Clear Blue AKA Mitch Beatstein

Skew It CB REMIX (OUTKAST FT RAEKWON)

2010-11-16T20:42:00.006-07:00

Return of the Raw 11/11/10

2010-10-27T16:36:00.000-06:00

Coming 11/11/2010

Learning to Fly EP DOWNLOAD!

2010-03-13T23:32:00.006-07:00

Click either image to download or click here http://www.mediafire.com/?ttjwao3izmm

UPDATE!

2010-03-09T09:00:00.003-07:00

Tons of new tracks on the way, album coming soon...stay posted.

Clear Blue's Ghost In The Studio

2009-09-01T14:27:00.004-06:00

2009-06-21T21:14:00.001-06:00

Clear Blue Project :

Thursday: 6/25/09: Moe's Denver

9 PM, 5$ Cover

J Dilla - Nothing Like This

2009-04-19T21:36:00.002-06:00

Something about this song is perfect. If you can figure out what it is please let me know.

The Mighty Mos Def

2009-04-02T16:11:00.003-06:00

Mos Def is more than just my favorite rapper alive, because he is an entity that transcends hip hop. He is what Music looks like in human disguise. If you are itching for some Mos until his new album drops I have just the thing. Here are two Mos remixes that I will shamelessly listen to over a million times in my lifetime and never get sick of.

Another World (Remix) - Mos Def & Talib Kweli

High Drama (Remix) - Mos Def ft Mike Zoot

The beats on both of these tracks are fucking insane, don't you think?

Stay tuned for much more news on Mos Def's new album, The Ecstatic, and the return of Def Poetry!

Scott Freebass: Frantic Meditation

2009-04-01T12:01:00.002-06:00

Scott Freebass is a multifunctional hip hop producer from Chi town who blends the head nodding beats of hip hop with the interesting noises of electronic music. His newest instrumental album "Frantic Meditation" is a creative journey through a hip hop driven meditation exercise, letting his music take the role a relaxing voice does in traditional meditation tapes. The album is impressively produced & mastered, and succeeds in bringing the listener out-of-body temporarily.

Track 5 - "The Hues" is a good example of the balance of sounds common in Freebass' beats.

Listen to the rest of the album here at Soundprophets.com

The Knux Bang

2009-03-31T20:17:00.003-06:00

The Knux: Cappuccino

The Knux: Bang Bang

Typical Cats: Take A Number

2009-03-31T13:00:00.003-06:00

The Typical Cats are a relatively unknown rap trio that originated in Chicago, but have unfortunately disappeared from the hip hop world in recent years. The trio consists of melodic Denizan Kane, razor sharp Qwazar, and lyrical heavyweight Qwel. This track "Take A Number" is off their self titled album Typical Cats, and is absolutely packed with amazing verses and metaphors (Qwel's verse is last and is a must-hear).

Typical Cats - Take A Number

AraabMUZIK: MPC Freak

2009-03-31T10:23:00.004-06:00

Think your nice on the MPC? Dipset producer AraabMuzik will take you to school and back. Just picture Killa or Juelz spitting over one of these CRAZY beats Araab composes from thin air. I love that he does his beats different tempos just incase Jim Jones is sippin too much sizzurp on any given studio session.

Watch Aarab "warming up" at a bar. This guy blows my fucking mind. Also take note of the 60 something year old dude in awe of what he is seeing and clapping hahaha.

God damn this kid is sick, dipset bitch.

Mr Dibiase Interview

2009-03-30T11:45:00.006-06:00

Yesterday I wrote about up and coming artist 2saunt's divine skills on the microphone, but I didn't tell you who the genius behind a lot of his studio work is. Mr. Dibiase aka Diabolical was runner up to the Red Bull Big Tune Beat contest and is ready to make his mark on the hip hop world. This interview gives some insight to Dibiase's beat making process and how he gets inspired to create some of the hottest beats I have heard from an unsigned producer...

Bangin the fuck out at Low End Theory

Dibia$e's myspace

Time To Get High...

2009-03-29T14:09:00.006-06:00

Roll one up and listen to this mixtape (click for album cover for download)...

01. (00:02:37) Lil Wayne - Lil Wayne - Chronic - Intro
02. (00:03:04) Styles P Ft. Redman & Method Man - I Get High (Remix)
03. (00:03:20) Jadakiss - Styles P - Sheek Louch & Swizz Beats - Blow Ya Mind (Smokers Anthem)
04. (00:03:51) STYLES P N.O.R.E - SOUR DIESAL
05. (00:04:18) Styles P Ft. T.Pain - Im High
06. (00:03:43) Ludacris Ft. Timbaland - Blueberry
07. (00:02:41) Dr. Dre - Snoop Dogg & Nate Dogg - Next Episode
08. (00:03:27) Nas - Purple
09. (00:04:32) Master P - Ghetto Dope
10. (00:00:22) Interlude - Welcome 2 Jamacia
11. (00:03:07) Two five - Get High Wit Me
12. (00:05:12) Beanie Sigel - Purple Rain
13. (00:04:55) Lil wayne - Pussy Money & Weed
14. (00:03:46) Scarface - Mary
15. (00:03:47) Ice Cube - Smoke Some Weed
16. (00:04:34) Method Man & Redman - How High
17. (00:00:16) Interlude - Friday Skit
18. (00:02:36) Master P - Pass Me The Green
19. (00:03:28) Lil Wayne - I feel Like Dying
20. (00:01:32) Lil Wayne- Smokers Section
21. (00:03:49) Rick James - Mary Jane (Smokers Classic)
22. (00:03:11) Ziggy Marley - Ganja Smoke
23. (00:00:10) Interlude - Smokin Since I Was A Kid
24. (00:02:51) N.O.R.E. Ft. Styles P - Dame Greese , Meeno , d.O.E - Yukmouth , etc - Sour Diesal (Remix)

2saunt Freestyles

2009-03-29T10:39:00.008-06:00

If you don't know the homie 2saunt you better get on it immediately. This kid is what hip hop should be, and I fully believe his back-to-basics style is gonna take him to the top of the game. His effortless rhyming abilities surpass almost all mainstream artists in the game right now. This cat freestyles for 7 minutes straight, ACAPELLA, with his MOM sitting next to him; and I don't think he curses one time.

2saunt, Nerd, and their boys: car cipher

haha this one makes me laugh

Be sure to check out 2saunt on myspace to hear some of his written shit (In Love With Ya Sole is serious)

J Dilla: Sample Exposure

2009-03-28T15:15:00.004-06:00

A lot of people say that "exposing" the samples in a song is disrespectful to the producer, but I think that is a complete load of bullshit. I have discovered tons of great artists and songs that I never would have known about if it wasn't for exploring the sample origins of some of my favorite hip hop songs. This post exposes two of my favorite J Dilla beats, 'E=MC2' and 'Two Can Win'.

J Dilla - "E=MC2 feat Common" off of The Shining

E=MC2 feat. Common - J Dilla

Georgio Moroder - "E=MC2 off of E=MC2

E=MC2 - Giorgio Moroder

J Dilla - "Two Can Win" off of Donuts

Two Can Win - J Dilla

The Sylvers- "Only One Can Win"

Only One Can Win - The Sylvers

I hope you enjoy all of these songs and hopefully they will expand your musical horizons a little.

Chanel the Rapping Receptionist

2009-03-27T19:48:00.009-06:00

Chanel aka CC is hands down the cutest gangsta rapper on the planet, and she has real talent to back up her petite presence. I'll admit I fell in love with Chanel even before I knew she had better flow than 95% of "rappers" on MTV, but when I realized she could spit it was all over. CC is the receptionist at Rob Dyrdek's fantasy factory, where she is constantly greeting guests with off-the-top freestyles. She is hilarious, beautiful, talented, and a pleasure to watch perform. Here she is in the booth spitting some heavy rhymes (take note of the water gun for extra gangsta steez).

?uest <3 Kick <3

2009-03-27T11:41:00.021-06:00

I came across these shoes the other day and had to manually remove my jaw from the floor. Not only is the color scheme on this pair of Air Max 90s absolutely absurd, it also features legendary Roots crew drummer ?uestlove! Gracing the top of the left tongue is ?uest's unmistakable afro-bearing silhouette, which makes this sneaker a must-have for any hip hop loving sneaker freak. If these shoes don't help with your street cred, at the very least they might help you walk in rhythm.

Watch this video of ?uest in the studio for the recording of Pharrell & The Yessirs' "How Does It Feel?" and listen to the complete song at the bottom of this post.

Hip Hop & Snowboarding = Peas & Carrots

2009-03-26T17:56:00.014-06:00

I live in Colorado because I love the mountains. I especially love that you can ride down those mountains on a modified plank of wood over the fresh snow at dangerously stupid speeds. That being said, nothing gets me pumped for a day of riding like some seriously hot beats. These videos capture the relationship between good hip hop and great snowboarding better than I can in words. Songs in order are 1) Clipse Feat. Re-Up Gang - "Aint Cha" 2) Ghostface - "Save Me Dear" 3) MF Doom - "Figaro" (off of Madvillainy) Odds are you'll wanna download all of these, put the volume on 10, and press repeat...

Eminem - The Freestyle Show..

2009-03-26T14:33:00.011-06:00

Disc One

01 4 Versus 3:34
02 Weed Lacer 1:28
03 Freestyle Power 92.3 1:20
04 Slims Freestyle 3:10
05 Off The Dome Freestyle 2:56
06 I Stay Higher 1:18
07 Met A Retarded Kid 1:08
08 Renewing The Staff 0:57
09 Wake Up Show 1:47
10 Dissin Brandy And Mase 1:04
11 Mystikal Diss 1:23
12 Freestyle With Biggie 3:07
13 I Do Pop Pills 0:50
14 Gun In Your Grill 0:43
15 Chokin This Pig 1:46
16 I'm Eminem 1:00
17 Kay Slay Freestyle 1:11
18 I'm Cancerous 1:26
19 It's Only Fair To Warn 1:07
20 Things Ain't The Same 1:31
21 Tylenol Island 1:38
22 Any Word 3:44
23 First Word 4:05

Disc Two

01 Freestyle (Rap City) 2:20
02 Freestyle (Eminem's Basement) 2:42
03 Tim Westwood Pt1 1:19
04 Tim Westwood Pt2 4:39
05 Tim Westwood Pt3 2:19
06 Tim Westwood Pt4 3:53
07 Tim Westwood Pt5 2:24
08 Tim Westwood Pt6 1:15
09 Tim Westwood Pt7 4:54
10 Tim Westwood Pt8 3:24
11 Tim Westwood Pt9 0:53
12 Tim Westwood Pt10 3:41
13 Tim Westwood Pt11 3:06
14 Rhymin With Proof 7:41
15 Freestyle (Funk Flex) 3:27
16 Freestyle 1:23
17 Still Number 1 3:31
18 Pick It Up (Live) 2:21
19 Freestyle 3:20
20 Prank Call Outro 1:40

Despite not dropping an album in years, Eminem still remains one of the most solid Emcees of all time. If you haven't listened to this mixtape your are seriously missing out. It is a compilation of Shady freestyles that is jam packed with some of the sickest verses I have ever heard in my life. Eminem becomes a genius whenever he is in front of a microphone, and he shows it on every track in this mix. Click either image above for link to download.

Beat Tehcnology...

2009-03-26T13:11:00.007-06:00

Hip Hop production has come a long way since the times of karaoke machines and tape recorders. Every day companies are coming out with new hardware and software that raise the industry standard. The Monome is a tool that allows producers who are tech savvy to custom fit applications to fit their needs. It also makes it easy to re-chop samples on they fly and apply custom effects with simplicity. These tools allow producers to remix their songs in live settings, which keeps audiences listening carefully and coming back to every performance for more.

Producer Pretty Lights (Derek Vincent Smith) "Finally Moving Remix" on the Monome 128

Akai, the undisputed champion of Hip Hop production tools, has released a new product that is going to bring Hip Hop production to a new level. The APC40 is a multifunctional controller that integrates the best of all worlds. It's only downfall is that you can only use it with Ableton software....bummer. Still, this is where the future is going. Click on the image to learn more about the APC40 from AkaiPro.com

Sippin' On Some Sizzzzzurp...

2009-03-25T20:15:00.012-06:00

Dipset head honcho, Cam'ron, has recently spoken out about just how much sizzzzurp Jim Jones has been sippin on. From an XXL interview "..this cat's in the studio with 100 Hawian Punches with Robotussen in it, and he ain't even sick."

Let's remember the good ole days when Killa embraced the sizzzurp with open arms (or a bottle of sprite)

Watch more MySpace videos on AOL Video

American G-Funk...

2009-03-25T18:43:00.007-06:00

Jay-Z's album American Gangster was a huge let down. I heard the "Roc Boys" and "Blue Magic" on a DJ Whiteowl mixtape way before the album dropped and they were straight FIRE. I was expecting a lot. When the album came out it simply did not deliver. Those two songs were pretty much the only two hot tracks on the albums (minus "Hello Brooklyn" and "Success", which were both a solid mediocre). However, I came across a remix that completely saved the album. A team of producers called the Knocks concocted a remix of all funk-sampled beats that were destine to meet Jay-Z's rhythmic flows.

Download it by clicking on the album cover below.

01. 04:33 American Dreamin (The Knocks Rmx)
02. 03:51 Hellow Feat. Lil Wayne (The Knocks Remix)
03. 03:43 The Party Life (The Knocks Remix)
04. 03:35 I Know Feat. Pharrell (The Knocks Remix)
05. 03:02 Sweet (The Knocks Remix)
06. 04:35 The Knock Boys (The Knocks Remix)
07. 03:57 Blue Air Magic (The Knocks Remix)
08. 02:37 American G-Funk (The Knocks Remix)
09. 04:13 Pray (The Knocks Remix)
10. 02:07 No Hook (The Knocks Remix)
11. 03:18 Fallin (The Knocks Remix)
12. 05:24 Say Hello (The Knocks Remix)

Dipset, Dipset, Dipset...we miss you!

2009-03-25T11:13:00.008-06:00

I fucking love the Diplomats (no homo), as I know most of you do too. From the first time I heard Diplomatic Immunity Vol. 1, I was hooked on the crew from Harlem. Unfortunately, the past few years have left Dipset fans feeling empty inside. It seemed that we may never here Killa, Jones, and Juelz on the same track again, but recent buzz seems to indicate a Dipset reunion in the very near future:

The biggest question of the year was: Where's Cam at?

That question has now been answered in Cam's interview with XXL magazine this March. Killa hasn't been hiding, hasn't been in prison, hasn't been living in Tahiti: he's been taking care of his sick mother for the past nine months, day and night. Now he's back. Dipset all day bitchhh.

Video: Interview where Cam'ron talks about where he's been at the past few months

Video:"Letters to Cam" - Hilarious video where Killa answers fan's questions

The L.O.X...

2009-03-24T23:49:00.010-06:00

What in god's name happened to this once legendary rap trio? Most people only know them for being featured on Puff Daddy's "All About the Benjamins" or being on a few Mariah Carey joints, but any true hip hop head knows the L.O.X. brought the heat to the freestyle booth in their early years. Check out this banger, "Chest to Chest" featured on DJ Clue's Best of Clue Freetyles Mixtape. (click album cover or text for full download, full track list below)

01 - jayz, dmx, & ja rule - murdergram freestyle
02 - nas & foxy brown - wild west
03 - 50 Cent - gangstaz
04 - paul cain - gangsta music
05 - lox - chest 2 chest frestyle
06 - fabolous - blackout freestyle
07 - fabolous & joe budden - one two freestyle
08 - camron, mase, & cardin freestyle
09 - shaq - call
10 - jadakiss - the final freestyle
11 - fabolous - young gifted with crack
12 - nas - splittin phillies
13 - jayz - shot ya freestyle
14 - styles p - shot ya freestyle
15 - busta rhymes. lloyd banks, & fabolous - fall back freestyle
16 - fabolous & paul cain - hate me now freestyle
17 - camron - up in smoke freestyle
18 - lloyd banks freestyle
19 - canibus & journalist freestyle
20 - jadakiss freestyle
21 - lox freestyle
22 - big l & mcgruff freestyle
23 - mase - carshow freestyle
24 - canibus freestyle

Kickin things off...

2009-03-24T21:02:00.008-06:00

What up fellow head-nodders?! You've come to the right place if you are looking for daily updates on the freshest beats, rhymes, and rhythms. My name is Mitch, and I am a self proclaimed hip hop connoisseur. All of the opinions I express on this page are just that, my opinions, so feel free to comment and disagree with me.

I'll start things off proper with this dope video for Slum Village's - Raise It Up. I fell in love with this song while I was sitting in the airport the other day. It came on once, twice, ten times before I was content. I think the lady sitting next to me new all the words by the end of the trip.

This song has a cool story behind it. Dilla took the sample from a song called "Extra Dry" by one of the original members of Daft Punk, Thomas Bangalte, before he was even famous. It was initially used without permission, as producer J Dilla obtained a copy of the song from a bootleg recording, and assumed that the artist was an obscure techno producer, and was unlikely to find out. Bangalter and Guy-Manuel, however happened to be fans of Slum Village, and rather than demand a payment for the sample, instead asked to collaborate on one of their own tracks, which ended up becoming their remix of the song "Aerodynamic". - Source : Wikipedia

Please enjoy, and try not to break your neck.