Back Pack Music Blog

Darrick Thompson - Ivory Smile

This is a song off of my pal Darrick Thompson’s new album Liar which dropped today. It’s a great album and you can check it out here. it will also be on spotify soon. 

Darrick Thompson - Ivory Smile

This is a song off of my pal Darrick Thompson’s new album Liar which dropped today. It’s a great album and you can check it out here. it will also be on spotify soon. 

Summer School mixtape hosted by: DJ C-Bass

?uestlove // Ludwiggy [Free Breakbeat]

We got a rare treat (hell, a unique treat—far as we know) of the kind which only Okayplayer is um, equipped to deliver. To wit, our benevolent afro-lord ?uestlove has decided to drop his first “free breakbeat” on his new Ludwig drums. ?uesto sheds a little light on the story behind this fit of generosity below but in short, if you are not a fan of huge drum sounds laid down in ?uesto’s signature DJ-ready, deep-pockets style—blame it on D’Angelo: i made the decision to go full fledge back to my “roots.” dec 25th 1979 i got my very first “real” drum set (Blue Vistalites like Bonzo from Zep) then i went through a Tama phase (well…lol my parents were like “here”) but all my professional career i was a Yamaha head. which bent over backwards for me. but at the end of the day I’m a “breakbeat”-based drummer and i’ve never gotten better “grit” than i did with Ludwig. actually on D’angelo’s “yes we’re still waiting” new album i played on a blue & cream vistalite just like when i was a kid. the sound was so raw i was like “i GOTTA go back.”