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Was just peeping a few blogs when I came across Tres Records. As you can see if you venture over there they are on it!

"Est.2004 Tres Records, a label founded and run by artists, is committed to procuring the hip-hop aesthetic while exploring the infinite possibilities of the sampling tradition."

One guy that stood out was Icelandic DJ/Producer Fonetik Simbol. Check his 60 minute mixtape comprising of all Tres Records tracks, good listening for a Thursday night.

Fonetik Simbol Chillin in his crib Playing some of his favorite Tres Records Songs.

Fonetik Simbol – 60 Minutes Of Tres (Vol. 1)

Late Bloomers – Sandbox (Instrumental) 
Co$$ - Spaceman 
ESQ & Chikaramanga – Coast 2 Coast (feat. C Money Bags) 
Lil Sci – Hit Me 
Johnson & Jonson – Long Time Gone 
People Under The Stairs – Nothing At All 
Shawn Jackson – Strategies (feat. Guilty Simpson) 
Giant Panda – Let It Go 
Co$$ - Da Meanest 
Late Bloomers – Never Don’t Grow 
C.R.A.C. – Pop Dem Boyz 
Paten Locke – Auto Reverse 
Big Tone – Business 
Giant Panda – Do The Robot In A Cyberspace 
Shawn Jackson – Maan Up! (feat. Ta’raach & Big Tone) 
Ta’raach – Yeah 
Shawn Jackson – Feelin’ Jack 
C.R.A.C. – Buy Me Lunch 
Co$$ - Only When I Dream (feat. Aloe Blacc & Sene) 
Paten Locke – Off The Grid 
Giant Panda – Speakers Pop 
Johnson & Jonson – Do Right (Bonus Beat) 
Johnson & Jonson – Look (Bonus Beat)

 USM and Detroits own 5ill kills it with these beats, detroit can not be matched for sickness, so much good stuff going on there right now. Track 7 (Stop Calling) is big.

USM, can we have a mixtape maybe?

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New Diamond Supply Co. bits dropped this morning, Crews, Caps and Tees,

£65, £35 and £30 respectively. Be quick!

To kick off my weekly musical tour into anything and everything what better way to start than to drop a tribute mix back into the world on the 50th Birthday of one of the legends of HipHop, Keith Edward Elam aka Guru.

So to sooth your Sunday hangovers, or to fuel the party vibe, here is a chance to peep DJ Premier's sick 1 year on tribute mix from Hot 97 !

You can also grab the official audio files here and here

RIP Guru (July 17, 1966 – April 19, 2010)

Peace