“Joey Ripps” News

New release: Just Plain Ant "These Times / Scream Out"

If you haven’t already checked out the excellent Just Plain Ant release “Rumble, Young Man, Rumble”, here’s a little reminder for you. This, the final album maxi-single contains a double dose of album cuts with a couple dope remixes and a sneak peek at Ant’s upcoming September 7th release “seewhat…… Read “New release: Just Plain Ant "These Times / Scream Out"”

New release: Just Plain Ant “Rumble, Young Man, Rumble” with guest appearance by Chuck D!

Just Plain Ant is back with another fresh collection of his unique brand of hip-hop — beats, jazzy samples and a host of guests who each add their own flavor to the mix. Among the guests we’ve got blocSonic regulars such as Joey Ripps, Ohbliv and Sleaze. We’ve also got some new names — BlackLiq, B…… Read “New release: Just Plain Ant “Rumble, Young Man, Rumble” with guest appearance by Chuck D!”

Enjoy netBloc Vol. 26: N.E.T.A.U.D.I.O.

I want to first send out a heartfelt Happy New Year to you all! May 2010 be a year in which we all set the wheels in motion for a positive and happy decade. For blocSonic, our first year featuring original releases was a good one and it was the year that we began planning the good things to come…… Read “Enjoy netBloc Vol. 26: N.E.T.A.U.D.I.O.”

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

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…… Read “Welcome to “The Catastrophic Connection””

Behind “Anti-Love (Featuring Sleaze)”

The following is an excerpt from page 9 of the “Dig Deep” PDF booklet… Sleaze had been going through some things with some friends and it seemed like it was a really rough stage for him, so I figured what better way to help him than to give him an outlet. As you’ll hear when you listen to this track…… Read “Behind “Anti-Love (Featuring Sleaze)””