Brand new free-download EP from young L.A.-based singer/songwriter and rising star, Miguel, entitled Mischief: The Mixtape. While waiting for his debut album to be released by Jive, Miguel (also known as Jontel) has been keeping busy with collaborations with underground favorites Blu (Below The Heavens, Johnson&Jonson), Exile (Dirty Science), Daz-I-Kue (“Move Part 2″) and [...]
Okay okay… so I’m late as hell with this. But just in case you’re as late as me… you need this in your life.
When Erykah Badu included the accappella version of “Honey” on the 12″ single for the track – damn near everybody had a remix out for it. But in typical bootleg [...]
When starting this post, I wasn’t sure whether or not it was fair to include Little Dragon in the Fresh Kept Secrets category, considering their recent success in certain scenes & demographics. But although they definitely have a large following already, I feel like a lot of heads still haven’t been properly exposed to [...]
Another FRESHselects.net exclusive – this time coming straight from the leader of The Lovelution & chief CRAChole himself, TaRaach (note: “capital R-ruh” & no more apostrophe). And this time it’s a double-header.
First up is a quick batch of beats that Raach whipped up for a recent set at The Low End Theory, [...]
Fresh Kept Secrets will be an on-going series on here where I’ll present to you some of my favorite artists who are currently residing just under the average head’s radar, in an attempt to shine some much-needed light their way. This is in no way intended to reflect a lack of accomplishment or promotional [...]
After the overwhelming response to the Pay Jay post, and people hitting me up (whys everyone e-mailing me but not leaving comments here?! LOL) saying they donated off the strength – I decided it’s about time to start bringing out the exclusives. I still stand by my statement that new tracks shouldn’t be needed [...]
Ah… Jay Dee …where do I even start?
J Dilla Changed My L—nah, that’s played out. Without Jay Dee I wouldn’—eh, not that either.
Fuck it. If you made it to this site, you should know by now who James D. Yancey is and what he means to not just me but any&everyone whose been [...]
Brand new sneak preview to the follow-up to Connected, the geography-defying debut from Phonte & Nicolay as The Foreign Exchange. Connected, as misunderstood by certain hip-hop heads as it was, has always been a personal favorite of mine – so I have high expectations for their new album, Leave It All Behind.
I’ll reserve judgement until [...]
New video from Johnson&Jonson, the latest project from SoCal’s finest, Blu, which finds his complex-yet-blunt brand of lyricism matched with raw loops & breaks dug up by himself & partner in crime, Mainframe.
BONUS VIDEO: Johnson&Jonson “Bout It, Bout It”
SUPPORT: Johnson&Jonson’s self-titled LP is on iTunes now and will be hitting CD stores on September 23rd.
Brand new track from the late great J Dilla’s younger brother (and a formidable artist in his own right), Illa J, featuring fellow Detroit native, Guilty Simpson. The song is “R U Listenin?” – the B-side to the first single leading up to his upcoming debut LP, Yancey Boys, due out on Delicious Vinyl [...]
A quick beat CD by the good homie DaveNotti available for free download for you. Notti is a Yonkers, NY-born MC/producer whose recently re-located to Portland & has been an integral part of the Thrilla Music Group ever since.
Notti Breaks 2008 finds Dave chopping up & having fun with some of his favorite samples [...]
Following up Keziah & Karriem, we have yet another unexpected-but-dope singer/producer collab. This time it comes in the form of Detroit soul/funk veteran, Amp Fiddler being produced by none other than the legendary dub duo, Sly & Robbie. This “why didn’t I think of that?” collaboration is only the first in a new [...]