Verse I

I’m only playing for keeps
Baby
Darling
Free love’s too expensive
And I’m far too cheap
Ohhh

(I Don’t, I Don’t Want)
Don’t wanna pay the penalty
After letting a fool kiss me
Or a kiss fool me
(Lawd)

Cause earlier kisses are entryways
To open legs
To a civil war on 
Whether to go or stay
After we discover
We don’t know each other
How’d I fall in love with
With a stranger

Argument

Music break

Don’t wanna pay the penalty
(ooooo I don’t want)
	
Cause earlier kisses are entryways
To open legs
To a civil war on 
Whether to go or stay
After we discover
We don’t know each other
How’d I fall in love with
With a stranger



(A. Abernathy, K. Tucker)
        Produced by 14KT
        All vocals performed by Ab 
        Vocal arrangement by Ab
        Music arrangement by 14KT
        Bass: Malik Hunter
        Argument: Ab & Tia Goodson
        Karat Gold Music (ASCAP)
        Aaron Ab Publishing Company (ASCAP)


Forget Who I Am

From The brand new album BLUE MIDNIGHT ... its finally here!!! click the link to peep and purchase the whole album! https://jsoulmusic.bandcamp.com/album/blue-midnight 

HIGH Feat Deborah Bond

Sleepin Giant - Purple | Original Cultures OCEP003 / OCEP008DD
Release date: April 21, 2014 (digital), May 26, 2014 (vinyl)
Format: Vinyl, Digital
Distribution: Kudos (worldwide) + originalcultures.bandcamp.com

Buy digital:
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Buy the single: 
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itunes.apple.com/gb/album/lets-get-serious-single/id833564885
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+ all digital stores worldwide.

Video for Glitch -> www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVsU_TIP0Zg

Support from Kutmah, BBE, LV, Jehst, KCRW Los Angeles, KSDS San Diego, Radio Helsinki, Groovement, Black Athena, Tru Thoughts, 22Tracks and more.

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Sleepin Giant is an Amsterdam-based producer who has been bidding his time for over a decade, refining his craft, honing his voice. Purple is his first official release, following a debut appearance on Brussels’ On Point label in 2012 for the Sweet Rendez-Vous remixes.

Purple has been two years in the making, a journey that began with the track Glitch written with NYC-based poet Aja Monet. It was on the strength of this demo that Original Cultures convinced Sleepin Giant to put together a whole EP of his own soul music. Another two vocalists were added to the mix: Bristol’s Romaine Smith, a young singer full of promise who has worked primarily with Typesun, and Amsterdam’s Ruben Hein, signed to Blue Note and one of Holland’s most striking voices.

The music on Purple is soul, plain and simple. It draws from the same spiritual place as the likes of D’Angelo, The Roots, Erikah Badu or Jay Dee - from inside, from the soul. It’s music to fall in love to, music to make love to, music to dream to. On each of the five songs the vocalists recount stories we can all relate to, stories of love, of things past, of things coming. The musical backdrop is stripped down to its bare essentials with an irresistible interplay between drums and bass alongside warm, sultry melodies that compliment the singing.

Purple is to be released on digital and 12” vinyl, featuring cover art inspired by the legendary Ohio Players albums, in mid April. It will be preceeded in late March by a digital single featuring Let’s Get Serious and an alternate version of Hey Girl. In early May remixes from Typesun, Lewis James and EAN will be released digitally along four dancefloor tracks created during the process.

Let's Get Serious w/ Ruben Hein

Vocalist Akua Allrich presents her cover of "Can't Stand the Rain," by Ann Peebles, featuring the amazing Nicholas Payton on trumpet and keyboards. They're joined by Kris Funn on bass and Corey Fonville on drums. This is the first single to be released from Allrich's forthcoming album, to be released later in 2015.

Akua Allrich, feat. Nicholas Payton - "Can't Stand the Rain"

Blood in the Blueprint leans in like an exposé set to groove. The beat moves smoother and more melodic than its subject matter, layered synths, warm bass, and steady drums carry a lyrical excavation of the hidden violence behind polished institutions. It’s a confrontation wrapped in clarity: not screaming, but naming. The verses unroll like pages from a redacted past, while the chorus pulls back the marble and steel to reveal the silent cost underneath. This is legacy turned inside out, a calm, undeniable reckoning with the ghosts that built the world’s foundations. The system wasn’t broken, it was built this way.

Blood in the Blueprint

Marvin Gaye  "What's Goin On" (AAyhasis RMX)

iTunes: itunes.apple.com/us/album/everyth…time/id350086929
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Everything in Time

You Got the Love (feat. Gretchen Parlato)

Original Music composed by Daniel Casimir

4. Cable St.

A lil late nite beatdown remix of a magnificent track! Just doing our humble bit and gave this an attempt. Hope y'all feeling the love.

If you're feeling it please do us a small favour and vote for this remix here: http://www.indabamusic.com/opportunities/robert-glasper-move-love-remix-contest/submissions/92042

Thanks for listening!

Robert Glasper Experiment feat King - Move love (Cosa Nostra beatdown refix)

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Say Yes (Waajeed Remix)

Out Now! Grab compilation digi / 12" : https://darkerthanwax.bandcamp.com/album/various-channels-vol-1-nyc-compiled-by-marco-weibel

Various Channels is a new series within the Darker Than Wax catalogue - a selector-led compilation series that pushes diversity in sound while also encapsulating a common connection of what brings people together. For the first volume, it’s all about location. Deeply inspired by the new wave of creative energy in New York City, the label is proud to present ‘Various Channels Vol. 1 : NYC’ - a compilation highlighting key artists at the forefront of NYC’s blooming music ecosystem, curated by selector Marco Weibel. While Darker Than Wax was born in Singapore, our satellite (or second) home is NYC.

A key figure behind Darker Than Wax since its early days, Marco moved to NYC in 2014, and has continued to establish a humble presence for the label through his tireless work as a DJ, Curator, Promoter & Radio Host. Within 6 years, Marco has seen New York’s underground grow through artists’ continual efforts to push the envelope and blur the lines between sounds. Thanks in part to uncompromising venues and community spaces such as The Lot Radio in Brooklyn (where Marco is running our weekly radio show alongside label peer Mawkus), a fresh crop of producers and DJs are elevating the music of NYC.

This compilation serves as a snapshot of this moment in time, spotlighting select artists making waves - including Jitwam, James Tillman, Toribio, Ensemble Entendu, David Marston and Tristan Arp. This project is also personal to Marco’s experience of digging deep into the city and connecting with kindred spirits, the selections reflecting the creative energy of his close musical family, who traverse eclectic sound spectrums from R&B/Soul, Balearic Grooves, House, Broken Beat and beyond.

Various Channels Vol. 1: NYC - Compiled by Marco Weibel

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David Marston - Mercury In Retrograde (ft. Jitwam & Aquiles Navarro)

Producer Credits: Jay Rock, Busta Rhymes, Ab-soul, Jhene Aïko, Paul Wall, Snoop Dogg, Alpha Wann, Jazzy Bazz, Caballero & Jean Jass and more...

Contact: max@esgnrecords.com

Marvin Gaye "What's Goin On" (AAyhasis RMX)

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