Last week Fresh Cut Collective frontman Kiran Vee released a beat tape called "A Tribute to Roy Ayers" under the name Bellse Soneek.
Roy Ayers is an artist that has been heavily sampled by producers for decades now and his work continues to be a cornerstone in the sound of traditional hip-hop, next to Parliament, Funkadelic, James Brown and many others.
The seven-track project is very pleasing to the ear and worth a stream.
You can stream "A Tribute to Roy Ayers" and download it for free through Fresh Cut Collective's Bandcamp page.
Born in Milwaukee and raised in the Milwaukee suburb of Brown Deer, Concordia University Wisconsin alumnus Poppe has spent the majority of his life in or around the city and county of Milwaukee.
As an advocate of Milwaukee's hip-hop community Poppe began popular local music blog Milwaukee UP in March 2010. Check out the archived entries here.
Though heavy on the hip-hop, Poppe writes about other genres of music and occasionally about food, culture or sports, and is always ready to show his pride in Milwaukee and Wisconsin.
