Count on Joe for some smooth R&B for the summer - "I'd Rather Have A Love" (featuring Fat Joe). This remix is cruising music...grooving music. Very nice. Grab it for FREE below. The LP from Joe entitled "Doubleback: The Evolution of R&B" drops July 2, 2013.
Mainstay of 1970s pop, soul, and funk, The Ohio Players had the look, the radio, and their fan base on lock doing hits like "Fire" and "Love Rollercoaster." And don't forget the album covers (hot)! Check out this Unsung episode on the legendary group.
The collaborative EP "TANO" (meaning '5′ in Swahili) by Queens producer King I Divine and UK poet/vocalist LD Henriquez is out now. They made it available for FREE here. We posted King I Divine's favorite track from the EP - "Secret Message" - earlier here. This is the EPK video for the release of "TANO" - a concept driven EP with a soundscape of vocals and raw, jazzy and soulful Hip-Hop instrumentals; based on the 5 senses with a captivating narrative.
Statik Selektah continues to make our mouths water in anticipation of his upcoming album "Extended Play" dropping June 18th. Take a listen to his latest single off the album "Game Break" with verses from Termanology, Lecrae, & Posdnous (De La Soul) quite the lineup.
It is Sunday so time to groove, sounds this week are brought to you by the great folks over at Bama Love Soul. They have supplied us with the second installment of their Ladies First mix which contains a mixture of smooth melodic sounds all from the ladies. So since this is Volume two means that one has already been published no worries I posted Vol 1 a few weeks ago just CLICK HERE. Sit back and enjoy!
This is dope!! Zo! getting it in with some muppets and friends. This is the music video for "Count To Five" (which we posted on earlier here) featuring Gwen Bunn and Phonte. The single is off the LP "ManMade" (which you can get via an earlier post here). Props to director Kenneth Price for this vid.
In life one of the secrets to success is being consistent. The model for consistency in Hip Hop is De La Soul 20 years in the game still rocking strong! Well they have released a video for their new track "Get Away". So happy to say that the visuals do this great track justice sit back and enjoy.
Freddie Joachim remixes "Golden Temple" (featuring Mar). The vocals on this joint almost... almost make this instrumental a song. Let's call it a R&B'ish track and leave it at that. Enjoy the R&B'ish experience below.
De La Soul follows up on the release of "Get Away featuring Spirit Of The Wu" with the video for it. Another in a long list of hits. How do they make it look so effortless? To paraphrase: "They just do it. They don't have to." Live some real Hip-Hop by clicking play and watching the video.