The Bullitts are back with yet another set of visuals this time for their laid back single, "World Inside Your Rainbow". Much like their last "Super Cool" video which revolved around Rosario Dawson, this one is centered on Ethiopian model, Gelila Bekele. Get lost in the soothing sounds and vibrant visuals below!
After much anticipation, Lupe Fiasco has finally dropped the long awaited lead single, "Around My Way (Freedom Ain't Free), off his upcoming project, "Food & Liquor 2: The Great American Rap Album", and it does not disappoint. With his patented complex lyricism, Fiasco turns the beat inside out. The Simonsayz and B-Side production has received some criticism as it borrows the iconic horns from Pete Rock & CL Smooth's classic 1992 single, "T.R.O.Y." But all controversy aside, this single is a phenomenal start to what will undoubtedly be a terrific sequel album. Listen and buy it off iTunes below!
Glasgow's Hudson Mohawke and Montreal's Lunice have joined forces to form a producer super group entitled, TNGHT. The duo plan on dropping a self titled collaborative EP through Warp and LuckyMe on June 24th. While we all wait anxiously for that, get down with the video for the lead track off the project, "Bugg'n", which premiered last week.
Australia's premier deep funk band, The Bamboos, hook up with the baddest soul brother in the business, Aloe Blacc, to bring you the smooth grooved single, "Where Does The Time Go?"
The track will be featured on the collective's upcoming fifth studio album, "Medicine Man", which is due out June 4th.
I caught wind of Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs in the last year as the electronic producer began rolling out a number of new singles from his highly anticipated upcoming debut album, "Trouble". Since hearing the hypnotizing lead single, "Garden", I've been absolutely hooked.
More recently T.E.E.D's latest single, "Tapes & Money", got the hyped up remix treatment from fellow UK producer, MJ Cole, and it does not disappoint.
Just press play below and get lost in the music.
Grab the remix on Beatport and keep an eye out for "Trouble" which drops on June 11th.
After Kendrick Lamar's breakout year in 2011, we all new that Compton's golden boy would be getting into some major collaborations this year. With the legendary Dr. Dre being one of the first to co-sign KDot, it was only a matter of time before the two linked up.
Produced by Scoop DeVille, "The Recipe" is an ode to the good life on the West Coast. It serves as the lead single off Kendrick's upcoming album, "Good Kid In A Mad City", which will be out later this year.
"A-Trak is a world champion DJ, in demand producer, and globetrotting club rocker without peer. Three 6 Mafia'sJuicy J is true Southern rap royalty on a hot streak of new music. And Danny Brown is rap's rookie of the year, a critically acclaimed mic wrecker and budding style icon. Together, these three party professionals have come up with "Piss Test", a speaker-detonating slice of gleefully antisocial Parental Advisory rap that serves as the first teaser off "Loosies", the upcoming Fool's Gold hip hop compilation.
Play this at high volume, preferably in a residential neighborhood. " - Fools Gold Recs
Experimental artist, Cities Aviv, drops this raw emotion of retro sounds with his new single, "Flex Your Gold". Through the mist of rhythmic ambience, surfaces roughly laced rap vocals combing for a nostalgic feel. Listen and download the track below!
"Flex your gold. raw passion. fashion up the fetish." - Cities Aviv
“There are 9 million stories in New York City. This is one of mine” says rapper Iron Solomon as he hooks up with Talib Kweli for this ode to NYC entitled, "The Empire". The single is off Solomon's upcoming debut album, "Monster". Listen and buy the single below!
Another year has past which means another anual rap up recapping major events and trends from rapper / out of the closet ghostwriter, Mad Skillz. The yearly rap up concept has been dominated by Skillz since the early 2000's and this year is no different. Listen and buy the single below!
We heard the track live on Colbert in October but as a Black Star Friday treat, Talib Kweli and Yasiin Bey (formerly known as Mos Def) drop the CDQ for their new Madlib produced single, Fix Up. Grab it on iTunes now! Black Star reunion album coming in 2012!
This is the best track you'll hear all day. Bus Stop Jazz is what happens when versatile Montreal producer, Lunice, teams up with San Francisco's Hip Hop duo, The Jealous Guys. Hopefully there will be more jazzy collabs coming soon!
DJ Spinna remix's DJ Centers In A Song off of his debut album Everything In Timefrom last year. This track is available on limited vinyl only In A Song 12" available here. The combination of two great DJ's with the beautiful vocals of Middle Child over the dope production result in a great track.
Less than 3 months after releasing Cosmogrammy, L.A. beat machine Flying Lotus is working on his upcoming EP entitled "Pattern + Gridworld" releasing on Sep 20, 2010. Check out the artwork and first single off the project, "Camera Day" below: Flying Lotus - Camera Day
You can purchase this track digitally by clicking the little black arrow above.
Track List:
1. Clay
2. Kill Your Co-Workers
3. PieFace
4. Time Vampires
5. Jurassic Notion/M Theory
6. Camera Day
7. Physics For Everyone!
FlyLo will also be spending most of September touring North America and the RVS crew will be in the house for the Toronto leg of the tour!
Tour Dates:
Sept 02 - Montreal, QC - Studio Just For Laughs
Sept 03 - Toronto, ON - Phoenix Theatre
Sept 04 - New York, NY - Electric Zoo Festival
Sept 05 - Chicago, IL - North Coast Music Festival
Sept 22 - Vancouver, BC - Commodore Ballroom
Sept 23 - Seattle, WA - Decibel Festival
Sept 24 - San Francisco, CA – Mezzanine
