“luck & ripps” Posts

Donnie and Timezone return with Tha Bloc Report November 2023 episode!

Alright y’all Donnie Ozone and Timezone Lafontaine’s are bringing it again with another episode of Tha Bloc Report! As always, this month Donnie digs into the archives spinning music new and old and the Heat of the Month Top 5. Timezone of course once again delivers a smokin’ hot 20… Read more

An improvBloc by Tha Silent Partner and Donnie & Timezone bring us Tha Bloc Report for April!

Tha Silent Partner releases an improvBloc! Begun back in 2014 by James Dangle, the improvBloc series was created to celebrate improvisational music creation. Each release is 20-40 minutes and improvisational to some degree. Thus far there have only been 2 released, the last one by Eli & The Mannings in… Read more

Alex Franklin surprises and Donnie & Timezone bring us another dope episode of Tha Bloc Report!

Alex Franklin switches things up with Chest Pains! Hey kids… so you know multi-instrumentalist Alex Franklin from his instrumental releases, right? However, what do you know about Alex Franklin the rapper? Well, after today, you’ll know much more because we have his blocSonic rap debut “Chest Pains”. The album is… Read more

Tha Bloc Report Episode 11… Pot-C digs and comes up with wall to wall music!

Last month there was a lot of great music released here at the bloc! That gave Pot-C so many options and ultimately resulted in a wall to wall music episode where he explores the latest, the greatest and some gems from deep in the archives! Kick back and enjoy a… Read more

Check the latest BSOTS podcast episode

Be sure to check out the latest episode of the Both Sides of the Surface podcast which features among it's fantastic line-up, “Rock On” from Luck & Ripps’ “The Catastrophic Connection”! Check it out here. Read more

Another fine review of Luck & Ripps’ “The Catastrophic Connection”

Marvin over at Free Albums Galore has just graced us with another fine review, the following is a snippet: This classy album by Luck & Ripps is titled The Catastrophic Connection is good music however you label it. The sound of Luck & Ripps is especially accessible to all music… Read more

Check the fresh review of Luck & Ripps’ “The Catastrophic Connection”

mo. over at Phlow Magazine graced Luck & Ripps and blocSonic with a terrific review of “The Catastrophic Connection”. Check it out! “A collection of Boom-Bap Hip Hop | "Turn of that hippe-di-hip-hop-hop-music, son!" Yeah this is some of that raw NYC shit. A style where Hip Hop rhythms roll… Read more

Welcome to “The Catastrophic Connection”

Back in February, Joey Ripps approached me about releasing one of his projects through blocSonic. One of the projects, a collaboration with 13aDLucK produced by Catastrophe, turned out to be quite a strong set. After hearing the drafts Ripps sent, blocSonic was officially down for a release! What you’re about… Read more