This time the slept on sunday is composer, songwriter and vocalist Aqeel, hailing from Los Angeles, California.
In his early days Aqeel worked with Erykah Badu on a demo, and along side Dr. Dre on ‘The Chronic 2001’ project offering backing vocals and lyrics. In 1999 he was offered a Motown gig in Palma de Mallorca, Spain. He stayed 4 and half years honing his skills, deciding to establish himself there. In 2005 he released his debut: Beats And Voices, rated one of the best soul voices in Spain and highly praised in the Spanish media. During the recording of the record, Aqeel met Griffi, highly rated producer in Spain’s hip hop scene, who also did two of the hottest tunes on the album, after which he decided to move to Barcelona to work hand in hand with him. From there a great chemistry began. He collaborated with all the artists on the Del Palo records roster.
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Now in case you haven’t heard…it’s all L.O.V.E. between GAS’D, AFTA-1 and MOOVMNT. The heavily anticipated “Love Suite Pt.2″ by AFTA-1 – which features a vary of pieces from the fall/summer collection of GAS’D – is coming to a MOOVMNT near you real soon. Check out a little preview of the Love Suite Pt.2 below and don’t you just love that cutie Malia for making a heart shape with her hands! Forgot to add that you can follow GAS’D on Twitter too.
AFTA-1 – Love Suite Pt.2 (Naked Edit)
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Fresh man Kenny emailed us today with a FRESHclusiveGeorgia Anne Muldrow joint. The multi-talented Ms.One dropped a sneak peak into her upcoming solo album, “Umsindo”. It’s a dedication to the African ancestors (Umsindo means “sound” in Zulu) and the song we are sharing with you is entitled “E.S.P.”. According to Kenny Umsindo comes close to the pre-Worthnothings demo/sampler which we at MOOVMNT love so much. Very excited and curious about Georgia Anne’s upcoming album…stay tuned for more info soon!
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It was an honor when the guys from Laid Back wanted us as guest of the week on their Laid Back Radio project. Also check out homeboy Nalden‘s show and next week it’s Future Vintage their turn to be guest of the week. The LDBK player adds an extra dimension to audio streams by providing you with information related to the artist being played, the program grid, news from the Laid Back website and more. This player has been developed using Adobe Air, a technology allowing to build rich Internet applications that run outside the browser on multiple operating systems. To put it short…the future of radio!
You might have seen us twit about it on Twitter, but in case you haven’t check out our daily music selection of vocal Lovetronica HERE.
One of the west coast’s funkiest producers ever is still in the game after almost 20 years. It’s amazing how I remember DJ Quik‘s “Safe & Sound” album like it was yesterday. It was around that time I really got into hiphop so I can honestly say that was one of my first records I ever bought. Now 16 years later his brand new “Blaqkout” joint still got me kinda excited. If you heard the recent summer banger “Love” from Frank Nitt, than you’ll know why. Quik’s new album will be available worldwide as of today.
DJ Quik – Blaqkout
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It’s still early here, but J. Kim just hit us with a huge ray of sunshine. The wonderful Karriem Riggins (as an incentive) made an exclusive track for leaking which gives the listener a hint on what to expect for the upcoming Virtuoso Experience shows, with this lovely soulful joint “Soul on Top”. For the Marvin Gaye fans, you’ll probably recognize some “I Want You” in there..
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Another hectic weekend has almost come to an end. So why not end the week with a lovely SA-RA Creative Partners re-work, re-edit, remix or whatever you want to call it. Check out Eric Roberson‘s “Couldn’t Hear Me Ova The Music” in a somewhat different style, but you know when SA-RA remixes it, it must be nice as fuck. Excuse me for this short ass post, but I’m really tired. Enjoy, relax and good night..
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Today has already started out to be a wonderful day…musically that is. One of Groningen’s finest Koen – also one third of Blocnotes – just hit us up with an unreleased Shawn Jackson track that (to our knowledge) was never released. Now apperently we need to keep telling ya’ll how stupidly fresh Mr. Jackson is and that he’s one of L.A.’s best. Massive shout out to our fam at Tres Records and A-Side Worldwide for keeping it live and Koen for the sickness!
Shawn Jackson – Soopafly 2 (Prod. by Koen)
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First of all I want to thank Miles Bonnyfor providing us with some new material, and for being the amazing soul singer he is. Apparently “Nothin’ But Chu” is just Miles havin fun over a Jake One beat..nothin official..But it just was too good to remain on the shelves. While you are at it check out the Innatesounds Crew 2009 Sampler..Presented by Miles Bonny & Leonard DStroy. Innatesounds Crewis an affiliation as well as a label, dedicated to creating & spreading, to heal the wounds created by crappy music you are subjected to every moment of your life..Artwork after the jump..
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My Armenian brother Full Crate called me up last night with some good news. Full Crate, Mar and Versis are releasing a brand new joint “Flirtwitu” (real soon) and we have the making of. I immediatly suggested doing an interview with Crate before he blows the f*ck up so watch out for that one. Much love and I didn’t know the HULK made all his beats.
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