Tracklisting:
1. The Pharcyde-Runnin’
2. Slum Village-Fall In Love
3. Common-The Light
4. Erykah Badu-Didn’t Cha Know
5. De La Soul-Stakes Is High
6. Busta Rhymes-Show Me What You Got
7. The Roots-Dynamite
8. A.G. feat. Aloe Blacc-Hip Hop Quotable
9. The Pharcyde-Drop
10. Amp Fiddler-I Believe In You
11. Steve Spacek-Dollar
This is the first in a series of planned albums focusing on different aspects of [...]

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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 [...]

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More cool music + artsy video stuff….The track “Love, Lotus” is a tribute to J. Dilla from H.O.P.E, produced by Flying Lotus, and is featured in this video with some insane origami-animation brilliance from Sipho Mabona. Find out more about H.O.P.E. on his Myspace
Check the video below and you can download “Love, Lotus” here.

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More good ‘ish coming out of the A-Side camp. The self-proclaimed “Michigan Mixtape King” DJ Graffiti has just released a new mixtape hosted by Buff-1, “Hipsters Need Soul Too.”  DJ Graffiti mixes it up with everything from the new-school ‘hipster’-hoppers like Mickey Factz, Cool Kids, Hollyweerd, old-school from Beastie Boys, Eazy E, electro soul from [...]

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J. Sands of the Lone Catalysts has put together an album utilizing instrumentals from the late J. Dilla, entitled “Mrs. Sands – A Love Story.” Its a refreshing take on relationships, at least from a hip-hop perspective – its about time rappers gave the due respect to their female partners – and a whole album [...]

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