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So sorry everyone, not much time to post recently. Too much going on! Anyway, today I couldn’t stop listening to this new song from The Gorillaz, so I created the image that popped into my head after listening to the song for a while.  I focused on these verses:

And if the whole world is crashing down
Fall through space out of mind again
Where the emptiness we leave behind on warm air rising
Lose all the shadows far away

and where Yukimi Nagano of Little Dragon comes in:

Little memories, marching on
Your little feet, working the machine
Will it spin, will it sore
My little dream, working the machine

This is basically what I do with most music based projects, focus on several words, instruments, noises or verses and put down what I see in my Ape head. Anyway, enjoy the song and check out the full album, it’s dope! You should expect more SXSW posts in the coming days. Peace.

To most of my readers, I don’t even know what to tell y’all about J-Dilla that you may not already know. Personally he’s one of the biggest influences and even though my taste in music keep changing, there’s nothing like putting on some headphones and listening to Welcome 2 Detroit while I go off on a digital canvas.

I created this wallpaper back in 2006, which evolved into a tee shirt mock up which I never got printed up. Truth be told I posted the design up somewhere and got a cease and desist order from Stones Throw in 2007…but that’s another story for another day. RIP J-Dilla.

From the Haiti Poster Project Website:

“A collaboration of artists and designers from around the world, benefiting victims of the earthquake in Haiti. Moxie Sozo, the organizer of the 2005 HURRICANE POSTER PROJECT, is teaming up with Josh Higgins, the organizer of the 2007 SO-CAL FIRE POSTER PROJECT to produce the 2010 HAITI PROJECT.”

The deadline for entries is March 17th, with the goal being to raise $1 million dollars for Doctors without Borders. Check the Haiti Poster Project website for more information.

If I can get some time, I’ll try to put something together for this and see if I can get the printing donated. Looks pretty cool, if any of my readers submit anything, put a link in the comments section.

Rhymesayers stays ill with their packaging design. From Atmosphere’s “When Life Gives You Lemons You Paint That Shit Gold” children’s book to this, a full wallet fold and cash package for Freeway and Jake One’s latest album. I don’t even pay that much attention to Freeway really…but damn, I might buy this album just for the packaging. The packaging was done designed and directed by Brent Rollins

Go over to the Rhymesayers site to check out some more pictures of the limited edition packaging.

Originally published on February 6th, 2008

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Praia - A Brazilian Deep House Mix

Originally published on February 6, 2008. I wanted to renew the  download link and add it to the set of Medium podcasts, which can be found on iTunes, or subscribing through our RSS feed.

Dj Sean Haley hails from the birthplace of house music, Chicago, Illinois. Together with a partner from Detroit they have formed the group Windimoto. Check out and support their recently released album entitled “The Travels Of Windimoto” and keep checking back for new mixes from Dj Sean Haley

Links
Dj Sean Haley
Windimoto Music
Windimoto Music on iTunes

Cover design for “Praia” by The Honest Ape for Medium

Yo!!! I know that we try to provide yall with some dope downloads and looking back at the few years I’ve been running the site, I figured it would be cool to have a page where you can look through all the downloads and quickly preview and/or download something. For those projects that were hosted on Bandcamp, it was simple to post up a streaming link, which is one of the many reasons I’ve been recommending the site to anyone sending music out to blogs. I’m still working on a convenient way to display stream links for the other projects.

I decided I was going to use excerpts to serve as the content so I used Excerpt Editor to be able to quickly chop up the entries. I created a page template that would query only the excerpts of the “Downloads” Category, then used CSS to display them. Props to this post on Perishable Press, which has some good information on how to do a simple display of posts in columns.

Alright yall, I’ll be updating some of the dead/old links as I can, again, if you’re an artist that sends your music to blogs, providing a permanent, streamable link can only help you out. Peace

I recently wrapped up the some artwork for The League of Extraordinary Gz “Concealed Weapons.” I will have more in depth design talk about the artwork later on The Honest Ape, but for now just want to show everyone and give people a preview of what they should expect from this release.

The project is a collection of some tracks from each individual group that comprises The League of Extraordinary Gz: Southbound, Da C.O.D., and Dred Skott. Da C.O.D.’s Ova Da Stove Vol. 3 is  available at The Screw Shop and Southbound’s Season’s Change is available on iTunes and other digital retailers. I don’t know what the drop date of “Concealed Weapons” will be, but below you can preview some of the tracks from past releases, along with the tracklisting.

Tracklisting

2. Da C.O.D.- Raw (Billie Jean Mix)
3. Mr. Greezo & Tuk-Da-Gat (Dynamic Duo Mix)
4. Da C.O.D.- Let’s Go
5. Dred Skott- Take Your Clothes Off
6. Sandman (Dynamic Duo Mix)
7. Mr. Greezo, Gerald G, Sandman, Staci Russell- Ready or Not
8. Lil’ J- Herachi & Sachi
9. Dred Skott- You Can’t Bury Me
10. SouthBound ft. Bavu Blakes & Rochelle Terrell- Keep Movin’ (Remix)
11. Da C.O.D.- Shawty Roll Up
12. SouthBound- Classic

14. Lowkey- Channel Surfin’
15. Dred Skott- Lies

17. Da C.O.D.- Fly Away
18. Esbe Da 6th St. Bully- Follow My Lead
19. EXCLUSIVE PREMIERE* The League Of Extraordinary G’z- Alright

Like so many other people around the world, I grew up listening to Michael Jackson’s music. Despite the controversy that surrounded his life and his death, I will continue to be a fan of Michael Jackson and the music he left behind. I will never forget Michael Jackson, he’s an entertainer that comes around only once in a lifetime, if not many lifetimes. Now that he’s gone, maybe he will once again get the respect that he always deserved.

A stencil based on this poster is available online, download it here. Also, a 1600×1200 desktop wallpaper is available for download here. If someone wants Hi-resolution of the poster above, sized at 11×17 to print easily, leave me some comments and I’ll see what’s up.

New track/remix from 20/20 and Poise’s produced by BRMG’s Dj Protege.You can stream/download the full track, instrumental, acapella and/or the Bullets version. 

The full Bullets mixtape is also up as a free download on 20/20 and Poise’s Bandcamp site. 

Artwork by The Honest Ape

Great music and great design go together so freakin’ well! The design on most of the work Exponential Record’s puts out is almost half the reason I keep checking out for new things from them and the soundscapes are superb. This is an excellent promo piece for the A.M. Architect’s The Road to the Sun, which is now available on iTunes and you can also stream the full album and buy it on Bandcamp. Check out A.M. Architect on the Exponential Records site. 

Tracklist
01. Unspoken
02. Please Help Me
03. Albatross
04. The Bull Of Heaven
05. Road to the Sun I
06. Road to the Sun II
07. What If
08. Upon
09. Next Of Kin
10. Sleepless Nights
11. Gave Me Love
12. February

Links
AM Architect on MySpace 
Buy on iTunes
Buy on Bandcamp
Road to the Sun on Exponential Records