Four Lost Cuts from Tha Silent Partner’s 2014 Beat Archive
Tha Silent Partner has a way of treating his hard drive like an archaeological dig site. Every so often, something long-buried surfaces… mysterious, dusty, maybe mislabeled… and suddenly we’re staring at a new chapter in the TSP saga. “Don’t Get Slapped In The Old Country” is one of those rediscovered gems: four instrumental beats, all flipped from the same sample, all originally crafted back in 2014… yet somehow aging better than most things from 2014.
TSP himself admits he barely remembers making these. That tracks. The man has released nearly 60 projects with blocSonic, spanning house, ambient, beat tapes, sound experiments, and everything in between. When you’ve created that much, memory becomes optional. What matters is the vibe… and this set is dripping with it.
These four “Slapped In The Old Country” cuts form a compact, dusty-laced snapshot of a particular moment in TSP’s beatmaking brain. One even snuck onto SIX ONNA 7 (Part 3) years ago. The rest? Hidden away until now, quietly waiting for their day in the sun.
Today’s that day.
For longtime fans, this release fits perfectly into the eccentric, ever-expanding mosaic of his blocSonic output. For newcomers, it’s a great entry point: brief, cohesive, playful, and unmistakably TSP. Another small window into the world of a producer whose range stretches from gentle ambient drift to hard-edged hip-hop underworld.
From Luton to Florida to hard drives everywhere, Tha Silent Partner continues to surprise… even himself. Dive in, enjoy the dust, and don’t get slapped.
TSP, thanks a million for more gems from the archives! Yup, folks will dig them.
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Peace
Mike Gregoire
Founder/Curator blocSonic.com