New music from Kansas City, MO singer/producer, Miles Bonny and LA-producer, DJ Day for you guys today. The two have teamed up for a cover of “Still Ray” by Raphael Saadiq (which of course itself was inspired by Dr. Dre’s “Still D.R.E.”). They’ve released the song as a free download and Miles Bonny even made a self-directed video for it.

The video’s transcripts reads, “There exists a location that frames Miles’ current life. An abandoned hotel in the region Miles serves as a social worker, is the perfect spot for him to express his relationship to money, love, and the ongoing struggle to find a balance between societal expectation and personal spirituality. His mind, a swirling wind of obligation and inspiration is demonstrated by layered images, simultaneously finding solace in beautiful audio and video composition.” But basically, its Miles Bonny picking icicles and dancing on a stoop – double exposed. Awesome.

“Of course, this is also a homage to the original song, beautifully written, performed, and presented.” Word. You can also check out Day’s blog, Like A Throttle for the full story on their version came about.

You can watch the video & download the aptly titled, “Still Miles,” below. Also be sure to check out the bonus track – a solo Saadiq cover by DJ Day of “Skyy, Can You Feel Me”

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.