Brand new video & song from producer, RODDYROD, featuring two of North Carolina’s finest, Phonte & Carlitta Durand. Since we were the first to give you a preview of the track, “This Time Around,” back in March – it’s only right that we also be the first to hit you with both the video, as well as the official leak of the track.

The video was done by RODDYROD’s own Humble Monarch collective and the song will be appearing on the new expanded release of Rod’s concept album, Cuba After Market, dropping soon – so stay tuned for more on that.

Check the video below, download the track and let me know what you think – all below.

With the expanded re-release of his Cuba After Market project on the horizon, Low Budget producer, RODDYROD, has blessed us with 4 new tracks as a sneak preview. The original album was Rod’s audio tour guide to/history lesson of Cuba made from chopping, stretching & twisting Havana-inspired sounds to form his own brand of latin-infused broken beat. The journey was mostly an instrumental one, but also featured cameos from some of the DMV area’s brightest soul stars – Muhsinah, Bilal Salaam and Wayna. And Cuba After Market 1.5 carries on that tradition by adding additional instrumentals and also expanding the guest list to include North Carolina’s Phonte & Carlitta Durand (on “This Time Around”) and current Brooklyn resident Nicholas Ryan Gant (on “Let The Rain Fall”). By the way, if you’re not already up on Nicholas, be sure to check out MOOVMNT‘s great post on him last week.

As for RODDYROD, you can expect to see a lot more from him in the coming weeks – as he’ll releasing the video for “This Time Around” with Phonte & Carlitta in late April/early May before dropping the full Cuba After Market 1.5 on May 26th, as well as the second version of his Rawkus 50 album, Blunt Park Sessions (which was highly slept on, in my opinion) soon after that. He’s also been making some major moves with his graphic design & filmmaking venture, Humble Monarch, as well.

You can stream the two vocals tracks from the sampler before getting the full 4-track download (with both tracks & two more instrumentals) below. Also, be sure to check out the Videos section to see some of the music video work Rod has done for the likes of Muhsinah, Kev Brown, Green Tea, Kaimbr, Cy Young, JLaine and himself.

If it isn’t already – the name Trackademicks is definitely one that you should get familiar with. Track is a Bay Area-based producer/MC whose recently been making a lot of noise with his unique sound – a certain 808-laden, slaphappy knock that blurs the line between hyphy and hipster without falling into the stereotypes of either. His white label remixes and work with his crew, the Honor Roll, plus work with local Bay Area pillars like Mistah FAB (Thizz Entertainment) and Lyrics Born (Quannum) have laid a strong foundation for his more recent, out-of-town placements. Highlights from those collaborations include innovators J*DaVeY, indie-rock favorites Editors, ’80s revisiters Zo! & Tigallo, my not-so-unbiased favorite, DJ Tap.10.

And like we always do about this time – stay tuned after the jump for some more background info & extra freshness. This time the focus is on the solo artist/rapper side of Trackademicks’ work, along with that of his fellow Honor Roll members, plus his latest remix video for his reworkings of Kenna and Janelle Monae.