Next week Dwele‘s new disc Sketches of a Man hits the streets, and in anticipation of this joyous occasion he’s taking us behind the scenes and giving us a taste of what we can expect on the CD. This EPK features Dwele chatting about his artistry, sharing what is different about Sketches compared to his previous releases (more hip hop!), winning a push up competition (against a female…SIDE-EYE!), clowning around and discussing his collabos with Common and Kanye West on their last albums. Selected sounds from Sketches of a Man can be heard playing as background music throughout the vid and stick around until the end to hear Dwele tickle the ivories and sing a little something.butta@ www.soulbounce.com 

Dwele – 5 Dollar Mic

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Dwele – Workin’ On It

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Following up the wildly successful debut episode (over 10,000 downloads at the time of the post and still climbing), Brainchild and Phonte are back with another installment of Gordon Gartrell Radio. 

Same recipe as last time.  Brainchild spins the tunes (some new, hot shit in there y’all) and Phonte expounds on current events, namely the R. Kelly trial and the homoeroticism of male-male-female threesomes. http://www.treesforbreakfast.com

TRACKLIST:
Tony! Toni! Tone! – “I Couldn’t Keep It To Myself”
A Race of Angels – “We”
Brand New Heavies – “Sex God” (DJ Spinna eemix)
Smoke E. Digglera – “Refreshin”
Afta-1 – “Believe”
Samon Kawamura – “Aaragon”
Comfort Fit – “Planetary Picknick”
Declaime & Georgia Anne Muldrow – “Robin Hood Theory”
Nicolay & Kay f/ Mic of the Legendary K.O. – “Stop My Way”
Giovanca – “A Matter of Fact”
Atjazz f/ Clara Hill – “Before”
R. Kelly – “Red Carpet (Pause, Flash)”
Common – “The Questions”
Q-Tip – “Work It Out”
Skillz f/ Common – “So Good” (instrumental)
D. Huston f/ Kev Brown – “So Good” (instrumental)
The Pharcyde – “Somethin’ That Means Somethin” (instrumental)
Pete Rock – “Glowing”
Waajeed – “Fat Asia”
Ray J – “I Like To Trick”
1 O.A.K. & Trackademicks – “Got Me Hooked”
Crucial Conflict – “Hay”
Kool & The Gang “You Don’ Have To Change”
The Stovall Sisters – “Yes to the Lord”

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BrandNewAndGoodForYou one for the homies, The Roots new album Rising Down will release within days and i’m listening to it now, thanks to AimeCain. Sounds like Black Thought, Questlove and them have done it again. 15 tracks of raw talent, another classic, these cats just don’t seem to loose their jive.  The album features the likes of; Mos Def, Talib Kweli, Common, Malik B, Saigon, Styles P and much more.

In other words check out these 2 promo tracks, and be sure to buy Rising Down the 29th of april.

The Roots feat. Common – The Show

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 The Roots feat. Talib Kweli & Malik B – Lost Desire

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