Sulaiman: "Love Is Love" featuring Shayna Love
Sulaiman drops his new joint our way. "Love Is Love", not just a philosophical outlook, but also a Nez and Rio produced jam. Grab it below.
Hey Champ: "Neverest" (Database & Treasure Fingers Remixes)
After their recent release of their debut LP Star, Hey Champ is gearing up their 2nd single "Neverest". Here the synth-pop gem see's remixes from veterans Database and Treasure Fingers. Database's version sets the mood a bit tidier than the latter.
Grab both right here
Bilal At UCLA Jazz/Reggae Festival 2010 (Video)
Bilal has some visuals from his performance at the UCLA Jazz/Reggae Festival from back in May. Always with a solid on point band, Bilal performs "Something To Hold On To" off his leaked album Love For Sale. His new LP titled Alright's Revenge is out September 14th via Plug Research. Hit the jump for the visuals provided by Greg The Dude.
The ILLZ: "In Between Video Series" (Mixtape)
Director Kristopher Rey?-?Talley & Hot Mop Films collaborated with The ILLZ to create this project, which is truly a innovation in itself.
"The main goal of this project is to prove that simplicity truly is the highest form of sophistication. almost every song in this project consists of one verse with no chorus, with the exception of the first release "Dreams of Life & Beth"...The videos were met with the same approach, with minimal editing and shots. It was the collective effort and goal of The ILLZ, Kristopher Rey-Talley, and Hot Mop Films to create moving visuals for the songs on this project that embodied the same minimalist approach."
After weeks of videos released, the audio is here to accompany the visuals and The ILLZ has now put out in my opinion two of the best releases in this newer genre of Alternative Hip-Hop over the past year, in The Pursuit LP & In Between Video Series. If you have seen this cat lurking around the blogs lately and haven't took time to click, do yourself a favor and hit the jump for the download.
Bun B: "Don't Go"
Here's a left over from the Trill OG sessions. Production was handle by J.U.S.T.I.C.E. league. Grab it after the jump via Mr. X.
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Mayer Hawthorne: The Do Over Live Mix
Before Mayer Hawthorne was Mayer Hawthorne, he was best known as DJ Haircut and part of Ann Arbor's Athletic Mic League. AML's 2004 release, Jungle Gym Jungle, is an underground classic in my opinion, and Haircut is a dope DJ. I had the chance to see him spin live that summer at a house party in Ann Arbor and it was definitely good times. He released a live mix just now of his August 8th date at the Do Over. According to him it is also Waffle Day... so cheers to that. Download the mix right here.
U-N-I: "Black Sky" Video
Have we seen the end of the "Amish YO" era? It looks that way in this new U-N-I video for "Black Sky". YO and Thurz enlist Playboy Bunny Felicia Gomez for the Jerome D directed clip. Their Love Supreme 2.0 is in stores now.