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About The New Beatmaker

Hi!  I'm Lee.  Welcome to my blog.  Here we talk music: news, reviews, interviews, tips, tutorials and more.  I'm also working on the upcoming podcast  Influenced  as a guest, writer and researcher alongside music aficionado Mark Williams and friends.  Watch this space! I have been a lover of music for as long as I can remember, an amateur lyricist for 25 years, a music writer for 15 years and a hobbyist musician and blogger for almost 10 years. My tastes range from jazz to house to hip hop and I love helping artists from all genres develop their sound. My music, videos, reviews and interviews have been featured in a variety of magazines and websites, including: B-Boy Tech Report Gimme That Beat Humanhuman Audio Skills Dream House Beats Where Did the Road Go Beat Tape Co-Op Push Power Promo Drum Magazine You can find my music on Bandcamp: Monkey Mind Sounds AKA LeeTNB And you can find me on Facebook: The New Beatmaker page Lee's personal page

J'Von & Ackryte 'Aqua': New Hip Hop

One of hip hop's finest new producers reunites with one of hip hop's finest young lyricists



Recently, one of the illest beatmakers in the world reached out and blessed us with his latest collaborative album with one of hip hop's most exciting new voices.    

The beatmaker in question is Ackryte; the MC is J'Von. The project, 'AQUA', is ten tracks of absolute fire and is one of the best albums of the year.

J'VonIt takes a special kind of MC to be able to ride on top of Ackryte's swing-heavy soundboards: J'Von is just that kind of MC. 

It takes a special kind of beatmaker to be able to give J'Von's nimble lyricism the backing it deserves: Ackryte is just that kind of beatmaker.

J'Von spits thoughtful, intelligent, rewind-worthy bars; mixing the acrobatic approach of Pharoahe Monch and Eminem with a vocal tone akin to Talib Kweli.

Beat wise, Ackryte's signature sound of unqauntized boom bap and sad, soulful, skillfully fashioned samples perfectly matches J'Von's subject and style.

Along with 'Duende', by Jung Youth and Central Parks, 'AQUA' is great proof that the time-honoured hip hop tradition of the super-dope MC / producer combo is alive and very, very well.

To download 'AQUA': click here.

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