Monday Five - 13th June, 2011

One. Ahu - 'Contact'
Two. Nomo & Shawn Lee - 'Upside Down'
Three. Young RJ feat. Posdnous, ViceVerse & Baatin - 'People'
Four. Vanilla - 'Genesis (Change Things Up)'
Five. Knxwledge - 'Fade'

Monday Five - June 6th 2011 (The Late Edition)

One. B - 'Jesus'

Two. Little Brother - 'Nighttime Maneuvers'

Three. Nomo & Shawn Lee - 'Upside Down'

Four. Fantastic Man - 'Say What You Said'

Five. Vanilla - 'Away So Long'

Vanilla - 'High Life'

I stumbled upon Vanilla's talents only a couple of months ago through the net-vine.

His 'Chrometrails' EP has been on heavy rotate on my i-Pod since, check out the post here.

Here's a couple of fave beats from...

Well, he recently released a new beat tape with a bangin' 27 tracks for your listening pleasure. Like Chrometrails, there is some above the usual quality here...

Monday Five - 16th May 2011

Unngh!

One. James Pants - 'Kathleen'

Two. Fresh Daily - 'Art Mirrors'

Three. Debruit - 'Accorde Don'

Four. Mo Kolours - '8 Hours'

Five. Vanilla - 'Passenger'

Monday Five - May 2nd 2011

Songs that are quite simply floating my boat...

One. Teebs - 'Pretty Polly'

Two. Simo & Mood Schula - 'Sliceslice'

Three. Vanilla - '66'

Four. Tokimonsta - 'Bright Shadows'

Five. Red Hot Chili Peppers - 'If You Have To Ask'

Vanilla

Vanilla is a cat from the UK that I recently stumbled upon.

Check out his Bandcamp page with special DL focus on his v. nice LP, 'Chrometrails'.

Definitely some Dilla-sound going on here, but unlike a lot of imitators out there this guy can actually make a hot beat.

Check out this LOVELY beat using the classic Roy Ayers legendary 'Everybody Loves the Sunshine' as sample material.