***** ABC’s with TECB ***** 2012 ***** YEAR in MUSIC *****

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2012 was big for music. John Mayer made a comeback. Green Day dropped three albums. El-P put more than his name into every critic’s mouth. Frank Ocean and the rest of OFWGKTA came out of the closet. A band named “fun.” existed. Pussy Riot happened and cries of injustice saturated Facebook statuses until it was time to Instagram lunch. And Barack Obama signed to Roc Nation. Lucky for me, things I care about also happened in the past three-hundred and sixty-five days. This is my 2012 year-end post. An alphabetized breakdown of the year’s highlights in music. I hope you enjoy. Creek my gangnam style:

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Milez Grimez – “401 (Island of Rhodes)” [VIDEO]

Milez Grimez, Rhode Island’s grimiest emcee, is back with a new song and video to hype up his home state. The musical backdrop is provided by fellow Rhode Islander, and appropriately named, FourOhOne. The cuts you hear are also brought to you by the Ocean State’s DJ Mekalek.

As Mek severs up the wax over FourOhOne’s keys, Grimez and company bring “401 (Island of Rhodes)” back to the years of anthems. Something about this joint makes me think of Onyx; probably the group effort yelling “Four! Oh! One!” during the hook. Plenty of cameos in this joint too: Dirty Durdie, Meta P, Swann Notty, 8th and others.

Always stay tuned to TECB for the latest in Rhode Island, and all points surrounding it, rappity rap music. Hit us up in the comment section with your thoughts!

FourOh x Ice x Milez x 8th x Gremm x Mek: “I Told You So”

It’s been busy over here at The Echo Chamber Blog, and I’m glad to bring my day of posting to an end with this Four Oh One-produced track “I Told You So.” The song features an all-star line-up of local talent, featuring DJ Mekalek on the cuts and Dirty Durdie sharing the microphone duties with Wundahground’s 8th and Milez Grimez.


Give it a listen, and spread it to your peoples.  I want at least ten-thousand comments by the time I’m done eating some East Side Pockets so I can have something to celebrate once I get back to my apartment and crack the first beer of the evening.

#VacationSwag

DJ Mekalek’s Megaminimix for The Alexander Green Project

Mek sent over an email earlier today putting me on to this promotional “megaminimix” he did for The Alexander Green Project, the Kaimbr & Kev Brown album slated for a cassette x CD x vinyl (all green) release on Redefinition Records — a label I’ve praised for a long-ass time.

Give the megaminimix from Mekalek a listen…


…and a download.

As of right now, the album is available to purchase digitally on iTunes, but the physical forms should be available in a few blinks of the eye.  I’ll be sure to let y’all know.

Jahpan’s It’s Always Sunny in Providence Mixape

Apparently I missed a great release party the other night.  However, Jappy sent over a link to his new mixtape for me and all the other heads like me who drank way too excessively to even fathom a drive into the state’s capital.

Get Jahpan’s It’s Always Sunny in Providence here and give this fine Richie Rags tribute a listen while you’re waiting for the download to finish…


RIP Rags

Tracklist below the cut…

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