Our inbox was blessed by some soulful music from Diggs Duke who released his debut “Gravity” EP last week via bandcamp. My first thought was ‘where the heck has this guy been hiding’, but I soon realized it was in Maine. I’m sure we’re gonna be posting a lot more of his music in 2012! Good news…the first 200 downloaders can download this one for free by filling in a $0 price or you can also put down any other price you seem fit to support future projects. Diggs will be releasing another EP in a few months and is hoping to get a full-length album out there as well in the future (which I am sure he will be doing on some fortunate independent label). This is the perfect way to start you Monday..and a free download on our Soundcloud page especially for the people who missed out on Bandcamp!
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Diggs Duke – Funky Overdose
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Got this email in yesterday about a duo from Seattle called Malice & Mario Sweet. A couple that has been happily married for a few years now and decided to share their passion for music together. Earlier this year they released their “Happy 2 Year” album. Adding a few extra bonus songs and remixes, they now have a deluxe edition out. For me the “Date Night” remix stood out eventhough I have no clue who remixed it.
Malice & Mario Sweet – Date Night (Remix) (Prod. Tall Black Guy)
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This year’s Red Bull Music Academy is in full effect again. Participants such as Full Crate and Salva are probably having the time of their lives as we speak in Madrid. Yesterday miss Erykah Badu was a guest at the academy and gave a lecture. To give you guys a small preview, check out this teaser video and be on the look out for footage of MF Doom’s lecture as well. More video footage will be shared soon, don’t you worry.
Shout out to Cory from Okayplayer for hitting us up about Louisiana-native Greg Banks. This singer/songwriter/model/actor won a won a B.E.T College Tour Competition and yet wasn’t on my radar. His latest song entitled “Soul” is available as a free download and is taken from the forthcoming “A Gentleman’s Journal” mixtape and will have many ladies sighing in harmony I bet.
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Last month UK veteran soul singer, Omar, performed a brand new song entitled “The Man” live in Copenhagen on a hot summers day. The vocals were sung live as Kriswontwo was shooting this dope video while the instrumental was added later. I think everything came out quite “Special”! Kinda slept on this one since it came out over a month ago. So just for you guys, some of that British nu soul music on a lazy Sunday afternoon.
Jill Scott‘s “From The Vault” Vol. 1 is a compilation album that drops Tuesday on Hidden Beach Recordings. Last October miss Scott left the label, breaching her six-album contract and owed millions of dollars in damages. This resulted in plans for this album series of her previously unreleased songs recorded for the label. Early sneak peak for you nu soul lovers.
Jill Scott – Wondering Why (You Don’t Talk To Me)
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“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 or get the CD over HERE. [FE Music]
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Zo! – Flight Of The Blackbyrd Feat. Phonte
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A while back Busy sent us this soulful Teisha Marie joint called “Unscripted” that he produced in 2008. It’s nice to hear a different musical side of Busy and we’d love to hear him produce more songs with vocalists. For those that were wondering where to cop…Teisha’s album “Addicted To Life” is available via as well as on CD. Just click on the desired format and voila. Enjoy your Sunday afternoon with this Slept on Sundays joint and enjoy life..
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Terrace Martin is a producer/saxophonist/songwriter has been playing drums and piano since he was toddler. Later at the age of 13 he fell in love with the alto sax and that’s that. It has been Terrace Martin’s love for the alto sax that has catapulted his career into a world beyond imagination. He has worked with people like Diddy, Raphael Saadiq and Charlie Wilson. Even more noteworthy might be legends like Art Farmer, Herbie Hancock, Quincy Jones and Stevie Wonder.
Mr. Martin also caught the attention of Hip Hop veteran Snoop Dogg and went on to become his production partner. On Terrace’s new release, “The EP – Volume 2: Lover Edition”,Snoop even pops around to do some guest vocals. Also dope to see Frank Nitt get down on “Go Girl” together with Problem. Did I mention this is a FREE DOWNLOAD? Well it is so enjoy and spread the word to you and yours.
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Past Monday marked the 10th anniversary of D’Angelo‘s classic “Voodoo” album. After 10 years of silence, apart from an occasional featuring here and there, one can only wonder if we’ll ever hear a full length D’Angelo album again. And while various sources reported that a lot of new material had been recorded, we hadn’t heard anything other than ?uestlove’s leak of “Really Love” a few years back. However, an unmastered version of a track called “1000 Deaths” popped up a couple of days ago. This track has been referred to as a “psychedelic-soul head trip” by ?uestlove in interviews throughout the years. Engineer & producer Russ Elevado, who worked with D’Angelo on a lot of his new material, also spoke briefly about the track in his classic Q&A’s on the Gearslutz.com forums:
the song you’re speaking of is actually called “1000 deaths”. and i don’t hear the earth, wind, fire influence. it’s more like a heavy rock/funk vibe. it would be hard for me to rate as it’s every bit of a good D’angelo song than any of his others but it’s also different. there’s some really nice guitar work from him on that song also.
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