I still love H.E.R. - Hip Hop Blog
I Still Love H.E.R. - Hip Hop Blog
For the past twelve weeks L.A. producer and artist Shane Eli has provided a steady stream of dopeness, but with his new album “The Flip” dropping next week via ReverbNation, it was time to bring #FreeBeatFridays to a close. And to celebrate he’s compiled his weekly instrumental offerings into the new “#FreeBeatFriday (Free Beat Tape)”.
DJs, producers, rappers, lovers of dope ass beats, have at it.
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Since L.A. based producer/songwriter/rapper Shane Eli released his entirely self-produced album I Can Do Better fans and artists have asked for the project’s beats. The wait is over, Better Beats: The ICDB Instrumentals is finally here. Presented by DJBooth and Flud Watches, Better Beats contains the beats from standout singles Let’s Ride, The Night is Young and more along with two previously unreleased bonus instrumentals, Her Majesty and We Own the Night.
As an added bonus, the next two listeners to name ten samples from I Can Do Better will win a brand new watch from Flud. For more details click here.
Shane Eli’s latest effort. When We Were Kings finds the L.A. rapper/producer drawing on the tradition of luminaries from Pac and Hova to Muhammad Ali and Geoffrey Canada (who appear in sampled interviews, adorned with authentic cuts by DJ Critical Hype). Delivered over a self-produced, chopped-sample instrumental, Eli lyrically launches a bitter (but constructive) attack against the status quo: “Free market business got the most packed prisons, torn down systems two teachers to a district, and the kids can’t read ‘cause their textbooks are missing.”
“When We Were Kings” is the third official release from Shane Eli’s upcoming album, “I Can Do Better”, hosted by DJ Skee and dropping via DJBooth in March. Guests set to appear on the album include Laws, Smoke DZA, El Prez, Playboy Tre, Rittz, Aleon Craft, Ahmad and more.
