Indiesent Exposure: Phil Ade, First World Records, R.I.P. Rammellzee

Posted On: July 2, 2010
Posted By: odeisel
Comments: 1

By DJ Fusion

Before we get into everything…

R.I.P. to a Hip-Hop legend with the passing of Rammellzee – dope artist and musician….

Rammellzee + K-Rob – Beat Bop

What’s up Planet Ill fam this pre-4th of July weekend here in the States!

It’s time for the edition of Indiesent Exposure, Planet Ill’s weekly music column where I drop some FREE music downloads & info about quality Independent Music artists of different genres who deserve props for keeping things lively & non-cookie cutter status in the music world.

Hopefully post by post, Indiesent Exposure will give your ears some temporary respite from some of the daily audio wackness, boredom and/or iCoonery that bombards the masses through the mainstream radio and TV airwaves’ definitions of Hip-Hop, Soul, Funk, Jazz, Rock, Reggae, House, World Music, etc.

If you like what you hear & download in this section (some joints of which will hopefully be new to folks), PLEASE support (monetarily and otherwise) these artists as much as you can in the future – hit up their websites, purchase some product, go to their shows, etc.

This week’s Indiesent Exposure live at the BBQ(s) music is an eclectic mixture of Jazz, Hip-Hop, Electronica, Soul and Downtempo tunes ready to blast off on your music player.

Whenever you have the chance, please let all of the talented Indiesent Exposure artists and the Planet Ill crew know what you think of the music in our comments section!

Let’s get into it – download, sit back relax – hope you enjoy everything:

Ever since my very first Indiesent Exposure article (check it here) where I gave props & respect to Maryland Hip-Hop MC & Singer Phil Ade, the young talent has been making major moves as a part of the 368 Music Group roster.

Since the Starting on JV introduction days, he has been all over the place with his touring schedule and musical output, with his the latest full-length project to hit the masses on July 6th with the upcoming The Letterman mixtape hosted by Don Cannon. While waiting for that project, the masses have to tide themselves over with the 4 track appetizer of The Letterman Sampler.

While he definitely has a high caliber group of veteran guest musicians in the mix from Raekwon to Raheem DeVaughn and more, Phil Ade doesn’t get drowned out by them and firmly holds his own, steadily cranking out his style of fun and quality rap music for the average man.

His music contains just the right balance of energy, wit, storytelling skills and dexterous flows that in conjunction with with lush production values that works out well on each track regardless of the subject matter, whether it’s trying to kick it to the ladies on “Out Your Clothes” or the effects of fame on the “Hollywood RMX”.

It still amazes me that Phil Ade not getting the national props that’s deserved for his skill set (but then again, being on the magazine’s “Who’s Next” list kind of can completely stall a career, so who’s to say if that really matters), but good things come in time.

If you’re tired of the same ol’ Top 100 brand Hip-Hop in a box grooves, but don’t like your rap sounding insanely dated, get on the Phil Ade wave now – you won’t regret it.

Find out more of the latest Phil Ade news, music and other happenings over at his official MySpace page, http://www.myspace.com/PhilAde301.

Phil Ade – The Letterman Sampler (Download)

Preview:

Tracklisting:

1. Hollywood (Remix) feat. Raekown, Wale, Tabi Bonney and Raheem DeVaughn *
2. OMG feat. Skillz *
3. Out Your Clothes feat. Raheem DeVaughn
4. My Story *

* Personal Favorite Tracks

Music Video: Phil Ade – Hollywood

Phil Ade “Hollywood” from Okayplayer on Vimeo.

I ran into this really nice sampler of mid-to-high tempo tunes Jazz, Hip-Hop and Downtempo tunes from our folk over in Europe with First World Records earlier this week and have been blasting it ever since.

The best way to get an idea of what the First World Records vibe is about can come directly from the source themselves:

First Word Records was born in 2003 as a collaboration between promoter Aly Gillani and deejay Andy H. Frustrated by not seeing the music they love get the exposure it deserved, the duo decided that there was a gap that needed filling.

As the year came to an end a group of musicians, deejays, designers, emcees and producers had come together to cook up the fresh new sound of

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