LIGHTGRIDS...

London electronic beat maker Om Unit is off to a hot start in 2010. This week he released a white-label remix of Joker's "Digidesign" in addition to a new single via All City called Lightgrids. Both are essential. Be sure to check them out.

MEDICOM x KARIMOKU PIANO BLACK 400% BE@RBRICK...

Wood manufacturer Karimoku teams up with MEDICOM to produce this all-wood co-branded black piano finish 400% Be@rbrick. So clean. Too bad it's so damn expensive.

NIKE SB BRUIN GREEN LEAF...

SUPER clean! This shoe screams spring time.

SHLOMOSHUN DELUXE...

Out this week via Friends of Friends is Shlomoshun Deluxe, the debut from 19 year old LA/SF based lo-fi electronic beat maker Shlohmo.

Shlomoshun features 9 original productions from Shlohmo in addition to remixes from Tokimonsta, devonwho, Fulgeance, & Low Limit. Fans of the LA beat scene (Flying Lotus, GLK, Nosaj Thing, etc.) should be all over this.

$FREE.99: DIPLO PRESENTS: FREE GUCCI (BEST OF THE COLD WAR MIXTAPES)

Diplo has rounded up a bunch of friends to remix tracks from Gucci Mane's Cold War mixtape series and is giving the entire batch away for FREE!

Diplo Presents: Free Gucci (Best of The Cold War Mixtapes) contains remixes from Diplo (naturally), Flying Lotus, Zomby, Salem, Memory Tapes, and more. Click here to download.

DO-OVER VOL. 1...

Brainfeeder head honcho Flying Lotus and Motown hip-hop mainstay Houseshoes split duties on vol. 1 of the new Do-Over series.

FL delivers more trademark crunchy hip-hop goodness with "Sangria Spin Cycles" and Houseshoes comes through with a Dilla-esque time signature called "The Makings". Straight heat, from LA to Motown.

LET THERE BE HORNS...

Ever feel like a bull in china shop? Apparently this guy does. Check out the new video from Rjd2 for "Let There Be Horns" from the forthcoming The Colossus. Album due on January 19th.

HISTORY...

Here's the latest video from resurgent underground hip-hop king Mos Def. This is "History" featuring Talib Kweli from The Ecstatic. Time signature provided by the late, great J Dilla.

NIKE SPORTSWEAR ALL-COURT HIGH...

Part of the Spring 2010 collection from Nike Sportswear. Hopefully these bad boys will be easier to track down than the fragment low-tops.

BEST OF 2009...

I vowed to finish this on time and here it is -- sp2009.

As usual, it's a 2 CD set (a+b). I haven't printed up the artwork yet but you can peep the cover below (click image to enlarge). The final sign-off comes this week when I "road test" the mix during my commute to work.

sp2009 features music from Dâm-Funk, Hudson Mohawke, Nosaj Thing, DOOM, Mayer Hawthorne, Mike Slott, P.O.S., Bibio, Brother Ali, Mos Def, and much, much, more.

Send me an email (click envelope below) and I'll make sure you get a copy.