J57 - The Analog Tape

FWMJ's Producers I Know Presents: J57 "The Analog Tape". "The Analog Tape" is a dirty, dusty early 90's sounding beat tape produced entirely by J57.

I met J57 and the Audible Doctor (both of the Brown Bag Allstars) at the now-defunct Fat Beat NYC store.  Both are not only chill dudes but are incredible producers and only put out quality versus quantity.

Download J57's The Analog Tape here

Soul Khan, "Fahrenheit"

Fahrenheit (Soul Khan) from Nicolas Heller on Vimeo.

The battle-emcee extraordinaire, and part of the Fat-Beats laden Brown Bag Allstars, Soul Khan spits fire that is sometimes missed because his flow comes off so effortlessly. Luckily, this video makes it clear how much of a beast dude is.

Produced: J57 (Brown Bag Allstars)

Directed & Edited: Nicolas Heller and Houston Yang

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Brown Bag Allstars

Whenever I visit NY, I always need to stop by the Fat Beats record store. On previous journeys, I was fortunate enough to converse with the Audible Doctor and be introduced to his production in the form of his Brownies CD. If you don't know about this James Brown tribute, or if you're an aspiring producer, you must cop this. This is hands-down, the best re-interpretation of JB samples I've ever heard. And if you think you've heard JB chopped every which-way imaginable, think again.

Whoa, I got off on a tangent... so this time around at Fat Beats I met J57. He's another Fat Beats employee who produces and emcees. He put me on to a group that was recently formed called Brown Bag Allstars (BBAS). They have a blog with a bunch of hotness for download and if you follow any of them on Twitter, you can catch them on the come-up with videos like this: