Happy Holidays readership, this is EL3G and it’s Christmas Eve here in the States. I figured due to the holiday season the posting may be a little light going into the New Year so why not break you off w/ a special holiday edition of Let Me Put You On! As always there will be two artists spotlighted that you may or may not know but should, and as a special thank you to everyone who has supported the blog I’m going to add some goodies to stuff your Christmas stockings with.

Now let’s shine the spotlight on the two featured artists for this week.

This Portland based producer/emcee and member of Thrilla Music Group is originally from Yonkers, NY. It’s surprising that his production style is so refined, since he grew up listening to his Jamaican Mother’s reggae collection. In 2002 he was introduced to Hip Hop by his girlfriend at the time, who schooled him on the culture and eventually turned him on to the production tool Fruity Loops. He quickly diversified his style and has since been crafting amazing beats and is on his way to a great career in music. I present to you…

Dave Notti –> www.myspace.com/nottimusic

Find out more about Dave Notti at Thrilla Music Group

*Stocking Stuffer Bonus*

Dave Notti – Hello: The Beat Tape

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Dave Notti x Hi-Res – The New Chill

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Next up is a DeeJay/Production team from the Bay Area. This dynamic crew is made up of two people, DJ DaiKatamy & DJ Doctor Who. DJ DaiKatamy a.k.a. Daislo Nakata originally started out as an emcee, but after seeing the Hip Hop documentary “Scratch” he immediately knew what it was he wanted to do in music. He’s only been DJing for about a year or so, starting out by learning vinyl he has quickly become a prolific DJ & producer. DJ Doctor Who is an 80′s baby from the Bay area whose love for Old School Hip Hop, J Dilla, and the Detroit Hip Hop scene prompted him to start doing his own blends back in 2006. The two started working together in the summer of 2009 and learned that they were like minded when it came to their taste in music and styles. I present to you…

Sol Precision Crew –> http://solprecisioncrew.bandcamp.com/

Check out Sol Precision Crew at their blog http://solprecision.tumblr.com

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Sol Precision Crew – The Essence

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& now… STOCKING STUFFERS GALORE! click 2 download!

Keelay ft. The Park & Nate Mercereau – Some Kind of Seasons Greeting

Tanya Morgan – The Brooklynati Sample Mix

U-N-I – Supreme 2.0

Corinne Bailey Rae – I’d Do It All Again

Georgia Anne Muldrow & Dudley Perkins Podcast

Hudson Mohawke – Rising 5

The Apple Juice Kid – Beautiful Warriors 2: Louis Armstrong Remixed

Carlitta Durand – The Doug and Patty EP

Rhymesayers – A Holiday Song

Mos Def & Jay Electronica – Holiday

Hope you all have a safe and wonderful Christmas, and enjoy the downloads. Feel free to leave a comment and let us know what you think of the artists & the music posted above. Happy Holidays & Happy New Year from OkiZoo

Nixons

EL3G

In the middle of 2007 was the first time I had ever heard the sounds of Perth, Australia’s Reggie “Ta-ku” Mathews production. The first thing I though was, WOW this dude really digs. I heard so many plush vintage sounds through his work. The drums were hard, the chops were brilliant, the bass was booming. I immediately knew he had what it took to go very far with his music. In a hip hop industry that is very fickle nowadays, he also proved to be a genuine person. OkiZoo has since then collaborated on various projects such as his Different Spaces LP which you will be hearing on blog.okizoo.com in the near future. Ta-ku has attended the prestigious and exclusive Red Bull Music Academy in Barcelona, Spain in 2008 and taken home the crown in The Speak Easy Beat Down Battle in Perth for 2 years in a row. Perhaps the culmination of how fond we were for Ta-ku and his skills came from the admiration of OkiZoo’s own Theron Noble aka DJ Jam On. Theron has a very deep catalog of old soul records that he transfers from vinyl to his computer. While enlisted in the US Marine Corps (Semper Fi till we die) stationed in Iraq, Theron began sending samples to Ta-Ku and one by one Ta-Ku would weave his magic until it was a new creation. Thus THE WERAQ BEATAPE was born. A collaboration between Ta-ku’s recording home Paper Chain Records, OkiZoo, and distributed locally in Perth Australia by Highs and Lows boutique, this instrumental beat odyssey takes a “J Dilla – Donuts”  type direction where the soul of the sample is left intact and the drums are used as a vehicle to power the new chops. This collection of instrumentals are soulful from front to back. So download it here and get ready to enjoy this 48 minutes of Ta-ku beats!!!

Download: TA-KU & THERON NOBLE PRESENT: THE WERAQ BEATAPE

Reggie “Ta-ku” Mathews

Theron “Jam On” Noble

Nixons

Dunn-D

OkiZoo‘s E@5e 95 (pronounced ease nine five ) has been in Seattle concocting witty oddball rhymes for two projects. “LoOp Dre@mZ” for the lovers of the traditional stylings of  hip hop(which just means dope beats and dope rhymes), and “The AdventureZ of Tom FoOlery” for the fans ready to step into a comical and outlandish unknown. This leak comes from the “LoOp Dre@mZ” project and is appropriately titled “Late Night LoOpin” and is produced by OkiZoo‘s Dunn-D and features scratches by DJ Jam On . The foolery commences once you click the download link below.

E@5e 95 : Late Night LoOpin ft. DJ Jam On (produced by Dunn-D)