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.
Put Me On It teamed up with Droppin’ Science regular and beat maker extraordinaire Kidkanevil, to make their first ever little film. Nicely put together, and a bit of insight into Jazz musician Raymond Scott.
Kidk has kindly offered his beat tape for free. A 27 strong work of art sampling the work of Raymond Scott. Preview below and download the lot from Bandcamp here.
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’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.
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 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.
The next Droppin’ Science party is on February 5 at the Vibe Bar with yet another big night in store.
Last month resident DJs Matman, Nickname and Daredevil ripped the place apart, blazing through fast-paced sets of hip hop & it’s related genres. In February you can expect all this and more as we will be joined by our very special guest, Paul White (One-Handed Music / Now-Again).
Paul White’s production has been generating a lot of noise in recent years, & won himself a lot of high-ranking fans, gaining airplay & support from the likes of Diplo, Mary Anne Hobbs, Benji B and Gilles Peterson. After releasing the acclaimed LPs ‘The Strange Dreams of Paul White’ & ‘Sounds From The Skylight beat tape’ in 2009, 2010′s ‘Paul White & The Purple Brain’ was co-released by both One-Handed and Los Angeles-based Now Again, sister label of the mighty Stones Throw Records.
Check out Paul White’s podcast he produced for Stones Throw records last October.
Check out Paul’s latest releases & happenings here.
Since being signed to Roc Nation on November 12th, Jay Electronica has been busy putting out tracks to get us ready for the drop of his debut album. This is Jay’s latest donation to his fans which is a tribute to the late Guru, featuring vocals by Tone Treasure.
Here’s the new LP from French producer 
