Another leak from KCRW‘s Mathieu Schreyer. This time it’s a track from a Raphael Saadiq‘s unreleased album “Pookie Blue Room”. You can read Mathieu’s inside story below.
“Back in 2004 Raphael Saadiq opened his studio doors to Spacek to produce an album for one of his sub labels. The album was supposed to be called “Pookie Blue Room” and features 10 songs produced by both Steve Spacek and Morgan Zarate with Raphael singing on all of them and featuring guest appearances by Common, Q-tip, Ledisi, Steve Spacek and Sir Bentley….anyhow the album was never completed and therefore never released…” [Shouts to DJ Rahdu and Mathieu Schreyer].
Raphael Saadiq – They Don’t Know You Ft. Common & Ledisi (prod. Steve Spacek)
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Raphael Saadiq – I Miss U 2 (prod. Morgan Zarate)
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Again this mysterious Austrian producer who goes by the name of Mez (aka Mezuian) is comin’ correct with two new production. First song is “Do For You” with vocalist Jonny Sass and my favorite of the two songs below. Second is a new song with Soia called “Mood Swings” which also sounds pretty nice. I think it’s time for Mez to step out of the darkness and into the light. This guy deserves some more shine! Oh and if you hurry you can snag both songs from his Soundcloud page as a free download.
Jonny Sass – Do For You (prod. Mez)
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Soia – Mood Swings (prod. Mez & Nadja dB)
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written by nilez
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We’re back with some brand new music from Austrian soul/gospel singer Gianna Charles out on TLM Records. Gianna is from Vienna as is producer Mez (whom we posted about this weekend). Bit on the R&B tip, but soulful all the way.
Gianna Charles – Walk Away (prod by Mez)
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written by nilez
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New song from Erik Rico called “My Prayer” on LifeNotes music. The song was written and recorded years ago and has now found it’s way to you and is available on  as we speak.
Erik Rico – My Prayer
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The first week of 2012 is just nuts!! First all this wonderful music from Robert Glasper Experiment and now this new song from Boddhi Sativa entitled “From Another World” featuring none other than Vikter Duplaix. I know you all have been dying for some new sexy stuff from this guy…am I right? Well here it is. Open your ears, sit back and enjoy!
Boddhi Satva – From Another World Ft. Vikter Duplaix
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written by nilez
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Today Okayplayer premiered Full Crate‘s “Without My Heart” featuring David Simmons. In the spirit of Christmas this one is available as a free download for everyone.
Full Crate – Without My Heart Ft. David Simmons
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Renee Neufville, songstress of the platinum R&B duo Zhane is currently working on her first solo recording venture, titled “Sovereign.” Almost one year ago Renee uploaded some nice treats on her soundcloud including this amazing track “Everything” which features drummer extraodinair Chris “Daddy” Dave on drums.
Renee Neufville – Everything Ft. Chris “Daddy” Dave
written by nevill
\\ tags: chris dave, everything, nu-soul, r&b, renee neufville, rh factor, roy hargrove, sovereign, zhane
Okay I can truly understand why this is Butta! I wasn’t quite sure why it was green though, but after looking it up I found out the name refers to weed/marijuana. Now that we got that out of the way you might ask yourself….who is Green Butter? Well it’s two of Japans sickest producers Budamunk and Mabanua working together on their debut joint-venture album “Get Mad Relax”. My Japanese sucks so the press release wasn’t much use to me. I do know this. Perfect winter time food for your ears. Simply loving this soulful vibe that makes me wanna just chill the f*ck out on the couch. A definite must buy if you ask me, so check if you can purchase this via or try your luck over at Juno. For you vinyl heads there’s gonna be a 7″ coming out with my favorite, “The Smooth Route”, quite soon, so keep an ear out for that one.
Green Butter – The Smooth Route [112kbps]
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written by nilez
\\ tags: 7" vinyl, beats, Budamunk, get mad relax, green butter, hip hop, instrumentals, itunes, japan, jazzy sport, juno, mabanua, mimismooth, nu-soul, the smooth route
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!
Diggs Duke – The Epic Lie [left click]
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Diggs Duke – Funky Overdose
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written by nilez
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Gentleman’s Soul:
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.
Greg Banks – Soul [left click]
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