{"title":"Someothaship Connect","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSomeothaship Connect is a music label owned and operated by Dudley Perkins and Georgia Anne Muldrow. With their combined talents, they have created a platform that showcases innovative and boundary-pushing music.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs an independent label, Someothaship Connect prides itself on nurturing artists who are unafraid to experiment with different genres and styles. Their roster includes some of the most exciting and forward-thinking musicians in the industry.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith a focus on quality over quantity, Someothaship Connect ensures that each release is meticulously crafted and thoughtfully curated. From soulful R\u0026amp;B to experimental hip-hop, their catalog offers something for every discerning listener.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"in-the-beginning-vol-3","title":"In The Beginning Vol. 3","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIn the Beginning Vol. 3 \u003c\/i\u003econtinues the treasure trove of the early works of Declaime \u0026amp; Madlib, the longtime collaborators who helped usher in a new sound and style from the city of Oxnard, California. This collection is brimming with previously unheard tracks from this beyond-creative duo that blends hip-hop with funk, jazz, soul, and psychedelia to lay the groundwork for so many other emcees and producers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor Declaime (a\/k\/a Dudley Perkins), this series serves as a way to honour his friends and the city that raised them. He shouts out names like The Almighty Metaphor (aka MED), Oh No the Disrupt, DJ Romes, Kazi, and more, who he says “created a lane for the city of Oxnard to get the recognition it deserves.” Some of them make an appearance in one form or another on this collection, too—Romes, for example, mastered the project—that compiles 10 previously lost tracks that were recorded from 1993 to ‘96.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIn The Beginning Vol. 3\u003c\/i\u003e is entirely produced by Madlib, who provided all the cuts as well. His instrumentals are on that raw and funky vibe as they move freely through genres and sounds, like on standout cuts “Come With The Ill Grammar,”Too Much Clout,” and “Next Episode (feat. Skam).” Those are all highlights for Declaime, too, and they demonstrate his ability to blend his observations of the world with bravado and third-eye insights. Even as young kids just getting their feet wet in the studio, these two were firmly on their path.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThat path started, in a way, when the two became friends as young kids. “I first met Madlib when he moved across the street from me; I was around nine years old at the time,” Declaime says, adding that their fathers were friendly with one another. 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And albeit the former can be accused of being excessively avant-garde, it’s Expressions where both Perkins and the Beat Konducta find a more fluid symmetry. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn everything from his collaborations with MF Doom and the late Jay Dee to his more recent pairing with Freddie Gibbs, Madlib is easily one of hip-hop's golden revolutionaries. At times his production has been accused of being sparse, but that's not the case with Expressions. This time around, Madlib's production is hitting all the funky corners with layered grooves that evoke the attitudes and emotions of A Tribe Called Quest's The Low End Theory. Perkins's objective to keep the grooves flowing on Expressions is laid down with first lines of opener \"Funky Dudley\": \"A little bit of funk and a dash of soul\/ A little bit of George borrowed from my Ol' gran' pappy's stack of old school\/ One nation under a groove.\" From there on the funk samples dance famously with Dudley's vocal style, which cross-pollinates the worlds of D'Angelo and Ol' Dirty Bastard. From \"Get on Up\" to the James Brown vocal sample in \"Dolla Bill,\" Expressions uses Perkins's voice as if it were a sample itself, incorporating it in the production and the rhythms.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Someothaship Connect","offers":[{"title":"Black LP","offer_id":50482086412619,"sku":"2027953","price":32.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/product_id._9a358f93_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727548871"},{"product_id":"seeds","title":"Seeds","description":"\u003cp\u003eOn \u003cem\u003eSeeds\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eGeorgia Muldrow\u003c\/strong\u003e takes a step back and leaves the beatmaking to Otis Jackson Jr., aka Madlib. As producers, Muldrow and Jackson are not worlds apart, so the switch requires no adjustment on the part of the listener.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThat said, this is one dense and tight set, barely over half-an-hour in length, and it's definitely in contention for Muldrow's most focused, funkiest, and (somewhat ironically) personal release to date. Throughout the record, the emphasis remains heavily fixated on her family as a unit of salvation and purpose.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe most direct track of the lot is \"\u003cem\u003eHusfriend\u003c\/em\u003e,\" where she honors her relationship with Dudley Perkins (a\/k\/a Declaime, who appears on “The Few”). Muldrow can't quite divorce the planetary and personal issues, heard vividly on \"\u003cem\u003eBest Love\u003c\/em\u003e,\" which sounds just like a simple, sweet, straight-ahead love song until she starts asking her other half for money to build water wells on three continents (\"We can make a difference if we try now\").\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOverall, \u003cem\u003eSeeds\u003c\/em\u003e is another left-field deviation in Muldrow's career: it's one of her most captivating and immediate front-to-back statements of purpose as a singer, but it's also the first album where she's handed over all the production duties to somebody else.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn celebration of this album’s decenary run, Someothaship Connect is pleased to reintroduce an anniversary edition repress of this captivating release in partnership with Fat Beats.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Someothaship Connect","offers":[{"title":"Black | LP","offer_id":50485213528395,"sku":"2005209","price":31.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"Red | LP","offer_id":50485213233483,"sku":"1158207","price":29.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/bc47f945-6e98-46f7-b563-0d4ffba1f8eb_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727597261"},{"product_id":"illmindmuzik-cy63ae","title":"Illmindmuzik","description":"\u003cp\u003eKnown for his proudly bugged-out delivery and laid-back style, the immensely likeable Declaime, p\/k\/a Dudley Perkins is pleased to rerelease his debut solo LP, \u003ci\u003eIllmindmuzik\u003c\/i\u003e on vinyl for the first time since 1999. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eProduced entirely by his longtime homie Madlib, the Oxnard-based duo concoct a seriously funky listening experience that combines Declaime’s delightfully woozy verses centered around crate-digging and mind expanding, over the Beat Konducta’s blunted instrumentals. 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