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It took me a few months to finally get this put together, but Potholes In My Blog is proud to present the Ocean State Sampler. I was inspired to do this after we dropped our first project, Transmitting Live Vol. 1, this summer. I just needed to do something to showcase the talent residing in Rhode Island, where I call home. And after a few delays and an amended track listing, it’s finally here. I am very excited to present new music from these artists, who range from Jon Hope to Dirty Hank to Joe Beats to Zumo Kollie.
Every track on this project is either unreleased or will appear on a future album dropping in the next few months. OK, to be fair, the Jahpan track can be grabbed off iTunes, but it’s only available at a few digital outlets. And when he hit me up a week ago to be included on this, I just had to include him. Nothing left to do now but download this 10-track sampler and let us know what you think. A huge thank you to every artist included on here and to Objektiv One who supplied the excellent artwork. And if you are an R.I. rapper or producer looking to collaborate on a sequel to this project, hit us via e-mail on the contact page. Hit the jump for the track listing and artwork.
Download: Ocean State Sampler [Mediafire]
1 – Jon Hope – “Real Talk Pt. 2″ (Prod. Taktix)
2 – Symmetry – “Airplane” (Prod. Symmetry)
3 – Chachi Carvalho – “One For Chach” (Prod. Falside)
4 – Dirty Hank – “Beatrix Kiddo” (Prod. Mad Plaid)
5 – Joe Beats – “Park” (Instrumental)
6 – Reason – “Paid Bills” (Prod. Falside)
7 – Jahpan – “Take Me Home” Feat. Fedd Hill (Prod. Mekalek)
8 – Mista Mista – “Don’t Get Involved” (Prod. LJC)
9 – Zumo Kollie – “Victory Lap” (Prod. B. Cool)
10 – Falside – “Street Lights and Knife Fights” (Instrumental)
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Congrats on getting this together. Very dope project!
Big shouts to Marty on putting this together!
Artwork looks absolutely wonderful. OB-One is so dope!
So is the music. Awesome job guys!
Could you re-up it? Zumo Kollie “Victory Lap” is corrupt file.
I’m on it. Sorry about that, not sure how it happened.
It occurs occasionally with Mediafire
Thanks for lettin’ me know — just upped another version.
No thanks to you for putting in work
[...] boasted a number of really solid tracks from the state’s brightest and best talent. Go to Pot Holes in My Blog (I love that name! LOL!) for the download and enjoy. Shout out to Objektiv One for providing [...]
I had fun on this one! Thanks Andrew for letting me do this cover.
The artwork is amazing, much props to Objektiv One and hope you will be on board for any future projects. Amazing talent showcased! Great job to musical artists, visual artists, and promoters of sick, fun RI music; keep the showcases coming.
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thank you. i was gettin worried there was no hope left in the ocean state. props to all ya’ll. that mad plaid track is fresher than a farmers market. hank made it dirtier fa sho.
[...] Ocean State MC Dirty Hank spent the past six months working on this EP, a mix of tracks that’s sure to leave you feeling “anxious” and “deprived.” In other words, I think this one will have you hitting the rewind and repeat buttons as Hank spits his raunchy and clever bars atop beats from Falside and Mad Plaid. Hank’s also joined on here by Reason, of Poorly Drawn People, for two tracks. That all adds up to Dirty Hank’s Guide to Giving Up, a seven-track EP that presents “random acts of fuckery [that] bleed pain, anger, frustration, sexual angst, and disgust.” Sounds insane, but awesome to me. [...]
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i gotta get up on this
[...] being a solid mainstay in Lil’ Rhody, he hooked me up with probably my go-to track on the Ocean State Sampler. Props also go out to Falside and DJ Therion for lacing that track, of course. The Red, [...]