Just when all the over-saturation and post-mortem bandwagoners almost had me putting all my favorite Dilla shit back on the shelf – in comes the official torchbearer, House Shoes, to re-ignite the spark. His forthcoming mixtape (in the truest sense of the word), The King James Version, is a smoke-filled trip through the used [...]
Some quick holiday selections for you guys today, both coming from Bugz In The Attic member and broken beat pioneer, Daz-I-Kue. I’ll let Daz introduce the first joint himself…
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Hope all you your Xmas arrangement is going well.
Anyway I’m just want to give a little xmas tune to you as a way as a [...]
As Soulbounce announced last week, today marks the online release of new PPP starlet, Karma Stewart’s The Karma EP. For those who don’t know, Karma is an up-and-coming singer from Austin, Texas now living in L.A., whose best known (so far) as the voice of PPP’s latest single, “On A Cloud.”
After the [...]
A quick weekend update for you tonight. Johnson&Jonson (Blu & Mainframe for the slow folk) have just released a new EP single for the track, “Mama Told Me,” off their self-titled album. Along with the album version, the EP also includes the instrumental version of the title track, the very noddable bonus instrumental [...]
(For Part 1 of the exclusive Fresh Selects x Exile – Radio preview, click here)
For the second leak off of producer, Exile’s forthcoming LP, Radio, I have a preview of the album’s first single, including 2 non-album remixes. On the A side, we have “Stay Tuned (Stay Here)” which features Muhsinah adding vocals to [...]
So… I’m not usually into the whole “ironically ignorant hipster dance” side of things – but when its done right, I really can’t be mad at it. And the Super Viral Brothers, in my opinion, are just that.
SBV’s are a new duo made up of singer Anthony Mills (AKA Mr. Calderon) and [...]
For everyone who hit me up about the new Finale tracks from the Loose Joints unmixed-tape and asked for more – I got you. Fresh from Finale himself, we’ve got another pair of new tracks – “Jungle Music (All Day),” his take on Baltimore club/go-go music produced by Nick Tha 1da, and the introspective [...]
Cutting-edge Japanese label, Circulations, have joined forces with European tastemaker & host of Amp Soul Generation radio show, Jay Scarlett, for the brand new compilation, New Worlds. The project was put together to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the HMV Shibuya store – one of the leading retail supporters of quality music in Japan. [...]
December 2, 2008 /
Denaun Porter, Guilty Simpson, J Dilla, Jay Scarlett, Leon King, Marv Won, MED, Oh No, Paradime, SA-RA Creative Partners, Super Smoky Soul
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I’m back, bidges!! Did ya miss me? Haha.
First off, I just wanted to say Thank You once again to everyone who’s hit me up about the Loose Joints mixtape. I’m glad you guys liked it – I’ve got some more mixes on their way soon, so stay tuned for more on those.
I’ll be [...]
November 30, 2008 /
Black Milk, Blu, Cubic Zirconia, Finale, Guilty Simpson, Illa J, Invincible, J Dilla, Jesse Boykins III, Jneiro Jarel, Johnson and Jonson, Slum Village, T3, Tiombe Lockhart, Willie Isz
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As promised, here’s the first-ever Fresh Selects mixtape. No, it’s not really mixed – its just a .zip full of tracks that I’ve been feeling lately, and/or been meaning to post about. I’m gonna be gone for the next couple of days so I wanted to put this up to hold you guys [...]
November 21, 2008 /
88-Keys, Black Milk, Black Spade, Coultrain, DaiN, DaveNotti, devonwho, Dill Clinton, DistantStarr, DJ Final, Donel Smokes, Dudley Perkins, Fatima, Finale, Georgia Anne Muldrow, Hi-Res, J Dilla, Jay Scarlett, Kanye West, Kissey Asplund, Knowledge, Mike Slott, Noni Limar, PPP, Rashid Hadee, Ras_G, SA-RA Creative Partners, Steve Spacek, TaRaach, Troubleman, VeeBeeO, Waajeed
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Two new exclusives for you guys today, both coming to you via the homie Shafiq Husayn of SA-RA Creative Partners. First up, we have a special full-side preview of his brand new instrumental EP, Shafiq presents… Jank Random vs. Earl Leonne – The Frequency Cla$h, which is out now on Poo-Bah Records. The [...]
Brand new episode of Waajeed & Bling47’s podcast series, Bling47 Radio. This latest installment is the first of a two-part sneak preview of PPP’s upcoming Abundance Mixtape – which will be available right here in the coming weeks. All of this will be leading up to the release of PPP’s new album, Abundance, [...]
November 13, 2008 /
Coultrain, DJ Topspin, Georgia Anne Muldrow, J Dilla, Jamila Raegan, Jazmine Sullivan, PPP, Rozzi Daime, SA-RA Creative Partners, Saadiq, Selan, Simon Katz, Tiombe Lockhart, Waajeed, Zeno, Zo!
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