I’m not about to front it like I’m a music reviewer guru with extensive background on the matter… so I’m just going to plain out say that Sleeping Giant Music (SGM) mixtapes are worth checking out! Two thumbs up… 5 out of 5 music notes… two hands in the sky way high!

From 944 Magazine:

Sleeping Giant Music (SGM) and its Web site, Giantsarise.com, provide San Diegans with a central place to connect with local artists, music and events. “The underlying foundation of the company lies in our passion for music,” says Freddie Harb, better known by his fans as DJ Fresh One. Harb is one of the original founders of Sleeping Giant, the company he started four years ago with MC Blest and vocalist Oneson. Fellow DJ Mikey Beats now shares ownership duties of SGM with Fresh One, and they together are bridging the gap between the artist and consumer through Giantsarise.com.

Members of the Sleeping Giant community include DJs, singers, rappers and poets, and SGM focuses on pushing each artist to the next level of his or her career. “We want to maximize these artists’ potentials and help them grow into independent, competitve forces within their professions,” said Harb. The ever-expanding Sleeping Giant roster includes more than a dozen artists, each with their own page on the Giantsarise.com Web site. It’s a place where artists can promote their latest shows, offer a taste of their newest mixes or even spill their guts on the company blog.

I’ve been a fan for quite some time and you might have seen me mention SGM mixtapes in my tweets every now and then. In my personal experience, their mixes have provided me with an excellent soundtrack to my creative work/process. Crack open a Red Bull, open up some Adobe programs, double click on an SGM mixtape and I’m ready to bang out some websites and graphics haha.

The best part is all their mixes are FREE to download on their website (www.giantsarise.com) complete with dope artwork as well… a nice touch especially since I’m OCD with my iTunes haha.

The mixes are as colorful as the artwork… they got some oldies to take you back, classics to make you say “OHHH DAMN”, and artist tributes like Still Life’s “What’s My Motherfucking Name” (Jay-Z)… SOLID!

For more info… www.giantsarise.com

SIDENOTE: Now that I think about it… the name Freddie Harb sounds REALLY familiar… I think I might have went to elementary school with him! I’m 99% confident after seeing his picture. Yo Fresh One, Hardy Elementary?!