Estelle feat. Kardinal Offishall - Freak (prod. by David Guetta)

Right when I was thinking this month wasn't that great for music... Estelle drops CRACK. I just got reeeeal excited for this album.

Here's the video...

And download the track here.

via Nah Right

J Dilla Doc Pt 3

Stussy - J Dilla Documentary Prt3 (of 3) from Stussy on Vimeo.

courtesy of Stones Throw and Stussy

Jose James-Code

Another great collaboration between Jose and FlyLo. This is the 1st track on the Blackmagic LP and a nice little video at that. Enjoy.

Rihanna - AOL Sessions

RiRi rocks this set. Finally a version of Russian Roulette that she sings well all the way through!!!

Kanye West - Coldest Winter

I'm slowly falling in love with every video Kanye makes...

Presto-The Dream

something to vibe out to. From Presto's very underrated album The Magic LP. Love sounds like this...

Melanie Fiona - You Stop My Heart (V-Day Version)

Everything she does is magic...

J Dilla Documentary Pt 2

J and J is in the building

Johnson&Jonson never disappoint. Here's hoping for a new release soon.

Foo Fighters-Come Alive

the beauty of music is the interpretation is up to the listener. this is a beautiful love song.

Download here.

F**k that Valentine's Daayyyyyyyyy

here's hoping 2010 will mark the return of Big Boi and Andre. In the meanwhile to commemorate Hallmark's Day....

Download here.

Erykah, Bilal, Weezy-Jump up in the Air video

Can we breeze on through to March just a little quicker???

For DDG

J Dilla documentary Pt. 1

courtesy of Stussy and Stones Throw. this is fantastic (pun intended)

J Dilla Foundation new site

http://www.jdillafoundation.org

Henry Mancini/Sergio Mendes

Lujon-absolutely beautiful song.



That Heat-Will needs to do more good shit like this.

Ohmega Watts ft. Othello-Long Ago

Cannot stop listening to this track. 2 outta 3 from Lightheaded go old-school on a ridiculously dope track from Ohmega's 1st album, The Find. Enjoy.

Download here.

Nicola Kramer-Help Me

My favorite singer's take on Joni's classic. Nicola's voice is just unreal and beeyootiful.

Download here.

Flying Lotus-Quakes

I cannot WAIT for Cosmogramma. This track though is from an upcoming Warp Records compilation.

Download here.

a to the b to the c to the d....

Raashan and Thes One be good company...dope.ness.

Duplaix-Electric Love

Singer, Producer, DJ. Vikter Duplaix has released 2 stellar studio albums with a 3rd coming soon. This is the lead track from said album, Love Machine

Download here.

V-Born Again

2006 marked the release of one of my favorite albums from the past decade and maybe ever, V (Valvin Roane)'s "The Revelation is now Televised". Featuring production done primarily by the Touch of Jazz collective, this album is a testament to what the modern soul sound should be, at least in my ears. This track in particular, featuring Jill Scott is absolutely perfect, just a stunner. Hope you feel the same. Born Again

Download here.

Dilla Dilla Beats Beats

Can't believe its been 4 years since Jay Dee passed away. I'll do a proper entry soon about Dilla's influence on me personally but wanted to share this track in the meanwhile.

Download here.

Dwele ft. The Suite for Ma DukesOrchestra-A.N.G.E.L.

FULL SCREEN
The Sounds of VTech / Angel Feat. Dwele

Bilal-Levels

With no official release since 2001's 1st Born Second, Bilal is finally putting out a (proper)follow-up (allegedly) due out in the coming months. Even better news though is that the folks at Plug Research are putting out the album, which means that Bilal pretty much has free range to create as he likes. No word on whether the following track will be on the album, but here's to hope:

FULL SCREEN
The Sounds of VTech / Bilal: LEVELS

Lonely depressive songs for V-Day

Brought to you by RCRD LBL and a guy named Peasant. Enjoy.

Wiley feat. Emeli Sande - Never Be Your Woman

I was watching this video wondering why I knew the words to the song. Looked at my iTunes and realized it was one of my random downloads that I've been jamming to since December. Now I have a face to match the voice. Love when that happens.

Download here.

Femme En Fourrure – Plump Bisquit

File under songs you'll be singing for days wondering what the hell am I singing I don't even listen to music like this.

via Discobelle.net

Download here

And in case you were wondering what a video for a song like this made by people from Finland would look like...

FEMME EN FOURRURE - PLUMP BISQUIT from Top Billin on Vimeo.

More Rihanna - Sexuality

New track called Sexuality. A little Prince-ish. I like, but really there's not a lot of Rihanna that I don't like... via Rihanna Daily

Download here.

Rihanna - Rude Boy

BARBAAAAAAAAAAAAADOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOS

That's all I have to say. WERK IT RIRI!!!! I can't even discuss how much I love... no I mean LOVE this girl.

New Major Lazer & M.I.A!!!!!

Sound the Siren. New Major Lazer EP coming in April!!!!! Geeeeeeeeked.

Download here.

Ludacris feat. Nicki Minaj - My Chick Bad

Understand that the ONLY reason this track works is because it's Luda. That's all i have to say about it. Download here.

Usher & Jadakiss - Daddy's Home (remix)

I'm still kind of on the fence about the Raymond vs. Raymond tracks that have come out so far. But man I love me some Jadakiss R&B remixes. And with the Lord Gunz & Peter Tariq beat... this track is dopeness. Download here.

Lloyd Banks & Juelz Santana - Beamer, Benz or Bentley

I am LOVING this track right now... even Juelz part which says a LOT for me. Lloyd rides the hell out of this beat. What up Queens!

Download here.

Lupe Fiasco - What U Want

Off of Lasers. Lupe says so. Download here.

Victory

I generally don't promote DJ Khaled unless there's a good reason... like a Nas and John Legend collab. via 2DopeBoyz

Download here

Kardinal Offishall - We Gon Go

New video for Kardinal Offishall titled We Gon Go... A dedication to the people kids SHOULD be looking up to instead of crying over Lil' Wayne going to jail... I'm just sayin.

More New Amerykah...

The second single(? Cause i swore she said something about not putting any tracks that get leaked on the album) from New Amerykah Pt. 2 called Window Seat. Vintage Erykah, I'm loving it.

Download Window Seat

And speaking of Amel...

New Groove Theory Album in 2010!!!! Groove Theory is back in the studio for a reunion album, with new releases slated to come out in about two months. 2010 is officially my most anticipated year for music in I don't even know how long. Click here for the full story...

Rahel - Hope

This girl's voice is seeeeeerious. She's like the lovechild of Amel and Jill and I am loving every minute of it.

My Beezy...

Wooooooooooah it's been a week. I'll just start off with saying my bad because I apparently missed A LOT... First off, if you haven't copped that Nneka album it's fire! Get it here. And while we're focusing on Africans with dope voices...

Sade's album drops today!!!! And even though I already have half of it, I'm still copping it because it's Sade and she's one of the few worth it.

PPP & Neco Redd-1 Luv 2 U

Waajeed and Saadiq (not Raphael) make nothing but great music. This early track from '04 features Neco Redd on the vocals and is pure beautiful space soul. Dope.Ness.

Nina Sky - Beautiful People

My favorite twins just released the video for Beautiful People. This song is just fun and makes me dance.

From their Youtube page: "'Beautiful People" is not just another video, it's some insight into what's been going on in our lives. This includes rehearsals, live performances, and spending time with some of our FAVORITE people: family, friends, and fans. A lot of artists have a different definition of what 'beautiful' means. These are good times with the most important people in our lives and they represent the REAL definition of beauty.

This is us with a camera on, capturing those moments when the camera's off."

New Erykah!

So the word on the street is there are about ten different versions of this song with about 8,000,000 (exaggeration people) other artists on it. But this is the version that's been put out and there are rumors it might not be on the album. It features Bilal (yay!) and Lil' Wayne (gag). Click the link!

Jump Up in the Air and Stay There

New D'Angelo?

New unreleased joint from the man we all wish would come back.

1,000 Deaths