….young Knxwledge the great.
What could I possibly say about him that I haven’t already?
Doesn’t matter really,
whatever’d be said would only need to be re-arranged
or updated by next week anyway.

The latest addition to Knx’s repertoire
comes in the form of Hexual.Sealings.LP -
an 11 track project matching accapellas over Knx’s
patented jumbled minimalism & airy clunks.
Or whateverthefuckyouwannacallem.
You know – that good shit hes known for.

Hexual.Sealings flips (in order)
Musiq Soulchild & Darien Brockington & Jay-Z
& Dilla & Nas & Faith Evans
& OutKast & Bilal (live) & Telepopmusik (whoa)
& your wig & Drake & your whole shit up.

The digital LP boasts two covers –
a collage by Aabiva,
which features an AK47-weilding O’shea (apparently that one was not a good day),
& a sleek, “beech”-ier design by SeanBrown (above).

To start off, you can download the FRSHCLSV free single, “Loavhorts” -
Knx’s James Blake-ian reimagining of Musiq’s bitter ballad, “Befriends”
from his latest album, Musiqinthemagiq (seriously.), released earlier this year.
You can also stream the full Hex.Seal‘s
thru the Bandcamp player before copping below.

& for the sake of always staying thoro,
also included is “Mind The Gap” -
a brief video intro to KNXROCK -
Knxwledge’s upcoming collab project w/ NY-based producer, InfinitiRock.

& just added is yet another surprise Knx.LP. -
this time, a collection of some of his older, unused beats,
selected by none other than House Shoes,
a longtime Knxwledge supporter.

As promised last week, here’s a more in-depth listen to the upcoming project from Finale, T.I.M.E.. The album will be released in the coming months through Japanese label, River City Media as well as sold at upcoming Finale shows on tour. To go along with the previous links, included in the post cast below are the majority of the rest of the album tracks, as well as some added collaborations thrown in for good measure.

All of this is meant to serve as a reminder that Finale’s debut solo album, A Pipe Dream And A Promise, is in stores today. The album features production from Dilla, Waajeed, Black Milk, Flying Lotus, TaRaach, Nottz, Oddisee, Kev Brown, Khrysis, M-Phazes, Apollo Brown, Slimkat78, Dimlite, and Vaughan T (Lab Techs), as well as appearances from Invincible and MonicaBlaire. In my personal opinion, A Pipe Dream is one of the most well thought-out and consistent rap albums to come out for a minute – so be sure to support that.

You can check the podcast tracklisting below, before either downloading or streaming it at the bottom of the post. Leave a comment and let me know what you think.

Photo courtesy of Erik V. Stephens for Crush Media Group, LLC.

1. Finale – Mr. Cooper (prod. Knxwledge)
2. Finale – Saturday (prod. Slimkat78)
3. Finale – No More Mr. Nice Guy (prod. House Shoes)
4. Ghost – It’s All Love (Remix) (feat. Finale)
5. Finale – Bad Newz (prod. Knxwledge)
6. Finale – Patience (prod. Knxwledge)
7. Finale – Bang Bang (prod. Apollo Brown)
8. Finale feat. Donwill & Hassaan Mackey – Pick Up The Pieces (prod. Muhsinah)
9. Donwill feat. Finale, Fresh Daily & Che Grand – Life’s Pie (prod. Oddisee)
10. Finale – Life Goes On (prod. Djimon)
11. Mosel feat. Quelle & Finale – Late Night Shift (prod. Mosel)
12. Finale feat. Asylum 7 & Magestik Legend – Stress (prod. Dela)

Just when all the over-saturation and post-mortem bandwagoners almost had me putting all my favorite Dilla shit back on the shelf – in comes the official torchbearer, House Shoes, to re-ignite the spark. His forthcoming mixtape (in the truest sense of the word), The King James Version, is a smoke-filled trip through the used crates of the late beat pioneer that reminds us all (because some of you apparently need it) just why James Yancey is the G.O.A.T.

With all the bullshit posthumous mixtapes that came out with Dilla’s name & likeness unfairly attached to it (as previously discussed here), this is one of the few that does his legacy justice. It’ll have you pulling out all your favorite Dilla CD’s, records, and illegally downloaded beat CD’s (you know you got em) again with a newfound respect for his craftsmanship with each secret revealed.

The King James Version is the first of an on-going series that will be released through a limited run of CD’s sold directly by Shoes himself, starting on January 9th. Below is a free download of the first track of the five that will appear on the CD, as previously heard on his Shoes House podcast. For a (much) better write-up of KJV, check out Hubert’s Frying In Vein blog.

Also, stick around after the jump for three bonus tracks that showcase House Shoes’ own, often slept-on, production skills with Detroit classics he produced for Finale, Elzhi, and Decompoze.