I mean, the orchestration and arrangement alone is just.... gah, no words. So good.

Your reign has been a long one sir! and still nobody can touch you...keep doin what you do..
Nuff respect! xxx

Dropping Bass Wicked Track .. Signature style and vocals

I'just don't know why this became the soundtrack of PART OF MY LIFE; Getting' Betta                 MAGNIFICENT BASELINE however it's np

Dr. Stokley.  So old school and still so cool. Holistic healer for the dark heart.  Stimulator of the mind.  Inoculating you with sharp darts.  Old dirty record addict.  Heads have been waiting 4 years for a new Dudley Perkins solo record - this Black Friday November 29th it arrives.  The new album Dr. Stokley finds Dudley over production from Kankick, Georgia Anne Muldrow, and Madlib. This is Dudley at his eccentric best, fiery and passionate, killin' emcees with that heavy fOnk straight from the soul. 

Pre-Order the album today and get the first track "Foot Surgery" produced by Kankick.

Dudley Perkins - Foot Surgery (prod. Kankick)

De La Soul - Trying People Ω

With one week until the release of Von Pea and The Other Guys' album To: You, we release the second official single, "Chasing Amy aka In Your Heart".  Spittin over a head nodder produced by The Other Guys, Von Pea tells us what happens when you fall for a girl you can't have... for more than one reason. Listen and find out why.

Stream the single now on Soundcloud  or Bandcamp  and if you pre-order the album now on Bandcamp, you'll receive an immediate download of the single. To: You will be available on compact disc and digitally everywhere on November 25th. Pre-oders available on iTunes and compact disc pre-orders on UGHH.

https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/to-you/id937370517
http://www.undergroundhiphop.com/von-pea-the-other-guys-toyou/HNR035CD/

www.twitter.com/vonpea
www.twitter.com/otherguys/music

Von Pea: Chasing Amy aka In Your Heart [prod by The Other Guys]

The instrumental version of Elzhi and Will Sessions' ELMATIC.

Buy it here
http://www.fatbeats.com/products/will-sessions-the-elmatic-instrumentals-cd

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08 Lifes A Bitch

A Tribe Called Quest - "1nce Again" (Phoniks Remix)

The second release from Will Sessions’ newly launched record label is the  first collaboration between Will Sessions and Elzhi since the critically acclaimed mixtape, Elmatic. The A side features an explosive extended verse from Elzhi, on top of an anthemic beat performed and produced by Will Sessions. The B side is an instrumental edit that takes you deeper into their production style.

http://www.fatbeats.com/products/will-sessions-feat-elzhi-knowledge-of-12th-b-w-instrumental-7

7" Single

Knowledge of 12th (7")

Knowledge of 12th (feat Elzhi)

One of the underground's hardest-working young producers, Oddisee has built a thorough body of work with a steady stream of albums, mixtapes, collaborations, and instrumental projects. On Rock Creek Park, he breaks us off with 10 joints that are universally chill, loaded with jazz-drenched loops offering wispy flutes, funked-out bass lines, breezy guitar licks, soft horns, and earthy pianos. “Closed After Dark," "Beach Dr.," and the vibraphone-and-ride-cymbal-laced "Mattered Much" are standouts, though the ‘80s-influenced "Uptown Cabaret" and yU collabo "Still Doing It" are also impressive. Though many of the tracks are similar on the low-BPM head-nod tip, they all sound great and make an ideal soundtrack for just keeping it mellow. 


Oddisee - Rock Creek Park - 11 For Certain (feat. Diamond District)

New Track by Oh No off his album Ohnomite.

Oh No FT. Phife Dawg & Jose James - Dues N Donts'

Skyzoo says... "With “A Song For Fathers”, I wanted to make a theme song for fellow dads to celebrate on Father’s Day, as well as every day that we may need to hear some encouragement. We’ve all grown up to music that celebrates motherhood, which has been beautiful and is always needed, but the songs celebrating fatherhood, although existing, have been few and far between.

Production wise I specifically went to !llmind, who’s been a frequent collaborator of mine throughout my career, for two reasons: one, he’s one of the greatest producers ever, and his specialty is bringing your idea to life larger than you’d imagined, and two, if you know !llmind you know he makes music due to his dad having been a musician in his own right. His dad passed away awhile back and I know he’s hugely influenced by his dad’s legacy, so I knew he’d understand the importance of such a record. Needless to say, he hit it out the park.

In our current climate as a people, the reality of families being left without a father is deafening. Due to all of the social injustices that are ringing louder than ever, we’re seeing the impact of fathers being stripped away from their loved ones. Although I wrote this record way before our current events began to take place (summer ‘19), the timing is eerily spot on. This is one of my favorite records I’ve ever written, and if it somehow becomes the record I’m most known for down the line, I couldn’t be prouder."

https://smarturl.it/SkyzooMilestones

Milestones

A Song For Fathers

Skyzoo - A Song For Fathers (prod. !llmind)

My re-interpretation of the ATCQ classic using the original samples from Weldon Irvine and Charles Earland.  Part of the Midnight Marauders 20th Anniversary Remix Competition on Kevinnottingham.com

Award Tour (Yeah Y'all)

iTunes pre-order: http://itunes.kud.li/fsr099d

"When I grow up, I wanna be like Omar" - Stevie Wonder

There are precious few, if any contemporary UK artists whose creative credentials and influence extend as far and so consistently wide as Freestyle Records' most recent signing Omar. Since first breaking through to worldwide renown all the way back in 1991 with his first releases on Gilles Peterson's seminal Talking Loud label, and going on to work with all manner of musical legends including a certain Stevie Wonder, Erykah Badu, Angie Stone, Syreeta Wright, Common, and Carleen Anderson.

Fast forward to 2013, and Omar's reputation for being a thoroughly original artist following his own individual path remains undiminished. After recently picking up an M.B.E. for his outstanding contribution to the UK music scene, even the British Establishment has now acknowledged what many already appreciated and understood for many years.

There cannot have been many times a bass clarinet b-line was destined to become one of the most memorable and catchiest moments in contemporary soul, but on the new single, The Man, that's precisely what happens. Add to that a stunning vocal performance, the slinkiest of beautiful key changes, and an uplifting vibe that simply emanates class and style, and you will understand why those who were privileged to hear The Man early on, all without exception, flipped, slipped and fell totally in love with its soul, its groove and irrepressible spirit.

This release sees three reworkings of the title track; US mainstay of conscious hip hop and electronica, Shafiq Husayn, literally leapt at the chance to remix The Man and gives it a minor mood feel, with spacey synthesiser lines added to emphasise this most memorable of melodies, Maddslinky (aka Zed Bias), came with a remix from a pumping, contemporary club direction including a driving beat coupled with spacy breakdowns and his trademark production skills, and Scratch Professer puts his unique stamp on his retwist of The Man like no one else could!

Completing the circle that began all the way back in the early 1990s, Omar has completely re-recorded his classic love song There's Nothing Like This, which this time features bass player to the Gods Pino Palladino. The touching sentiment remains undiminished, but with the addition of soaring strings, soulful, jazzy horns, an all round live and acoustic feel, plus an extended and new arrangement, Omar has done the impossible; improved upon the un-improvable, that is likely to become the definitive version of an already much adored classic.

01 Omar - The Man

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