Tronic

1. Long Story Short ft. Dwele
2. Bounce
3. Give The Drummer Su
4. Without U ft. Colin Munroe
5. Hold It Down
6. Losing Out ft. Royce da 5′9
7. Hell Yeah ft. Fat Ray
8. Overdose
9. Reppin For U ft. AB
10. The Matrix ft. Pharoahe Monch, Sean Price, & Dj Premier
11. Try
12. Tronic Summe
13. Bond 4 Life ft. Melanie Rutherford
14. Elec (OUTRO)

We Here

Illa J - We Here (@ HipHop Kemp Festival)

Guess who's on buttons?

The tracks on itunes, along with 'R U Listening' ft. guilty & the 2 instrumentals.

Yancey Boys coming soon. (November i've been led to believe...)

Theres Me & Theres You

It's late, i'm still at my desk doing the day job so il probably keep this short.

new project from Matthew Herbert is completed and heading our way via the beautiful accidental records (or possibly on k7!). . I don't care. Either way it will be with us on the 28th.

He's teamed up with a big band & a number of vocalists, so taking it somewhere different, and he, in interviews, has labelled this a protest record. Hence the artwork, which I must say i think is pretty unique.

...here's where the fatigue kicks. . . Pitchfork have more.

.......I'l post the tune with eska sometime tomorow.

Foreign Exchange - Leave It All Behind (3rd Preview)

FE-LIAB-3


What i posted back here was actually the 2nd preview. What i'm posting now is the 3rd preview.

Muhsinah. . !

what does kay do while nicolay is away?

Love LockDown

...is to be the first single from the new Kanye album coming in December. And according to MTV. It's dropping on Monday.

Props to semtex.

.....be back l8a.

KUNIYUKI Remixed

Mule Musiq are going to be packaging all the Kuniyuki remixes that you may have seen on vinyl with some brand new remixes yet to see the light of the day. The project will be out on the 25th of October. Not sure if we're talking vinyl. . think it'l probably be CD.

I thought the last release 'All These Things' was a brilliant listen - so the tracklisting for this has left me pretty excited. much more uptempo than previous work navigating aspects of soulful house and the sound horribly coined 'future jazz'... eugh. the mix works though - really can't wait now. In the mean time though, its worth searching out the 12's - available from all the usual spots and featuring remixes from theo parrish and henrik schwarz. it's pretty much an allstar cast from hereon.

TL;

01. Touch (A Mountain Of One Peyote Remix)
02. All These Things (Theo Parrish Remix)
03. Dear African Sky (Henrik Schwarz Remix)
04. The Session (Kuniyuki Self Remix)
05. Birds (Tony Lionni Remix)
06. Rain Of Ocean (Exclusive New Song)
07. The Session (Cobblestone Jazz Remix)
08. Earth Beats (Chateau Flight Remix)
09. All These Things (Kuniyuki Self Remix)

so i repeat - Kuniyuki Remixed coming from Mule Musiq. 25th October.

Padded Room

I hope he's really really really angry.

WLIB AM King of the Wigflip

September 30th. . Order Here

Madlib ends the BBE beat generation series on what looks to be, a height.

TL

Tracklist
1 - The New Resident - The Beat Konducta
2 - Blow The Horns On 'Em - Guilty Simpson
3 - The Plan Pt. 1 - Georgia Anne Muldrow / Tension - The Beat Konducta
4 - Gamble On Ya Boy - Defari
5 - The Ox (805) - MED feat. Poke / All Virtue - The Beat Konducta
6 - Blindfold Test 10 (He Don't Play) - J-Rocc
7 - The Thang-Thang - Prince Po
8 - Heat - Madlib / Smoke Break - The Beat Konducta / The Plan (Reprise) - The Beat Konducta
9 - Life - Karriem Riggins
10 - Parklight - The Beat Konducta
11 - Yo Yo Affair Pt. 1 & 2 - Frezna
12 - I Want It Back - The Professionals (Oh No & Madlib)
13 - Disco Dance - The Beat Konducta
14 - What It Do - Liberation / Take That Money - Roc C feat. Oh No
15 - Drinks Up! - Frank N Dank
16 - The Way That I Live - Stacy Epps
17 - Ratrace - Murs
18 - Go! - Guilty Simpson
19 - Stop - The Beat Konducta

The Preface

It’s been a long time coming, but Elzhi is finally set to release his proper solo debut The Preface on August 12. Produced almost entirely by Black Milk, The Preface shows one of the finest lyricists of his era entering raising the bar for emcees in 2008. Elzhi has been relentlessly recording of late, and while this release took longer than many of his fans had wished to see the light of day, look for the follow up The Feed to hit shelves in 2009.

In the meantime, look for the following tracklisting to give you more than enough food for thought until then:

1. Intro (The Preface)
2. The Leak (Feat. Ayah)
3. Guessing Game
4. Motown 25 (feat. Royce Da 5'9)
5. Brag Swag.
6. Colors
7. Fire (Remix) (feat. Black Milk, Guilty Simpson, Fatt Father, Danny Brown, & Fat Ray)
8. D.E.M.O.N.S.
9. Save Ya (feat. T3 of Slum Village)*
10. Yeah (feat. Phat Kat)
11. Transitional Joint
12. Talking in My Sleep
13. The Science (feat. Fes Roc)**
14. Hands Up
15. What I Write
16. Growing Up (feat. A.B.)

Produced by Black Milk
*Produced by T3
**Produced by DJ Dez

Executive Producer: HexMurda

Fatbeats.

Mos Def

Mos Def did the Carnegie Hall in NY the other night and with the legend Gill Scott Heron next to him it was always going to be pretty special. My dreams could only amount to seeing something like this. .

Rumours are going round that there is audio of the show so that will have to do. As soon as word hits, it'l be on here.

Until then OkP have pictures from the night (special props to Terrence Jennings), and also an mp3. . of Mos' tribute to Jay Electronica. . - And people stop wailing out on Jay Electronica - 'Why don't he drop mixtapes/albums/more songs/youtube videos/trailers to videos?' etc. It ain't gonna come any quicker, and its kinda refreshing that he aint all up in your face with all of the above every time you hit your nahright's.

So hit up OkPlayer.

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But the real news, in my humble opinion, is that he seems to have been given the go ahead for a new album - this next bits coming straight from Wikipedia, but the general consensus is that it's coming. Previewing a whole lot of new material at the shows for one.

In recent shows Mos Def has performed new songs from his album, said to be named The Ecstatic. He has shown crowds tracks produced by Madlib and Oh No (Madlib’s younger brother), and is rumored to be going to Al Be Back and Kanye West for new material.

- - "Auditorium" featuring Slick Rick (Produced by Madlib)
- - "Super Magic" (Produced by Oh No)
- - "Twilight Speedball" (Produced by Chad Hugo & Mos Def)
- - "Priority" (Produced by Preservation)
- - "Pretty Dancer" (Produced by Mr. Porter, co-produced by Hemmy)
- - "History" featuring Talib Kweli (Produced by J Dilla)

untitled

01. Queens Get The Money (Produced by Jay Electronica)
02. You Can’t Stop Us Now (feat. Eban Thomas of The Stylistics & The Last Poets) (Produced by Salaam Remi)
03. Breathe (Produced by J. Myers & Dustin Moore)
04. Make The World Go Round (feat. Chris Brown & The Game) (Co-produced by Cool & Dre & The Game) - EUGH.
05. Hero (feat. Keri Hilson) (Produced by Polow Da Don)
06. America (Produced by Stargate)
07. Sly Fox (Produced by stic.man of Dead Prez)
08. Testify (Produced by Mark Batson)
09. N.I.G.G.E.R. (The Slave And The Master) (Produced by DJ Toomp)
10. Untitled (Produced by stic.man of Dead Prez)
11. Fried Chicken (feat. Busta Rhymes) (Produced by Mark Ronson)
12. Project Roach (feat. The Last Poets) (Produced by Eric Hudson)
13. Ya’ll My Niggas (Produced by J. Myers)
14. We’re Not Alone (feat. Mykel) (Produced by stic.man of Dead Prez)
15. Black President (feat. Johnny Polygon) (Produced by DJ Green Lantern)

August 26th

Theres a new Jazzanova album on the way. . . With guests

+ phonte
+ bembe segue
+ jose james
+ dwele
+ leon ware
+ ben westbeech
+ Paul Randolph
+ Joe Dukie
+ Azymuth
+ 5 corners quintet

heavyweight

get on the SK mailout, cause i'm guessing that will be where the news comes first.

EDIT: Due in the fall.

Dubstep Allstars: Vol. 6

Appleblim on the right.

And he's the guest on the 1's and 2's in the newest edition of the Dubstep Allstars series. In my opinion the whole series to date hasn't been up to much. . there are plenty of other things I'd rather listen too. . like the guest mixes on Mary Anne Hobbs for one. But wherever this man goes, he always seem to appeal. Maybe its something about the sideburns that grow on his neck.

The tracklisting look's interesting to someone like myself, who just tends to keep tabs on the dubstep scene rather than live its every move. Maybe its just 'same old, same old' to the real heads. Who knows. . TL:

01 Peverelist - Gather
02 Peverelist & Appleblim - Circling
03 Pinch feat. Yolanda - Get Up
04 2562 - Moog Dub
05 Martyn - Suburbia
06 Jus Wan - Action Potential
07 2562 - Morvern Dub
08 TRG & Selector Dub U - Harajuku
09 Peverelist - Infinity Is Now
10 Skream - Percression
11 RSD - Pretty Bright Light
12 Mungo's Hi Fi - Babylon
13 Komonazmuk - Bad Apple
14 Komonazmuk & Gatekeeper - Cheeky Herbert
15 TRG - Decisions
16 TRG - Put U Down - Ramadanman Remix
17 TRG - Broken Hearts - Martyn Remix
18 Geiom feat. Marita - Reminissin' - Dubplate Version (Berkane Sol / Dub)

Out June 2nd on Tempa Recordings.

The Mixtape About Nothing

Click to zoooom. bloggers not working too smoothly.

People are getting realll hyped for wah-lay's (Wale) latest mixtape. . .

Good to see UK represented with Tawiah on the bill.

Dwele Album Sampler

'Sketches of a man' - June 24th.

News on Raphael Saadiq

New album coming soon.

Word is that is very nice. .

Read a whole more on it at OkayP

Summer at Brownswood

Swiped from the brownswood myspace.

You may have noticed that our releases have been a bit slow of late...We have just been moving distribution.

They are going to be coming at you thick and fast over the summer...here is a taster of what is to come

June 2nd:

BWOOD029: Jose James – Park bench People b/w Visions of Violet (12" & Digital)
available now from our online store

June 23rd

BWOOD030CD- Gilles Peterson Presents - Brownswood Bubblers Three (CD and Digital Release)

June 30th:

BWOOD031CD – JAM – Just a Maestro (CD and Vinyl sampler)

July 14th:

BWOOD032 SOIL & "PIMP" SESSIONS – Storm 12" / Digital

July 28th:

BWOOD033CD SOIL & "PIMP" SESSIONS – Planet Pimp

August 4th:

BWOOD034 Jose James – "Desire / Moodymann Remix" 12" / Digital

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All considered essential purchases. Will also be a video for 'Park Bench People' hitting the net soon.

Los Angeles

The new fly Lo is brilliant. This is the obligatory blog posting that one must do.

Out June 10th.

Taster.... Benji B had a fly Lo deviation special last Thursday evening on 1xtra. LISTEN AGAIN here, to hear the old, the forthcoming and the unreleased. As well as chat with the man himself. Very good listen.

Favourite track at the moment has got to be 'Melt'. Crazy drum pattern.

Burial Dj Kicks

Taken directly from the mailout;

Coup!

!K7 are buzzing on the announcement that the next installment in the DJ-Kicks series comes from the hugely acclaimed, underground dubstep producer BURIAL at the end of June. The South London producer is notoriously shy of press and public performances yet his last two albums on Kode 9's Hyperdub label have established him as one of the global leaders in this exploding scene on word-of-mouth alone.

The latest DJ Kicks from Four Tet, Henrik Schwarz, Booka Shade and Hot Chip have all pushed new limits in eclecticism, making linear genre-specific DJ mixes a thing of past... so who knows where Burial will take it next. We hear whisperings from the studio that he may treat his dearest dubstep, techno and even r'n'b tracks with his unique production style before mixing them with exclusive material and... well watch this space.

Think its out on the 23rd of June.