Tag Archives: Exile

Neck Brace III Dan Kinto

FRSHCLSV EP:
FRSH SLCTS x DaveNotti
present…
The Neck Brace III

In 2010, producer/rapper & FRSH SLCTS family member since day one, DaveNotti, started the Neck Brace Producers Showcase here in Portland, OR to both bring together & showcase some of the city’s beatmakers – both established & rising talents alike. After two successful showcases at … Read More

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FRSH VIDEO/LYRCS:
ADaD x Exile
“Sound Is God”

Released today is a new video from last year’s AM/FM - the remix/companion album to Exile‘s Radio. The album featured remixes by either Exile’s production peers using the same radio samples he did, or some of his vocal co-conspirators singing or rapping over the original … Read More

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FRSH SLCTS PRSNTS…
EVNT VIDEO:
Blu & the NoYork! band
“EaseYourMind”
Live @ The Fix – Portland, OR

September 30th, 2010 Yet another VTech & Fresh Selects exclusive first listen – once again coming your way live from Portland, Oregon. This time, we present you with “EaseYourMind” – a song from one of the year’s most anticipated releases, Blu’s NoYork! album. The song … Read More

Exile @ Neck Brace III

FRSH EVNT VIDEO:
DaveNotti’s Neck Brace III:
Featured Producer –
Exile
performing “In Love”

June 16th, 2010 Here it is… the 5th and final video from that fateful night at Someday Lounge in June – that was DaveNotti’s The Neck Brace III. You’ve already seen the 4 resident producers of the night – DaiN, Xperiment, FlipFlop & Theory Hazit, … Read More

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FRSH KPT SCRT:
ADaD –
Intro To ADaD Mixtape
Mixed by Tone B. Nimble

Here is the FRSHCLSV premiere of the brand new mixtape from one of my new favorite MC’s, ADaD (pronounced uh-dod). Coming out of Chicago, ADaD has been making a name for himself as part of the All Natural, Inc. crew for years now, releasing both … Read More

blu exile radio

FRSHCLSV PRMR:
Blu x Exile’s Radio:
“LoveLine(s),
DedicatedToLastFe’vrier.”

Always one to throw some extra support the homies’ way, Blu recently caught some inspiration and added his two cents to a song from Exile‘s latest album, Radio. So what was once an instrumental “Love Line,” has now become “LoveLine(s),DedicatedToLastFe’vrier.” And as usual for when … Read More

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FRSHCLSV PRMR:
Blame One
feat. Blu & Exile
“Wonder Why”
(prod. GODlee Barnes)

Closing out an already pretty crazy week, I’ve got first dibs on the newest leak from San Diego rap veteran, Blame One‘s upcoming album, Days Chasing Days. The song is “Wonder Why,” featuring the dynamic duo, Blu & Exile – but in a refreshing reversal … Read More

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FRSH EP:
Blu –
HerFavoriteColo(u)r

Just in case you didn’t already get it from one of the other gazillion blogs that posted it – here it is, the new free download EP (NOT a mixtape) from the man of the hour, Blu, entitled HerFavoriteColo(u)r. On this self-produced project, Blu not … Read More

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PDCST:
FRSH SLCTS RADIO #1

Today marks the debut of my new podcast, simply titled Fresh Selects Radio. Even though this is the first episode, it feels like the second in a way, because its more or less a follow-up to the Loose Joints mixtape I put together last fall. … Read More

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FRSH SNGL PRVW:
Shawn Jackson
“Maan Up!”
(feat. TaRaach & Big Tone)
b/w “Here We Go Again”
(feat. Co$$ prod. Exile)

Hot off the heels of releasing two critically acclaimed albums in 2008, Rhode Island native/L.A. resident, Shawn Jackson, is already going for it in 2009 by releasing two new singles in the last month. The most recent one being the 12″ EP and digital single … Read More

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FRSHCLSV SNGL PRVW:
Exile
“Stay Tuned (Stay Here)
(Muhsinah’s Vocal Remix)”
b/w “It’s Coming Down
(Shafiq Husayn Remix)”

(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 … Read More

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FRSHCLSV PRMR:
Exile’s Radio
“In Love”

After releasing both his guest-filled production album, Dirty Science, and his critically acclaimed full-length collaboration with Blu, Below The Heavens, within a year of each other – as well as landing major label placements with Mobb Deep & 50 Cent (“Pearly Gates”), Jurassic 5 (“Baby … Read More