illpoetic.com » free music

New Ill Po Song “Numb”

ill poetic — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 17:14:59 +0000

In preparation for my upcoming EP “Synesthesia: The Yellow Movement”, I’ll be dropping a selection of songs and videos for everyone to enjoy throughout the Fall and Winter. The first of which is titled “Numb” and is written to Flying Lotus’s “Infinitum”. Expect a video for this in the near future as well. If I get a good response from you guys on it, I may have to add it to the EP.

This kind-of turned in to one of those songs that ended up sitting in a special place in my heart. I can’t quite articulate why, it just fills this vibe I’ve always wanted to pull off. It reminds me of how life felt when I was a kid. Kind-of a soundtrack that would play in Max’s head from “Where the Wild Things Are”. It feels just right for the season. A November-ass song.

Grab it on Bandcamp RIGHT HERE.

(Keep reading for more info on the upcoming EP)

Speaking of the new EP, our team is currently wrapping up a host of things to get it out to you ASAP:

First: We’re officially diving into the official mixing and mastering of the record. Truthfully, I’ve never taken any of my records to a professional studio with a professional engineer to co-mix a song. Hence why I’ve never been happy with the mixdowns of my songs. Finally, I get to begin hearing the music the way I hear it in my head. The colors of the instruments are so much brighter and sharper, and the drums cut through amazingly. Hopefully, y’all will hear the difference as well.

Second: We’re doing lots of videos this time around. I have a LOT of music (I mean A LOT of music) on the horizon, and this EP sparks everything off. The visual accompaniment plays a huge factor in this set of releases, so we’re working hard to evolve the audio and the visual hand-in-hand.

Finally, we’ve been developing the stage show. We’re attempting to throw out the usual playbook and re-define my stage show from the ground up. If you came out to the SLAM Music Festival in Cincinnati this past August, you caught a glimpse of where we’re heading. Rather than just a performance with a DJ or band, We’re working to create an experience. Think Funkadelic on Broadway. I want to turn every song I bring you in the near future into a multi-demensional experience. As we get back into touring next year, be on the look out for a show near you.

Marvin Gaye & Pink Floyd “Requiem For A Dream”

ill poetic — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 14:59:27 +0000

My Uncle Asked me to pass this album along to anyone interested. Some will argue that the following story is a fabrication. Some will argue I made this record. All I can do is give you my uncle’s story:

(Or Skip the Story And DOWNLOAD HERE)

- Taken from HarvestingHeritage.com

“My name is Joseph Stein, and I was an Intern back in the late 1970’s and early ‘80s at a UK-based label called Harvest Heritage Records. Basically, this label was a subsidiary of Harvest Records, which put out a lot of seminal music in what I would call the “Classic Era” of music. Now, Harvest Heritage basically handled reissues of the major Harvest releases as well as smaller releases in the 70’s and on.

Fast forward to a couple months ago. I was digging through my storage unit, rummaging through a lot of my old records from the Heritage days when I came across something that I realized had never seen the light of day.

Now, in the early 1980’s, Marvin Gaye had relocated from the states out this way to Belgium. At the time he was separating from Motown. I believe he was touring out one of his last records with them, the “In Our Lifetime” record, maybe. At this time, Pink Floyd was wrapping up some extra tour dates for their The Wall Tour. They had a four day run at Earl’s Court, and planned on getting a lot of footage for the Documentary that they later released.

It just so happened that Marvin was in town with an off day from his tour and stopped in during stage set-up and rehearsals. Apparently, something was worked out as to get him on stage performing with Pink Floyd. The next night at Earl’s Court, Marvin came out and performed “Let’s Get it On” over “Shine on You Crazy Diamond”. I’ll never forget it.

Fast forward a bit, and Marvin and Roger (Waters) begin kicking around the idea of recording some material together. Now at the time, Marvin is pissed with Motown and decides he wants to re-record some of these songs over an entirely different canvas. So Marvin and Roger decide to collide some of their favorite songs together. Kind of like what these DJs do with these “Mash-Up” records, only they’re bringing in the instruments and everything.

So they knock the record out really quick. Everyone digs it. Since these songs already existed, Harvest viewed it as a re-issue of sorts and passed it along to Harvest Heritage to take care of the details. Unfortunately, none of the Marvin songs or images we wanted to use could get clearance from Motown’s lawyers. That isn’t to say the records weren’t pressed up, they just couldn’t be released.

Ok, so fast-forward to this past autumn. I’m digging through my storage unit. I have TONS of records in here, as well as some keepsakes from my Record Label interning days. Needless to say I came across one of the rare copies of the Marvin Gaye and Pink Floyd Record. Obviously this would never get cleared to sell. I thought about eBay, but I just couldn’t bring myself to sell out the music like that.

So now, during the holidays, I have some time off. Since he’s in town visiting, I figured I’d ask my nephew to help me put the vinyl record on my computer and turn the songs into mp3s. He helped me upload the pictures above of the album cover. I might have some footage in here of the live performance as well.

If you’re reading this, feel free to spread the good music.”

-Joseph Stein

Since this message, I’ve uploaded the link to the album and just wanted to pass it to everyone. It’s easiest to just put it on my bandcamp page..so…..

CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD

Footnote — Appearantly, people have actually been writing and discussing this record for a minute now. Wow.

Peep This, and this
Fresh. Keep Spreading:)

Ill Poetic “The World is Ours” Instrumentals (Free Download)

ill poetic — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 17:26:43 +0000

So in continuance of “The World is Ours” Re-Release campaign that I’ve been working on for the Summer, I wanted to release the Instrumentals for this record as a free download. I realized 2 weeks ago that I’ve never even actually made an instrumental version of this record for myself. So I had the pleasure of digging through the original files for this album and getting nostalgic at all the recording sessions. There are even a couple added instruments here and there this time around, since I got to dig fully back into each songs format.
I’m doing all this as a way of preparing for a huge run of projects that I’m in the midst of wrapping up now (including the follow-up to this record). So I promise I’m not stuck in the past, Just catching the past up to the present so i can work on the future. Hope y’all enjoy it. Hope some emcees catch some writing inspiration. Hope some people catch some riding inspiration.

CLICK HERE TO LISTEN & DOWNLOAD

Also, Don’t forget: tomorrow night @ One Eyed Jacks is the Dayton Re-Release Party for “The World is Ours”, featuring Abstract Rude, Sab the Artist, Ruckus Roboticus, and Skratchmatik.

Aloe Park single “Watermark” f. Reggie B (prod. by Ill Poetic)

ill poetic — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 20:22:07 +0000

Approach’s first single from the “Aloe Park” record dropping 4/20

Click Here to Download

Don’t forget to check the ever-evolving list of tour dates to see if we’re near your city.