Today is officially #blackstarfriday as Talib Kweli and Yasiin Bey (Mos Def) decided to drop their first single “Fix Up” off their upcoming reunion album. Produced by Madlib, both Talib and Yasiin sound like they never left which promises a lot for the new album. Little is known about it at the moment, but supposedly Madlib is handling a large part of the production! Visit Black Star‘s website to purchase the track and stay up to date.
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Shortly after posting the original post #blackstarfriday continued as Black Star put up the Oh No produced “You Already Knew” for free download. They also announced there’s an Aretha Franklin tribute mixtape coming up fittingly titled “Black Star Aretha”. Get the track at Black Star Hub.
Black Star – Fix Up (Produced by Madlib) [112kbps]
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Black Star – You Already Knew (Produced by Oh No)
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A Tribute To Dilla:
Yesterday the BBC aired an incredible show called “BBC Radio 1Xtra Stories: Gone Too Soon” about the legend known as J Dilla presented by Benji B. An amazing hour full of facts about Dilla, Slum Village and much much more with guest appearances from De La Soul, Erykah Badu, Mos Def, Questlove, Common, Dwele, etc. You have got to see this!! Go and check it out right NOW, right HERE..
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Our buddies over at Stones Throw teamed up with Serato and the J Dilla Estate for this official J Dilla Serato release, “Donut Shop”. This is 2 discs with six J Dilla tracks, 2 sides with Serato Control Tone (for use with Serato Scratch Live DJ software), and 2 donut slipmats in a package designed by Studio No.1. This will be released May 10th (the day after Mother’s day) and is available for pre-order now.
The J Dilla tracks consist of three previously unreleased instrumentals selected by J.Rocc from the Dilla archives – “Safety Dance”, “Sycamore”, “Bars & Twists” – and three unreleased instrumental versions of Dilla’s production for Mos Def, Q-Tip and Busta Rhymes, each remastered by Elysian Masters who mixed and mastered J Dilla’s Donuts, The Shining and Ruff Draft albums.
J Dilla – Safety Dance
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To end the year properly, we came up with the idea to sum up 2009 and let ya’ll know what we thought was epic and who ya’ll slept on. We would like to thank you all for staying loyal to the movement called Moovmnt and 2010 has a lot of newness in store for you. Our brand new website will launch early Januari, the Moovmnt Sampler releases will be dropping like hotcakes and Moovmnt TV is coming up.
Our Belgian homeboy Azer did a 2009 mix and it goes hard as you might guess. It’s a selection of some of his favorite tracks released in 2009. It was broadcasted on December 30, 2009 in the Laid Back Show on FM Brussel. Happy new year and see you on the flipside.
Azer – Some Favorites From 2009
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Now on to the Best of 2009…
The Best Albums of 2009
1. Shafiq Husayn – En’ A-Free-Ka
2. Robert Glasper – Double Booked
3. Dam-Funk – Toeachizown
4. SA-Ra – Nuclear Evolution
5. Fashawn – Boy Meets World
Best Internet Released (Free) Album 2009
1. Freddie Joachim – Getaway
2. Zo! – …Just Visiting Too
3. Dom Kennedy – FutureStreet/DrugSounds
Best Remix 2009
1. Boom Clap Bachelors – Tiden Flyver (AFTA-1 Remix)
2. Shafiq Husayn – Cheeba Feat Bilal (Nottz Remix)
3. Computer Jay – Maintain (Mike Slott ReWerk)
Most Likely to Blow Up In 2010
1. Fatima
2. Master Blazter (Dam-Funk, Computer Jay & J1)
3. TiRon
Best Record Label 2009
1. Plug Research
2. Stones Throw
3. Hyperdub
Best B-side
Shafiq – Jam 101 & SA-RA Creative Partners – Love Czars II (draw)
Best Newcomer 2009
Floating Points
Best Video 2009
Ethan Goldhammer – In the Pocket (Rhodes & Moog Light Paint)
Best Summer Jam 2009
Frank Nitt – Love
Most Slept On Album 2009
Tony Ozier – Aural Penetration
Best Movement 2009
GAS’D – ▲❍▼❏
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Medina Green is back with a brand new track “Party Done” featuring old-time buddy Mos Def. Be on the look-out for the new “Save The Children” album. Thanks to Xclusiveszone and DJ Victorious for this one.
Medina Green – Party Done Feat. Mos Def
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REPOST: Got this one straight from 2dopeboyz, so thanks to Shake for posting and Tim G for ripping it. The line-up it sick so we had to post this Reflection Eternal “untitled” track featuring Jay Electronica, Mos Def and J. Cole. Now here is the CDQ version of “Just Begun” and the radio rip of “Holiday”..
Reflection Eternal – Just Begun Ft. Jay Electronica, Mos Def & J. Cole
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Mos Def & Jay Electronica – Holiday (Prod. Just Blaze)
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You might have noticed that BBE has been releasing some real quality compilations lately. One I’ve been looking forward to is this new “DJ Spinna presents: The Boogie Back” album that will be out November 24th. We uploaded the “Boogie Bundle Mix” to our Mixcloud and just like the “Strange Breaks & Mr. Thing Vol. II” you can give it a listen, before you decide to purchase it HERE. Here’s what BBE had to say about the compilation…
A cornerstone of Hip-Hop’s late 90′s indie-uprise, DJ Spinna made much of his first impression on listeners as the musical background of his group The Jigmastas (having released an impressive slew of 12″ singles on his then self-run label Beyond Real during this time) as well as providing the canvas for an array of that era’s lyrical giants. As an emcee in New York City, if you didn’t have a Spinna production under your belt, well, you just hadn’t accomplished all there was to accomplish. Everyone from Mos Def, Talib Kweli to Pharaohe Monch boasted Spinna beats to prove their worth to the scene. At the height of indie-kingpin Rawkus Records heyday, Spinna was in demand, also churning out timeless classics of the era from the likes of J-Live, Mr. Complex and The Polyrhythm Addicts (his all-too-brief collabo-group with Apani B., Shaabam Sadeeq and Complex). Spinna is back with his latest foray into the world of boogie.
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Oh No is doing an album of all Ethiopian samples. This is a followup to his joint “Dr. No’s Oxperiment” (used by Mos Def, Skate 2 Soundtrack, etc). Stones Throw is dropping this exclusively on stonesthrow.com in a few weeks, but Oh No just did a snippets mix of it. Thnx to JJ for the heads up..
Dr No – Ethiopium 805 Snippets Mix
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Pianist Robert Glasper presents both sides of his musical persona with Double-Booked, his third album for Blue Note Records, which will be released on August 25. The album bridges Glasper’s parallel careers as the leader of an acclaimed jazz trio and a first-call sideman with hip-hop artists such as Mos Def, Q-Tip and The Roots. Special guests on the album include Bilal and a cameo appearance from Mos Def. Blue Note
Robert Glasper – Butterfly
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Fresh man Kenny emailed us today with a FRESHclusive Georgia 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!
Georgia Anne Muldrow – E.S.P.
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