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#136 - Best Beattapes & Albums [Part 1️⃣]

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The underground stays undefeated when the community curates. We kick off Season 6 with Part One of our best beat tapes and albums of 2025, building a front‑to‑back mix that celebrates producers who turn life into rhythm—from late‑night study loops to church‑recorded anthems that shake the room. No gatekeepers, no radio formulas, just beatmakers shaping the soundscapes we live in.

We open with Anthony Church’s Immunity, a masterclass in space and swing, then slide into Thxk_U’s Humanity 90, where tempo choices carry mood without losing drive. E+RO=3’s Breakfast For Champions marks a milestone with buttery transitions, while Heru’s Hymns delivers winter‑ready jazz textures and off‑kilter drums that refuse lo‑fi clichés. Sirebeez fuses Chicago dance, jungle energy, and modern hip‑hop into a culture‑blended palette, and Foliage Beats’ Ink proves that pocket, tone, and restraint still win.

The narrative deepens with Dr. Phillip Onya’s Beat Science from Cardiac Rhythm, a conceptual project that treats percussion like thesis work. 4D’s Visions brings a powerful arc from burnout to renewal, turning doubt into melody and forward motion. Ms. Vame’s You Can’t Plan That captures the electricity of a room‑shaking beat battle and backs it up with real‑world credits and new releases on deck. Algorithm-C and Kount’s Without You blurs sacred and street with a live church recording, and Xpompa’s Kingston Sour tips a hat to flip culture and mixtape lineage.

We keep it global with CogDiss’ Drift out of Melbourne, an ode to beatmaking as self‑preservation, stitched with loss, determination, joy, and hope. Blkgod9’s Serenity anchors into purpose—God, hip‑hop, and music—while Chairman Maf’s Keeping Secrets returns to instrumental storytelling after a rap‑heavy run. Son Brave’s Different Cloth closes with Baltimore grit and polished ear, reminding us that originality is still the sharpest tool in the box.

Press play, enjoy the full set, and share your thoughts. Support these artists on Bandcamp and beyond. If you like the mix, follow, review, and share with a beat lover. Subscribe, leave a comment, and text us your favorite cut for Part One

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SPEAKER_14:

Yo yo yo welcome to twenty twenty six season six of the red show podcast. What up what up what up? Yeah, you know what I mean. Some of y'all this might be your first time hearing me. Some of y'all that might be tired of hearing me. But I'm not gonna stop. You feel me? I'm not gonna stop, man. Yo, listen, welcome back to season six. This is episode 130. Uh 136. Man, we are doing some amazing things on this podcast, man, this year. You know, I'm leveling up. And uh, you know, every year we're gonna do something amazing, different. Of course, bring light to all of y'all beat makers out there, and music producers and composers, man, and um, you know what I mean? Because light makes the you know, I mean light, light makes the world, yeah, a great place to be, exactly. But you know what I mean, music makes the world go round, you feel me? So, you know, if we we got people um doing the soundscapes for, you know, their drives and their lives, then why not spotlight them? You feel me? We start with the record, then we recognize the beats, you feel me? That's what we do here. You know what I mean? So listen, if this is your first time listening to this podcast, thank you. Uh infinity times, man. Thank you. Um, I hope you enjoy this episode. For those that are keep that keep coming back every single episode and every single year, thank you infinity times, man. Um you know, I'm just doing it because it's a a passion of mine. So you know what I mean. I love what y'all are putting out. I love what y'all do. I like that. You know what I mean? I like uh beats and music and the soundscapes that the things that y'all do with the music, man. So why not spotlight it? But anyway, let me get off that. Um, yo, so we're gonna do this mix, man. Um I I put it out there to the internets, man. And um a good portion of y'all uh responded, man. So every single person that responded, boom, is gonna be in this mix. But then also I'm gonna put in there some of the joints that um was all you know on my band camp and the things that I support um we supported um last year, uh as far as best beast tapes and albums of 2025. 2025 was a year. I ain't gonna lie, it was a year, man, it was knocking motherfuckers out. But you know what I mean? I hope you stayed resilient. I hope you built resilient 2026. We on that shit tonight, you know what I mean? We on that shit. Ain't nothing stopping us. We're gonna keep going and keep moving forward and upward. You feel me? So listen, let me get into um this first joint is by Anthony Church, man, who's the creator of um Forbidden Knowledge. Um no, no, no, no, no. Proven Knowledge. I'm thinking about my man Carson. Um yeah, Anthony Church is uh Proven Knowledge podcast, man, where he interviews a whole bunch of different artists from all over, man. Dope interviews. Uh y'all go check that out as well, man. But um, we're gonna get into this joint and uh let's talk, let's talk about it, man. Let's go. The name of this joint is called Immunity, man. Yeah. Name this joint is called Immunity, and um, I think it's dope, man. Yeah, this is from his leaves and soil beating, man. He did an amazing job, the Anthony Church, man. Super dope, man.

unknown:

Yeah, I love it.

SPEAKER_14:

Doing amazing things, man. Proud of you, bruh. Keep going, man. Yeah.

SPEAKER_05:

Woo!

SPEAKER_14:

Yo, man. Listen, we're gonna get into this. Um, the homie, man, the uh Love Supreme California homie. Thank you, man. Still putting out these joints, you feel me? And um, the name of this joint is called Humanity 90. I think it's 90 with the beep because of the BPMs, but it's from this album called Apes. If you haven't listened to my man, thank you in any capacity, smack yourself, all right? For real, like smack yourself, you feel me? Because um you went for a treat, alright? So we're gonna get into this, man, and uh, I hope y'all enjoy. You feel me? You feel me?

unknown:

Yeah, there we go.

SPEAKER_14:

Just spazzing on them, bruh.

SPEAKER_12:

Thank you. Why you had to do that to him, bruh? Why you like why you had to do that, man?

SPEAKER_14:

Shout out to thank you, man. Shout out to the whole family guy. I love Supreme California, man. You know I I you know I support y'all, man. I love what y'all are doing out there, man. And um, yeah, we're gonna keep this rolling, man. The next joint is from the one and only E Ro three E Rosilla Professor E Rosilla, you know what I'm saying? Um, with his all roads led me here beat um slash album.

SPEAKER_12:

I actually want to call it uh, you know what?

SPEAKER_14:

It's it hey, it is an experience. How about that? Let's say that, man. Um, the name of this joint is called Breakfast for Champions, man. So let's get into this real quick. You know what I'm saying? Yeah, this is dope too. Shout out to Professor E Ro 3, Professor E Ro Zimmer. Hope y'all enjoy this joint. Alright. Yeah, man, E Row 3 said, you know, when he You know, he created it in conjunction with his 50th B Day, man. So happy related birthday, you know what I'm saying? Just reflecting on all the roles it took to bring him to where he is today, man. So yeah, that's a refined hero. All emotions and stories told within the music, melodic and hard at the same time. This is this is so smooth, bruh. That's why I had to pick this one, yeah. Hey, yo. Because just the transition into that joint was amazing, man. So I had to include it, man. That shit was so fire, man. So fire, man. So yeah, man, we're gonna keep it moving, man. Let's get into this hero or h-e-r-u. I um I gotta figure out how to pronounce that correctly, but the homie sent this joint over, man, and we're gonna play it for y'all. Um, I hope y'all enjoy it too, as well. Man, this joint is fire. It's called Hems. It's from that suddenly redux B tape. Man, it's fire, man. It's available on all streaming platforms, man. You know what's yeah. What my man said inspired this joint. He said this project was created between late 2024 and early 2025, but the concept was to create a sound that balances sporadic drum loops with a mellow laid-back foundation to carry the energy of the team. A lot of jazz inspiration too. This album is ideal for the winter season. And uh if you don't live in Texas, uh, then you in the winter season. But if you in Texas, bruh, it's like 80 degrees in January, bruh. What the heck is happening, man? We gon' we gotta run this back, man. We gotta run this back. But um it's not your typical lo-fi tape in general, man. So you it's unique. It's unique for my man, you know. So let's run this back, yo. Let's run this back. Yeah. Alright, y'all enjoy this one.

SPEAKER_03:

Do you think so?

SPEAKER_14:

Yo, that joint is yo, that joint is amazing, man. Shout out to Hiro. Man, super dope, yo. So man, we're gonna get into this next joint called uh tiki Malasala. Masalasala. Man, from the Empower R Pete Paul. Uh from Siri B. Man, this joint is amazing as well. Let's get into it, man. Let's get into it.

SPEAKER_10:

Peace, peace. This is L.

SPEAKER_02:

You're checking out the Reg Show podcast, hosted by my man Golden Line, Pope.

SPEAKER_14:

Represent Oakland, California, man. Experimental joints. Hey, get it at Don't Whip Some.com, man. Inspired by a lot of dance music of Chicago's underground networks, as well as the UK sound of jungle and contemporary hip-hop. Bone bag instrumentals. It's created around summertime. That's the open. Yo, he said this project stands out from others because it it shows a variance of genres that can be implemented into one beat tape as well as culture mixing, which is not usually utilized, which is true. Um you know, he said it's just separate from every other album released due to his intentions and motives regarding the album using beat tapes and consisting of a concept just like this one does, through the sound of the beat tape, in which in what gravitates more people, and this is one of the beat tapes that capture that essence. And um if y'all listening, y'all definitely hear that man. Yeah, I like that man. You got he's got four aliases, bro. Oh, he's got multiple artist names, fourth year, Siri B's, May Joanna, Mary Joanna, yeah, man. Thank you, man. Thank you. Um shout out to you, man. This joint is dope, man. I love that I love the project too, man. Yeah, you know what, guys, man, guys and gals, I may not be able to support every single B tape that comes out, man, because it's so many, but this is my way of supporting y'all, man. So I hope y'all appreciate it. And um, let's just keep let's just keep making this thing bigger and bigger and bigger. Let's get it out of control. You know what I mean? Yeah, so let's get into this foliage beats joint, man, called Ink from the UB tapism joint, man. Which I really I'm really digging on, man. So shout out to Foliage Beats, man. Let's get into it, yo. This joint is fire too, man. That's why I had to include it, man. Wow.

SPEAKER_15:

Wow.

SPEAKER_14:

Super dope, man. Come on, man. Come on, man. Come on, man. Let's go. Yo, we just get warmed up, y'all. We are just getting warmed up, man. Listen, let's get into this joint from uh semis or sims, uh, called anything real from the gifts I'm giving joint. This joint is amazing, too, man. So I hope y'all enjoy it. Shout out to S. Fire.

SPEAKER_12:

Come on, Sheesh, she's crazy good, man.

SPEAKER_14:

Listen, let's get into this next joint, man, from Dr. Philip Onya. Alright. The name of this joint is called Beat Science from that cardiac rhythm beat tape, man. Super dope. Man, if man, if y'all not feeling these, man, I don't know what's wrong with y'all eardrums. But y'all go get a Q-tip, man. Clean them joints out and relax it, man, because this shit is fire, man. These joints are fire, man. And and it's only it's what y'all are putting out. You know what I'm saying? It's not the radio, it's not, you know what I mean, somebody that's uh, you know, a suit and a tie, picking these joints. No, these are the joints that's a fellow beat maker, you know what I mean, picking out these joints that's amazing, man. These joints is amazing. So anyway, let me let me stop talking, man. Let's get to it, man. Call me the doctor, the doctor. Nah, yo, to call that man the doctor, yo. Let's start that real up, man. Start all over, man. Let's go, man. Let's go.

SPEAKER_04:

Call me the doctor, you the doctor, the doctor.

unknown:

I believe it.

SPEAKER_14:

Come on, man. Come on, man. Yeah.

unknown:

Wow.

SPEAKER_14:

One of the best conceptual projects this year, he said. If y'all don't get that name, y'all, y'all crazy, man.

SPEAKER_12:

Come on, man.

SPEAKER_14:

Wow. Wow, man, Dr. Philiponia, man. The name of that that album, that B tape is called Cardiac Rhythm on Bandkin. Go check it out. ASAP. Alright. Um, and support the homie, man. Support the doctor, man. Yo, so let's get into this um Visions from the uh the B tape called Annie Anhedonia. Uh, hope I'm saying that right. From the homie 4D. This joint is fire as well, man. So enjoy this. I'm gonna tell y'all a little bit about this joint as well. Um, but I hope y'all liking what y'all what y'all hearing, and I hope y'all vibing. Um, I hope and if you can do me a favor, go ahead and whatever um device or platform that you're listening to this on, go ahead, give it a like, give it a review, give it a thumbs up, uh a comment. Um, if you're listening to it on uh you know YouTube, go ahead, subscribe, um, hit the bell so you know when we the the next episode is coming, man. And uh it just you know does the thing with the algorithms and all that stuff. I I really don't like playing that game, but it is what it is. But y'all can help out the show by doing something like that that takes a few seconds. All right. Appreciate that. Let's get into this visions from the homie 4D.

SPEAKER_15:

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00:

Motherfucking listen, I'll be gone.

SPEAKER_14:

Let's go. Yo, let me just say this real quick, yo. This joint was made by you know, 4D feeling of like not being able to make anything anymore, the feeling of not finding satisfaction in anything anymore. You know, it was made in a matter of a month or two. And um this this project, it was like he was a shell of himself. But the simple fact that this project was that journey out of that place and finding his way back to himself, man. Come on, man. Come on, get it, yo, give that man a round of applause, man. Come on, man. Give that man a round of applause. Let's keep it going, man. Let's keep it moving, man. Let's go.

SPEAKER_05:

Yeah, I like that, man.

SPEAKER_14:

I like that, man. Forty. That's his name, man. Yeah, that's his name. Forty, man. So yo. Um, I'm gonna just say this about my next track that I'm gonna play. It's from the new homie, uh, Miss Vomie. The name of this joint is called You Can't Plan That And Focus from her uh album that she produced is called produced by Miss Vomie. Listen the simple fact that you had the balls to go ahead and put this and sub and and submit this into this year's best being tapes and albums of 2025. This is what you get for me, man. Let's go. Let's go. We're gonna keep yeah, I like that. I like that. I like that. Taking chances, you just never know, man. Shout out to you. I'm a new fan, by the way, so I like what you do. Let's go. We need more female beamers on the show anyway, so keep them coming. Keep them coming. Alright. Um, yeah, let's get into it, man. Let's go.

SPEAKER_11:

However, Miss Lady came in with a really 2007 Soakie Whip. That is very fucking hard to accomplish. She came in with a different type of style, and then that second one was just fucking crazy. The whole room filming. It is very hard. Hold on, hold on. It is very hard to come to a beat battle and make the whole room move. You can't plan that. You know what I'm saying? Because everybody has their own type of style. The whole fucking room move. I have to give it to you. I gotta get that.

SPEAKER_15:

That's that MVP right there.

SPEAKER_14:

I don't know what the bruh. Come on, man. Come on, man. I appreciate y'all, man. That's that MVP right there. Work with Timberland, three sync placements with Paramount Plus, HBO Max, and YouTube. She signed to Groundwork Records, man, out there in Sacramento, California. So shout out to Groundwork Records, man. Shout out to Sacramento, California. She got two new B tips coming out in January. So yeah, we here for that. We here for that. Yeah. Yeah, I like that. I like that one. I like that one, yo. Okay, so listen. Um, let's get into this joint from the homie. Algorithm C, man, uh, featuring accounts. Um, so Algorithm C has always been in my corner, man. Been in this podcast corner, always been inspirational, man. I see him on IG with his family, beautiful family, doing amazing things, being an upstanding man, being an example of uh, you know, what a man can and should be. You know what I'm saying? And I appreciate you, Algorithm C, for showing that, first of all, being that, second of all, and um, you know, I you know, I I applaud you for you know, not just doing that, being a you know, upstanding man and husband, but also being able to be creative and show your kids like yo, you can you can do all these different things, you know. I mean, he a hooper, he a marathon runner, man. He like he making beats, he you know what I mean, he be in church with the beats, yeah. Like, come on, man. Like, come on, man. Listen, I appreciate you, man. So listen, we're gonna get into this joint without you. Um uh featuring count. Let's get into it, man. He did this live in his church too, man. Which is super dope because every all the all the um all the attendees or yeah, I mean you had him singing it.

SPEAKER_12:

Without you could be without you. Without you. All right, let's turn it up, yeah. Without you, I'm not sure.

SPEAKER_14:

So you know what I'm saying? Yeah, this was an experimental joint, man. It's on the DSPs as well, man. So he's got two versions this version, but then he's also got the live version. So check it out, man. Yeah. Said our presence is key. Couldn't be without you, and couldn't be without the father in heaven. Also, this track is symbolic of we couldn't be without rhythm. That's why I selected percussion from for the album cover. So yeah, man. Shout out to the count, man, for those percussions and the drums that he that drum packs that he puts out, man. Super dope, yo. Yeah, man. Ah he performed it at 88 keys coffee using his core coas pad, unique and different, man. So, yeah, shout out to you, man. Blessings to you. Right back, man. We pray that you know you have an amazing 2026 as well. You know what I mean? Bless up, bless up, my guy. But yo, let's get into this. Um, this next joint. I hope I got it set up already, man. Um we gonna go and we are going to go with uh Zomp Zamp? It's called Kingston Sour from Sour Hour Flips Volume 1. Yes, I threw him some flips. I do what the heck I want to do. Alright. Um, let's get into it, man.

SPEAKER_01:

It's more a consciousness and take a look at the smoke. So when I'm Kiara Park, I'll do a living city. You don't hear it, guys. You think it different living us live stuff? You worried and you don't have the kind of thing.

SPEAKER_14:

Inspired by that data from Mixtape Bear. Yo, I don't know if y'all remember that data from Mixtape Bear.

SPEAKER_12:

I got so many albums on my hard drive from DatPur.

SPEAKER_14:

Yeah, man. Y'all need some hit me up, man. I got a I got a whole hard drive full of them jokes, bro. I ain't going nowhere. I still say timers.

SPEAKER_17:

And whatever show of us, yeah, man.

SPEAKER_14:

Yo, you know, we had to go straight to the homie Black Eye Nine in Love Spring, California. Stop the body. Artists, producer, videographer, photographer, uh uh uh engineer, uh uh uh what else you want to call it, man. Yo, yo, stop this, stop, real up, real up, real up, real up, man. Listen, man. Listen, black guy nine, I appreciate you for what you do. But more importantly, for who you are, which is from what I see from a distance, is just you just want to be creative, you just wanna be in your own world, you know what I mean, and still help people out. You know what I mean? And just be a light in this world, man. Just be a light in it. That's that's what I see. You know what I mean? That's what I see from a lot of the homies that I love Supreme California, man. So yeah, yeah, yeah. We're gonna actually we're gonna run this back, man. We're gonna run this back. Um the name of this joint is called Serenity from the Soul Glow 3. Uh insane rhetoric. Big tape. That name is crazy. Um Yeah, let's get let's get into it, man. Let's uh let's vibe with this, man. And uh turn this up, man. Hit your like buttons and subscribe buttons and you know, all of that, all of that, that good stuff, all of that good stuff, alright? Ashley, these last two tracks might be joints that you want to fire up, but you know what I mean. Let's go. Let's go.

SPEAKER_17:

And whatever show was what I would do out here is the bottom stop.

SPEAKER_14:

He created this with no limits and no rules to his creativity, man. And it you can hear it. Come on, man.

SPEAKER_16:

That's probably why so many people felt me off of that song. And I really, you know what I'm saying, wanted to dig into the vibe of Snowdog and see what's really going on because that song was so so real with so much. So you need to find him as a tool.

SPEAKER_14:

Serenity. Yeah, man. That joint is That joint is emotional, man. I'ma just say that, man. That joint is um while I'm talking, let me let's just run it back real quick, but that joint is emotional. That joint is emotional, man. So um you know, uh uh, you know, in the in the the Google form I asked, like, hey, tell us what separates this from everything else you released. And he said, uh, Black Eye 9 said, uh, quote, this is the beginning of him not caring about anything but God, hip hop, and music. Yeah, I like that man. I like that. I really do like that, man. I'm grateful for y'all, man. I'm grateful for y'all, man. Blessings all this year, abundance all this year, you know. I'm saying, every day, every minute, every hour, every second, millisecond, all of that joints, man. I can just listen to it again, hopefully. But uh, we're gonna get to this next joint cuz it's so good, man. Let's uh but um let's get into this next joint from uh Cogdas. Uh the name of this joint is called Drift and it's from the self-preservation B tape. All right, let's get into it. Pause. Listen, this is this is Yeah, I mean we we we going to Australia right now. Yeah, I mean, Melbourne Australia right now. Shout out to my all my aussies, oi, oi, oi, all of that stuff, you know what I'm saying? Listen, man, we oh y'all don't understand if the feeling of yeah I mean your podcast touching all these different continents and countries and cities and I never would have thought, man, but um yeah man. Let's run it back, but let's run it back. Let's start all over, man. Run it back, yo. But yo, all right, let's go. Shout out to Cog Disc, man, self-preservation album. Available on Bandcamp right now. Yeah. Inspired by the SP Music Samplers, hence the title Self-Preservation. He chose this title as an ode to beatmaking being a means of self-preservation in the wild world that we live in. Meant to be listened to from start to end, telling a story of loss, determination, joy, hope. State blankets genre shed is still a cohesive blessing. Yeah, man. Shout out to Melbourne, Australia, Cod Disc. That joint's fire, man.

SPEAKER_12:

Woo, come on, man. Yo, where my where my where my samples at? There it is.

SPEAKER_14:

Let's go, man. Let's go to this next joint, man. For real.

SPEAKER_09:

Lack the minerals and vitamins. Do it at all. It can save you until your feet look.

unknown:

It can change your whole thing. If you let them come in.

SPEAKER_14:

Hold up, man. You lack some minerals. Hold up, man.

SPEAKER_09:

You lack some mineral.

SPEAKER_14:

Hold up, man. Listen. This is me getting comfortable with the the DJ mode on the SP404 Mark II. Shout out to Roller. Hey, listen, man. Um this is Chairman Moth. Keeping secrets is the name of this joint from the dead poet. Yo. Amazing project as well. We're gonna talk about this a little bit more as well, man. But shout out to Chairman Moth, man. Let's go.

SPEAKER_09:

You lack the minerals and vitamins. Lower it off. He can save you. Until you feel he can change your whole thing.

SPEAKER_08:

If you let him go, And you know, I don't know any other name tonight under the heaven Whereby men can be saved Other than the name of J.

SPEAKER_14:

He can save it tonight Until your hands look new Yeah, we went to we went to the UK for this one, man. England to be specific. Yeah I mean This album marks the return to mostly instrumental beats after his last years rapping heavy The Pitts. Shout out to Jeremy Moth, man. Dang man. Okay, so listen, um we're gonna get into this next joint called Different Cloth. Alright? My name is this is from Sun Brave from the Overtones Volume 8, yo. Super dope. Yo, my homie is from Baltimore, Maryland. Shout out to my Baltimore, Maryland folk, man. Shout out to y'all, man. Sun Brave. You know what I'm saying? True OG series dot com. Overtones volume eight, man. Let's go, man. Available on Bandcamp as well. Let's get it, man. Let's go, man. Yo, so listen, we are going to we are going to I think I wanna I think I want to Let me see. I think I want to I think I'm gonna split this one up, man. Into uh Yeah, we're gonna split this into a couple different episodes. Alright, well right now we already at an hour. Let's uh let's split this up, man. So listen. I hope y'all enjoyed this episode. This is part one of the best beat tapes and albums of 2025, episode 136. We're gonna come back with part two super soon. But here's the thing: if you listen to me so far and you made it this far in the episode, make sure you like, subscribe, comment, text the show. You can text the show as well. Click in the look in the description of the show. You can text us. Um go if you go to our link tree and scroll down a little bit. You can text us what you liked about this this episode, what you want to hear on this episode, all that type of jazz, man. It's free 99. Alright, you ain't gotta pay. So yeah. Um yeah, we're gonna keep it, we're gonna keep it moving, and uh, we're gonna come right back with the next episode, alright? So, yeah. I appreciate y'all. We got some dope stuff coming, alright? Yeah.

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