Free music from Unruly Records' Schwarz every day this month
Adam Schwarz, who's DJ'ing tonight at Club Hippo at his monthly Deep in the Game party, is giving away an online-exclusive track every day this month. The first one, "Babes," was posted Wednesday, and the second, "La La La La La," went up yesterday.
The giveaway is similar to Kanye West's weekly music giveaway, G.O.O.D. Fridays, where he showed off some of the tracks that ended up on "My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy."
Schwarz said his idea was inspired by other rappers who've given away music away online, including Soulja Boy and Lil B.
"Gorilla Zoe released a full mixtape everyday for a month. That blew my mind," he said.
Some of the summer tracks, 30 in all, could have ended up on Schwarz' upcoming EP on Baltimore club label Unruly Records, "Deep in the Game."
But they didn't because some are sample-based, and the EP doesn't have any samples except for the drum breaks.
About 20 of the summer tracks are finished already, and the rest will be made over the course of the month, he said.
They will be released at Unruly Records' blog. A few have already appeared at some of his DJ sets, but Schwarz said they'll start popping up more often in the future.
The EP, meanwhile, doesn't have a release date yet but is being mastered now and will be sent to be pressed shortly, Schwarz said.
Its vinyl will have five original tracks and a Scottie B remix, and the digital will have remixes from DJs Cex, SHAMs, and Mark Brown, co-founder of the DITG party. The track list is below.
"Deep in the Game" track list:
1. Lose Yr F**** Mindz
2. I Don't Give A F**
3. Let's Get This Paper
4. Girlz Crazy ft DDM
5. AHHHH!
6. Lose Yr F**** Mindz (Jumpin Jack and Scottie B Remix)
Erik Maza is a features reporter at the Baltimore Sun. He writes for several sections of the Sun paper and contributes weekly columns on music and nightlife. He also writes and edits the Midnight Sun blog. He often covers entertainment, business, and the business of entertainment. Occasionally, he writes about Four Loko, The Block, the liquor board, and those who practice "
