Release Date - Monday March 10th. 2008
Rustie & 215 The Freshest Kids – Café De Phresh (Stuffrecords)
A1. Cafe De Presh http://rad.previewmode.net/blackhole/stuff007/a1.mp3
A2. Mic Of The Year http://rad.previewmode.net/blackhole/stuff007/a2.mp3
A3. Just 4 Kicks http://rad.previewmode.net/blackhole/stuff007/a3.mp3
A4. Patrick Ewing http://rad.previewmode.net/blackhole/stuff007/a4.mp3
B1. Patrick Ewing (inst.) http://rad.previewmode.net/blackhole/stuff007/b1.mp3
B2. Just 4 Kicks (inst.) http://rad.previewmode.net/blackhole/stuff007/b2.mp3
B3. Cafe De Phresh (inst.) http://rad.previewmode.net/blackhole/stuff007/b3.mp3
With everyone still drooling over his debut EP “Jagz The Smack”, Rustie is back with a brand new record. Since the release of Jagz, Rustie has become an in demand live act and topic of nuff internet chat. The dizzying rate at which he produces demands a daily visit to his Myspace to check his latest beats. Alongside Hudson Mohawke (Warp) he is part of the Lucky Me crew, a group of producers, DJs and artists producing some of the most innovative hip-hop this side of Madlib. Our Berlin brethren Modeselektor invited him to play at their recent I Love Modeselektor party in Paris, whilst online behemoth Boomkat declared Jagz The Smack to be their #1 record of 2007.
The Café De Phresh EP sees our man team up with California MCs Buddy Leezle and Cerebral Vortex from 215 The Freshest Kids for a record inspired by the two Ds - Drexciya and Dilla. On Side A Leezle and Vortex let loose all over Rustie's beats, reminding us that hip-hop is about partying, ladies and most of all having a dope sneaker collection. We kept the B-side for the instrumentals: think Drexciya style synth flourishes meets low-end dirty hip-hop swagger – Aquacrunk, as we like to call it. The first 500 records come in a screen printed 80s graffiti inspired sleeve created by Stuffrecords' in-house designer and DJ, Goodhand (www.re-loc .net - creator of the Flying Lotus reset game).
