Sep 22

Phonte‘s new album, “Charity Starts At Home”, is gonna be out next week on Foreign Exchange Music. I’m saving a full review for Tuesday, but couldn’t help but stream this little low bitrate sneak peak entitled “To Be Yours” produced by Zo! and Phonte.

Phonte – To Be Yours [112kbps]

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Aug 27

Ya’ll might remember Wan aka Wantigga aka Javaanse Jongen extraordinair. Well the Deventer producer teamed up with North Carolina’s Phonte, King Mez and Charlie Smarts on “In The 336″. Later this year Likuid Nation is dropping a brand new clothing brand called The Dropouts. To celebrate a compilation album will be released with Dutch producers and NC rappers is dropping. Grab that FREE DWNLD and good looking out RayRay!

Phonte Ft. King Mez & Charlie Smarts – In The 336 (prod. by Wan)

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Jul 12

In 2006 Zo! released the first of his ‘Just Visiting’ series. Today the third installment, “Just Visiting Three”, dropped and it features artists such as Phonte, Eric Roberson, Nicholas Ryan Gant, Anthony David and more. Lovely free cover EP for you to enjoy, so get your download on HERE.

Zo! – Marzipan Ft. Eric Roberson & Phonte

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Feb 24

VA’s miss Tiffany Paige is best known for her work with Talib Kweli, DOOM, John Robinson, J Rawls, Zo! (Foreign Exchange), Scienz of Life, Khrysis, Carlos Nino and many more. You might have seen a few posts before where her name was mentioned, but she’s back in the studio working on some new music. First up is an unreleased gem produced by Zo! entitled “Seasons” (from ’05 via Phonte). It was supposed to be on her “Dreamwalk” album which never got released. “Such:a:challenge” was produced by ID 4 Windz (Scienz of Life) & Ty Macklin and can be downloaded for FREE at Tiffany’s Bandcamp. Keep track of miss Paige and follow her on Twitter and enjoy the music!

Tiffany Paige – Seasons (prod. by Zo!)

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Tiffany Paige – Such:a:challenge (ID 4 Windz & Ty Macklin)

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Dec 26

Carlitta Durand, mostly known for the hooks on the Little Brother and Foreign Exchange albums and her album with Vaughn Garcia “The Doug & Patty EP” has just released this FREE EP entitled “Nostalgic Nights” as a christmas gift for you. Enjoy..

Carlitta Durand – Forrest Gump

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Sep 01

foreign-exchange-dream

“Maybe she’ll dream of me” is the first single from Foreign Exchange upcoming third album: Authenticity. This track is produced by Nicolay AND Phonte, with ZO! on the boards. The album will drop next fall as you can see on the cover, October 12th to be exact. Make sure you pick it up when it drops..

Foreign Exchange – Maybe She’ll Dream Of Me

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Jul 29

ZO SUNSTORM

“SunStorm” is the latest album from Detroit-area born, DC-area based producer/multi-instrumentalist who goes by the name of Zo! Best known for his 2008 collaboration with Phonte on the cult classic “Zo and Tigallo Love the 80′s” as well as his work on The Foreign Exchange‘s Grammy-nominated LP, “Leave It All Behind”. This extensive 12-track album ranges from souldrenched music w/ the likes of Phonte to more complex arrangements similar to The Mizell Brothers or 4hero. Welcome into the depth of Zo! and just sit back and enjoy the ride.

So many lovely vocalists on here like Sy Smith, Lady Alma, Darien Brockington, Eric Roberson and Rapper Big Pooh of Little Brother. If there was a time to buy pure, honest beatiful music…the time is now! Money well spent if you ask me so go ahead and buy the album digitally via SunStorm or get the CD over HERE. [FE Music]

Zo! – Greater Than The Sun Feat. Phonte

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Zo! – Flight Of The Blackbyrd Feat. Phonte

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Jul 07

Zo!‘s upcoming album “SunStorm” is coming out on FE Music and will hit the stores July 27th. The video for “This Could Be The Night” (featuring Eric Roberson, Darien Brockington and Rapper Big Pooh) was directed by Matt Koza.

Download Zo! – This Could Be The Night Feat Eric Roberson, Darien Brockington and Rapper Big Pooh

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Dec 25

As a celebration of the holidays, Vikter Duplaix and Nicolay teamed up to offer the remix of Vikter’s current single “Electric Love” for free exclusively at www.vikterduplaix.com.

Vikter Duplaix – Electric Love (Nicolay Remix)

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Vikter Duplaix – Electric Love

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Nov 03

zo-visiting

We are proud to present the new EP of covers from our producer extraordinair Zo!, also known from Foreign Exchange. This FREE “…Just Visiting Too” release features Yahzarah, Carlitta Durand, Sy Smith, Phonte and Darien Brockington.

Working on this record has been a labor of love for everybody involved, and it serves as a teaser for Zo’s upcoming full-length “SunStorm” dropping next summer on FE Music. Enclosed in the “…Just Visiting Too” zip file is a digital pdf booklet complete with all the album credits, information on the album’s vocalists and contributors, as well as information on the originals. Enjoy the music, pass it around to a friend, and as always thank you for the support. Download the EP – HERE -

Zo! – My Flame Feat Phonte

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Zo! – Holding You, Loving You

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