Sadat X & Will Tells True Wine Connoisseurs S3, Ep #6

"I'm not taking nothing serious from somebody who has on some violet pants."

Uh oh, back to the basement. This ep is full of classic material.  Check out the new one from Sadat X and Will Tell. Enjoy.

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EVENT: Ghostface Killah w/Special Guests Sheek Louch & Big Stat (Tour)

Mon. Oct. 11th: TOADS PLACE - 300 York St. New Haven, CT

Tues. Oct. 12th: PARADISE ROCK CLUB - 967 Commonwealth Ave Boston, MA

Wed. Oct. 13th: LUPOS - 79 Washington St. Providence, RI

Thurs. Oct. 14th: THE TROCADERO - 1003 Arch st. Philladelphia PA

Mon. Oct.18th: HIGHER GROUND - 1214 Williston Rd, S. Burlington VT

Tues. Oct. 19th: ROCKOS BAR & GRILL - 253 Wilson St. Manchester, NH

Wed. Oct. 20th: THE CHANCE - 6 Crannel St Poughkeepsie NY

Thurs. Oct. 21st: CRAZY DONKEY - 1058 Broadhollow Rd Farmingdale, NY

DOWNLOAD ... Donwill Features

Maybe you're unfamiliar with Donwill's (1/3 of Tanya Morgan) music. Besides a gang of features over the years and his work with Tanya Morgan, the dude was behind one of my favorite albums released this year, Don Cusack In High Fidelity. Yesterday, he threw up a few tracks that he wanted to make clear were not part of any mixtape or anything like that but purely jawns he had been featured on recently. It's simply a gang of loose tracks in a folder and I'm just sharing that link. Check it out.

Nah, this isn’t a mixtape and it ain’t got no cover art. The songs aren’t even in any kind of order at all. It’s just a folder full of songs that I have been featured on this year. They all saw a release over the course of this year and I thought it would be kind of cool to compile them all and post em up. I originally wanted to do a mix for yall but I’ll spare you my learning curve DJ skills… for now.

Shout out to all the artists in that tracklist. If you like a song that I’m featured on chances are you will like the project its featured on and since you are already online feel free to fire up google and do some investigating. Enjoy!

Recess – Dance Pants ft Donwill
Shad – Rose Garden Remix ft Von Pea & Donwill
Sean Falyon – Single Life ft Donwill & Scar
STS – Sole Music Remix ft Donwill
Von Pea – Lookin Fly ft Donwill & Trackademicks
El Prez – Victory Lapse ft Von Pea & Donwill
Hopie Spitshard – Trunk Remix ft Donwill
Canibus – Golden Terra of Rap iM Remix ft Donwill, Moe Green, Von Pea & TruthLIVE

DOWNLOAD: Donwill Features

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What I'm Watching ... The Sole Vibe "Self Centered/Ring to It"

Check out the new videos featuring AV and Mario Dones from the new The Soul Vibe project, One to Grow On. The video was shot and directed by NCNE! It's fresh. Enjoy.



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Check It ... Kanye West "Christian Dior Denim Flow" Feat. A Bunch of People

G.O.O.D. Saturday? Okay, we'll take it. This is probably one of my favorite offerings from the series. Check the cut featuring Kid Cudi, Pusha T, John Legend, Lloyd Banks, Ryan Leslie, three french hens, two turtle doves and a partridge in a pear tree. You're welcome.

Download: Christian Dior Denim Flow

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What I'm Watching ... A History of Rap: Jimmy Fallon, Justin Timberlake and The Roots

As Q would say, #LatePass, but fuck it. I've already watched it a bunch of times and it's pretty dope each time. These guys go through a medley of a bunch of classic and a couple non-classic Hip-Hop joints from years passed to what's current. If you're one of the few that hasn't checked it out yet, here you go. Plus, I couldn't pass up a chance to post something involving my favorite Hip-Hop group of all time. Haha.

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Track of the Week 10/1/10: Quantum Suicide "Revolver"

It's been a few weeks since we posted a track for the track of the week. Now we're back with this dope cut from Quantum Suicide (Stanza x Strange Republik) off their latest project, Momentum EP. When I downloaded this project a day ago, this track just jumped out at me and has been in a steady repeat cycle being played over and over again. It's a dope track. So, enjoy "Revolver," the track of the week.



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EVENT: Jesse Abraham Bars & NoBull Mixtape Release Party

Friday's Five Random Questions with @CarlittaDurand

Her name is Carlitta Durand, and she sings. The North Carolina songstress, while unsigned has a gang of features under her belt. With features on Little Brother, Tanya Morgan, Joe Scudda tracks, among others, she's getting her name and sound out there. Her soulful voice is unmistakable and leaves an everlasting impression on your ears.

Carlitta Durand is dope.

She's also good people. She decided to take the challenge this week. Check out how Carlitta answered five random questions, after the jump.

EVENT: iHeartDilla.com x TheMadBloggers.com Presents The Independent's Day Showcase

We definitely hope to see you there. This is the first of our monthly showcases. Come out and support! $10. Dope acts. Great company.

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What I'm Watching ... KHB (KingHellBastard) "I Believe" featuring Raashan Ahmad

Check out the new edit of KHB's "I Believe" featuring Raashan Ahmad. The vid was shot and edited by the homie Darren Cole of Alphabang Productions. Directed by Michael Danahey. It's fresh!

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Throat Chop Session: Your Music Is Cool But Your Formatting SUCKS!

I took to twitter earlier today in a few different music inspired rants. The first about the quality of mainstream and underground music, in addition to the variety.

The second about how folks are presenting their music.

I once had a conversation with someone about artwork and pictures as it pertained to their music. Their response was simply, "I do it for the music." What folks fail to realize is that the music is much bigger than the music. It's about the package. It's about the artwork (so, the pics with the timestamp in the corner in a dark room, yeah, not so much for your promo shit!). It's ultimately about how you present it and yourself.

It can be about the music when you're just sharing it with your friends. But once you start trying to blast it to the world wide web, the music is bigger than just the music. Ya dig?!

You know one of the biggest failures with some folks pushing their music? Their inability to tag/format their music properly for download. It's my hobby job to listen (well, job is something you get paid for but you know what I mean, lol). It's the artist's job to make that shit easy for me (and others). Fuck am I searching in my iTunes for their music for?

Why are the tracks out of order? Where's the artwork? Why are things named "Track 01" or "Track 01 - Name of Artists - Name of song."? That looks unprofessional. Honestly, if you're an artist and you don't know what you're doing, ask someone. It makes it look like you don't care otherwise. And if you don't care about your music, don't expect anyone else to.

Bottom line, format that  shit or don't send it out! I REPEAT, FORMAT OR DON'T SEND!

I'm just being honest. I once had a project I had to search for track by track (okay, more than once but anyway). Then I had to tag and add the artwork myself. What is this a take home test? Gtfoh with that bullshit. Why am I doing all of that? I'm a fan, not an employee.

And if you make music and you think I'm being an asshole, you're too sensitive. Because if your project isn't formatted correctly, folks WONT see your vision because the tracks are out of order. Who's the asshole now?

I bet after all of this, there's some angry rapper sitting somewhere mumbling, "damn that n*gga fucked up."

Look in the mirror and say it again.

Thank me later! (#noDrake)

Peace,
-q


ps: I didn't even mention WAV, Mp3, Mp4 and all that. You know that's an issue too! Ask about it. lol

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