Wednesday, November 23, 2011

What I'm Watching: DLRN "Mathematics" feat. Stevie Nader



Hard at work on a new project, The Cali crew DLRN drops the video for Mathematics featuring Stevie Nader off their EP The Bridge. The video was shot and directed by Jerome Palencia of Northbound Films and stars iLL-Literacy & Def Poetry's Dahlak Brathwaite and model/actress Tatiana King. Solid video. Enjoy. Chea!

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What I'm Watching: J-Live "The Authentic"



J-Live pulls a page from the book of De La Soul as he does a little chilling with me, myself and I in his latest video directed by William Feagins Jr. The Authentic is a dope track off of J-Live's latest project, S.P.T.A. Said Person of That Ability. Hit play and enjoy this one. Chea!

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Tuesday, November 22, 2011

JK1 The Supernova - 1st Come 1st Served Vol​.​ 2 & 3

I'm over here playing catch up to JK1's 1st Come 1st Served with his last two volumes. Feels like I'm at a restaurant ordering on an empty stomach the way I'm catching up. Track after track I'm on a head nod zone and just like Volume 1, no disappointments here. Amazing how easy you can find talented emcees giving out free music. Check this out, listen, download, all that. If you thought Vol 1 was dope, then no worries on these two volumes here.







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Savant - "Here We Go" featuring Ohini Jonez & John Public (prod. by BennCart)


Savant, a TMB regular, teams up with a couple of emcees to attack this dope track produced by BennCart. This joint, right off the bat, hypes me up and the lyrics keep me listening. I can't argue with that formula. Don't believe me? Hit play. Word.



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yU - "If U Down"


yU is a dope emcee from the DMV and also a member of Diamond District. He is about to drop a new project that I'm buying without the need to listen. I've heard enough to know dude can flow and over great production. Check it.

yU released the first single from The EARN titled "If U Down" The track debuted this afternoon on Al Lindstrom with an Interview discussing yU's musical progression and the business of making records. The EARN hits stores everywhere December 13th. Enjoy the song!



 
Read the Interview w/ yU @ Al Lindstrom

Pre-Order The EARN
yU - The EARN
 
yU - The Earn (Limited Edition Money Green Vinyl)
 
yU - The Earn (deluxe 6 panel digipak cd)

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What I'm Watching: The Roots "Sleep"



It's Tuesday, again. And The Roots are back, again. They deliver up the Aaron Livingston featured Sleep to conclude their four-part video series. Man, December 6th can't come soon enough for Undun. In the meantime, enjoy another set of stunning visuals from The Legendary Roots Crew, as we come full circle with Redford Stephen. Enjoy.

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Otis Clapp "Lose My Mind" feat. YC The Cynic & Scienze


Damn this joint is smoooooooooooooooooooooth. Otis Clapp teams up with two dope emcees out of NYC (and regulars on these pages), ScienZe and YC The Cynic on the Miles produced cut off of his upcoming Stay Off My Lawn EP due out early 2012. Definitely a solid track. Hit play and enjoy this banger, as I hit repeat for the fourth time. Chea!



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Audible Doctor Presents: Blacastan "Blac Magic (Audible Doctor Remix)"


The Audible Doctor serves up another dope remix from his 2011: Year Of The Audible Doctor Remix project due out December 20th for free download featuring remixes from The Brown Bag AllStars, Von Pea, Homeboy Sandman, YC The Cynic, Blacastan, Boog Brown, Trek Life, Magestik Legend and more. On this cut The Audible Doctor provides the remix for Blacastan's Blac Magaic. Solid cut. Can't wait to hear the full project. In the meantime enjoy. Chea!



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Dom O Briggs feat. ScienZe "Urkel Musik" (Extended Version)


New York rapper Dom O Briggs is gearing up for the re-release of The Sound of Music, his second project that dropped a year ago on December 3. To celebrate, he drops off Urkel Musik (extended), the first look from that re-release featuring Brooklyn's ScienZe. The project will include a few more cuts. In the meantime enjoy.



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KingHellBastard "Commercial Free" Feat. Joell Ortiz


Those KingHellBastard boys are bad. Bad meaning good. Ha! With Joell Ortiz on the feature and White Shadow on production, the Milwaukee collective deliver up Commercial Free from their new LP The WarRoom due out in December on Uni.Fi Records. Solid track and as Common says in the sampled hook, this is real hip-hop music from the soul ya'll. Enjoy. Chea!

  Commercial Free ft Joell Ortiz by unifi*records

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ThisisRnB Presents: Rhythm & Blues - Elle Varner


ThisisRnB Presents: Rhythm & Blues - Elle Varner "Only Wanna Give It To You" from ThisIsRnB on Vimeo.



Cool behind the scenes look at Elle Varner's process for creating the J. Cole featured Only Wanna Give It To You. As part of the new series Rhythm & Blues over at ThisisRnB.com. Enjoy her thoughts about the initial thoughts behind the production and writing for the track.

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Monday, November 21, 2011

Homeboy Sandman "Not Pop" (Jinesis Remix)

The homie Jinesis takes on Homeboy Sandman's "Not Pop" and gives it a new spin. Fresh. I dig it.  Hit play and enjoy.
When first hearing Homeboy Sandman's  "Not Pop" song there were lines that stuck out to me. One of the lines was "*they tell me dumb it down, I tell them smarten up*". At first I was going to take that part and flip it on some chop & screw vibe, but that didn't happen. I decided to turn this flip into a remix and I came up with this. We the Spartans, son. Pardon us. -Jinesis

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