New video from Mr. Jon Hope.  Microphone check-check it out.

Now name the instrumental.  Song title, artist, and producer. Do it.

This cat Juan Deuce is everywhere. From The Providence Phoenix with Falside, to New York City rooftops with bare breasts and hand-grenades. Deuce also held-down some real estate in this bad mother-fucker, and is scheduled to make an appearance or two on the upcoming Time Machine mixtape, Vicious Experiments. Like I said, he’s all over the place, and, from the looks and sounds of things, Juan may be riding the Ocean State waves into new waters in 2012.

His latest and greatest, the Fonzi Wells-produced “Freeze,” slated for release on Juan’s No Sweat mixtape, can be heard right here on TECB:

Cool out with a listen, and grab the free download via SoundCloud.  For those of you feeling the tune with an interest in seeing some live Juan Deuce, peep the sidebar for all of the particulars to Juan’s show on Saturday night at PVD Social Club with fellow RI-rhymers B.Dolan and Prolyphic of Strange Famous Records.

#BEARDGANG

And I’m out.

Towards the end of last month we posted “Say Disease” from Dirty Hank and Reason which was available for free streaming to all. Well the duo’s EP is officially out and you can now get the other 8-tracks for the same exact price. Which is free, if you have trouble keeping up. Grab it over at The Monty Brogan Bandcamp page, here. I would do it sooner rather than later only because, as quoted by Hank and Reason; “For now, it’s a free download. But the safe bet is to grab it quickly, because Congress can only pass so many unemployment-benefit extensions and Brooklyn Lager isn’t getting any cheaper.” As someone who got denied unemployment, I’d like to thank them for their hospitality. Here’s “Local Press” off The Monty Brogan EP.

Rap’s Hank Moody and Reason work well with each other. Hank’s intense, liquor filled flow feeds Reason’s laid back demeanor. Each track they’re both on has the perfect change of pace in that regard. Production on the album is handled mostly by Falside the Beatsmith with a couple of tracks done by Mad Plaid. By all means, download this 9-track EP and support independent, local hip-hop.

New track off of I Self Divine’s latest release, The Upliftment Struggle. This “mixtape” is available for free download here or if you want to try it out for size and stream it first, head over to the man’s Soundcloud page. Production for “Up Aboves” is courtesy of Benzilla and Mike Swoop. My first taste of both Benzilla and I Self Divine was off of Bk-One and Benzilla’s Radio Do Canibal, which is one of my favorite compilation albums ever. The Rhymesayers camp is giving away The Upliftment Struggle in preparation for I Self Divine’s The Sounds of Low Class America, which will be out this May.

It’s a cool, dreary day in Long Beach, California today, and this track fits perfectly into the vibe the weather is giving off. I hope everyone out there is having a good Tuesday and shit.

Love: A great four-letter word.  Much like “Echo.”  And Help!

Let us know what you think of the new video!

Mylanta and Rhode Island hip-hop. That’s how I’m spending my Monday night. And you’re all lucky to be right in the thick of it. I still have another monster of a post after this one, and, if the spoiled pork chop I ate for dinner cripples me any more than it already has, I’ll be sure to give you a play-by-play of my sickness. However, I’m guessing you wouldn’t like that, so I’ll speed through this submission I received earlier as fast as possible, before things get messy.

The song is from locals S-bo and A.D., the latter being the producer of the two. It’s off of their upcoming project together, Return of the High-Five, and features former RI wordsmith Shawn Jackson. Give it a listen:

Freddie Black and KEVdiggs, among a few others, are also set to make appearances once the project is released in full.  While you’re waiting for that, help these guys step their “likes” up on ROTH5′s freshly started fan page.

Let us know what you’re thinking of the cut.  And wish me well. My stomach is begging.

If you’ve been a TECB reader for any span of time, then you should know these three dudes — Swann Notty x j.DePina x Chachi Carvlho — are favorites of mine. That said, it’s no surprise I’m ecstatic to hear news of the brothers from The Bucket gathering for a full-length album under the name of Thr33 Piece Suit.

Those of you looking for more Brand New Vintage, keep The Echo Chamber Blog in your daily routine. I’ll be supporting this at every chance.

“Business is picking up in a big way for this gifted and charismatic tandem, as Strange Famous Records has jumped onboard as the exclusive distributor for the duo’s debut EP, The Mechanics.” -Chris Conti

“People can slave over multi-syllabic rhyme schemes and concepts all they want, but if they can’t deliver the words with charisma then it’s all for naught.” -Sage Francis

“Read the rest of the article from this past week’s Providence Phoenix. It’s good.” -Me

Prolyphic will be have a set this weekend at PVD Social Club (details on the sidebar), so there isn’t much of a better way to prepare than to download yourself this little mix of obscurities:

Enjoy! And be sure to check this track if it somehow passed you by.

Last week I was ripped about how many shit-bumb, flat-out ignorant music submissions I received. Some people are just ridiculous with it. I vowed not to come back to TECB until I was either contacted with exceedingly excellent news and/or music, or, at the very least, once I settled down and stopped hating everything that isn’t Kinda Kinks or Vodka & Ayahuasca. Thankfully I’ve calmed, as have the slew of careless morons submitting music.  My email is now filled with potential posts, and I’m going to try to crank out a few before my eyes start to bleed from an entire day in front of the geek box.

This new video from Pretty Lights wasn’t what made me drop everything, but it marked the start of worthy, above average material piling-up in my inbox that should be heard and seen by my people.  One intention of “We Must Go On,” noted in the YouTube details, was to “communicate a range of feelings and open-ended ideas,” which I believe they (PL and his homegirl) accomplished.

If you like the song, the download can be had over at the Pretty Lights website. Yes, for free.