Zo!‘s upcoming album “SunStorm” is coming out on FE Music and will hit the stores July 27th. The video for “This Could Be The Night” (featuring Eric Roberson, Darien Brockington and Rapper Big Pooh) was directed by Matt Koza.
Little Brother is back for the very last time with a new album. The North Carolina duo, made up of hip-hop heavyweights Phonte and Rapper Big Pooh recently announced the upcoming release of their fourth and final album, “LeftBack”, available April 20th via Hall of Justus. With production from the likes of Khyrsis, Denaun Porter, Zo!, Symbolyc One, J. Bizness and King Karnov, LeftBack is poised to take listeners on an epic auditory adventure. Phonte and Rapper Big Pooh will also be extending invites for the farewell party to fellow emcees Torae, Truck North, Jozeemo, Chaundon and Median, while crooner Darien Brockington and chanteuse Yahzarah are on hand to add a touch of the melodious to the album. Enjoy the first official leak produced by Khrysis called “Curtain Call”.
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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.
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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
We are proud to present the new EP of covers from our producer extraordinair Zo!, also known from Foreign Exchange. This FREE “…Just Visiting Too” release features Yahzarah, Carlitta Durand, Sy Smith, Phonte and Darien Brockington.
Working on this record has been a labor of love for everybody involved, and it serves as a teaser for Zo’s upcoming full-length “SunStorm” dropping next summer on FE Music. Enclosed in the “…Just Visiting Too” zip file is a digital pdf booklet complete with all the album credits, information on the album’s vocalists and contributors, as well as information on the originals. Enjoy the music, pass it around to a friend, and as always thank you for the support. Download the EP – HERE -
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REPOST: Shibuya is the new project from the creative minds of Nicolay and Phonte Coleman, better known as THE FOREIGN EXCHANGE, whose sophomore album, the independent R&B/Soul smash Leave It All Behind (TFE/Hard Boiled; Oct. 2008), continues to gain momentum as the duo and their extended family of singers and musicians currently tour the United States and Canada with their critically acclaimed live show. The countless performances together have added a new level of sophistication to the musical output of Nicolay and Phonte, resulting in what they themselves consider to be one of their most ambitious projects yet.
The idea for Shibuya, which is the second installment in Nicolay’s City Lights series of albums, was first conceived after his first visit to Tokyo, Japan. Once back home, he wrote and recorded with a new-found sense of freedom, laying the groundwork for the albums Time:Line and Leave It All Behind as well a third album, a deeply personal homage to the Tokyo district of Shibuya that illustrates both the grandeur of Japan’s age-old heritage (”Meiji Shrine, “Rain In Ueno Park”, “The Inner Garden”) as well as the hectic city life of one of the world’s busiest metropolitan areas (”Crossing”, “Satellite”, “Bullet Train”) through two suites of richly multi-layered instrumental pieces.
Where City Lights Volume 1 was primarily instrumental, on Shibuya, the instrumental pieces are book-ended by several vocal songs written by Phonte, who keeps showing remarkable growth as a songwriter and vocal arranger, for up and coming fellow North Carolina vocalist Carlitta Durand, who previously collaborated with Phonte on Little Brother’s Getback album (ABB 2007) and many other projects. Also appearing is “FE” liveband-mate ZO!, who adds his virtuoso keyboard solos to two songs. From UGHH.com.
Nicolay – Wake Up In Another Life Feat Carlitta Durand
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One of the best producers in hiphop is back with a new digital release! Kev Brown’s new “Random Joints” album is available for $7.99. Check out the tracklist and get your own copy right at…Amazon, Rhapsodyor iTunes.
Listen…
The Random Joint
No Time (feat Bilal Salaam)
The Versatility Joint (D.J. Rbi on the Cuts)
The Alternative Rock Joint
The Marvelous Joint (feat Yu and D.J. Marshall Law on the Cuts)
The Hennessy Joint (feat Kenn Starr, Wayna, Raheem Devaughn, Eric Roberson and Dre King On the Keys)
From My Porch (feat. Sean Born)
Lord Help Me (feat Eye-q, Cy Young, Zo! on the Piano and Dre King on the Wurlitzer)
Kev Brown – Lord Help Me
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There is nothing better than gettin a goodie from one of your favorite artists in your mailbox..For all the people who didnt subscribe to the Foreign Exchange mailinglist, here is what they had to say..
This is the first in a series of random goodies that we will be periodically dropping off in your mailboxes. (Who loves ya, baby?)
We recorded this over a month ago specifically for a ?uestlove tribute party dedicated to The Purple One himself. Other than passing it off to a few DJ friends who vowed to keep it on some secret squirrel, “bet you aint up on THIS!” status, no one has ever heard it. In the wake of the incredible loss we suffered on June 25 however, this joint took on somewhat of a deeper meaning.
We decided to share it with our fans not only as a token of appreciation, but also as a way of paying respect to one of our last living musical geniuses.
Let’s not wait until tragedy strikes before we show love and gratitude to our heroes, people. Give them their flowers while they live.
This one’s for you, Mr. Nelson. You are loved and appreciated.
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And you thought you heard enough Dilla this month..
Here is a crazy track from the homie ZO!…2009 version of Slum Village – Untitled (Fantastic). Last Dilla Tribute you will get from Moovmnt…Go get Overdue Process if you don’t have it already..
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Now this is how you jump off the new year. The first official 2009 album must be “Overdue Process” by Zo! & Asylum 7. When we last saw Zo!, he and Little Brother’s Tiggalo loved the 80′s. At the top of the year, he returns with another joint venture, this time with hometown hero, Asylum 7. Overdue Process is slated for exclusive Tasteful Licks release on January 1, 2009 (Happy New Year), with broader digital and physical release on January 6, 2009.
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Bilal Salaam’s second solo album “Langue De Rasoir (Razor Tongue)” will be released on ITunes in the next 5 weeks. Download the first single and title track of this album.
Bilal Salaam is also a part of the Honest Music Movement that consist of Eric Roberson, Wes Felton, Little Brother, Muhsinah, Raheem Devaugh, Slimkat 78, Sy Smith, and more….Watchthis video.
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