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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written by nevill \\ tags: blue note, mos def, q-tip, robert glasper

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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written by nilez \\ tags: e.s.p., fresh selects, georgia anne muldrow, mos def, ms. one, roses, umsindo, worthnothings

The French beatmaking trio of Madhi, Dusty & DJ Damage better known as the Jazz Liberatorz, are back with another timeless jazz influented hip-hop album. Although this is not my favorite release from the Jazz Liberatorz, I can still understand that people can relate to this, and this reminds people of the time when hip-hop really sounded this way.

The new album entitled “Fruit of the Past” features Aloe Blacc, Fat Lip, Wildchild, Mos Def and others! Thanks to our Japanese friends for sending this.. moovmnt’s favorite tracks below…

Jazz Liberatorz – Music Makes The World Go Round Feat. Declaime (20 Syl Remix)

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Jazz Liberatorz – Mountain Sunlight Feat Mos Def

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written by nevill \\ tags: 20 syl, declaime, fruit of the past, jazz liberatorz, mos def, wild child

Just some real good tunes to vibe with the arrival of spring! This mix is made up of some r&b, soulful house, and hip-hop…included are tons of remixes, unreleased tracks, and some demo material. Thanks to FLRPT.

PPP – 50 Ways
Waajeed – Twenty Seven
Brand New Heavies – Sex God (DJ Spinna Remix)
Clara Hill f/ Vikter Duplaix – Paper Chase
Atjazz – Before
Bahamadia – One 4 Teen (J Dilla Remix)
Slum Village – Eyes Up
Slum Village – Set It
Dwele – Angel (Remix)
Janet Jackson – Together Again (DJ Premier Remix)
Elzhi – Motown 25
LL Cool J – Pink Cookies In A Plastic Bag (Remix)
DJ Jazzy Jeff – Are You Ready?
Mos Def – Crime & Medicine
Erick Sermon – Move On
Faith Evans – The Way You Used To Love Me (J Dilla Remix)
Georgia Anne Muldrow – Don’t Worry About It (Q-Tip Remix)
Q-Tip – Life Is Better
Waajeed – Twelve
Black Thought – Please Don’t Go
PPP – After The Worries
Slum Village – Happiness
Camp Lo – Coolie High (OG Demo Mix)
PPP – Fever (DJ Spinna Remix)
J Dilla – African Rhythms
Karriem Riggins – Evil Ways (Remix)
Supercat – Dolly My Baby (Jesse West Remix)
J Dilla – Watermelon Man Chop
Arrested Development – Ease My Mind (DJ Premier Remix)
Greg Nice – Bang It Out (Demo)
Andre 3000 – Spread
Gnarles Barkley – Smiley Faces
Jeff Phelps – On The Corner
J Dilla – Thirty Five
J Dilla – Twenty Five

FLWRPT Spring Mix

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written by moovmnt \\ tags: bahamadia, dj jazzy jeff, dwele, elzhi, flwrpt, karriem riggins, mos def, PPP, slum village, waajeed

Alex Nut from Rinse FM got us his weekly mix Mixed Nuts,  as you may know the show goes out every week, and so far guests have included Hudson Mohawke, Stacy Epps, Bullion, Paul White etc.

Alex is also managing a label with Floating Points which you may have heard on Benji B, Gilles, or Mary Anne Hobbes. More on that soon..

We also want to thank all the viewers who contacted us via e-mail. We will respond soon, if you didn’t get you response yet..been kinda busy..We are also working on the technical difficulties on the site. Keep supporting…

Flying Lotus ‘Paper Crane Gang’
Ras G ’5AM Spliff’
Clouds ‘Timekeeper; (Ras G remix)
Flying Lotus ‘Camel’ (Nosaji Thing)
Lukid ‘Fela’
Black Milk ‘Bounce’
Rhyan Hunn ‘EP Track 6′
Flying Lotus ‘Sympathy For The Biters’
Ahu/Bullion ‘Bitches Of The Past’
Madlib ‘Beat 08′
Melanine ‘Progressive Revelation’
Brittany Bosco ‘City Of Nowhere’
2Tall ‘The Corridor’ (forthcoming on Terror Rhythm)
Floating Points ‘Always To This Point’ (unreleased)
Jackson Conti ‘Casa Forte’
Mos Def ‘Boogie Man’
Hey Zeus/Tech D – 2am inst
Melanin Nine ‘Children Of The Sun’ ft Yasine
Kareem Riggins ‘Life’
Tranqill + Rene ‘U R Everything’
Bad Fx & Hey Zeus ‘Feel that bump’
Flylo/Ahu ‘Stay’ (unreleased)
Shuanise ‘Kingdom’ (unreleased)
Jon Phonics ft Verb T ‘Alternate Take’
RDL ‘Demon.boi’
Floating Points ‘CTI Beat’ (unreleased)
Oddisee ‘Memory Lane’
Taarach ‘Baaaby’
Pursuit Grooves ‘Love Dub Motion’
Harmonic 313 ‘The Returners’
Bad Fx ‘The Ultimate’
Count Bass D ‘The Block’ inst
Reefer ‘Let It Go’ (Flying Lotus remix)
Shuanise ‘Catch’ (Mixed Nuts Excluse)
Dorian Concept ‘Two Hour Power’
Eprom + Profisee ‘ Zoning’
Lukid ‘Piano Nono’
Madlib + Stacy Epps ‘The Way I Live’
Beyonce ‘Diva’

Mixed Nutz 3/1/09

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written by moovmnt \\ tags: ahu, alex nut, dorian concept, floating points, flying lotus, jackson conti, madlib, mos def, ras g

I dunno man, I gave it a couple listens the past hour and it just don’t sound right (or it just don’t sound Common)t;  I mean, you can call this album “the experimental Common” or just his “8th album“, but Universal Mind Control is not my cup of tea.  I don’t like, doesn’t mean that I hate but the productions are so easy, so -16 year old type of beats!  What is happening to all these artists such as Mos Def, Common, what happened to the era of Rawkus? Why was it possible to come out with such a good roster of artists and sell their music to a larger crowd? Mos Def was on Times Square with a huge “Black On Both Sides” poster.  Common linked with Hi-Tek and dropped “1-9-9-9?; Kweli came with Reflection Eternal and Black Star. High & Mighty, Cage, Company Flow, we were talking about creativity back then, not bullshit.
“Coming with a message is not important anymore, although it’s the essence of hiphop“
Is it the money that causes that our favorite artists just don’t sound right nowadays?
Am I getting too old for this rap shit or does Common focus on 15 year old kids who (too bad for him) will download this album and forget about it next month;  Anyway, I’m very dissapointed, the highlight might be “Inhale” and most definitely “Gladiator” but that album isn’t worth buying.  Give it to some club deejays, give some to the kids but you won’t be able to reach the true Common fans I think.  Should’ve stuck with Kanye, he at least understood your way and your sound. Kanye had no time for you?  Well, should’ve wait…

by Lefto 

written by moovmnt \\ tags: hi-tek, lefto, mos def, universal mind control

+ Dwele – Feels So Good
+ 2000 Black – Simple Sacrifice
+ Kid Sublime – Something About Your Love Ft. Nicky Guiland
+ J. Rawls – Digital Funky
+ D’Angelo – Spanish Joint
+ Full Crate – Robin, Micha & Noah
+ ?? – ??
+ Aaron Jerome – Reason To Ft. Katherine De Boer
+ Ben Westbeech – So Good Today
+ Mos Def – Umi Says
+ Minus 8 – Starlight
+ ?? – ??
+ Saint Germain – Latin Note
+ Byron & Onra – Mr. Suave

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written by moovmnt \\ tags: 2000 black, aaron jerome, byron the aquarius, d'angelo, fs green, full crate, mixing september, mos def, nalden, nalden.net, onra

1. Heralds of Change – Spotted
2. Olivier Day Soul – Breath
3. Mike Slott – Flunky
4. The Astronotes – Disco 80
5. The Long Lost – Woebegone (Flying Lotus ‘Like Wo’ remix)
6. Ta’raach & Konphlict – 10 Feet High (Giraffe Pussy)
7. Ad Bourke – Queen Beez
8. Madvillain – Sickfit (instrumental)
9. Sixtoo – Something
10. Ghostface Killah – Big Girl
11. Georgia Anne Muldrow – Killa Peach
12. Kissey Asplund – Phone Call
13. O.boogie – Flash Gordon
14. S. Raw – Catch a Blast
15. Gap Mangione – Diana in the Autumn Wind
16. S.V. – Fall in Love
17. Samiyam – Catch Me Riding Dirty
18. 9th Wonder – The Becoming
19. Camp Lo – Luchini (Instrumental)
20. J-88 – Get it Together (Madlib Remix)
21. DJ Premier – 2nd Childhood
22. Full Crate – On the Tip
23. Esthero – Superheroes Remix
24. J Dilla – Nag Champa
25. Mos Def – Det Ta Steppin (Hi-Tek)
26. S.V. – Go Ladies
27. Dwele – Brandi
28. D’angelo – Booty
29. GGGG..?- Want to Get to Know You
30. Last Order – Summertime
31. J Dilla – Til It’s Gone
32. The Ummah – Ummah Life
33. Eric Coleman – #4
34. D’angelo – Those Dreamin Eyes (J Dilla)
35. Jasia 10 – Mindblowin’
36. Phife Dawg – Thought U Wuz Nice (instrumental)
37. Dr. Dre – The Doctor’s Office
38. Dam-Funk – Escape
39. RLP – Girl
40. Obey City – Mikey’s Beat
41. El Michaels Affair – Musings to Myself
42. Dorothy Ashby – The Moving Finger
43. SirOJ – Track07
44. Samon Kawamura – All About You
45. Nobody & Mystic Chords of Memory – Decisions, Decisions
46. Spirit Agent – Cyclist
47. Dr. Who Dat? – Bahia Blues
48. Flying Lotus – Tea Leaf Dancers (Ichiro remix)
49. Broadcast – Winter Now
50. Kona Triangle – 3
51. Machinedrum – Realization

Astro Nautico & Joe Kay Mix

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1. SirOJ- T6
2. Hudson Mohawke – Ooops!
3. Spec Boogie – Bed Stuy
4. Afta 1 – The Facts
5. Matrax – Always
6. James Pants – Theme From Paris
7. Dirty Swift/Dre – 21 Questions
8. SirOJ – T5
9. Madlib – 26
10. Afta 1 – Believe
11. Flying Lotus – LOST
12. Inglish – Alright O.K. (Tennille)
13. J Dilla – Running
14. Madvillain – Curls (Instrumental)
15. Koen – 2008
16. Onra – Deadbeat
17. G&D – Shine On (Black Milk)
18. Nicolay & Kay – Tight Eyes (Instrumental)
19. Suff Daddy – Late Night Suff
20. J Dilla – Bye
21. Eric Lau – For the D (Feat. Guilty Simpson)
22. SirOJ – T1
23. Pacific Division – Gorgeous
24. Shaffiq Hussayn – Still Awake a Kens Revenge
25. Calzone – I gotcha REMIX
26. Erykah Badu – Think Twice
27. Budo – Moving Up
28. Rustie – Zig Zag
29. Bullion – Get Familiar
30. Karriem Riggins – #4
31. Steve Spacek – Dollar
32. Emanative & Ahu’ – Turn Your Lights On

Joe Kay Moovmnt Mix

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written by moovmnt \\ tags: astro nautico, dwele, flying lotus, fs green, joe kay, mos def, samiyam, sir oj

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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written by moovmnt \\ tags: black thought, common, lost desire, malik b, mos def, new album, questlove, rising down, saigon, styles p, talib kweli, the roots, the show

88 Keys

88-Keys born Charles Misodi Njapa, is mos definetely not as popular as the artist he worked with like Mos Def, Talib Kweli, Musiq, J-Live, DJ Spinna, The Pharcyde, Ummah Collection, Kanye West, Consequense, and Bilal.  88  is one of the most slept-on producers out there. Maybe it was time for a solo project to earn the respect he deserves. In June 88 keys will release The Death of Adam: a narrative-based, primarily instrumental album that uses features from Kanye West, Guilty Simpson and others. Just listen to some music from 88 keys on Moovmnt, and respect hip-hop artists that give the good true hip hop feeling.

88 Keys – Just like a man feat Guilty Simpson

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88 Keys & Bilal - MILF  

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written by moovmnt \\ tags: 88 keys, beats, bilal, guilty simpson, kanye west, mos def, musiq, talib kweli, the death of adam, the pharcyde