Album Stream: Hit + Run - 777 (ft. Jeremiah Jae, Ras_G, Kutmah, Zeroh, Knxwledge, and more)

Southern California live screenprinting company Hit + Run might seem like an odd platform to release compilations, but the company - founded by Brandy Flower and Mike Crivello back in 2005 - has been curating these for a while now.

The group, which has previously held events at Coachella and SXSW, debuted the 777 29-track effort, which features the likes of B&B favorites Jeremiah Jae, Ras_G, Zeroh, Knxwledge, Kutmah, and plenty more. The entire comp can be bought on the Hit + Run Bandcamp, available below.

Ras_G & The Afrikan Space Program - Injera, Lentils and Kale (Remix)

Celebrating Ras_G's birthday, the off-kilter producer has brought out an unconsciously spirited remix of his own "Injera, Lentils and Kale" alongside his Afrikan Space Program. Frequent collaborator Zeroh throws versus in the mind-melding remix, which features a video from Protius of G and friends at LA's Mom Alim's Ethiopian Restaurant.

A sincere happy birthday to G, one of the year's best producers. And as he says, "You can't fail when you're fuckin with kale."

Album Stream: Classic Drug References Vol. 1 - Various Artists

We've hit a bit on the glorious out-of-nowhere Classic Drug References compilation last week with Ras_G and Zeroh's "Yumshit" - a warped out, yet short one-two punch from the collection. Only a few days later, we get to here the whole thing, and holy shit you're in the right place.

Also included on the mix, which meshes wonderfully together, are well-established acts like Danny Brown, Knxwledge, Blu, and plenty of others, making for one of the year's best compilation efforts. Stream the entire thing below and order the Sweeney Kovar project here.

Ras_G and Zeroh - Yumshit

I've been stupidly unaware of Classic Drug References, which has been teaming up some very noteworthy rappers and producers for some time now. In its most recent addition CDR brings together space maestro producer Ras_G and rapper Zeroh for two rough cuts of "Yumshit."

G fans will note the trademark atmospheric haze he imprinted on the cuts (an original version and a beat tape one), which never fails to deliver. Check out both versions below and read up on the collaboration here.

New Ras G & The Afrikan Space Program - _ G Spot Connection

Before the August 6 release of Back On The Planet, the cosmic-minded Ras G & The Afrikan Space Program have another oddball single with "_ G Spot Connection." Like most of Ras G's material, it's littered with shredded samples and diluted beats, all while keeping a dream-like rhythm in tow.

Stream "_G Spot Connection" below and pre-order Back On The Planet now, courtesy of Brainfeeder.

Ras G and The African Space Program - All Is Well ...

It seems to impossible to be familiar with Ras G. The Brainfeeder alum has his hands in a lot of projects the float around all realms of the sound spectrum, with an impossible array of influences clouded in each. Unlike his Mercury RetroFADED EP with WULU, his brand new "All Is Well ..." with the African Space Program seems oddly straight-forward and methodical. Not that that's bad.

The track comes from Ras' forthcoming full-length Back On The Planet, which is due out August 13. Stream it below.

Ras G and WULU - Mercury RetroFADED EP

Brainfeeder alum Ras G, who even among the imprint's crew is known to be one of the more odd-ball figures, released this brand new collaborative EP with London producer WULU, Mercury RetroFADED. Like anything that you might expect from Ras, the effort is fairly off-the-wall, murky, and downright inspiring. The samples and hooks turn and spin into totally left-field abnormalities, with clouded production giving another wonderful element. It's only five-plus minutes long, however, but is available to stream below.

Ras G - Happy Arrival Day Mister Ra

As is most things surrounding the legacy of legendary jazz composer Sun Ra, the tribute to the posthumous figure from human music encyclopedia Ras G is tripped out, and positively other-worldly. The scoped-out vision of "Happy Arrival Day Mister Ra" features selected spoken words from the song's subject (and Moog segments), laced with computer-glitchy sound effects from various past space programs. It's a special creation from Ras, who has gone on record as being a very, very big fan of Ra, who would be celebrating his 99th birthday today.

Listen to "Happy Arrival Day Mister Ra" below.