The Foreign Exchange blessed us with a nice little freebie today. On June 28 the group is releasing a live CD/DVD entitled “Dear Friends: An Evening With The Foreign Exchange”, which apart from the live recordings features two brand new studio tracks. One of those tracks is “All The Kisses” which features Amber & Paris Strother of KING, a group we all have been waiting to hear more from. More information over at The Foreign Exchange.
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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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After countless remixes, productions, features, as well as his critically acclaimed [Re]Mixtape Series, Trackademicks has finally come with his full-length debut LP, State Of The Arts. Twelve tracks deep, Trackademicks handles 100% of the production duties. The record enlists a healthy dosage of Track’s known collaborative cohorts, including Little Brother/Foreign Exchange founder Phonte (“Fool On The Hill”), Windy City favorite Kid Sister (“Quit Yo Job”), and the soulful Teedra Moses (“Face The Music”). Along with his own HNRL crew, Oakland favorites Mistah F.A.B. (“Stop It!”) and Goapele (“State Of The Arts”) also make the cut.
Available at all digital retailers, State Of The Arts comes with a substantial 20-something page booklet containing extensive artist liner notes written by Trackademicks himself. In the upcoming weeks Track will also begin releasing video liner notes for select songs off the record. The full digital package also includes previously unreleased bonus material. HNRL Crew
Trackademicks – International Affairs Feat MoxMore
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Trackademicks – Check Feat Josie Stingray
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Phonte from Little Brother/Foreign Exchange took some time to upload some unreleased gems on his Twitter/SwiftFM. From early Little Brother tracks to the Slum Village“Further” demo. Some of it is just unfinished stuff and not that great, but a nice way to see Phonte’s progression in the last 5 years. The track that stands out most is Kaidi Tatham‘s remix of Total Science’s “Wasting Time” featuring Darien Brockington. Enjoy…Photo: Tobias/Kompleks
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Guess it’s that time that Cali is coming out of the woodworks with new music. This time it’s Trackademicks featuring Phonte from Little Brother/The Foreign Exchange. Personally I love the 1-O.A.K. remix so had to stream that one at a low bitrate for ya’ll. The original version is available as a free download via the Honor Roll Bandcamp page or get the entire single on
Trackademicks – Fool On The Hill (1-O.A.K. Remix) Ft. Phonte [112kbps]
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Recently Stones Throw debuted a box set of ten 45′s containing tracks selected by Peanut Butter Wolf from the Stones Throw archive which have never been released on 7-inch singles. The box set 10 X 45 will be released in limited quantity on October 25th. The tracklist of the box-set can be found after the jump. You can purchase this for only $39.95 at the Stones Throw webshop.
One of the most anticipated albums for this fall has to be The Foreign Exchange their “Authenticity” album. I’ve just listened to it and in my opinion it is a worthy follow up album after having been nominated for a grammy last year. Yes it’s a bit more accessible, but honestly FE has stayed true to themselves and it’s simply a beautiful album. Of course we find guest appearances from longtime contributors YahZarah, Darien Brockington, Zo! and Median. On “Make Me A Fool” we hear Jesse Boykins III , who in my opinion is one of the most talented vocalists on this album. In only a few days “Authenticity” hits the stores, so act accordingly and BUY the album through the FE website or ..
The Foreign Exchange – Make Me A Fool Ft. Jesse Boykins III & Median
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“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..
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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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For over a decade the Red Bull Music Academy has given young, upcoming artists a place to develop themselves. Not only do they learn, but a very important part of the RBMA is creating and exposing! What better way to do this than to record a compilation album together with fellow participants as well as more established musicians and sometimes even legends.
Under the name ‘Various Assets’ this has been done several times. These CD’s were never released to the general public and contain unreleased material as well as music that has been released like Flying Lotus his “Tea Leaf Dancers” featuring Andreya Triana. These compilation CD’s were recorded all over the world from Melbourne to Seattle and from Toronto to Barcelona.
We from Moovmnt had never actually heard all of this material and thought it would be a good idea to select our favourites and release it as a mix. Some music you might have heard on our website already, but I can assure you that some of this material has been waiting, hidden in the dust, to come out of your speakers and give you a taste of the wonderful things that are going on at the Red Bull Music Academy.
We tried to keep the mix close to our personal taste and yet it contains a divers array of different kinds of music. Enjoy some tasteful hip hop, nu-soul, future funk, soulful house, electronic music with a dash of dubstep to go out with a bang. Now we’re off to London to soak up some of that RBMA energy, so enjoy this one. We’ll be keeping you updated about what goes on behind the scenes at the Academy, so tune in for some exclusive footage, music, etc.
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