Greatest song from Median! First time I cried listening to this man breathtaking...

Tight lyrics over smoove beats.. Good chunë

iTunes-exclusive bonus track from Black Milk's No Poison No Paradise album.

iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/no-poison-no-paradise-deluxe/id690380563
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Poison (Bonus Track)

Median - How Big Is Your World

Can't Lose

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)

The Ecology is AVAILABLE NOW! 

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LP/CD: https://shop.massappeal.com/collections/music/products/fashawn-the-ecology

TRACKS:
1. Guess Who’s Back
2. Confess
3. Something to Believe ft Nas & Aloe Blacc
4. Higher
5. To Be Young ft BJ the Chicago Kid
6. Golden State of Mind ft Dom Kennedy
7. Letter F
8. Place to Go
9. Man of the House
10. Out The Trunk ft Busta Rhymes
11. It’s A Good Thing ft Aloe Blacc & Choosey
12. Mother
13. F.T.W

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Fashawn - It's A Good Thing (feat. Aloe Blacc & Choosey)

The NICEST EP available on 7/17/15
 Pre-order: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/the-nicest-ep/id1015065266

We Don't Know You (Prod. by DJ Skizz)

South London producer Paul White and Florida vocalist/rapper Eric Biddines have joined forces to form new duo Golden Rules. Their debut album of soulful, psychedelic hiphop features Yasiin Bey (fka Mos Def) and its sound recalls Outkast and Cee-Lo.
Golden Rules have already seen radio support from BBC Radio 1's Huw Stephens, plus 6 Music's Gilles Peterson, Tom Ravenscroft, and Mary Anne Hobbs, while key online hip-hop sites such as The Source and 2 Dope Boyz have been quick to recommend the group. Paul White has been described by the Independent as “a 21st Century DJ Shadow”, counts Madlib and Diplo among his fans and is best known for his production for the likes of Danny Brown and Charli XCX. Newcomer Eric Biddines has built a career in Florida and his last video received heavy rotation on MTV Jams, but this is his first step on the international stage.

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Golden Rules - Never Die (ft. Yasiin Bey aka Mos Def)

From The Javotti Media Playlist Presented By Okayplayer.com AWFUL PEOPLE ARE GREAT AT PARTIES #APAGAP

Awful People Are Great At Parties

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Every Ghetto Pt. 2 - Talib Kweli, Aloe Blacc & Problem, prod. Nottz

Black Star is also working on a mix cd tribute to Aretha Franklin, entitled 'Black Star Aretha.' Fans can visit http://bit.ly/rHW7tx to download a FREE MP3 of the group's first song off the mix cd, "You Already Knew," produced by Oh No. 


Black Star "You Already Knew"

Phonte Ft Evidence & Big K.R.I.T.-The Life Of Kings

From her debut album 'The Idea of Beautiful'

available at www.iamrapsody.com

"The Drums" video - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_eO3ytC-BU

Rapsody performs "The Drums" on BET's 106 & Park - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4G_7lsyPtQ

Median - How Big Is Your World

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