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Jiggy

Seasons.

Hey, it's okay, it's okay You're welcome!

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)

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Our recent excursion to Russia - as part of the Stay True series with Ballantine’s Scotch Whiskey - proved bountiful for a number of reasons. Not only because it jammed some of the nation's finest boom bap reps together with a hand-picked selection of America's similarly-inclined elite. But also because it was a tour engulfed in genuine, raucous energy. Relationships were formed and a genuine companionship emerged between the heads involved.
 
 So the story goes that DJ Premier spent a few days in the studio alongside St. Petersburg's BMB Spacekid and one half of LA-based funksters NxWorries, Anderson .Paak. The result of their combined wizardry is "Til It's Done" - a headnodding joyride through electro-funk characterised by a hip-hop drum kit underbelly and topped by Anderson's ever-capable vocal acrobatics.

Anderson .Paak appears on behalf of NxWorries Courtesy of OBE

DJ Premier x BMB Spacekid ft. Anderson .Paak "Til Its Done"

note from https://soundcloud.com/swimgoodnow: "you know when someone asks how you're doing and you can't help but give a super honest answer?? this song is about the highs and lows of that. anna (merival) & i wanna give mad props to joel from air france, darren from the avalanches and torq from stars for their assistance with this one <3 and of course a HUGE thank you to ryan :)))))))) love u all"

support / buy:
https://itunes.apple.com/ca/album/since-u-asked/id1009499177?i=1009499181

note from ryan: "every time i listen to this song it winds up on repeat, indefinitely. swim good walks this line between r&b, folk and indie, maintaining his balance with the most sentimental sounds and samples. it's 2015 canadian soul winter music that I need playing every season."

https://twitter.com/swimgoodnow
https://twitter.com/merival

shh029: swim good now x Merival - since u asked

Photo credit: Georgina Cook / Drumzofthesouth

Skepta

Skepta - Back Then [Plastician Production]

Back Home (feat. Freddie Gibbs)

You're The Wave

from the dark box again

quelle chris did the beat

L'wren did the singing

all these are old

its ok to crash (dirty home demo)

KEAG & ISHDARR, OK BITCH!

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OK! feat. IshDARR (prod. by Tommy Trillfiger)

godsconnect: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQnh29f4FyA

fruetriends

KEKE (Ft. Fetty Wap & A Boogie wit da Hoodie)

Feeling restless about releasing my EP after doing that live stream, so I figured I would upload one of the songs from the package.  Call it a leak, call it early unreleased promo - whatever it is, I hope you enjoy. 🚨

More music, coming very very soon.

Love always - P

🌪 Download 🌪

Restless

Audio Dope

Unconditional (ft. Emilia Anastazja)

Ayahuasca

http://sokroh.bandcamp.com/album/ur

Dropping on 3/1/2018...Stay Tuned!

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"Ur" Available on Bandcamp

It's Not Over

push on. / butter.

#HeyUpThere
Buddy "Hey Up There" featuring Ty Dolla $ign from Harlan and Alondra available now: smarturl.it/HarlanandAlondra 

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Hey Up There (feat. Ty Dolla $ign)

sometimes i reminise and think about my parents. i miss playing street fighter with my dad. i made this for me but this is also for him. i hope he hears this one day.

shoutout to Mike P & the FGC.

evrythng.onthe_movelst (1fordad)

VL:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFhc-gdg6dI

EP:

https://open.spotify.com/album/3NHQmzTf19ONhcv1WUV6Yt?si=bplmZxkwQFWa1ssISFFoTg

https://desktopjunk.bandcamp.com/album/blvd-ep

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