Anderson .Paak 🤝 Knxwledge - eight years in the making. NxWorries’ new album ‘Why Lawd?’ is out now everywhere. Vinyl is available at any good record store. Exclusive editions available via the Stones Throw store.
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Happy 50th, Dilla. "The way he used technology to change hip hop makes it feel like the miracle of the pyramids. It sounds simple until you hear the original samples. Then you really appreciate Dilla’s craft."
@pbwolf
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"Know who's the illest ever like the greatest story told." Happy birthday
@MFDOOM
.
Here's a look back at the "Accordion" video shot by Andrew Gura at Stones Throw HQ 20 years ago.
Happy birthday,
#JDilla
. 'Donuts' released today, on February 7, 2006. Here's the story behind the
#Donuts
album covers and more from the Stones Throw archives as we celebrate all things Dilla today.
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John Carroll Kirby - “Mates” from his last album ‘Blowout’. Watch Kirby explore the Tokyo streets in search of a friend and some good times. Catch him on tour with Khruangbin until mid-June, too.
#StonesThrow
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Tour:
Madvillain dashing in a beat rhyme crime spree
We rock the house like rock 'n' roll
Got more soul than a sock with a hole
Madvillain - 'Madvillainy' - written in cold blood with a toothpick, released March 23, 2004.
MC:
@MFDOOM
Beats:
@madlib
Photo: Eric Coleman
20 years ago today, the Madvillainy release show shut down The Henry Fonda Theatre in LA. Here's
@MFDOOM
performing "All Caps." Video courtesy of Brian Fahs.
#StonesThrow
#Madvillain
MF DOOM rapped over a few beats from Donuts. According to a couple of our hazy recollections, right after Dilla died Doom showed up and said that Dilla had appeared to him in a dream saying, “We gotta collab”
20 years of Champion Sound. It started with Madlib recording verses over J Dilla beats for himself to hear and scrawling "Jaylib" on the homemade CD. Word of this made its way to Detroit and J Dilla suggested they do it "the right way."
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Rest in peace Ivan “Mamão” Conti, legendary founding drummer of Azymuth. (1947-2023). Here's
@jrocc
showing some love, playing "Unknown Jam" from 'Demos (1973-1975) Volumes 1&2.'
"From Here." NxWorries' latest track from 'Why Lawd?' - out June 7th on physical, June 14th on streaming. Video directed by Anderson .Paak. Beats by
@knxwledge
. Guest starring
@SnoopDogg
&
@OctoberTheKing
.
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That time Philip Morris sent us a cease & desist letter for
@jonwayne
's 'Cassette.'
36-minute rap cassette. No digital. No CD. No vinyl. Just a cassette designed to look like a pack of Marlboro cigarettes by Jeff Jank.
It was just a low-profile release, maybe a nod to two
When was the last time you saw a pair of these in the wild? Quasimoto Nike SB Dunks from 2007, created for Stones Throw's 10th anniversary. Colors hand-picked by
@pbwolf
.
#StonesThrow
Anderson .Paak 🤝 Knxwledge. NxWorries' new album 'Why Lawd?' - out now on vinyl, CD & CS, one week before it hits streaming on June 14th.
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Quasimoto's 'Yessir Whatever' turns 10. Released June 18, 2013. Here's the time that Lord Quas was issued an official Certificate of Recognition for excellence in masonry by the city of L.A.
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50 years of Dilla, 18 years of 'Donuts.' Happy birthday, Jay Dee. Read how
@pbwolf
started working with J Dilla, the creation of 'Donuts' and more here:
Photo: B+
Song: "Take It Back" Knxwledge Remix
#NxWorries
"Daydreaming" 05.18.23.
Hang out with
@knxwledge
and Anderson. Paak live on
@Twitch
tonight at 8pm PST for a special preview of their new video.
#StonesThrow
Twitch:
Music video:
Our 20th anniversary edition of
@Madlib
& Quasimoto's The Unseen got all messed up by the pandemic last year, so happy 21st: The Unseen in pink & purple 'Cadillac' vinyl.
.
@knxwledge
's
#StonesThrow
debut 'Hud Dreems' released eight years ago today on May 5th, 2015. 26 tracks of instrumental hip-hop. Here's Knx's Dungeon Session performing "Jstowee."
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Send us your beats.
We’re hosting a beat battle for a chance to win our Roland SP-404MKII Stones Throw Limited Edition. The remix competition is running now through Friday, December 15.
#StonesThrow404
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Something to hold you over until Friday. NxWorries - "WalkOnBy" ft.
@earlxsweat
&
@RaeKhalil
is out now. 'Why Lawd?' streaming everywhere June 14th. Vinyl's available at any good record store.
#StonesThrow
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Madlib and Talib Kweli on the mythology behind Quasimoto and the role
@pbwolf
played in introducing Lord Quas to the world. Video via
@uproxx
. Photo via B+.
#StonesThrow
#Quasimoto
20 years of Jaylib's Champion Sound: Here's "The Heist" video directed and animated by Rory Gamble as part of the Stones Throw video contest back in 2011.
#StonesThrow
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"All Caps" was drawn entirely by hand, and Youtube hadn't started up when it came out. (We had it playing from a .mov file on our website.) Interview w/ director James Reitano
@85graphicnovel
by
@jeffjank
Back in 2004 Doom proofed our Madvillainy lyric book, but missed a few details. Genius is also full of obvious mistakes.
The line in "Great Day" right after "Get it like a whoopin' when you holla at your seniors," is what?
J Dilla remix by Knxwledge b/w Washed Out remix by Mndsgn, a 45 pressed exclusively for our vinyl subscription. These just came in today, will ship out immediately.