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
A big shout out to ucallthatlove for putting me on to this collabo project between American MC Ed Rowe and New Zealand producer Concept, 'Essenchill'.
A cohesive and rewarding offering of warm, golden-era inspired hip hop, 'Essenchill' is full of nimble lyricism from the instantly likeable Rowe, atop skillfully chopped jazz and soul samples courtesy of Concept.
Although enjoyable and rewind-worthy throughout, immediate highlights include the meditative title track, the social wake-up call 'What's Goin On' and the poignant 'Delayed Gratitude', which uses the time honoured tradition of a beat switch half way through to great effect.
Thanks again to ucallthatlove for the heads-up, and more importantly, thanks to Ed Rowe & Concept for this collection of introspective, head-nodding hip hop.
conceptbeats.bandcamp.com/album/essenchill
edrowe.bandcamp.com/album/essenchill
Buy on iTunes here
Buy on Amazon here
Ed Rowe & Concept's Essenchill Records
edrowemusic.com
facebook.com/Conceptbeats
A cohesive and rewarding offering of warm, golden-era inspired hip hop, 'Essenchill' is full of nimble lyricism from the instantly likeable Rowe, atop skillfully chopped jazz and soul samples courtesy of Concept.
Although enjoyable and rewind-worthy throughout, immediate highlights include the meditative title track, the social wake-up call 'What's Goin On' and the poignant 'Delayed Gratitude', which uses the time honoured tradition of a beat switch half way through to great effect.
Thanks again to ucallthatlove for the heads-up, and more importantly, thanks to Ed Rowe & Concept for this collection of introspective, head-nodding hip hop.
conceptbeats.bandcamp.com/album/essenchill edrowe.bandcamp.com/album/essenchill
Buy on iTunes here
Buy on Amazon here
Ed Rowe & Concept's Essenchill Records
edrowemusic.com
facebook.com/Conceptbeats