Another week and of course, a bunch of new noteworthy music dropping in our ears and on these here internetz. TNN is back after a week away and we’ve gathered up some of the choice goodies from the past week or so. As most of you are probably aware, Kendrick Lamar dropped a surprise 8 track album Thursday night and it’s now known that it’s a companion piece to last year’s heavily lauded To Pimp A Butterfly. Below you can listen to Untitled 02 (06.23.2014). Tyler the Creator decided to jump on Freestlye 4 from Kanye’s latest and made a video acting a fool in the studio with some other familiar faces that’s well worth the watch and listen. Mavado’s latest So Bazzel dropped this past week as well and it’s a super tough new dancehall record per usual. Wrapping up this week’s collection is the latest from Main Course Records acts BOT and Sage Armstrong. Diamond Rangs is a gritty house anthem ready to rip through the summer. Check out all 4 new tunes in full below.
TBT this week is DJ Eleven’s super tight Next Spit Vol. 3 mix he did with the legendary MF Doom hosting as part of the Spitkicker series. This refreshing revisit to a day where the beats and rhymes were super tight showcasing some the names that helped bridge the gap between underground and mainstream, before that was ever really a thing to think about or consider. Tracks from the likes of Murs, 8 Ball & MJG, the aforementioned Doom, Little Brother and more pepper this fantastic mix that’s well worth the revisit below.
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FOTR: The Beat Junkies
Posted: March 1, 2016 Filed under: Friends of The Rub | Tags: fotr, The Beat Junkies
FOTR this week is The World Famous Beat Junkies. You may know this crew made up J Rocc, Babu, Shortkut, Mr. Choc, Rhettmatic, D-Styles, Melo-D, Icy Ice, Havik and Curse. They have been around for 20+ years, won countless DJ competitions, made some of the most influential mixtapes ever and are legends of the DJ world in every sense of the word. In recent years, they’ve been building out their website as a record pool that’s totally taken off with working DJs all over the internet. A couple days ago, they dropped their most recent freebie pack of 15 joints to fill up your digital crates. Grab the latest Fifteen For Your Crates and keep up with this legendary crew below.
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Saturday, February 27
The Rub
Eleven, Ayres & Rok One
The Bell House – 149 7th Street, BK, NY
$10 before 12, $15 after
Door by Rahnon
***We’re collecting water, baby wipes, hand sanitizer, etc. for Flint at the door of The Bell House tonight from 10-1. PLEASE bring something with you tonight to help folks in need.***
EDIT: Skip-the-line tickets are officially sold out. Entry will be available at the door throughout the night as long as The Bell House is not at capacity. See you party kids tomorrow night!
We’ve got 100 skip-the-line tickets for tomorrow night’s party and they’re going very fast. $15 (all in…no fees) jumps you right past a long wait in line, regardless of when you show up to The Bell House. Otherwise, The Rub line is always a roadblock by 11:00 pm. So if you don’t want to wait and don’t jump at this deal, you’re unfortunately stuck having to come out early to avoid the chaos. Special guest this month is Rok One. See you all tomorrow night.
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This Saturday we will be collecting donations of water, baby formula, hand sanitizers and cleaning wipes to send to Flint, Michigan. As you’ve surely seen on the news or social media, Flint is suffering a dire situation with lead infused water running from their faucets for months now. We learned about the #BrooklynLovesFlint project recently and wanted to do something to help. Please bring these much needed necessities with you to the Bell House on Saturday night so we can all help folks in need!
FOTR this week is our special guest this Saturday, Rok One. Rok has been holding down NY nightlife for as long as we can remember as he’s constantly playing out multiple nights of the week all over the city. He’s been a guest of The Rub a handful of times now and it’s always a pleasure to have him play with us because he’s such a solid DJ! In addition to DJing on the solo tip, he’s also been developing his Black Russian production project with Mike Dextro over the past several years with a grip of releases under their collective belts. Check out Rok’s latest mix for February’s edition of Rub Radio below along with all his relevant socials.
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It goes without saying that there have already been a number of big releases from some big names in 2016 and that list is only going to keep growing. This week for #TNN though, the last full week of February…we’re giving some shine to some lesser known new heat. First we’ve got the gawd, J Dilla, and his new single for his recently announced forthcoming posthumous album “The Diary” (due 4/15). Next we’ve got a new freebie from another Detroit native ZeelooperZ coming on some punk rock rowdy rap that’s also almost gritty warehouse techno at times. Last tune this week comes from the derevolutions that reminds you so much of The Avalanches it hurts. Peep all 3 in full below.