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1-O.A.K.‘s debut album just came out via Honor Roll Music. Very nice Cali vibe going on here on “Special Request”. I suggest everybody to go download this motherf*cker for FREE right now. Can’t go wrong for that amount right. Download link is working again so make sure you download over here!

1-O.A.K. – Long Time

Yesterday Mez hit me up with yet another dope song he and his buddy Jonny Sass recorded. Eventhough Jonny doesn’t have a lot of time to record, they managed to squeeze out “The Right Way”, which is available as a limited free download here. The sound is very raw, but I hear lots of potential with these guys. More music from Mez can be found here by the way.

Jonny Sass – The Right Way (prod. by Mez)

So I got an email from Dean from Darker Than Wax (Singapore) informing me about their latest release from Midnight Runners. The duo consists out of Yordan and Munir, both hailing from the valleys of Bandung (Indonesia). Their “Overdive” EP is on that boogie/funk vibe and it’s good to see that Asia got the Funk. You can purchase the EP over at their Bandcamp page.

Midnight Runners – Night Ride [112kbps]

So Blu drops this new “UCLA” album out of the blue. It’s entirely produced by Madlib and you gotta love the cover! The quality of this release is incredibly poor though. Almost started to doubt whether this release is official or not. There’s only 2 songs on there that stand out and the overall quality of the vocal recordings is horrible. Dunno if this is worth $15 to you guys, but if you’d like to buy this visit this Bandcamp page. So it seems Stones Throw pulled this one of the net saying this is not a Blu X Madlib collaboration project.

Lawd have mercy. How we sleep on some stuff at times…it’s bananas. My man MRP told me I should check out Glenn Underground‘s album from a few months ago, entitled “Forgotten Art”. Chicago House at it’s finest with heavy Jazz influences. A definite must cop if you’re into this kinda music! Visit Juno to buy this CD.

Glenn Underground – Silent Pimp (Peace In My Place) [112kbps]

I must confess…kinda late with this one, but it just reached our inbox. It seems that Speek Greene is working on a compilation EP (that he’s co-producing) entitled “Rock Paper Soul”. No idea when this is coming out, but this Morris Alan joint produced by Kev Brown is sounding nice yo. Hurry and grab a free download of “Let It Ride”, because there’s still 78 available at the moment.

Morris Alan – Let It Ride (prod. Kev Brown)

Last week we brought you part 1 of Robert Glasper Experiment‘s “Move Love” remix contest. Two fresh new remixes from Vlooper and Union caught our attention this week. Oh remember submissions are due Monday in case you still want to enter the contest.

Robert Glasper Experiment – Move Love (Vlooper Remelange)

Robert Glasper Experiment – Move Love (Union Remix)

We’ve been listening to Australia’s M-Phazes for a while now and this guy has been blowing up. Yesterday his new “Phazed Out” album came out with features from J-Live, Saigon, Inspectah Deck, Big Noyd, Termanology, Chubb Rock, Sadat X, Heltah Skeltah, Masta Ace, El Da Sensei, and a lot more legendary hip hop artists. Not really my type of hype, but I was digging “Perfect Timing” with CL Smooth and Skyzoo. Give the album a listen and if you decide to buy, grab it on .

M-Phazes – Perfect Timing Ft. CL Smooth & Skyzoo

The homie Front2blaq hit me up on Facebook the other day and told me to check out Viridiana. Together with Mr Day she worked on the song “My Happiness” which is out via Favorite Recordings and available for purchase on .

Viridiana – My Happiness Ft. Mr Day

L.A.’s Terrace Martin has returned with some sweet new baby making Valentine music in the form of “4 Luv Suite”. Lots of slow sax solo’s which may very well lead to some slow sex action later tonight. Some really good soulful stuff on there like “Your Eyes” featuring Deonas. Make sure you cop this on via and enjoy this day of love!