Ves' Digital world

J Dilla - Old Dounut

2010-02-07T11:37:00.000-08:00

Since today is the late great James "J Dilla" Yauncy aka Jay Dee. I decided to share with this outtake album from the "Dohnuts" era. These were outtakes that didn't make it to the album. Since, It's his birthday today I wanted to do a special tribute in his memory.... so check it out.
Tracklisting:

1.Get at me
2.The 80's
3.Dee Zee
4.Play it loud
5.Daylight
6.Tipster
7.In the park
8.One Two
9.This is it
10.Don't say a Word
11.Bounce
12.Here We Come
13.Lalala
14.In The Spot
15.MC Squared
16.U Niggaz Ain't
17.Village
18.Say it Big
19.Movin
20.U and Ur smile
21.2 morrow
22.Prince
23.TwentyFour

Click here to download album

Nicolay - Here

2010-02-07T10:22:00.001-08:00

Tracklisting:
Here (Intro)
I Love The Way You Love Feat. Darien Brockington
I Am The Man Feat. Black Spade
Give Her Everything
What It Used To Be Feat. Wiz Khalifa
Good Days Are Gone Feat. Black Spade
Let It Shine For Me
The End is Near Feat. Black Spade
Adore Feat. YahZarah
Here (Outro)
My Story Feat. Kay and Sy Smith
Music is the universal language that comes in different forms and for centuries has brought people together from all walks of life. The producer’s role is crucial in the creation of the music process, with the responsibilities of building the foundation and direction of any masterpiece. In this era of the producer rising to the forefront, Nicolay is making serious international headway. ...more info

long info:
Music is the universal language that comes in different forms and for centuries has brought people together from all walks of life. The producer’s role is crucial in the creation of the music process, with the responsibilities of building the foundation and direction of any masterpiece. In this era of the producer rising to the forefront, Nicolay is making serious international headway.

Born and raised in The Netherlands, Europe, Nicolay's passion for music has dominated his life for as long as he can remember. He was brought up with equal parts of Stevie Wonder and Neil Young, and as a youth, most of his days were spent listening to whatever music he could get his hands on. Nicolay’s early love for classical music drove him to seek a formal music education. A true multi-instrumentalist, Nicolay is proficient in playing piano and keyboards, guitar, bass and drums. Nicolay’s diverse understanding of music led him to play in several Hip-Hop and R&B bands, opening up for artists such as K-Ci & JoJo, Boyz II Men, MC Lyte and many others.

After being a live musician and bandleader for nearly a decade, Nicolay started producing in 2000, and shortly thereafter, came across Phonte Coleman of Little Brother through the Okayplayer message boards. The two soon began trading tracks and rhymes back and forth over instant messenger, which in turn created the b-side single for Little Brother's critically acclaimed 2003 album The Listening, titled 'Light It Up'. At the time, neither of them suspected that they were actually laying the foundation for what would become one of the most cohesive and innovative albums of 2004. Together they called themselves The Foreign Exchange, and appropriately titled the project 'Connected'.

In 2006, Nicolay has found himself busier than ever. Facing forward and preparing to leave his homeland, Nicolay presents his long anticipated debut album, 'Here'(June 2006) which creates a harmonious blend of goodbye and hello. Gearing up for his future move to the States, Nicolay takes this album on a musical journey; while traveling through St. Louis alongside Black Spade, to Pittsburgh via Wiz Khalifa, a stop in North Carolina, Darien Brockington & YahZarah from the Foreign Exchange, right on down to Texas with Kay of The Foundation, and straight on through to L.A. with Sy Smith. Already destined to be a future classic, 'Here' is overflowing in great artistry and musicianship, songs and production. When looking for the music that creates a familiar place, or maybe even just a song that harmonizes your life in one single solitary chorus, you can make your final stop here, with Nicolay.

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Nicolay - Time:Line

2010-02-07T10:03:00.000-08:00

Hip-Hop duo Nicolay (Producer of The Foreign Exchange) and MC Kay Jackson have created a brilliantly cohesive hip-hop album resembling the likes of Little Brother, Strange Fruit Project, J-Live, and Foreign Exchange. If you like real good hip-hop, don't sleep on this one.

01 01:56 Time Line
02 03:57 Blizzard
03 03:54 The Lights
04 05:48 Through The Wind
05 03:36 What We Live
06 03:51 Ive Seen Rivers
07 04:28 Tight Eyes
08 03:05 As The Wheel Turns
09 03:40 The Gunshot
10 03:10 Grand Theft Auto
11 04:06 When You Die
12 05:52 Dancing With The Stars

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The wonderful words of wisdom experience! :-)

2009-09-24T19:28:00.001-07:00

This past monday 9/21. Me, My best friend Derek and The Naturally Alise had went out to The Mansion 462 for the Words of Wisdom event in Chapel Hill, NC. It was a fun laid back environment and I talked my friend Derek into getting on stage to do a piece for the poets. It was fun Check it out!!!!

Derek

Alise (This Girl ripped the Mic!)

Last but not least the one and only Vespertine (Yay Me!)

Poem: Overound (Inspired by Op Swamp 81)

2009-09-24T19:23:00.000-07:00

So far, this is a rough draft...i'm still working on this piece for my next performance but this is what i've gotten so far

Overound
I'm on again
Same shit different day
Thoughts of mine
Wants it gone away
Each year i've been repeating myself
Asking for help
To cope with this delph
I'm in need of wisdom to come through
To bring me the cool
Cause you see I'm on the overound
Overounded by this tool that causes a glitch in my switch
And i daydream in wonderland, thinking how did it get like this?
I've been succeeding in false state of being across from believing...
of licking my wombs
To assume the April showers
are coming in my June
Then it's back to where it starts
Chronically apart from where i'm trying to finish

Trying to pin this down
But the sinking is flying by the pound
And I sit and wonder with a frown
Why my words aren't coming with the sound?
But they say that life isn't a straight stear
And sometimes you go fast in life, to where you'll crash
And we wonder who will be the first to go!

We look for advertises that will
Sound sweet as the violin, but sour as the lemon-tart
but that's not the thought that I'm not trying to creep in!
I want to creep is that life is not a promising thing
Life! is a one man band
No! Life...
is a one chance thing that we all have to live with...

Listen to the track that inspired this piece called "Overound" HERE

Aaliyah Revisited (Soul Tribute EP)

2009-08-27T13:30:00.000-07:00

Okay Okay Okay!!! I'm a little late for this, but this particular album had caught my attention. This morning, over the past two days I've been getting tweets saying that it's dope. This album is a tribute to the late Aaliyah, also have appearances by Sy Smith, Marsha Ambrosious, Afta-1 & More. I have two words for this musical piece Soulful & Classy! If you want to download this album you download it here We miss you Aaliyah

TRACKLIST & INFORMATION

1. If Your Girl Only Knew (Syberized) – produced & performed by Sy Smith
(Recorded & Engineered by: Grant Nicholas at Rumbo Studio C, Winnetka, CA)

2. Are You That Somebody - performed by Tawiah, produced by Jodi Milliner

3. I Care 4 U – produced & performed by Jesse Boykins III

4. It’s Whatever – produced by Black Einstein ft. Baby Sol

5. A Million Preludes – performed by Marsha Ambrosius

6. One In A Million - performed by Jonas

7. Rock The Boat - performed by Vula, produced by Jodi Milliner

8. ESP (A 4 Page Suite) – produced by AFTA-1 ft. Nikko Gray

Diamond District Profound By Oddisee

2009-08-27T13:10:00.000-07:00

In The Ruff is the highly anticipated debut album from new DC hip hop
group “The Diamond District”, created by state veterans Oddisee, X.O.
& YU. In The Ruff is the answer for any lover of hip hop who asks the
question - “Where did that grimy East coast sound go?”

The group was founded by rapper/ producer Oddisee, who has a long list
of production & collaboration credits with the likes of Freeway, Talib
Kweli, Siagon, Little Brother, Trek Life, Charles Hamilton, Jazzy Jeff, Buck
Shot, Royce the 5′9”, Nikki jean, Muhsinah, J-live, Lil Fame of MOP,
Skyzoo and many more. Oddisee’s soulful, haunting samples over bass-
heavy beat breaks create the perfect instrumentals for him, XO & YU to
match with their street savvy, politically conscious lyrics.

“The ware wolves wear wool suits, be ware of them…”
-YU

In The Ruff is a raw mid-90’s Boom-Bap themed album for the DC state of
mind, destined to appeal to all lovers of hip hop’s golden era, managing to
travel back in time and push the boundaries of DC Hip-Hop
simultaneously.

(Personally this album is Dope. This is what the hip-hop community is missing now in dayz.) To download this album
Click Here
Or Here

TrackList
00 Intro
01 Streets Wont Let Me Chill
02 Who I Be
03 Back To Basics
04 I Mean Business
05 Get In Line
06 In The Ruff
07 The Shining (Produced by Dunc)
08 The District
09 Make It Clear
10 Off The Late Night (Produced by Slim kat 78)
11 Let Me Explain
12 First Time

Poem: My Desired Constellation (Warm-Up Poem)

2009-08-13T03:14:00.000-07:00

Twinkle Twickle
Constellation
beam me home
seeing all the clusters in the galaxy
they're reflecting the space of you and me
requiring the love to be
hopefully the stars will lead me home
crying to the heavens above
i saw a dove
flourishing my wilderness flower
through the night
bleeding through the darkess hour
finding power
before daylight hit
i sit
i find my desired constellations
and they are here
within me
and thats where it will be
for eternity

:-)

RETROGRADE IS HERE!

2009-08-11T01:25:00.000-07:00

Okay Guys! Another dopw mixtape just dropped and now available for download, by Hisson,
this mixtape got a couple of samps, but tight beats!(Which I like!...LOL)

but in the meantime you can check out the first single of the installment called "shiningstar"
and also, if you like this song n you want to hear more from Hisson you can also download the mixtape from his blogpage by clicking here, just click on the picture to download the mixtape :-)

"shiningstar"

or Here

Poem: Blues for Blue (Inspired By Brittany Bosco)

2009-08-05T23:04:00.000-07:00

I know that this poem has no sense of direction
But i can't be the perfection for your view
Beacause this is my blues for blue
and if you feel bad
your negativity never had
cause my latest positivity is so large
but in your eyes...i go the wrong way
i didnt pay attention to your graditude or secluded break-neck points
because the spirits of life's beauty will bring reality phase
but my thoughts will stay in this blues for blue

the public eye is an example for indesentcy exposure
people minds become disclosure
and wont sit and think forward
because the nigga-izm is hungry
but i guess that it's their blues for blue

you see its funny how life takes you for a ride
striving to get by
before we hit the 6 feet under, corpes
i tried so hard to get keep up with the traditions
i tried to cope with my sanity
i tried to fight the time
but i end up with the blues for blue

i dreamed of being in the colored light
dispite on how i feel
this feeling is a peeling to a bliss
but i end up in black and white
and on the inside i have these blues for blue

Just like an amnesiac
Trying to get my senses back
trying to cope to the mist of the geography
is not my positivity and its not cycled
with my thoughts of being the star
and i dont want to be the star because i shine more brighter like the moon
but i still stay in my blues for blue

this is not a demise
but this is something that i had disgise
my everynight of popping pills
having chills
but on the inside i'm heating
with the dizziness
that has the eternal sickness
that makes me the person that i am today
but really i stay in my blues for blue

but as i stand here and tell my side of the story
i had to open up my bruses up
to let some of my blues blood out to show you
what i've been through
up to the age of catch 22
i stoop down to this blues for blue

I try to close my eyes
to black out the demons that has been brought to me
Astonishing.Apologies has been brought to me
for the ways that they have been acted out
but the way havent figured out...who i was?
but little do they know...i am all of the above
like the dove...that fades into black attack
and i go back to...blues for blue
and with that i'm cool sue

Check out the song that inpired this piece: Blues for Blue - Brittany Bosco

Masumi Lee's Vespertine Flower (Dialated Dreams)

2009-07-22T21:58:00.000-07:00

This piece really touched me, It was written by a very good friend of mine. And it's about me!
And i think that he did a very good job at it! Check it Out!

I'm so occupied during the day
Yes the adults love to come out and play, work that is
Attending buildings to cure daily insanity
Don't want to buy into this life
Here I am just to bloom
And that's when I'm blaming my trilogy
This isn't what I chose to be, I won't be
I live for the moon
Did I ink my owl too soon
These nights of no sign of growth
Thirsty enough to choke
The crystal of my eye is not as pretty as it used to be
My jewels pierced in me are getting so lonely
What attention do I really need
Does anyone really see my beauty
Unique I am and no one can perfect it better than me
Watch me glow and calm your palm
Hold me as I hold your inverted attention
Something you've never knew existed
Riding out in light as if it were its life
In all of the unfinished business
My poems are like stars a-lined
No individuality enough to shine
This is maybe just a rest point
But I still stick out unlike the rest
See what is around me
My love is for you to confess
Why don't you just look at me
I've become too sensitive to speak

The Way I See It (inspired by Georgia Anne Muldrow)

2009-07-22T21:53:00.000-07:00

The way I see things!
The way I see the world is so fucked up
To where my politicted views are so fed up
You will not see the american in me
because america is one thing that i'm not proud of

My children
abandon in the streets
left to weep
though their feelings is steeped
to the level of no walking happiness

The thought of the feeling i can't get past this
my artistics expressions is being put in a box
by the fucked up ways of the government
the way i see it
it's been permnament
and the people don't concern it

but i can't let it get me down
my mind & body is too strong
and my feet stays firmly in the ground
and my spirit is a humble word without a sound

let my people be heard
let my people get served
because the way i see things in my society
are full of selfishness and greed
I creed into the thoughts of distroying flees

but i'm not going get discourage
cause this world is getting old
and the truth is not being told
because the way i see it
i can behold
and i'll be fine
cause i know that i got soul

to be continued......

Listen to the song that inspired this piece..."Generation/You Got It" :-)

Song of the Day: Muhsinah - In Need of

2009-07-20T19:57:00.000-07:00

First of all...i would like to say happy birthday to the most talented and most gifted artist on this planet Muhsinah. And i would like to give a congrats on the The Oscillations: Square album thats out today...if you guys haven't bought it...its worth the shot...for a teaser i would like to let you guys to listen to the song of the day

check it out

Muhsinah The Oscillations: Square

2009-07-19T15:55:00.000-07:00

First of all, I want to say Happy Birthday to one of the most talented artist that i've came across....Muhsinah. And on another treat she will be releasing a 13 track album tonight at 12a.m. 7/20 in the celebration for her birthday as a gift from her to you. She will be putting the Triangle album on hold. You can also can get from this by clicking here. She will be releasing this album digitally so get while you can. But in the meantime check out this video....:-)

Note: you can purchase the album at this link by clicking here

Suzi Analogue World. Excerpts 1-9

2009-07-14T16:26:00.000-07:00

For the latest installment in the Fresh Kept Secrets series, I present to for your consideration, another figure I seeing doing big things in the near future: Suzi Analogue. Suzi is a Philadelphia-based singer, writer & producer who is making moves worldwide, through not only being signed to the Amsterdam-based label, Dopeness Galore, but also a future release on Japan’s Jazzy Sport. Along with her own solo releases, she also has upcoming collaborations with artists such as Georgia Anne Muldrow, Dudley Perkins, Frank Nitty (of Frank N Dank), Ras_G, Onra, Noni Limar, Melodee, Sterile Action Figures, Ragen Fykes, Knowledge, Devon, Swingkid, Portformat, and Cerebal Vortex.

As an introduction to Suzi, or a furthering for those already up on game, we have World. Excerpts 1-9 - a sampler of sorts of some of Ms. Analogue’s upcoming projects. Included in the album line-ups are her vocal projects, Lights On, The S Files and her instrumental project (under the name Suzilla), BEDBOOM. And while most of the tracks included in the sampler are self-produced, Suzi also gets some help from some similarly forward-thinking beatmakers, Knxwl3dg3, Mindesign, and Devon (who we’ll be hearing more from very soon - just a heads up).

For more on the Excerpts, Suzi left these words from her press release with her initial transmission: “Like a true sound scientist, Suzi Analogue has compiled nine recent excerpts created during her experiences in Philadelphia, Los Angeles, and Tokyo respectively. The project blends style, arrangement, and a passion to love the world around her with a clear honesty and without boundaries. Unafraid to mix grime with softer sounds, the intent of Excerpts is to open a window into her world to come.” (Fresh Selects review)

This girl is straight fire...watch out for her :-)

To Download World. Excerpts 1-9 Click here

My Favorite Mixtapes (So Far...)

2009-07-14T15:52:00.000-07:00

I love this lady and all her split personas: Muhsinah >>> Boozina >>> Nhmiah Su.

Robust, bubbling self-produced soultronica to make the galactic jazz federations bump spaceships unto a DUI arrest. I’m high and my head pulsates with this miniature masterstroke. A more zealously realised piece of work than her prior material, presented to us in under 14 minutes of audio- I go to bed hungry.

1. 00.00
2.02.00
3. 04.00
4. 05.00
5. 07.00
6. 09.00
7. 12.00
8. 14.00
9. 15.59

Click here to download this Mixtape

Muhsinah les Golden Girl is dishing out a shitload of treats (remixes + rarities) for free via her website. Promptly register and cop all nine mp3s upped, including a cover of Radiohead’s ‘Scatterbrain’ and a joint featuring Erykah Badu. Link: http://www.muhsinah.com/treats/

"Piracy Funds Terrorism is the first volume in a proposed series of mixtapes featuring UK genre-bending rap artist M.I.A. and Philadelphia-based DJ Diplo. The mixtape was only given initially to the press and handed out at M.I.A.'s early live shows, but because of its huge underground success, TurntableLab.com released it exclusively through their website around December 2004."

TRACKLIST:
1. "Galang" [Diplo's Galangaton Mix]
2. "Galang" [Featuring Lil' Vicious]
3. "Two Bit Rhythm" [M.I.A.'s Mix] (LL Cool J/Cavemen)
4. "Fire, Fire" [Diplo's Fire Bam Mix]
5. "Fire, Fire" [Diplo's Mix]
6. "One for the Head Skit" [M.I.A.'s Mix] (featuring Missy Elliott)
7. "Amazon" [Diplo's Mix]
8. "Clipse - "Definition of a Roller" [M.I.A.'s Mix] (Clipse)
9. "M.I.A./Cutty Ranks"
10. "M.I.A." [Diplo's Mix]
11. "You're Good" [Diplo's Mix]
12. "Pop" [Diplo's Mix]
13. "Sunshowers" [Diplo's Mix]
14. "Baile Funk 1"
15. "Bucky Done Gun" [Diplo's Mix]
16. "Baile Funk 2"
17. "10 $" [Diplo's China Girl Mix]
18. "Baile Funk 3" –
19. "Lady Killa" [Diplo's Mix]
20. "Uraqt" [Diplo's Mix]
21. "Bingo" [Diplo's Mix]

Click here to download this Mixtape

Thirty five jams in all including three unreleased Santogold tracks, and some exclusive blends and mixes of her stuff from Diplo, XXXchange, Mumdance, Switch, and Radioclit. Seventy five minutes of goodness. After the jump

01. “Dub Selection Intro”
02. Three 6 Mafia: “Late Night” (Unstoppable Mix)
03. Santogold: “Shuv It” (Disco D Blend) [exclusive]
04. Santogold: “I’m a Lady” (Diplo Mix ft. Amanda Blank) [exclusive]
05. Sir Mix-A-Lot: “Posse on Broadway”
06. Santogold: “Lights Out” (Diplo’s Panda Bear Mix) [exclusive]
07. Aretha Franklin: “Save Me”
08. Devo: “Be Stiff”
09. B-52’s: “Mesopotamia”
10. Gerri and the Holograms: “Gerri and the Holograms”
11. Santogold: “Anne” (Switch Mix) [exclusive]
12. Santogold: “L.E.S. Artistes” (XXXchange Mix ft. Movado)
13. Cutty Ranks: “Dutty Six Pack” [exclusive]
14. Santogold: “Find a Way” (Graeme and Switch Mix ft. Kid Cudi) / Lunar Camel [exclusive]
15. Richie Spice x Ratatat: “Marijuana”
16. Desmond Dekker: “007 (Shanty Town)”
17. Santogold: “Guns of Brooklyn” [exclusive]
18. Dixie Cups: “Iko Iko”
19. Tony Matterhorn: “Big Belly Guns” [exclusive]
20. Santogold: “Get It Up” (Radioclit mix ft. MIA & Gorilla Zoe) [exclusive]
21. “Mark Ronson in Studio”
22. Trouble Andrew: “Run – Hide”
23. Sister Nancy: “Pigeon Rock”
24. Nora Dean: “Barbwire”
25. Shinehead: “Know How Fe Chat”
26. The Clash: “Ghetto Defendant”
27. Warrior Queen: “Check It”
28. Santogold x Benga: “Unstoppable / Night Dub” [exclusive]
29. Shawty Lo x Skream: “Dey Know / Stagger”
30. Santogold: “Creator” (Mumdance Mix ft. Jammer, Badness, Chronik Rage, Slikman & Tempz) [exclusive]
31. Xray: “Turbulence Dubplate” (Starstruck Diplo Mix) [exclusive]
32. Barrington Levy: “Send a Moses”
33. Prince Jazzbo: “Ital Corner”
34. Santogold: “Icarus” [exclusive]
35. Santogold x Diplo: “Right Brigade” (hidden track) [exclusive]

Click here to Download this Mixtape

Hope you guys enjoy these mixtapes...as much as i did :-)

Stacy Epps - Floatin' Video

2009-07-12T21:01:00.000-07:00

Finally it's here...i've been waiting for this video for the longest....my girl looks so fabulous....oh yeah don't forget to see my girl Iman in the background grooving to the song...it cracks me up everytime...LOL

Song of the day: Havana - Not Affected

2009-07-12T20:48:00.000-07:00

I maybe a little late for this...but everysce this single has been released i have been wearing it out for real....can't wait for the album to drop..."Entervention" album will be in stores soon!!! Lyrically, Havana goes even further introverted and autobiographical this time out, but she still manages to keep it balanced with plenty of future house party and club favorites still sprinkled throughout the album. :-)

Introducing....Nadsroic

2009-07-05T22:19:00.000-07:00

Nadsroic is the singing/rapping alias of Ciorsdan Brown alongside future break, hip hop / electronic producer Hudson Mohawke aka Hud Mo. Her full ep is due for Autumn release on LuckyMe with a 10" single in the pipeline for Optimo's Oscarr label to follow soon after. To date the young team have only played a handful of shows as Nadsroic including Radio One Sessions and a few shows alongside JD Twitch and JG Wilkes. Ciorsdan was schooled in the Scottish Highlands emersed in folk music before being dropped in the ugly Glasgow metropol of hip hop, techno, baltimore club & electro. With spells living in Copenhagen and an eminent move to semi - rural Japan it's hard to say where this 22 year old jetsetter picked up her natural sensibility for real pop and future R&B. When she's not teaching the children, go see her in a rare live show either back home in Glasgow or Japan. Personally Both of them are sick!!! Big Break Beats are a plus for me!!! Get the EP on itunes out now!

Check out Leopards

Moe Pope and Headnodic - MegaBjork Mixtape Download

2009-07-05T19:29:00.000-07:00

Now I've just been introduced to these guys music...or what so...and i recently found out from another blog that these guys did a Bjork remix mixtape...Now i'm a huge Bjork fan. And this mixtape was originally was made for Radiohead samples for the mixtape. But i'm glad that they end up with the Bjork samples instead. I gotta say...THEY DID A DAMN GOOD JOB AT IT!!!!:-)

Click Here To Download The Mixtape

J*Davey "Get Together"

2009-07-05T15:02:00.000-07:00

For some reason this song is very addictive...and I love the sound...cant wait for the album to drop!!!

Song of the Day: Teyana Taylor - Complicated

2009-06-30T02:46:00.000-07:00

Now i'm usually not the type to listen to "mainstream" music like that...but this song has grasp my attention...and i'm loving it...but i gotta thank D(dot) Johnson (My BFF) for introducing me to this song....This song has been heavy rotation on my iPod! :-)

Check it Out!

Technology And Fashion

2009-06-28T14:56:00.000-07:00

I've noticed lately that the futuristic look in fashion is starting to grap my attention. Back in the days i used to see it in movies and such, but never thought that it would be fashionable. But one day i was at a friend's house and thats when i saw Lady GaGa and i was like "Damn, this bitch got style"...then i've also noticed that other celebrities were starting to rock the futuristic look...like Kanye West, J*Davey, Brittney Bosco, Fergie...Etc. and now that this futuristic thing has gotten my full attention...i really think that this will be a good look for me! So what do you guys think? Is this futuristic style is something good or just another fashion flop? :-)

Daru & Rena - The Luv Project

2009-06-28T07:05:00.000-07:00

Daru & Rena. The brother & sister producer/singer (respectively) duo have teamed up again for both a new video and a forthcoming EP. As another lead-up to the new EP, Daru & Rena have released yet another free download project, this time paying tribute to some of their favorite producers. Included in the Producers Luv Tribute EP are 9 tracks, with nods to Dilla, Pete Rock, Nicolay, 9th Wonder, ?uestlove & The Roots, and DJ Premier. Daru & Rena - Luv 09EP on INnatesounds, Get it on iTunes now!!!!But in the meantime check out these joints from them...it's straight fire.....:-)

iLuvyou video

the latest video "I'm Free"

the Song "Happy"

your there dilla pt4 / take your hand nicolay pt4

Free Download of their EP Producers Luv

Song of the day: Kissey Asplund & Blu with kidkanevil ~ "When I Dig (DJ Vadim Remix)

2009-06-26T21:54:00.000-07:00

THIS TRACK IS VERY ELECTRIC....THANKS GRAHAM FOR THE POST :-)

CHECK IT OUT!!!

Wale's Back To The Future Mixtape

2009-06-23T18:43:00.001-07:00

Blacksmith was able to get two features which are some of the hardest tracks. Listen for yourself. Also have guest appearances from Lady GaGa, Talib Kweli + Many More....:-)

Chick here to Download

Raheem DeVaughn new mixtape The Art of Noise

2009-06-22T20:58:00.000-07:00

Raheem DeVaughn just dropped another hot mixtape for FREE!!!! Download and check out the Art of Noise :-). So far my favs are "Desire Interlude, Night And Day (Cover).

Click here to download the Mixtape

Flying Lotus Affective Beat

2009-06-22T00:32:00.000-07:00

A friend of mine had let me listen to this mixtape and it had this crazy beat....it was so inspiring that i had to share it with you guys...i couldnt get the title track...but i heard that it was from his "Raw Cartoons" beat-tape. If anyone knows the tile track...please let me know!

Check it out!

Santigold works on New Album with Pharrell Williams

2009-06-20T17:59:00.000-07:00

Santigold starts work on new album with Pharrell Williams

Santigold has started work on the follow-up to her 2008 self-titled debut album with producer Pharrell Williams.

The singer told NYLON that she had enlisted Williams as well as Diplo and Switch, who worked on her debut, and rap/dance outfit Spank Rock on production duties on the album.

She explained that she plans to begin the proper recording process of the album in August, although she had already laid down a few "bucket"-related ideas with Williams.

"We went in the studio and he [Williams] was like, 'I'll just play the buckets'," she said. "It was like, 'Boom, ah, buh-doom, ah!'."

Santigold listed Otis Redding and '80s rapper Egyptian Lover as influences for the forthcoming album.

Bjork Voltaic DVD Preview

2009-06-18T17:18:00.000-07:00

Voltaic Live DVD Preview

Things are definately getting hotter and exciting. We just got a preview clip from the forthcomingVoltaic DVD/CD/VINYL release and from watching it our little hearts raced a little bit. It is so promising, that we can barely wait. Yes we can wait and we will wait.

Song of the Day: Anthony feat. Algebra/Phonte

2009-06-18T16:23:00.000-07:00

You know, it's very rare for people to be in long-term relationships now in days. But If you're with someone now and you know he/she is good to you play this for them, to let them know how you feel about. because its hard trying to find that special someone in todays world. If you find that special someone KEEP THEM!!! LOL!!! But check out this track by Anthony David feat. Algebra/Phonte called 4Ever More...It's cute :-)

Anthony David feat. Algebra/Phonte - 4Ever More

Mushroom (Free Write)

2009-06-16T21:20:00.001-07:00

i'm a mushroom
i'm so rare
to where...
i cant be mocked by any species
of any kind
you can't put me in a blind
of any box
because i think more clever than the fox
my legs...
are so well grounded
and my mind is so strong minded
and my words are so powerful
to where you will think that i'm selling soul
though my mouth may be a little foul
but no you can't buy my vowels
to make it yours
because my soul pours so sweet
and heavy with mood like honey
the moment you take a look at me
you'll think that my spirit is golden
like honey-wheat bread
you're so well and formed
but i am torn
in this reflection of your
dreaded airy thoughts
but with my eyes you'll get caught
in the estasy...
of how many struggles
that i had in my past lives
but i have to strive to speak freely of my time
but i am so rare for you to even bare
with a scare of my beauty
i...can't be mocked by any species of any kind
can you put my world in a bind
or a box with sox
my legs are so well grounded
like the willow tree
and i can see through thee
but really...
i am the rare
mushroom

Song Blog: Muhsinah - In Need Of...

Song of The Day: Oddisee feat. Nikki Jean - Tell The Truth

2009-06-16T04:36:00.000-07:00

I was listening to my ipod on shuffle and i came across this song..and i was mesmerized by the beat...this was something that i havent heard in awhile...so i decided to share this with you guys as the song of the day...hope you like it as much as i do :-)

Oddisee feat. Nikki Jean - tell the truth

Don't forget to check out Oddisee's new project called Mental Liberation on itunes NOW!!!!

Life On Mars Mixtape Vol. 1

2009-06-14T16:52:00.000-07:00

I came across this by accident... because i usually dont listen to mainstream music like that anymore...but i gotta admit that when i looked at the tracklisting of this mixtape...i was completely blown away....there are guest appearances by Tweet, Marsha Ambroious, Phonte of Little Brother/Foreign Exchange...Musiq Soulchild...And Many More...You have to download and check this out....

Here's The Link...
http://www.zshare.net/download/61310324d8340dde/#

Cafe Beyond Poetry Night

2009-06-11T19:35:00.001-07:00

Good news! My best friend came down from NYC. We met up at a local bar in Chapel Hill and did a little bit of Spoken Word. Met a couple of artists (poets) out there.A couple of screw-drivers later, I was loose! LOL We had such a good time!

Blog Song: Muhsinah - Windoors

Song of the Day: J*Davey - Let It Bleed

2009-06-10T04:53:00.000-07:00

Waking Up the day...with this dreamy tune by J*Davey....in the mean time check out their website www.jdaveybaby.com

J*Davey - Let It Bleed

Written Scrapes (from my iphone)

2009-06-09T21:51:00.001-07:00

these are are some thoughts and ideas that ive been writting in my iphone while i was bored...lol

Bakers last for a dozen
Your lies last for none-zen
People say say that what we have aint easy
But inside the cream filling
It aint always sweet
Whenever we're in public
Our hearts act like they dont miss a beat
With their thoughts in heat
Thristing for the penatraction of being loveed by someone
But really on the inside we keep molding to it's rot
All you want to do is sit and smoke pot and snort rocks
I can't even tell if we were on the same rhythm or what not
Wished that i would of knew the real you...the inner you
And now you just mold this cake to blue

BLOG SONG: Tawiah - Watch Out

New School Feels Electro Mix from Vince From Abstract

2009-06-09T18:26:00.001-07:00

01. Devon(who) - alllove
02 .Hi-res - JellyFish
03 .Jonwayne - Armed Roberry
04 .Pudge - Myshroom Cloud
05 .Mike Slott - Boxed In (feat.DistantStarr)
06 .Sepalot - Manly
07 .RLP - Live@Exposure
08 .AB & Daru - On Deck (feat.Black Milk)
09 .ElansBeats - Favorite Flava So Cruel Remix
10 .Aspect 1 - Slaps
11 .Suzi Analogue - The Thing
12 .Mdeez - YeaYou
13 .Kissey Asplund & DistantStarr - Car Ride (To The Future)
14 .Hubert Daviz - Lunatic Limbo
15 .Knxwl3dg3 - Fade
16 .GetEye - Space Sex
17 .Alex B - SB
18 .Muhsinah - Deux Three
19 .A.Z - Beat 08
20 .Afta 1 - Quest
21 .Benny BBlonco - The Inner High
22 .Finale - Paid Homage (R.I.P J Dilla)
23 .Tuxedo Kamen - Face
24 .Hayzee - Spacedoll
25 .Jomac - Lion Mukhtar
26 .Flako & Noir - Milky Way
27 .00Genesis - Hazy Blue Room
28 .Dibia$e - Ballroom Swing
29 .Samiyam - Flotation Device
30 .SelfSays - This Evening
31 .Ras G - Clair Huxtable

this is a compilation that Vince made (New Shool Feels Electro) (all the songs are from myspace )(samiyam, ras g, knxl3dg3, Devon(who), suzi Analogue,Mike Slott, Pudge, Hi-Res, Dibiase ect.....)...it is hott

http://rs566.rapidshare.com/files/240796265/New_School_feels_Electro..zip

Song of the Day: Muhsinah - Say something nice or say nothing at all

2009-06-09T04:51:00.000-07:00

Hot Track from the Oscillations: Triangle...Lets hope that she release the official album :-/

Song Of The Day: Muhsinah - One at a Time feat. The Clonious

2009-06-08T05:27:00.000-07:00

If you didn’t already know.. Muhsinah did a track with 23 year old beat navigator Paul Movahedi, also known as The Clonious to be released on Ubiquity Records on June 9th.
Which is to tomorrow so go cop that please!!!

check out the track!!!!

My Progress (I'm Gone) PART Duex

2009-06-07T22:10:00.000-07:00

Your kingdome lock has been change
your things have been rearranged
and my thoughts you can't obtained
we've talked in circles
Circles...circles...
CIRCLES...
trying to straighten it out
but you think that
everything will be alright
you think that
i'll lose this fight
i might....
But then again
I WONT!!!
and i aint gonna Front
i'm sick of all this
store-bought happiness
i wanna progress
your spirits can't reside in my flesh
because the sunlight is here
i must strive to manifest
my truth
so with you
I'M THROUGH!!!!

Blog Song: Santigold - Icarus

Your Clothes(The Smell)

2009-06-07T17:42:00.000-07:00

Every night you hang out with the guys
smoking,
drinking
and carrying on
With your words
i thought that it was bond
every night i come home
thinking that you were here waiting
but all i see is the clothes
that you left from the night before
smelling funky incents,
goose,
mary jane and cigarettes
these smells are funking up my mind
because these clothes are leaving me
with the wonders of
where you've been?
leaving me with heartless pains
I sit and think to myself
what would our smell would smell like?
wondering will you ever come home
where your heart is
but i guess your
heart is out there
somewhere!!!!!

Blog Song: Suzi Analogue - Good Reason

The Old Bull City!!!

2009-06-07T16:40:00.000-07:00

No matter how many times I Leave this Place...It will always be home...The people, environment and the family will always be there for you no matter how times get worst! I'm know alot has changed in durham. But the surroundings will be the same!!!

Blog Song:Little Brother - Dreams:

Song Of The Day: Georgia Anne Muldrow - Larva

2009-06-07T15:56:00.000-07:00

Hey fellow Bloggers,

This is the one, the only Vespertine ;-) Bringing you some info on whats going on in my world, but right now i'm gonna bring you the song of the day. Since i'm from the south i'm gonna bring it with a lil southern twist of Miss Georgia Anne Muldrow, with the Larva. Hope you guys like it:-)

LOVE,
Vespertine