Damu and Buff1

Okay, so maybe you don't relish the challenge of obtaining a commercially unreleased single. Or maybe instrumental releases just don't hold your interest. That's okay, I've still got a Damu the Fudgemunk limited 7" single for you.

"When Winter Comes" is brought to us by our friends, Diggers With Gratitude. If the title sounds familiar, that's because an unfinished version's been public via mp3 since 2009. It's another killer production by Damu with brilliant, crunchy drums, killer piano samples and a vintage Wu-Tangy female vocal cue for a loop. And there's cuts as well. It's definitely more classically boom-bap than a lot of Damu's stuff. And on the vocals is Buff1, a Detroit MC from The Athletic Mic League, who should seek out more beats like this, because he sounds better than he usually does here.

But Damu just threw the song out there, because unfortunately the engineer accidentally wiped the vocal track, so it could never be properly mastered and released. But because everybody was feeling the mp3 so much, DWG got Damu and Buff back into the studio to rerecord it, as well as an all-new B-side, "Truly Get Yours."

"Truly Get Yours" is smoother and slower, but just as tight. The scratching sounds even more on point. There's another vocal sample looped on this one, and I feel like I've heard it used before, at a different pitch, but I can't place it. Then there's an amazing horn sample on the hook, it's like peak-era Pete Rock. At the end of the day, I think this is even stronger than "Winter," it's got such an addictive vibe.

So, this one's limited, but not too limited... There are 200 pressed on blue vinyl, and another 650 on standard black. And DWG releases are showing up in more and more hip-hop shops (like ughh), so this one isn't hard to find at all, and it's got a pretty close to regular price at $10. Just check out the soundclips here, especially the second half, and I'm sure you'll be sold. And check out the funky, stamped sleeves!