Just before Robert Glasper drops his new album at the end of the month, Dj Rahdu from the Bama Love Soul crew has prepared a fantastic mix of some of his best work. The mix contains music from Glasper’s previous 4 albumsas well as some live performances. The new album is called ‘Black Radio’ and features artists such as Erykah Badu, Lupe Fiasco, Bilal & Mos Def, if you like this mix then be sure to pick up a copy.
Just before yU’s new album is released in December, he decided to drop this track for Halloween. It features vocals from B.Jamelle and eerie production from Pittsburgh native Usef Dinero. Listen to & download the track on the widget below.
A year ago J.Period & Spike Lee brought you ‘Man or the Music’, now they have teamed up with Dj Spinna for the second installment full of more rare & unreleased MJ classics.
Here is Elzhi’s new 10 track tribute to Nas’s 94′ masterpiece Illmatic. Elzhi’s wordplay & flow alongside Will Sessions’ production with live instrumentation is pure genius.
Here is Brooklyn native Fresh Daily’s new LP that dropped on 3rd May. He has a great flow, refreshingly creative lyrics & ‘The Quiet Life’ features production from the likes of MNDSGN, Hi-Res, Doom, The Stuyvesants & even Dilla. Listen to & download the LP on the widget below.
Here’s the new LP from French producer Evil Needle. It includes 15 tracks of spacey, soulful beats with some amazing bass lines. Listen to it on the widget below or download it here.
Kev Brown is not only one of my favourite producers, but is without a doubt one of the most underrated ones too. He has produced for the likes of Raheem DeVaughn, Phonte from Little Brother, Grap Luva, De La Soul, Busta & even contributed to Dj Jazzy Jeff’s ‘Magnificent EP’. Kev has just released a new album with Kaimbr called ‘The Alexander Green Project’ & to draw more attention to his music is also giving this compilation of classics and unreleased tracks away for free. For those of you new to his production and like this free download, be sure to check out his albums ‘I Do What I Do’, ‘Random Joints’ & the classic Jay-Z Black Album remix ‘The Brown Album’.
11 producers from Switzerland, Belgium & France got together to create this masterpiece tribute to the legendary J Dilla. Regardless of whether you are fans of Dilla, SV or just good music, this is a must have! Listen to/download the album on the widget below.
Here’s a new mini-film by filmmakers Cam Be and Jeff Baraka that was shot with the Legendary Roots Crew. It includes some great footage of their live shows & interviews with members of the crew.
Here’s a video of Kweli discussing his career, live shows & the concept behind his newly released album ‘Gutter Rainbows’. Stream the full album on his MySpace page.