Kev Brown, Kaimbr, and Early Reed of the Low Budget Crew drop by Subsoniq Radio in Spring of 2012 for a casual conversation about their music and life in between a solid set of tunes. Hear the guests speak on everything from who witnessed someone get stomped out to Wreckx-N-Effect “Rump Shaker”, why the Low Budget Crew was in the woods with Indiana Jones type torches, who they think D.C.’s next wave of talented hip hop artists are, and how are Early Reed and Mark The 45 King are linked.

In between the interesting conversation by these promising D.C. area artists you will be exposed to an array of good music from Low Budget and their affiliates catalog as well as some brand new songs. These guys have been quietly dropping heat on the underground consistently for years now and this episode of Subsoniq brings a lot of their material full circle. Enjoy!






Kaimbr – Body Bag
Stepkids – Suburban Dream Remix (f/Pharoahe Monch, Homeboy Sandman)
Kev Brown – Versatility Joint (f/ DJ RBI)
Kev Brown – Another Random Joint
K-Def – Excapizm (f/Rob-O)
A Tribe Called Quest – Push It Along
EVITAN (Dres & Jarobi) – PTI
Kaimbr/Kev Brown – Changes
Sean Born – Jim Kelly (prod Early Reed) > Pour Out Liquor
Hassaan Mackey – Simone (louder)
Gods’Illa – You Don’t Have To Be A Star (f/Maimouna Youssef)
DTMD – Raw (f/Godly MC, Kev Brown)
Diamond District – Streets Won’t Let Me Chill
Apollo Brown/Hassaan Mackey – Volume
Sean Born – Grandeur > The Quartermaine
Critically Acclaimed – Wallflower
Clear Soul Forces – 15 Minutes
EPMD – The Headbanger
Killer Mike/El-P – Big Beast (f/Bun B., T.I., Trouble)
Kev Brown/Kaimbr – We Getting On

This definitely had my head nodding. "Songs" is from The Alexander Green Project by Kaimbr & Kev Brown. It's cool to hear a fresh take by Kev Brown on an Al Green sample which has been flipped a number of times before, the additional bass and chopping makes it stand out and the lyrical performance by Kaimbr is one of the best I've heard this year.




Words from ReDefinition Records:

"I’ll spare you the typical “label / promo guy” hype this time… I’ll just say that I think this is a great song, and that Kaimbr and Kev Brown make for a great combo and that their music is that its something that regular, everyday folk such as ourselves can easily relate to. On The Combination (another song from the LP), when I heard Kaimbr say “Damn, I’m just glad I ain’t laid off,” that line hit home because a few months ago, like many others, I was laid off from my dayjob (for the record, this is John, not Damu - Damu’s dayjob is much more stable than where I was working).


As for the beats … Kev really nailed that classic Rza sound throughout this LP, which is something he intended to accomplish when producing it. There’s a reason why guys like Jazzy Jeff, De La Soul and Busta Rhymes call on Kev when they need beats; he simply knows what he’s doing."

Limited Edition GREEN VINYL LP includes a bonus 7” featuring a remix by Damu.