Sy Smith – Fly Away With Me – Video
Taken from the excellent album Conflict, available at MobileUnderground.com
The Foreign Exchange – Take Off The Blues – Video
Possibly one of the best songs from the Foreign Exchange’s Leave It All Behind album. Check out the video for “Take Off The Blues”….. The Foreign Exchange feat. Darien Brockington – “Take Off The Blues” from The Foreign Exchange on Vimeo.
Slakah The Beatchild and Ayah Videos
Slakah The Beatchild’s Soul Movement Vol 1 was one of my Top albums of 2008, and I recently discovered this video for “Enjoy Ya Self” over at Fresh Selects.It’s self-directed, and nicely done. While on YouTube I then found the other video taken from the same album which shows a slightly different side of Slakah....
Trophy Room – Video – Quite Nyce & Raydar Ellis
Quite Nyce & Raydar Ellis show us the lighter side of indie hip-hop, while still being dope, in this entertaining video for their song “Trophy Room.”
Robot Art Proves New Yorkers Have a Heart!
Watching this video is like getting a big hug from your favorite person. Kacie Kinzer built a small but adorable robot, dubbed a ‘tweenbot‘ , capable of moving in just one direction, set him in one corner of NY’s Central Park with a flag asking for help to get him to the other corner. Not...
More Dopeness from Quite Nyce & Raydar Ellis
Quite Nyce & Raydar Ellis recently released an excellent indie hip-hop album Champs Vs. The League which you should definitely check out if you like Zion I, Kero One, Little Brother and other soulful hip-hop acts. Here’s another track for your listening pleasure, “The Spirit”. [Audio clip: view full post to listen] According to Raydar...
Go Buy Lisa Shaw – Free
Thanks to the lovely EMusic I recently grabbed Lisa Shaw’s brand new album “Free” and I’m pretty much in love with it. It’s full of the soulful downtempo-y, housey goodness you would expect. Lisa Shaw does this better than anyone else so grab this album for a wonderful end-to-end listen. She has just released a...


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