TAGS : dibiase

I showed love to this California producer a few weeks back via one of my sporadic Under The Radar posts that highlighted several of the beats he’s shared for free on Soundcloud. And I’m glad to see that now I can post some actual new album material from Dibia$e as I’ve been looking forward to some stuff like this as of late. “Lumberjack”, which I grabbed off the always-great site Culture King, might fall under what some people label as (shudder) “post-Dilla.” But seeing how I hate that term, I’m just going to call this straight-up dope. That’s it. The layering of sounds on here is simply great and I love the use of the wavering synths, in particular.

“Lumberjack” can be streamed below or downloaded after the jump. Dibia$e’s Machines Hate Me is due out in September.

Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser.

While I had seen his name here and there previously, I was acquainted with DiBia$e through his production on two Intuition projects. He provided one of the best beats on both Girls Like Me (“Al Bundy”) and the Buzz EP with VeRBS (“Really”). DiBia$e’s builds on the style so many like to dub as post-Dilla, abstract-hop without sounding like a biter or bandwagon’er. Instead, he just makes damn good instrumentals that some MCs and singers are lucky enough to lay their vocals over. For this week’s Under The Radar, I thought I’d link to a few of this producer’s tracks that he has offered for free on his SoundCloud page for your enjoyment.

Hit the skip to hear some freshness from Mr. DiBia$e.

Here comes a leak off of All City Records upcoming 10″ series, which will be filled with fresh instrumentals every month for the entirety of 2010. Each release will feature two Los Angeles producers. This first one comes courtesy of a personal favorite, Dibiase, along with P.U.D.G.E. The song is called “Smoke It Over”, which comes off the first 10″. You can cop that on iTunes now! Check out the single and let us know how you feel about it…

Download: Dibiase & P.U.D.G.E – “Smoke It Over” [Right Click Save-As]

Shawn Jackson has been doing his thing over in LA for a minute, but I never actually was put on to his music until about a year ago. First time I heard his hard-hitting wordplay was on his solo LP, First of All… Since then I have been copping everything he touches. This joint right here, over a Dibiase beat, proves once again that Shawn can absolutely annihilate any track he touches. Give it a download and let us know what you think…

Download: Shawn Jackson – Bang Boogie prod. Dibia$e