Introducing the Brown Bag AllStar’s UK affiliate, Jefferson Price. His solo outing, Just Assume, I’m Everywhere, is coming soon.

DOWNLOAD: Jefferson Price – They Follow (prod. J57)

Here’s the lead single and video to BBAS’ London ambassador, Jefferson Price who you may recall from numerous BBAS projects. Jefferson’s upcoming EP will feature production from both Audible Doctor & J57. Oh yeah, J57′s 2057 coming soon!

PREVIOUS: 2DBZ x BBAS: The Brown Label (FreEP)

The BBAS-affiliate (and veteran UK battle emcee) links up with J57 for some new music..

DOWNLOAD: Booda French – 61 Grace (prod. J57)

The debut long-player from the Brown Bag AllStars isn’t due until the Fall, but producer J57 takes fans inside a beat-making session for the project. Meanwhile, if you haven’t grabbed the BBAS’ freelease with the dopehouse kill yourself, resurrect, cop it below and slap your moms for not doing it before hand.

PREVIOUS: 2DBZ x BBAS: The Brown Label (FreEP)

ArtByShake. Click to enlarge.

Last week, the dopehouse hit y’all with four new exclusive records from the (extremely underrated) Brown Bag AllStars squad. Fully equipped with features from Akie Bermiss; beats by J57, The Audible Doctor and DeeJay Element, artwork by yours truly (with illustrations from the misses, No. 5) and great damn music. Now — exactly as planned — here goes The Brown Label EP. The total package w/ the previous leaks and two bonus remixes from J57 and The Audible Doctor. Hit the jump for the tracklist and download link.

ArtByShake. Illustration by No. 5

If you’re following me (or any of the BBAS members) on Twitter you’ve heard about the 2DBZxBBAS EP for a couple weeks now. Well folks… the campaign has begun! And for the rest of this week we’ll be hitting you with singles every day until the Brown Label EP drops in it’s entirety on Monday. Up first? Rottweilers with J57 on the beat.

DOWNLOAD: Brown Bag AllStars – Rottweilers (prod. J57)

Before we link up with the Brown Bag AllStars for a special EP (dropping in about 2-3 weeks), J57 teams up with DotGotIt and DJ Concept for a 2dope collection of his finest production. Features include the BBAS crew (of course), Co$$, Homeboy Sandman, Sene, Skyzoo, Von Pea (of Tanya Morgan), Tek and more.

Directed by Brian Robinson

Koncept’s debut album, awaken, dropped today via SoulSpazm Records. Do your ears a favor and cop it via iTunes.

PREVIOUS: Koncept – Getting Home f. Sene (Video)

The Brown Bag AllStar takes Brooklyn Bodega through his beat-making process and discusses the group’s approach to releasing music. Speaking of… the 2DBZxBBAS EP is gonna be something serious. Get ready.

This track is off the upcoming collaborative project between Ruby Hornet & itstheBino, OTTN, which is set to be released in January and features Sir Michael Rocks, Jon Connor, ASAAD, Nemo Achida and many more.

DOWNLOAD: Chuuwee – Amalgam Back (prod. J57)

Directed by Ricky Shabazz

Welcome to a brand new series we’ll be running here at the dopehouse, in conjunction with Cluster Mag and Ricky Shabazz & The Boom Bap Boys. In this new series, dubbed The Produce Section, we’ll be highlighting some of Hip-Hop’s finest producers, from old to new, young and old. If it’s quality, you can be sure we’ll be covering it. For the first in our series, Cluster Mag sat down with BBAS’ J57. You can read an excerpt of the interview with Cluster below, and catch the entire thing here.

“I’m lucky to learn from the people I know,” J57 tells me as he cues up a sample and pats his dog, Suri (co-producer). “A true student doesn’t emulate what they hear, they take what they are taught and apply it with their own flair,” J explains as he lists specific tricks he’s learned from masters. He cites Marco Polo as the “illest with bass lines,” an affinity that Marco personally passed down to him. DJ Premier is another mentor. Premier is the king of chopping samples, taking source material and re-deploying it in altered forms to unleash its hidden potential, an expertise J has not taken for granted. But J, too, has a fair share to offer his teachers and peers alike. He recently worked alongside Premier arranging Nas’ new single, “Regeneration,” which he recorded alongside the Berklee Symphony Orchestra. In this network of crews, hip-hop gods, and students, J57 cites the constant exchange between other artists as what keeps him advancing.

When J hit his teens out in Long Island, the mid-90’s ‘golden era’ boomed through New York and the soundtrack for parties in the ‘burbs reflected just that. It was around the customary keg one night that J57’s friends took to freestyling—spilling loose words and beer on the linoleum floor. But with no beat, a freestyle’s potential remains half-built, so J57 began beat boxing. Before long, he was the official beat boxer for the ciphers that had begun to crop up in the hallways as the hip hop virus made its way across the island.

(2)dope premiere time. J drops off a new song featuring BBAS bredren Koncept that’s set to be featured on his 2057 EP which should be out at the top of 2012.

DOWNLOAD: J57 – Pulp Fiction f. Koncept (prod. J57)
PREVIOUS: Koncept – Aspirations f. Soul Khan (prod. J57) (Video)