| The Growing Pains of L.A.’s Versis | August 15, 2014 |
Max Bell guesses like the jeans Prolificacy is usually equated with prominence. Raise your digital flag daily or sink amidst the coded stream. Rappers usually feel compelled to bear this burden more than most, fearful of being relegated to blog freezers. Thankfully, there are rappers like L.A.’s Versis, those who’ve long risen above the fear, […]
| Quelle Chris & Dibiase – 2Dirt4TV Vol 1 EP | April 4, 2012 |
Quelle Chris, one of the best from the Dirty D, meets Dibia$e, Low End Theorist, jazz-man masked as a modern producer. If there was any doubt of me posting this up, the combination of Ronnie Foster chords and “Real Muthaphukkin’ G’s” samples on the same song had me sold. This is nothing fancy — just […]
| Versis X Dibia$e – “Fly Me to the Moon” | December 6, 2011 |
Astrud Gilberto, Dibia$e, psychedelic visuals of B-Boy alien skeletons smoking blunts? Where do I sign the contract and do I get a mid-level exception? Then there is Versis, the 20-year old Angeleno, who continues to progress with every track. He uses his Twitter to endorse Bibio and the Theremin and raps in the vein of […]
| Cracked Skulls and Angry Machines | September 13, 2010 |
Dibiase “Skullcrack” from Alpha Pup on Vimeo. Nate Patrin dented the skull of Machines Hate Me with a 5.8 for Pitchfork and I can’t knock his reasoning, even the score is too low by a point and change. At times, the record smacks of endearing but Gotcha! 8-bit flips that were fresh when Dibiase first […]
| Chopping Trees with Dibiase | August 5, 2010 |
I’ve written about Dibiase before, so no need to rehash the wikiography. I do that at Pop and Hiss, and am out of $4.99 adjectives for one day. The first single from his forthcoming Alpha Pup record is called “Lumberjack” and is of Dilla descent. I dig it, but prefer when he flips the themes […]
| Dibiase’s Return of the Sludge | March 23, 2010 |
Dibiase deserves a gold-plated, diamond-encrusted belt for his latest mix, courtesy of the always-reliable BTS Radio. A forty-minute blend comprised largely of unheard CD-R’s, the Watts-raised, Alpha Pup-signed beatmaker occupies the middle ground between Dilla and Flying Lotus. Granted, that’s two comparisons to Dilla in one day, which sounds excessive, but not nearly so much […]
| Dibiase’s Million Dollar Beats | November 13, 2009 |
If Dibiase does not win the title of best beatmaker in Los Angeles, he will buy it from a thespian giant named Andre who may or may not hail from Grenoble France. As this is a tough belt to win, I hope he is saving his diamonds and gold bullion. Unlike the Million Dollar Man, […]
