiful music, and the instrumentals are absolutely amazing. Because it was made by them, you could really tell they put a lot of heart into the beats. Unlike alot of beat tapes you might get from famous producers, or just instrumentals, they aren't drawn from albums and then put up on YouTube. So they sound quite amazing, and there is really a nice progression throughout each beat, which really helps to keep my attention and the beats don't feel like some never ending loops. There is a good 28 tracks, 7 from each producer. Each artist kinda brings there own sound to it, to the point where you can kinda separate their tracks on the album.
The sounds are very refined and clear, and they make beats just as good as anyone else would. You could safely say this was my first experience with the underground hip-hop scene. So I was really surprised when I found guys in their teens were producing and rapping, to some amazing level of realness that I hadn't really seen before. That is what makes these guys stand out to me, quality music on such an obscure level in the world of music. Makes me question why they aren't more famous. Regardless, the tape really has everything on it.
Included on this most amazing package:
- Unique samples that really catch you, and have a lot of soul.
- Some real jazz qualities that add a lot of class to this album, really putting it up there for me!
- As I stated, the beats really have progression and don't really bore me at all. Which included the awesome transitions, and other breaks that really made it a cool experience.
- A wide range of beats that go from: A happy catchy tune with sick vocal samples, tracks that bring a laid back jazz feel to it (Piano pieces ahead!), others are more triumphant and sorta boast brass instruments, then you have more serious tracks with some of the most perfect sampling of speeches from various sources.
- A great idea of what is going on in the underground. And that there is some seriously amazing stuff out there.
So yeah check out there BandCamp pages, as well as their Facebook Pages. I am sure they would appreciate some more listeners. Also Ascience told me there will be a beat tape coming on Christmas Eve. Called City Lights, needless to say I am very excited. And of course as is typical for me, chasing the older works that everyone has already heard. Should be posting more on Fellowship and associated works.
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