The guys at Mellow Orange promo for Freddie Joachim‘s upcoming album entitled “Midway”. It will be available July 16th and the video was directed and produced by Garvin Ha. In the background you hear “Ride” off the new album.

written by nilez \\ tags: freddie joachim, garvin ha, july 16th, mellow orange, midway, ride, Video, vimeo

Last week me and K-Murda went digging at Rasputin’s in the Bay and we saw Dwele new “W.Ants W.Orld W.Omen” album. We could only listen to half of the songs, so we decided to listen to the whole thing first before deciding whether to buy or not. Sorry for being late, but in the end I got a chance to listen to it more closely. Whenever there’s a DJ Quik production on there…I say buy! Not Dwele’s best album, but still you should go to and support some of that Motor City Soul.

Dwele – I Wanna Feat. DJ Quik

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You may have heard vocals and production from Polyester The Saint before on Dom Kennedy‘s ‘FutureStreet/DrugSounds’ album or on Casey Veggies‘ ‘Customized Greatly Vol. 2′. Poly’s third single “Homegyrl” is on his upcoming debut project ‘Hellagood Presents: Polyester The Saint’. It’s set to release this summer, so brace yourself..

Polyester The Saint – HomeGyrl

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Ever since I was 13 or something, I loved MC Eiht. During my visit to L.A. I got an email from the guys from Melting Pot saying that Brenk had produced a brand new jam for Eight and that the video was out. Just had to share this one with ya’ll for old time’s sake…

written by nilez \\ tags: brenk, compton, los angeles, mc eight, melting pot music, so well, Video

To celebrate the 4th of July Eric Lau did this charity project in benefit of Save The Children. Eric Lau takes the same ingredients he used for his past work, but added some extra from his friends. The team consist of Rahel, Szjerdene, Fatima, Sarina Leah, Ben Jones, Akwasi Mensa, Finn Peters, Pauli Stan Mckenzie, & Floating Points.

You can download the three tracks for only  £3 GBP on the Kilawatt bandcamp.

Eric Lau & Friends – See

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“This is not an original beat of mine…..I just added a few bass and string joints in there and mostly mixed it. The melody including a few samples is a cover of Devonwho’s original “Actriz” from his beat CD “Funraiser Vol. 1: Thumbtracks”. As for the drums, those are originally Black Milk’s from his “Purple Rain” Beat CD. And of course I had to spice some Dilla in it…..I just wanted to see how two of my favorite joints would sound together”. – NAMELESS

Devonwho X Black Milk X Nameless – Actriz Mix

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written by nevill \\ tags: actriz, actriz mix, black milk, detroit, Devon, devonwho, nameless