New Music From Leela James – It’s a Man’s Man’s Man’s World
It’s good to see Leela James back on the scene. Her authentic and earthy style of soul broke out with her debut “A Change Is Gonna Come” and the long awaited follow up “Let’s Do It Again” hits the streets March 24th: Let’s Do It Again, is Leela’s long-awaited follow-up to her powerful debut which...
Drake – So Far Gone
Lots o’ folks talkin about this Drake cat. Here’s the “So Far Gone” mixtape. Find out if it’s more than just hype… DOWNLOAD 01. Lust For Life 02. Houstatlantavegas 03. Successful (feat. Trey Songz & Lil’ Wayne) 04. Lets Call It Off (feat. Peter Bjorn & John) 05. November 18th 06. Ignant Shit (feat. Lil’...
Cubic Zirconia Mixtape – Tiombe Lockhart
Cubic Zirconia is Tiombe Lockhart’s new project. Check the mixtape below (via Honeysoul). More infos at FreshSelects DOWNLOAD CUBIC ZIRCONIA – MIXTAPE VOL. 1: CZ DOES LONDON 1. Cubic Zirconia – I Wanna Freebase You 2. Cubic Zirconia – Dick For A Day 3. Chase & Status – Eastern Jam [Ram Records] 4. Cubic Zirconia...
J Dilla Tribute Concert and EP – A Suite For Ma Dukes
The amazing Carlos Nino and Miguel Atwood-Ferguson have created a tribute EP to J. Dilla where they interpret his music with a 40-piece orchestra. Sounds pretty amazing in itself, but sure to be even more ear-opening is the live concert. They will perform the EP live for the first time on February 22 as part...
Dub MD & Spectacula Present “Unexclusively Exclusive”
The Blurb: Here’s some exclusive new heat from Queens emcee, Spectacula as he joins forces with Dub MD for this brand new project entitled “Unexclusively Exclusive” a 16 track digi-zip jam packed full of classic hip hop music. The new mixtape features beats from a whole host of producers from the likes of DJ Premier,...
Blu – HerFavoriteColo(u)r
(via Trees For Breakfast) It’s Blu so it’s probably dope. Free download: Blu – HerFavoriteColo(u)r.
J.Period & Q-Tip – The [Abstract] Best, Vol. 1
http://www.zshare.net/download/554105576122b438 via okayplayer
B. Bravo – Midnite
Sometimes you just hear a track and love it practically from note 1. This is one such track. B. Bravo is my new obsession. He makes some soulful, bumpin’ future soulistic type beats – as if J. Dilla and Prefuse 73 had a musical lovechild. His label, Fritenite describe his sounds as “popping analog synth...


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