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In celebration of James "J Dilla" Yancey's 40th birthday, 
House Shoes presents the first half of the follow up to his 
critically acclaimed "The King James Version" mix, paying 
tribute to one of, if not the best producer in hip-hop's history
by strolling through some more of the records that were mined 
by Dilla for his productions. From jazz, to soul, to moog and 
electronica and more, this mix serves as a reminder to show how 
broad the range of music that inspired him was. Taken from all original vinyl. No youtube rips. No mp3s. None of that bulllshit.

Enjoy.

-Shoes

www.djhouseshoes.com

THE KING JAMES VERSION VOL. 2: The New Testament

The Raid 2 Berandal - Black (Bonus Track)

from the mello music group album "Persona" coming out 3/10.
prod. Oddisee | vocals: Oddisee & Phonte hook: Tamisha Waden | art: Oliver Barrett

If the soul of hip-hop belongs to the culture, the skeleton belongs to the independent label. From Sugar Hill to Def Jam, Tommy Boy to Rawkus, Fondle Em to Def Jux, the genre’s best music has been birthed by imprints that brazenly defy the status quo, those who champion fearless artists and always prize quality over commerce.
 
For the last eight years, Mello Music Group has lived by that ethos. If you’re reading these words, you’re inevitably well aware of its ascendance and growing legacy. But more importantly, you know the artists—those singular voices channeling the spirits of the past and spitting premonitions of the future. Boom-bap at its best: evolving and expanding the art form, capturing stories of the struggle, upholding the tradition, and keeping the crooked honest.
 
Persona unveils the murderer’s row that is the Mello roster of 2015. Oddisee, Apollo Brown, yU, L'Orange, Red Pill, Open Mike Eagle, Rapper Big Pooh, Quelle Chris. The stars of the present teamed with timeless innovators like Phonte (Little Brother), Blockhead, Ras Kass, Gift of Gab (Blackalicious), Oh No, Masta Ace, and Bilal Salaam. The result is something that binds current greats with the pioneers who paved the asphalt. It’s both a historical moment and hard as hell.
 
If most compilations are nothing more than a loosely thrown together collection of songs, Persona boasts meticulous focus. These aren’t spare tracks, they’re potent messages and poisonous darts. “Requiem” finds Phonte and Oddisee indicting American racism and Xenophobia with fury and precision. On “Homicide,” yU and Nottz leave blood dripping all over the canvas. There’s “Celebrity Reduction Prayer,” where Open Mike Eagle lampoons fundamentalists and religious zealots over Oddisee’s warm Stevie Wonder keyboards.
 
But there’s ultimately no need to do the track-by-track breakdown. This is an anthology in the most traditional well-curated sense. Turn here if you want to find the best hip-hop artists of their generation in raw and unfiltered form. The bars are brimstone; the beats force your neck to swivel. Through all the discontent, rays of hope begin to emerge. If you remember the feeling you got when you first heard Soundbombing, stop searching. The slang has changed, the style remains indelible, the latest personas have emerged. The new sound is here.



Requiem (feat. Oddisee & Phonte)

Monster

Throw Away

E(I)GO Feat Rosewood 2055

from the upcoming album Oddisee "The Good Fight" (5/5)
https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/the-good-fight/id969829649

In a landscape overrun with abstract indulgence and shallow trend-chasers, the Prince George’s County, Maryland artist Oddisee has created 'The Good Fight', a record that reminds you that it’s music before it’s hip-hop. Due May 5th on Mello Music Group, it’s for the fans and for himself. It finds the musical heavyweight balancing between craft, career, and successfully growing into the world around him. Stream the first single, "That's Love".

Album Description:
Oddisee makes music that rattles in your bone marrow. It’s imbued with love, honesty, and selflessness. It’s virtuosic in its musicality, direct in its language, and infinitely relatable.
 
In a landscape overrun with abstract indulgence and shallowtrend-chasers, the Prince George’s County, Maryland artist has created “The Good Fight,” a record that reminds you that it’s music before it’s hip-hop. Released on Mello Music Group, it’s for the fans and for himself. It finds the musical heavyweight balancing between craft, career, and successfully growing into the world around him.
 
For Oddisee, “The Good Fight” is about living fully as a musician without succumbing to the traps of hedonism, avarice, and materialism. It’s about not selling out and shilling for a paycheck, while still being aware that this is a business requiring compromise and collaboration.
 
It’s music that yields an intangible feeling: the sacral sound of an organ whine, brass horns, or a cymbal crash. It’s not necessarily the syllables, but rather what they evoke. A song like “That’s Love” is more than a declaration; it’s a meditation on our capacity to love and the bonds binding us together. Ambition and greed war with our sense of propriety. “Contradiction’s Maze” offers a list of paradoxes we all face (“I want to tell the truth when it hurts/but when it comes to me, I want the blow softened.”)
 
Oddisee’s production simmers in its own orchestral gumbo. You sense he’s really a jazzman in different form, inhabiting the spirit of Roy Ayers and other past greats.  The Fader’s compared him to a musical MC Escher, calling hailing his “grandiose and symphonic sound” and “relevant relatable messages.” Pitchfork praised his “eclectic soulful boom-bap.”
 
“The Good Fight” acknowledges the stacked odds, but refuses to submit.
 
It’s both universal and personal. The child of a Sudanese immigrant highlights the rigors of his own upbringing: his pregnant mother working the register until she was about to burst, his pops’ shuttered diner that couldn’t survive Reaganomics—the one that Oddisee drives past every time he returns home, just to remind him how quickly the world can turn bad.
 
It’s these minor details that add into something major. It’s testament to the indelible nature of art: when you can turn what you love into something that lasts.


Oddisee - That's Love

written and performed by Jhené Aiko Efuru Chilombo
produced by Fisticuffs

Sailing Soul(s)

living room flow (Bonus)

Fist Of Legend - Joseph Koo

Flammbino RED PILLand Blue PILL  Sunshine

shout outs to the homie https://soundcloud.com/brandundeshay
for the dope acapella. Please check out the Original over here: https://soundcloud.com/brandundeshay/yung-n-on-da-comeup-prod-brandun-deshay






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brandUn Deshay - Yung N' on da comeup (Lehvi Remix)

'Free TC' Deluxe Edition available now - features 4 new $ongs!
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Sitting Pretty (feat. Wiz Khalifa)

CHILDREN OF SILK EP 

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"do not rename it when it can't be pronunciated. 
do not despise it when it is undressed. 
do not abuse it when it is in bloom.
do not only honor it inside buildings with marble vestments. 
do not stone it when beyond the walls of comprehension. 
do not kill it with gloves of silk for they will only soothe it.”

After the success of her first self-released EP “The Suspended Kid”, Sevdaliza releases her second batch of enigmatic songs on “Children of Silk”. The songstress/producer draws her influences from several textures like skin and glass. Sevdaliza’s melancholic visceral voice floats over beds of mechanical instrumentation, creating dynamics of chaos and order. Her songs have a philosophical questioning character, subjects like gender diversification and perception of emotion are strongly present. Diverse comparisons have been drawn yet it remains a difficulty to specify her in a particular genre. Rhythmic tensions build slowly into chaotic climaxes. Every retribution of her lyrics becomes more intense and personal, yet she isn’t able to break from that obscure statue of a woman. Children of Silk is now available worldwide via Itunes/Spotify.

lyrics:
this man of mine 
breaks to be desired 
this man of mine
a man to be admired 
this man of mine 
he reconsigned his heart 
this man of mine 
isn't yours, isn't mine

a man of glass
awaits his days
without a cause 
a gaze

some tales are meant to stay apart 
into a vague distance
some lives are better kept apart
bound to be inexistent 

MEN OF GLASS FEAT. ROME FORTUNE

Pinball Machine

Putting A Mad Dog Down (From The Raid- Redemption)

FSC015 - Road Trip by AnTgry 
Released date : July 2016

picture credit : @antgry
Contains a sample of Positive by 森川美穂 

Now available on Spotify : open.spotify.com/album/3khe8lUK3Jo1G1T65Np6J6

Road Trip 

Road Trip Album 

Lovely Road

floridomi x oxela - playadelsol

4th track from 憧れ N I G H T S ! 

Free download here: https://jellybonbon.bandcamp.com/track/kimi-wa-ichiban

I'm especially in love with this one so I want to upload it on its own <3 

新しいアルバムもあるけど、too soonだね！？

Bye have a beautiful day! 

KIMI WA ICHIBAN!

@elektricdreams
@lola-disco

Check out this sweet tune to bring an end to the summer! Enjoy and be sure to support the artists~

SS018: Lola Disco & ED - Hawaiian Punch

mmrsrtruth

love anyway (stbb 501)

Off Jon Smith's upcoming EP, Jon L. Smith has this song packed with blaring horns, killer percussion, and funky bass slaps. the melody is serenaded by the talented Treena Ferebee. Not only will this keep you grooving in your car, in the studio or at the office, Visions of You tells a story we can all relate to. Get ready for a journey with Jon Smith full of Rhythm, tempo, harmony, melody, instrumentation, dynamic, texture, genre, form and temperature on EVERY LEVEL!!!

Visions Of You

@Thanks to Ai Nhu for the artwork <3

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Evil Needle - Scattered Pictures

Produced by @aywymusic, @badmondonknock, Raj Makhija, & Anik Khan
Additional production by @Subdaio
Additional Vocals - Luna Jimenez
Guitar, bass - Raj Makhija
Keys - Dave Drake
Engineered and mixed by Raj Makhija
Mastered by Tatsuya Sato at The Mastering Palace

Kites

Mango Nectar

OFF THE UPCOMING MIXTAPE - KTL RADIO"THE LAW OF 4.4 "

Ivan Van Sertima

Hans Zimmer - Good versus evil

Audio CD (June 11, 2013)
Original Release Date: 2013
Number of Discs: 2

Man of Steel -  What Are You Going To Do When You Are Not Saving the World

Jon Smith, Bassist based out of south Philadelphia has been teaming up with the most talented musicians to bring funky bass melodies to life. Not only has he played alongside Jessica Reedy, Birdy, and Laurin Talese, but he has also managed to create a sound of his own. This former New yorker has impeccable skills, stay tuned for more from Jon Smith (aka Mr. 5string). Follow on all social media outlets for more information. IG: JonSmith5string