DOOMTREE - THE GRAND EXPERIMENT

NEW DOOMTREE TRACK!!!!!!! 

From their new record No Kings out November 22nd. Doomtree Blowout starts December 4th at the 7th St. Entry.

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SIMS - BAD TIME ZOO

Doomtree resident Sims has a new solo record coming out February 5th, 2011 entitled "Bad Time Zoo" produced entirely by Lazerbeak...and it's going to be worth spending your cigarette money on...no doubt!
Sims "Burn It Down by doomtree
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NO TEAM IN I EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH CAS ONE!

I had the pleasure of geeking out with this dude about music on the most gangster forum possible...facebook chat...and he's got some baller taste in music as evident in this interview. He also happens to be one of the coolest dudes making music and I hope that shows in this interview as well. With the 4th installment of "Musicians on Music" I present CasOne from Indiana...

NT-Who are you? Where do you call home?

CO-My name is Cas One or casOne or CasOne, its spelled all different types of ways and pronounced wrong a lot. I live in Evansville, Indiana I was raised in Kentucky... weird for a rapper huh?
NT-How long have you been making music?
CO-I've been doing music for 14 years, which is a little over half my life...I wasn't that good until recently hah.
NT-What's one of your fondest memories of music as a kid?
CO-I come from a bigger family...I have 5 brothers and sisters. My mom always tells the story where she would put on a Lynard Skynard record and we would all just go ape shit, dancing in the big living room, making up dance moves.
NT-What kind of music was being played in your house growing up?
CO-It was a mash up of music, I remember The Beatles and Michael Jackson getting played a lot. A lot of country also. Like I said , I was born in Kentucky.
NT-What groups or bands are you really digging right now?
CO-Okkervil River is my shit. The XX is very fresh to me to right now, also. Ryan Adams, OutKast, Doomtree, Passion Pit, Jay Electronica, Ratatat, Atmosphere.
NT-What's your cd/record collection like?
CO-It's realllllly diverse. I'm sure I have a ton of stuff that would get made fun of in the blogosphere. I own a tatu record. How does that make you feel? (EDITORS NOTE...No Team In I has no comment on the status of liking nor disliking tatu. lol)
NT-Who were some of your inspirations in your early years? Who, after listening to it really made you decide to make music?
CO-OutKast is a big influence to me. I think Andre' 3000 is the perfect musician. What really got me into trying to rap was The Fugee's The Score and Nas's It Was Written.
NT-What's the hip hop scene in Indiana like?
CO-It's weird, no one really wants to give each other a leg up. There's really not a circuit. Bloomington is a really cool spot to play shows though. I love Bloomington. I can play where I'm from and get 300 people there or 30 people depending on the night. It's weird.
NT-Who do you think is the one producer or Emcee changing the game like he or they see fit, the way they want it without giving a damn?
CO-Andre' 3000 hands down. I mentioned earlier I thought he was the perfect emcee. I don't see him doing what anyone wants him to do. If so we would have never gotten Hey Ya or the love below for that matter.
NT-In your mind is there any one or two records that is absolutely perfect or damn near close?
CO-RadioHead's In Rainbows. That album is perfect to me JUST because of the vibe. P.O.S. Never Better, I know it's early to say that, I still listen to it once a week...He made the record I wanted to make and I hate/love him for it. OutKast ATLiens (I apparently jock the living shit out of Outkast) and  The Beatles Abbey Road, There will NEVER be a more memorable record than this to me.
NT-Is there anything about those album(s) that you know they just "got it right"?
CO-I think the big thing for each of those records is they were original, there are not any others like it before or after. ALL very "vibe" oriented and heavy. All thoughtful.
NT-Do you have any "desert island" records to share?
CO-I think the ones I just mentioned.
NT-How did you hook up with Brother Ali for the song "Flashbacks"?
CO-I met Brother Ali when I was like....19 I think. I went to a lot of shows back then, he did a song called picket fences and I got to talk with him after a show about it..It just HIT me like a ton of bricks. I went to a show the next night and he didn't perform it and I was kinda bummed about it. He saw me afterwards and I asked why? and he said to keep his show fresh each night...So he asked for a ride to get some food JUST so he could show me that song on cd,( I made a big stink about it) about 3 months later I went to a show he did in Illinois because I wanted to ask him to do a song with me, I was nervous the whole trip..Back in that day I really looked up to those rhymesayers guys, (still do they paved the way for a lot of people like me) after his set he came out to talk to me for awhile, I asked for a verse and to my surprise he agreed. He had given me his number..Which I am sure he wished he hadn't of by the time the song was recorded. Ali was used to people asking him for verses and never following through I am sure..I called him once a week...I bugged the shit out of him. Finally I hooked up a show in Nashville and got the verse recorded the next day. He did it for free. That was a very big thing for me back then and it still helps me sell records. Ali's the nicest guy you'd ever want to meet, I'm still appreciative to this day...After he did his verse I thanked him and he said "nah man, you MADE that shit happen" and laughed it off. I owe a lot to him.
NT-What equipment are you working with in the studio?
CO-Well, a lot of my stuff you hear is recorded in the same studio that Usher and Mario Winans used. Not because I have the money for that, But because my right hand man and producer works for Big 3 Studios in Florida. I was recording a lot with Nick Gasmena At the Hit Warehouse and he has since moved out to Phoenix, So Im building up my home studio now.
NT-Could you describe your music-making process?
CO-Eric and I take really long to make records. This is a video of some stuff going down...

NT-How have people responded to the music you've have been making?
CO-I get a lot of love. It's surprising,honestly. I take really long to make albums because I want them to sound like ALBUMS. I still have a grip of friends from the success of a record I brought out in 2005 that got re-released on a different label in 2009. I'm extremely lucky for people to still care about me. I promise what I am working on is worth the wait.

NT-Is there any surprises or a record in the works right now?

CO-YES! I'm finishing up a record called "The Monster and The Wishing Well" It's by far my best work ever. Eric and I put our heads together on this and will not settle for a single song on the album to lack anything...I don't want to go back on it in 5 years and wish that a single song sounded differently. I also have the sequel to table scraps coming out in not too long called Second Helpings. Which are all the features, and lost verses I've done that don't fit on a record.

NT-Any emcee's your looking forward to collaborating with in the future?

CO-I have a couple of guest appearances on The Monster. P.O.S. Will be on there along with Intuition.

NT-Are you picky when it comes to working with an artist?

CO-I used to work with just anyone. I still will do a track for anyones project as long as I agree with what the song is about and I have the time for it. For my records, I won't work with an artist JUST because they have a buzz. I want the song to make sense for them to be on. I want it to work and not just be worked on.

NT-Is anyone producing for you in particular right now?

CO-Yes. I work with Eric Hunter. He is a fucking genius and I mean that in every definition of the word. If there was no Eric Hunter there would be no Cas One.

NT-Have you been getting good press recently? Any blogs been a buzz with you lately?

CO-I got a tooooon of press last year when they re-released liberation. I've been laying low lately finishing up the monster..Hopefully we get that momentum back when it's done.

NT-What's the perfect crowd to you?

CO-Intimate and responsive. I want my show to build off the energy of the room. I'm every word of my songs on stage. I love the stage more than studio.

NT-Do you have any shows coming up or tour dates?

CO-I do! Im going to be touring the west coast this Aug/Sep, I'll be in Seattle,Denver,Portland,New Mexico, L.A.,San Diego, San Francisco, Vegas etc etc etc. I am not allowed to announce the dates and venues until July 1st So PLEASE "like" my Facebook or befriend me on myspace so that we can meet each other and hug. I'll be on the road with; Sadistik and Kid Called Computer, Kristoff Krane and Alexipharmic!

NT-What's your take on the internet, has it helped or hurt you in terms of reaching an audience or making your money?

CO-Helped way more than hurt. I see a ton of torrent sites that have my albums out there, I could email em if I wanted to...but why? I don't care about money as much as I care about you all listening to me. It all adds up when I get to hit the road. People usually buy it if they download it. You would not be reading this if internet didn't help me.

NT-Where can people go to hear and buy your music?

CO-You can get it at itunes, amazon, fifth element online...Pretty much all the big ones online.

NT-last question...when you hit the venue, what drink is getting ordered first?

CO-I drink any Dark beer. If it isn't beer I drink Jack and water. Thug life.

NT-Anything else to add for the readers? The haters? Any shout outs?

CO-COME TO A SHOW! Let's be friends. Let's give each other high fives and think about how good music used to be. Shouts to all the people who still care about me and the people that will care about me if they give it a chance!

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P.O.S. COOKS UP MORE THEN HOT TRACKS

http://vimeo.com/12589435 from Immaculate Infatuation on Vimeo. Share

INTRODUCING PRODUCER EXTRAORDINAIRE AUTOMATON

Automaton is producer/beat maker based out of Denver, CO. Automaton started making beats 10 years ago in a garage in San Antonio, TX. His dedication took him to Minneapolis, MN where he grew beyond just being a beat maker and began producing artists in the studio. As one of the founding members of Death Ray Scientific, Automaton worked with some of the most talented up and comers in the Minnesota hip hop scene. He also had a hand in throwing some of the most banging shows the now defunct Dinkytowner Cafe (R.I.P.) saw in it's latter years with DRS' monthly show, The Switch.

Automaton is also one half of Strange Matter, a production duo which recently produced Kristoff Krane's "Picking Flowers Next to Roadkill." With his partner in grime, Bhante, Strange Matter has made tracks with Slug, Eyedea, and P.O.S.

With Kristoff Krane, Strange Matter was featured on Guitar Center's Fresh Cuts vol. 5. "Don't Mean a Thing ft. P.O.S." had over 50,000 copies handed out free at Guitar Centers nationwide.

Automaton moved to the mountains to once again hone his skill. Living the life of a beatmaking monk in exile, Aut focuses on getting back to what made him happy... Being an artist who isn't bound by one classification or genre of music.

P.S. He's always hit No Team In I off with some Exclusives from the Kristoff Krane record before it was even out! Check em out.
No Team In I (EXCLUSIVE) Kristoff Krane & Strange Matter Present - Don't Mean A Thing Feat. P.O.S.
No Team In I (EXCLUSIVE) Kristoff Krane - Work Feat. Slug
No Team In I (EXCLUSIVE) Automaton - I'll Be Your Guru Share

VOTE DOOMTREE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Metromix Twin Cities is polling the public: Who is the best band in the Twin Cities? Doomtree is in the running, and have made it to the final stretch of round 3. Round 3 ends Monday night (TONIGHT) at 11:59pm, and the final round begins Tuesday morning. If your mind is made up, then let's make a Blowout, yeah?

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THE SETOFF

Bam! New local crack sponsored by  Copycatsmedia. the cd was compiled, mixed and brought to you by Deaf to the Static Records and Hopeful Opus Productions. Check the tracklist and download for free, some major boss hogs on there.


TRACKLIST:
1. The Grynch Ft. One Be Lo - Chemistry
2. Prof - Animal
3. Sapient - She Doesn't Love Me
4. Wide Eyes - Hands Tied
5. Big Quarters - Good Look
6. Tribe and Big Cats! - The Blacktop
7. HickFord BotsMan - Common Cent$
8. Culture Cry Wolf - Come Come
9. Macklemore and Ryan Lewis - Otherside
10. Botzy Ft. Wesley Opus - Horrible Things Happen to Mr. Doe
11. Sketch the Cataclysm - Virginia Slim
12. Toki Wright Ft. Booka B - Sun is Shining Remix
13. Culture Cry Wolf Ft. J Thrills the Kid and Wesley Opus (produced by Wesley Opus & Botzy) - Lay Me Down
14. Mike Swoop - Every Color
15. Abadawn - Other Side
16. Dez and Nobs Ft. P.O.S. - Underbelly
17. David Mars - Keep on Pushin'
18. Def Gone Graphic - Falling on Deaf Ears
19. Wesley Opus - Stars at Night Instrumental
20. Spyder Baby and 2% Muck - Grocery Store

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SOUNDSET!!!

Soundset Festival is happening in a couple days and I've got my record buying funds in order. I'm without a doubt prepared to buy everything I don't already have provided the price is good. I'm hoping for the Soundset sales...booya. I'm finna be rocking the No Team In I logo somewhere on me, so if you see it, say what's up. That is if anyone actually reads this. I'll be posting pictures and hopefully get some good words from artists.
          I'm pretty pumped to see Busdriver, Yelawolf, Heiroglyphics...especially Del, Meth & Red, Kristoff Krane, Eyedea & Abilities, Brother Ali, Dessa and so many more.


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NEW EXCLUSIVE JAWN BY KRISTOFF KRANE AND SLUG

Remember when heads used to drop that word, "jawn" that was back when people said Gawd all the time and called eachother "herbs" on Hiphopinfinity message boards...anyways.

This is another song of Kristoff Krane's new record :Picking Flowers Next To Road Kill" produced entirely by Strange Matter.
No Team In I (EXCLUSIVE) Kristoff Krane - Work Feat. Slug

If you don't remember the other Exclusive song I debuted (sp?) then click here for the info on that or listen to that joint below and download it for free.
No Team In I (EXCLUSIVE) Kristoff Krane & Strange Matter Present - Don't Mean A Thing Feat. P.O.S. Share

NEW EXCLUSIVE KRISTOFF KRANE JOINT FEATURING P.O.S.

Strange Matter (The dudes who produced the entire record) have given No Team In I the EXCLUSIVE and are allowing you to download it. Don't say I don't do shit for you. The song is on Kristoff Krane's new record "Picking Flowers Next To RoadKill" which is just amazing. If you know anything about Kristoff you know he gives 110% and just writes his ass off. Please buy his record here.



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WHAT'S MORE DEADLY THEN A REAL TIGER? A PAPER TIGER!

"Biography

Paper Tiger
Producer | DJ

It is 1996. You are in a rusted-out Corolla with a crossfader apoxied to the dashboard. Killsadie, De La Soul, and Lifter Puller are maxing out the speakers. The window does not go down, no AC. He is singing, and smiling like a motherfucker. Welcome to Paper Tiger’s car.

Paper Tiger is Doomtree’s live DJ, our resident graphic designer, and one of our esteemed producers. Paper grew up with music at home, as the son of Minneapolis rocker Johnny Rey. As a teenager, Paper was friend to P.O.S, Cecil Otter, Mike Mictlan and MK Larada. After high school, the four lived in the now [in]famous Doomtree House—a den of creativity, beer cans, stencils, trash, and neighborhood concern.

As a producer, Paper Tiger’s style reveals his varied tastes. Listen for the influences of mid-school rap, electronic music, his friends. His snares snap, and his samples are distinguished by unusual textures and treatments. The music he makes ranges from the beautiful lamentations like Canonade (from his False Hopes release) to club-fire bangers like Game Over with Mike Mictlan, or Low light / Low Life off "Never Better" by P.O.S. His 7-inch, Cloquet, was released at Blowout 5 and his first full length album "Made Like Us" is slotted for a 2010 release."

ALSO CHECK THESE FREE DOWNLOADABLE MIXES BY THE TIGER HIMSELF.
20 Minute Mix #1 - 80's Electro
20 Minute Mix #2  - EPMD
20 Minute Mix #3 - Random Stack

20 Minute Mix #4 - New Jack Swing

20 Minute Mix #5 - Ice Cube Cuts
20 Minute Mix #6 - Dance Floor Jams

Check out the Hand Over Fist "Prize Fight" video with interchangeable remixes including one from Paper Tiger.

Do yourself a favor and pick up his "False Hopes" release here...$7.99 ONLY!

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ALBUM GIVEAWAY (DOWNLOADAWAY)

The thing both the album I'm giving away have in common is one stellar emcee named Adrian Gorder...that's not a moniker, avatar or whatthefuckeveryouwannacallit. He's an emcee out of St. Paul, MN (The Shots) and has been doing his thang thang for a grip now. I met Adrian through a mutual friend and we didn't really hit it off but had the same respect for music I did. The albums I'm giving away are first his old groups album (Word for Word) and another old group album (Burning City Skyline). The one thing that might tickle your pickle is the fact that not only is he masterful songwriter but he's just a flat out great emcee. Also if you remember my interview with budding producer ganzobean...well he produced the entire Burning City Skyline album. So without further ado, for your listening pleasure...

TRACKLIST:

1. Intro (Lights At Night)

2. 1 For 2

3. Danger Love Feat. Mayda

4. Detach

5. Is Word For Word Dead feat. Don Royal

6. St. Paul Sunday

7. Happy Where Im At Feat. Brie Griffin

8. Starry Night...So Burn

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TRACKLIST:

1. Sintropolis

2. 3:AM

3. Cadillac Clap

4. Club High 5ive Feat. Craig Finn (Hold Steady), Mayda

5. M'Ustle

6. Excalibur Feat. Nomi

7. Chain Gang Head Bang

8. St. Paul Rapture

9. Harmonica Lewinsky

10. Elevata Muzic feat. P.O.S.

11. Crime Of Passion

12. The Walls

13. Monsta

14. Bricks

15. Neveator Is Born

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burning city skyline @ Yahoo! Video

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FREE DOWNLAOD FROM MY PERSONAL COLLECTION

This is the next installment of the Twin Town High Music Yearbook seres I have for you...Volume 8. This has some incredibly songs and artists on it for your enjoyment.

TRACKLIST:
1. The Pines - Just A Ride
2. Hockey Night - Dark Trance
3. Claire De lune - Checkers
4. Bellwether - Little Rain
5. The Glad Version - Lipstick Hip
6. Painted Saints - Lights Hanging Low From Heavy Cottonwoods
7. Kill The Vultures - Days Slip Into Nights
8. Martin Devaney - The Soundtrack To Our Success
9. Big Quarters - Song For Brown Babies
10. Roma Di Luna - These Tears Aint Mine
11. Middlepicker - Top Down
12. The Cardinal Sin - A Clean Break
13. Discount Musical - '81-'06
14. Jesse Greene - Wherever You Are Feat. Dessa
15. These Modern Socks - Let The Actress Starve
16. Passions - Go On MPLS
17. Building Better Bombs - Safehouse Lament
18. Friends Like These - Excuses
19. Beight - Dizzy
20. Joanna James - Nobody's Girl
21. Halloween, Alaska - Drowned (VIC 20 Remix)
22. Redstart - These Weary Fingers

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FREE DOWNLOAD FROM MY PERSONAL COLLECTION

This is a cd that was given out by The City Pages here in Minneapolis in 2005 and sponsored by Copycats, Cheapo and Heineken. It features local Minnesota artists for their "Picked 2 Click" category.

TRACKLIST:
1. Astronaut Wife - Pedestal
2. The Hopefuls - Whisper
3. Haley Bonar - Am I Allowed
4. Cheap Cologne - The Business
5. The Soviettes - #1 Is Number Two
6. love-Cars - How Old Are You Now
7. Polara - Jetpack Blues
8. Guzzard - Sebastian's Revenge
9. Work Of Saws - Invisible Darts
10. Lily liver - Bless Your Soul
11. Brother Sun Sister Moon - Cairo
12. Faux Jean - Nature
13. Hammerhead - Blow By
14. Monarques - Black helicopters
15. Selby Tigers - Hiro Disappearo
16. The Odd - Kick The Shit
17. P.O.S. - Music For Shoplifting

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FREE DOWNLOAD FROM MY PERSONAL COLLECTION

This is another local Minnesota promo cd by Minnesota Museum of American Art and Noiseland. There's some badass artists on this one.

TRACKLIST:
1. Malachi Constant - Grotto
2. Coach Said Not To - Property Line
3. Dosh - Maiose
4. Kill The Vultures - 7-8-9
5. Tin Horns - Hot Sun On Tarmac
6. Patrick Tierney - Umbrella
7. Nicole Darcy - Fake Monk
8. P.O.S. - Paul Kersey/Jack Kimble
9. Askeleton - Untitled 2
10. Digitata - Banging Jessica Alba
11. Melodious Owl - Dance Fever (Revisited)
12. The Violettes - Twilight

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