Download ... I Know You Got Soul

You like soul? I do. I'm chilling to this joint right here! I caught this jawn from Dollar Van Demos who got it from Stay Glued. I'm just paying it forward!

01 - Sly & the Family Stone - Sing a Simple Song
02 - The Dramatics - Get Up and Get Down
03 - O.V. Wright - Into Something (I Can’t Shake Loose)
04 - The Temptations - What It Is
05 - Black Ivory - I Keep Asking You Questions
06 - The Five Stairsteps - Don’t Change Your Love
07 - The Trammps - Rubber Band
08 - The Emotions - I Like It
09 - Jackie Moore - Precious, Precious
10 - Odetta - Hit Or Miss
11 - George & Gwen McCrae - The Rub
12 - The New Birth - Honey Bee
13 - Syl Johnson - Different Strokes
14 - The Bar-Kays - Humpin’
15 - The J.B.’s - The Grunt
16 - The Winstons - Amen, Brother

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The Mad Bloggers Show, Ep 15

 After two weeks, we're back. New logo. New intro music. Same great quality show. Enjoy.

01. King Reign - Money
02. Rob Roy- Oooh!
03. Rising Sun Quest - Why So Cold
04. Vandalyzm - Self Evaluation (Go In)
05. Wreckonize - Groundwork
06. Trek Life - So Supreme
07. Eternia and MoSS - Goodbye
08. STS (feat. Donwill) - Sole Music (Remix)
09. DRemur and Scienze - Asian Lover
10. JDante x DawnsSon - I'm Ready
11. Black Milk - Welcome (Gotta Go)
12. Ghostwridah (Feat. Mayday) - Still Not Famous

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Hip-Hop Breakfast, EP 1

Welcome to the first morning of the Hip-Hop breakfast. This joint is kinda like a compliment to The Mad Bloggers Show but will be delivered a few times per week. Enjoy a few tracks to help you get through the first part of your day! More commentarty and special guests, soon come!

01. Sweetest Hangover - theOTHERSIDE
02. Shorty Stinkasaurus - Taiyamo Denku
03. Dirty Rose feat. Lupe Fiasco - Sarah Green
04. Distorted Outcast - Lola Maxwell
05. Dance Or Die (Feat. Saul Williams) - Janelle Monáe



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Check It ... Custom remix's a Humpasaur Jones track.

Just got the first lunatic-quality remix in for a contest we're running and I wanted to shoot it your way. Here's a streaming copy:
http://humpjones.bandcamp.com/track/custom-remix

The producer behind that is Custom, an Illinois native who's the latest addition to the World Around roster. The next Humpasaur Jones EP, "Breakup Music" is still in process and technically speaking, forever away, which should add up to 2-3 months, who knows. I think I'm just going to keep it moving with a lot of single tracks for the rest of the summer.

Shoutout to Justin Boland for hitting us up with this track.

Justin Boland
Rapper, Writer, Power Weirdo
http://www.audiblehype.com
http://worldaroundrecords.com

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What I'm Watching ... Pigeon Hole - "Bonfire"

Pigeon Hole - Bonfire

The video is directed by Stuey Kubrick and was shot on the gulf
Islands of the Pacific Northwest.

Pigeon Hole are founding members of the Sweatshop Union collective.
Their album 'Age Like Astronauts' is out on Urbnet records and
features guest spots from Moka Only, D-Sisive, and Sweatshop Union.
Here's a download link of the record:
http://www.sendspace.com/file/kb0n29

For more info visit:

Website: www.AgeLikeAstronauts.com
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/PigeonHoleofSweatshopUnion
Urbnet: http://urbnet.com/artist-PigeonHole.asp
Twitter: http://twitter.com/PIGEON_HOLE

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What I'm Listening to ... Noodle - "Ride Wit Me" (@itsanooday)

Caught Noodle the Innocent Child at the Toast N' Flow 2 in Danbury, CT. Had a flow that grabbed my attention. Definitely digging this. He performed Ride Wit Me, and it had a bounce type vibe with a flow to match. I suggest you check it out. The single and the remixes are free. He also has a full album for under $10. If you like it, you know what to do. Check it!



It's A Noo Day

"It's A Noo Day" on Bandcamp

Noodle on Twitter


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Next Up ... Behind The Unsigned : Man-u-ill

Behind every album you buy there is an artist that was signed to make that album.. with a budget.. a team to work with, and people to market it for them, but that was not always the case!

This is the story of talented artists that are currently struggling to make that dream ... a reality!

Soon to come the story of a talented unsigned artist by the name of Man-u-ill

For more info : Behind The Unsigned

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Annual TOAST N FLOW 2 “Cotton Club” Edition

FamilyTreeMusicGroup.com presents the “Cotton Club.” A night of Burlesque, Jazz, Hip-Hop, Ciphers, Poetry, and Vocal Performances.

I got a chance to check out more from what the Family Tree Music Group has to offer musically with their second annual Toast N' Flow held in Danbury, CT last Saturday. It was a mix of 1920's jazz, burlesque, and up to date Hip-Hop. Variety indeed. Jass Bianchi and company put together a pretty interesting night with performances by Miss Cherry and The Big Tent Jazz Band, d_Cyphernauts, Rising Sun Quest, Noodle, LaRue & The Movement Band, ZMO, DJ Mecca, Jass Bianchi and a few others. Check out the pics from the night.

































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TMB's Track of the Week 7/22/10: "How Much?" @JIMIJAMESmusic

I was on the train about two week ago on my way back home from NYC. This track came on. I had to look down at my iPod because it didn't sound familiar. The joint had immediately caught my attention because it was just sooooooo smooth! This JIMIJAMES joint had been on my iPod for a while, as part of a collection called the FALL IN LOVE Mixtape released by JIMIJAMES, featuring some of her tracks as well as tracks from others (including the homie Haz Solo). Anyway, this joint has found itself on repeat a few times over the last week or so. Even though it was released in 2006, this Fa'al and JIMIJAMES produced joint is still dope. Enjoy "How Much", the track of the week.

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Check It ... Melissa Czarnik "Anattitude"

Melissa Czarnik is back. She returns with "Raspberry Jesus" available for pre-order and out officially on July 31. Her first single, "Anattitude," is really fresh and shows that the Milwaukee based emcee hasn't been just chilling since her last album. Yeah, between shows overseas, locally and working on this new album, the last thing Czarnik has been doing is chilling. You should be excited about this new project. Melissa Czarnik isn't a joke musically and always delivers. I'm excited for her. And I'm excited for you to discover "Raspberry Jesus" and Melissa Czarnik.

(Milwaukee,WI) On Saturday, July 31st, 10pm Milwaukee based poet-emcee, Melissa Czarnik will release her long awaited sophomore album, Raspberry Jesus (Hyperdrive Motivator Productions, 2010) at Stonefly Brewery, 735 E. Center Street, Milwaukee, WI. Czarnik will be backed by the Eric Mire Band, a five-piece hip hop/jazz/soul band made up of bandleader, Eric Mire (guitar), Chip Baily (drums), Maurice Cotton (keys), Brad Bloom (sax) and Don Bradshaw (congas). Other acts include the DJ duo, Him & Her (Milwaukee); the Eric Mire Band will also open the night playing a selection of instrumentals from Czarnik’s 1st album, Strawberry Cadillac, as well as the Eric Mire Band’s 2009 release, Spooky Love. There will be a collection of Midwestern themed drawings and photographs on display from the brother-sister duo, Dominic and Erica Heisdorf. The evenings happenings will be photographed by the Milwaukee based photographers, Shaku & Mindy Mays.

From the depths of her soul, Melissa Czarnik delivers audiences an album strapped with power, love, and struggle. With bolder lyrics, bigger beats, and more collaborations, Czarnik has proven yet again, that hip-hop is not dead, but indeed, underground. Her first album, “Strawberry Cadillac” was released in July, 2008 and since then she has gained recognition in notable publications such as Bitch Magazine (USA) and Anattitude Magazine (Europe). She has toured increasingly throughout the Midwest and has gone as far as Brussels, Belgium to rock the Supafly Women in Hip Hop Series in June 2010.

With a blend of hip hop, poetry and jazz, Czarnik’s Raspberry Jesus offers up yet again, a bigger and better sound that is organic in feel, original in sound, and intimate in content. Working side by side with producer and composer, Eric Mire, the album features a wide range of collaborations from musicians like Aaron Gardner and Eric Jacobson of Kings Go Forth; gospel music director, Maurice Cotton produced and composed a full-length gospel track; and members of the Eric Mire Band can be found sprinkled throughout several tracks on the album. Czarnik also worked with hip-hop producer, Dylan Thomas on a track that features, R&B singer Patrice Downey.

Czarnik’s diversity on Raspberry Jesus is exemplified in her musical flow and hard punchy lyrics that are layered with the same musicality as that of an instrument. Czarnik can go from bold and boastful on one song to soft and romantic on another with the same ease as artists such as Lauryn Hill or Ani Difranco. Growing up on Milwaukee’s working-class North Side, she is street wise, compassionate and community aware. She completed two years of service in AmeriCorps and has spent the past 3 years working at Woodland Pattern, a non-profit literary arts center. Together, Czarnik and her label mate Eric Mire founded Hyperdrive Motivator Productions, a label that prides itself on DIY artistry and has brought audiences albums such as Strawberry Cadillac (HMP, 2008), the Eric Mire Band’s Spooky Love (HMP, 2009), and most recently Melissa Czarnik with the Eric Mire Band, Local Live EP (HMP, 2009). Raspberry Jesus is now available for pre-order sale at www.melissaczarnik.com.

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Check It ... ¡MAYDAY! "Lost Highway"

O put me on to ¡MAYDAY! These dudes are dope. Check the new track, "Lost Highway" off the upcoming "Stuck on an Island" album set to be released this fall. Enjoy this track in the meantime.






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What I'm Reading ... @iambeanpie

(OC sporting his Beanpie gear)

The homie Shaun hit O and I up with the first volume of his comic book, Beanpie, in addition to a bunch of other promotional material. It's been a while since I read a comic book. I dig Beanpie's real life approach AND it's based in Connecticut (the state I technically call home). Anyway, Shaun is definitely doing his thing and this is just the first issue in the series. It's definitely enjoyable. Check it.

Beanpie is written by Shaun Bolden. It started in 2007 and is part of an ongoing saga. After two years of writing and promoting a story, an artist was found. Dino Diaz joined up with Shaun and they began to work on their first comic strip which was in Urbanology Magazine in March 2010. On June 5th 2010 they released their first comic book entitled, Beanpie: The Hustle Begins at the Comic Convention located in Toronto.. The response at the release was a positive one and the two continue to reach out to people and embrace new fans daily. Beanpie can be found on eBay. If you are in Toronto you can find the comic at Silver Snail, A Different Booklist, Beguiling, or Studio 47. The graphic novel is scheduled tpo be released in December. Stay tuned and READ BEANPIE!

eBay Link
www.beanpiepromotions.com

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