TENSEI: The Hotbox Sessions Vol. 2 (2016)

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MC ADAD: ‘PS…I’m Next’ mixtape promo video (2011)

MC ADAD: ‘PS…I’m Next’ mixtape promo video (2011)
MC ADaD provides further proof, as if it were needed, that hip-hop is alive and well in 2011 with this promo for his forthcoming mixtape P.S…I’m Next due in September and featuring production from (among others) Waajeed, Exile, Illmind, Tensei, Ta-Ku (Australia), and ADaD himself. Featuring the Tensei-produced track It’s Mine, the vid depicts the aforementioned emcee being cruelly awoken from his peaceful rapper slumber…READ FULL POST @ MONKEYBOXING.COM

MC ADAD vs TENSEI: Smoke It Out – 2011

MC ADAD vs TENSEI: Smoke It Out – 2011You know when your day job gets in the way of real stuff? Yeah? This has been languishing in my mailbox for days now while deadlines stalk me. Funnily enough All Natural-affiliate ADaD’s mood chimes with mine here exploring how miserable he feels and concluding that the answer is to ‘smoke it out.’ Could he be on about having a bifter?

TAKE: Neon Beams (Tensei remix) – 2011 – free download

TAKE: Neon Beams (Tensei remix) – 2011 – free download
Tensei do the decent thing with Take’s ‘futurebeats’ bleepfest Neon Beams doping it up with a fat, rolling, (very) uptempo breakbeat, and generally bringing the darkness on the original’s ethereal sounding ass.…READ FULL POST @ MONKEYBOXING.COM

TENSEI & THE PRIMERIDIAN (feat. Mike Flo): Full Throttle – Free download

TENSEI & THE PRIMERIDIAN (feat. Mike Flo): Full Throttle – Free download
If you caught Herma Puma’s super-chilled hip-hop LP Synchromystic earlier this year this may appeal since producer Simple X of Herma Puma is also part of Tensei. I have it on good authority that Full Throttle is a taster of a forthcoming project with Chicago’s Primeridian crew who I last heard on one of the monkey’s all time hip-hop LPs – All Natural’s Second Nature. If anything it’s a little grittier and darker than anything on Synchromystic but retains…READ THE REST AT MONKEYBOXING.COM