Jan 11

On January 31 Shigeto will release his mini-LP “Lineage” on Ghostly International. This new LP seems totally different from his previous releases/remixes. The compositions are more jazz/funk/folk influenced and less electronic 8-bit blap & subwoofer stress. The 2nd single from the album is “Huron River Drive” and is now available for FREE.

Shigeto – Huron River Drive

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Dec 16

Now this came rather unexpected..Blu & Exile quietly dropped the follow up to their 2007 release Below The Heavens. The new album called Give Me My Flowers While I Can Smell Them was recorded back in 2009. Though the project is unmastered/unmixed it might be worth $15 to some. So get that now via Bandcamp.

Blu & Exile – More Out Of Life

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Blu & Exile – She Said Its Ok

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Oct 06

Canadian rapper/producer Moka Only teams up with Swiss beatmaker Chief. Moka Only and Chief first collaborated in 2008 on the tracks “Do Work” and “Felt before”, and soon after Moka Only released his album “Lowdown Suite 2 – The Box” on Chief’s label Feelin’ music. A good connection and the fact that each artist seemed to get the best out of the other convinced Moka Only and Chief to deepen the collaboration and have this natural flow of united work result in a full-length album. The result is “Crickets”, out November 8 on Feelin’ Music and available as pre-order now!

Moka Only & Chief – Crickets

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Sep 15

Drummer Chris ‘Daddy’ Dave and emcee Stimulus have joined forces for their first collaborative mixtape “3rd 1st Impression.”  The mixtape is produced entirely by drummer/producer extraordaire Chris Dave (Maxwell, Robert Glasper) and features Stimulus on the mic, Chris on drums, and features from Bilal, Renee Neufville, Stokely (of Mint Condition) and Casey Benjamin. Download Stimulus & Chris Dave “3rd 1st Impression” HERE now.

Stimulus & Chris Dave – Morning Wood Interview Feat Stokely (Of Mint Condition) & Malik Work

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Stimulus & Chris Dave – Tic Toc

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Jul 20

After our Jamire Williams (ERIMAJ) and Brandee Younger posts we’re finally starting to get some more jazz influenced music in our inbox. The next one is from drummer/keybassist/producer Manuals. The first single from his upcoming debut solo album “MID One (Manuals Instrumental Disc One)” is the heavy afrobeat influenced tune “MPG”. Check it out below and show some support when the album drops..

Manuals – MPG

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Jul 09

“Conflict Of A Man” is the first single from one of my favorite drummers in the game right now, Jamire Williams.  The band consists of many talented members such as Corey King (String Arrangements), Vicente Archer (Robert Glasper, Bass), Matt Stevens (Guitar) and Chris Turner (Bilal, Vocals). Together they create the so called ERIMAJ sound (Jamire spelled backwards). “Conflict Of A Man” is now available on Conflict Of A Man - Single - ERIMAJ.

ERIMAJ – Conflict Of A Man

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Jul 04

New music from Reggie B. “This song is a tale about a beautiful, sexy, breath taking woman who is awful on the inside…all of her insides that is. The candy looks and may taste sweet but still might be Poison Candy!!”. Available for FREE on the Innatesounds Bandcamp.

Reggie B – Poison Candy

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Jun 27

Fat Beats’ latest signee, Union have just released their first single “Wings” which features Elzhi. Their album “Analogtronics” will be released this fall..

Union – Wings Feat Elzhi

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Jun 15

Second chapter in Tall Black Guy’s “The Hollyweird series”. This project explores the West Coast sound as it merges with Tall Black Guy’s Mid-West roots . The first part is still available over HERE. Get Hollyweird 2.0 via Gritty Goat for FREE!

Tall Black Guy – Speak Love

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Jun 06

After the “The Hex” video and the “Monster Babies” leak it was about time we posted something about the upcoming Random Axe album on MOOVMNT. The trio Sean Price, Guilty Simpson and Black Milk will be dropping their highly anticipated collabo June 14th on Duck Down Records..mark your calendar..

Random Axe – Chewbacca Feat. Roc Marciano

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Random Axe – Random Call

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