Got so caught up with the 9-5 that I forgot I had some new Daniel Joseph in my inbox. This one right here? Wow. He spits this one with a smile on his face. Love the way KRK! hooked that beat up... those horns kill me. Slayed, right in my cubicle while Espee flows like, well, water.This cut is taken from FAY, the Daniel Joseph project produced entirely by KRK. That's set to drop in September. Not sure how, but niggas have time. It's been three years since Pretty/Ugly, so this one is gonna be something special. This makes me wanna hear D perform this live. Someday...
DOWNLOAD Daniel Joseph "Water" (prod. by KRK!)
I'm throwing up just a preview until I get the final. Here's the first official look at Take A Commercial Break, the long-awaited collaborative project form Daniel Joseph and Tone Liv, which rockthedub.com is presenting. This cut is produced by fellow Jersey head DJ Priority, and is a great introduction to this. Priority came with the fresh sample on this one, allowing Tone and Dan to do exactly what they do. Shit feels effortless. I hear this shit is pretty much done, by the way, just putting the final sprinkle dinkles on it. Shit's official.
This project has been a thing of comedy. It should've been out before 2012 even hit, but I was looking for either proper versions of tracks or promised jawns. Had to let this one go - the idea was too good. I broke the (skewed) science behind the title in the liner notes, and won't go into it all here. Featured artists include Rhymageddon, Mr. Fickle, Rickie Jacobs, AWKWORD, BURNTmd, Touchphonics, Daniel Joseph, Dutch New York and more. A hair under 45 minutes or so. Fucked up part is, hulkshare wasn't letting me upload a .zip (or a .rar!) to their site, so the punchline got merked. Sharebeast, thank you.
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Newark's going in with the Hip-Hop shows this weekend! You need this!
The boy Daniel Joseph is a slowpoke ass nigga. This nigga put out the Akai Pros-produced Pretty/Ugly in 2009 and was asked around the time of release to post the lyrics one day. So two+ years later, this nigga gonna send over the lyric sheet. To appease, he did include the track for download, and it is dope, so fuck it, I'll let him live. Download it, then hit the jump for the sheet.
DOWNLOAD Daniel Joseph "Off Course" (prod. by Trinidad)
I got hit up by 101 Distribution to contribute to their "News" section, highlighting NJ Hip-Hop. That's my M.O. already, so I said "let's go". The first article went up today, and is more of a 2011 NJ Hip-Hop review. I don't cover EVERYTHING, but a lot of what stood out to me in 2011's NJ scene is in there. I'm hoping to get more interviews and artist features up as the months go on, so hit me at khal@rockthedub.com, subject "I Can't Forget New Jersey", and we'll talk about getting some shine on. For now, let me know what you think of that first drop.
Freebies from Branded Baron and We Are Martians? Dope Hip-Hop? Reduced price due to donations? Goes down in Newark this Saturday. Shouts to Daniel Joseph.
I guess you can say that the RTD blast of this EP back on 11/11/11 was a preview. Or that the artwork here is now cleaner and more devoid of RTD affiliation (EDIT I did see that @DanielJoseph tweeted that this is the "real version", so there you go). Whatever the case may be, this beautiful EP is now up on Bandcamp, and looks prettier than ever. Everything I said then still holds water now. Shouts to the Jersey dreamers and Dub MD.
Been waiting for this one all Summer, it seems. Randomly and unexpectedly, Tone Liv drops his Jersey's Junk Yard Dog, further establishing himself as Jersey's Rap Mayor. You think I'm joking? Not only does the production ring true to his keen ear for heatrocks, he features a cornucopia of Jersey's Underground, with cats like Daniel Joseph, Sol Zalez, Mr. Fickle, Rhymageddon, Venomous2000, Phace, Blackout, B. Stilt and more. Jersey's all I know, indeed. This is straight pitbull off the chain Rap, niggas.
And a few hours after I drop "Heaven", we present The Light Show EP, featuring Daniel Joseph, JahSyah and JS Krillz, three cats from Jersey who met up at Krillz' Light House studio while working on solo projects to knock out this six-track EP, alongside Steeve Sam for a few jawns. If you don't like a little experimentation with your true school Hip-Hop, I don't know what to tell you - maybe next time? This is the kind of Jersey-centric shit that makes me know for a fact that my state has some of the best kept secrets. And it's my duty to shine that light on 'em. Here you go. And to think, I only just heard about this shit last Friday.
Here's some crazy shit for you. Well, you might think it's crazy, but it's just more of that EDM/Hip-Hop genre-bending that I continue to give you and you continue to sleep on, like what the fuck is it that this nigga talkin' about, only to salivate over Drake doing the exact same shit. Anyways, He Who Shines Truly is Daniel Joseph, JS Krillz & JahSyah, and they have a six-tracker on the way. Dope theme in the track, and Krillz cooked up a sick beat to give their words legs, arms, a head and drive. It's real. Espee saying their EP, The Light Show, is dropping tonight? We'll see, yeah?
