Name: Timeless by Illa J in Relax Music
Duration: 3 min 11 s
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Relax Music

Akay delivers the goods in fine form. His infectious Pop music meets with Soul and Funk and is made to tear up the dancefloor with its high-class production. Akay is an artist with a high potential and that's no secret. The album features 14 great songs that range from uptempo smashers to jaw dropping ballads. Akay's remake of the classic "Sexual Healing" has been on high rotation with the world's best DJs for months now. Songs like the driving "Comfort Zone" or "So Good" speak for themselves and for the artist.  Akay's album was recorded and produced at Peppermint Jam records' own studio. Dutch producer Jan van der Toorn, who has worked with Akay before, brought him to Peppermint Jam's attention and started recording demos with him. The demos found their way to label co-owner Mousse T. who immediately liked them and who suggested to record a full album.  The album was recorded with an international sound in mind. Several musicians were flown in and a lot of the recordings were done live. Guest singers like Rah Digga (of Flipmode Squad) or Montell Jordan, who sang on „Not Like Me", only added to the great overall vibe and the mix by Hans Martin Buff (ex-personal studio engineer of Prince in his Paisley Park Studios, who had already mixed records by legends as Chaka Khan, Larry Graham, No Doubt etc.) secures the international flair.  It was very important for Akay to be involved in the songwriting process from day one. He was always inspired by artists like Stevie Wonder and Boyz II Men and also by producer Jan van der Toorn. "I couldn't have done it without Jan. He gave me so much power and taught me so much. Everything simply came together at the recording sessions." boasts a happy Akay. 


Sexual Healing feat RAH DIGGA

Slum Village (Jay DEE, Illa J, Young RJ,T3) YES YES Produced by Jay Dee

Listen to Omarion's first single "You Like It" off his new album "Sex Playlist" coming soon. Tune into TheSexPlaylist.com for updates! 

You Like It

Written by: @MrTobyKyle
Produced by: @DJVag

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Make Me Love You ft. Elliterate [prod. by DJ Vag]

Video Premiere on HipHopDX - February 3rd, 2015

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owuzkvtCLTw
http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/videos/id.18991/title.h-i-s-d-radio-galaxy-f-ladybug-mecca-slick

"Slick"
Performed by The Hue
Special Vocal Appearance by Ladybug Mecca

Produced by King Midas for King Coz 
Horns and Additional Instruments by Philippe Edison, E. Classic , Ronnie Mason, Jr., and Ryan "Groove" Cortez as The Black Novas

Recorded in Space City, Texas, United States of America

Aurora

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The Hue "Slick" featuring Ladybug Mecca

"80's Babies brings to you a jazzy thought provoking track for the second single off their forthcoming album, Searching for Happy.... 7/28/15...

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80's Babies - NRG

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Timeless

ETERNAL RELAXATION (4 Phife Dawg)

My little tribute track the one and only Phife using one of my favourite Tribe samples. 
RIP PHIFE - RIP Maurice White

Jewbei - Earth Wind & Phifer

The Roots, favorite band in the world. Questlove, favorite drummer....

---- I DO NOT OWN ANY PART OF THIS TRACK --- I'm simply trying to express my soul, support my favorite artists and help spread good music to those who might not have heard it.

*LOVE, PEACE & MUSIC*

The Roots - Love Of My Life (Instrumental)

Originally hailing from Florida, Ghost McGrady headed out west and posted up in Koreatown, Los Angeles where neighbors and police frequently complained of a loud smell and an even louder stereo system blaring the wide spectrum of vivid sounds that would ultimately come to form the beats throughout this album. This is a collection of songs composed over the past four years (2014-2018) that form one coherent thought: Believe. Each beat was created with an open mind and a ‘fuck the popular sound’ mentality that comes from years upon years of sample chopping and sound design experience dating back to Ghost McGrady’s genesis at age 11 in his darkened bedroom.

Believe is the consequence of House Shoes discovering Ghost at a local event and building a relationship that culminated in Shoes curating this album using brand new tracks & material that had previously been heard in various internet locations. To have these heavily textured songs that were once made in a dim lit, lonely, and depressing apartment be heard on vinyl is simultaneously a dream fulfilled and the perfect medium for their expression.

Ghost McGrady’s “BELIEVE” will see release this Halloween
on Street Corner Music.

Pre-order the LP/CS at www.fatbeats.com

www.streetcornermusic.com

Ghost McGrady - Parks & Shit

Hello folks, hope all is well. So the homie Phonte from Little Brother and Foreign Exchange asked me to be apart of his new project..."No News Is Good News". The whole record is BODY!! You need to go grab that piece. Let the good music continue.....
TBG

No News Is Good News

Sweet You

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Phonte X Tall Black Guy - Sweet You88BPM

Butcher Brown:

Marcus Tenney -Emcee/Saxophone 
DJ Harrison - Keys
Andrew Jay Randazzo - Bass
Morgan Burrs - Guitar
Corey Fonville - Drums
Recorded & Mixed by DJ Harrison at Jellowstone Studios in Richmond,VA

Management: David Passick Entertainment

Booking: Madison House Booking

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They Reminisce Over You" T.R.O.Y. (Butcher Brown Cover)

A remix of one of my favourite Dilla beat. Available for a free download on Feb 9 #DillaDay. Bounce!

Contains exact samples Dilla used from Trina Broussard 'Inside My Love' and Minnie Riperton 'Inside My Love' 

Musiq Man Productions 2013

J Dilla - Look of Love (Musiq Man's Remix)

Biography

John Derek Yancey better known as “Illa J” (born October 13, 1986 in Detroit, Michigan) is an American rapper/singer & songwriter. He is a solo artist but also is currently an active member of Detroit based groups Slum Village and Yancey Boys. He also has another alias “John Regal”. He taught himself how to play the piano, had bass lessons and continuously has vocal training. 

As an independent artist, he has released three albums, 2008’s solo album Yancey Boys, 2013’s Evolution (as Slum Village along with rapper T3 and Producer Young RJ) and 2013’s Sunset Blvd. (as Yancey Boys along with Frank Nitt and Illa J’s big brother, James Dewitt Yancey (1974-2006) aka J Dilla, on the production). Illa J also has two EP’s, 2007’s Illa J, 2010’s 4 Past Midnite and two mixtapes 2012’s Dirty Slums and 2013’s Dirty Slums 2 (both as Slum Village). He magically has released all this work without being signed. He has done interviews and specials for Sway in the Morning with Sway Calloway, Mass Appeal Magazine, HipHopDX, URB Magazine, XXL magazine, etc. He also performs every year at DillaDayDetroit held at The Fillmore in Detroit which is a tribute event to celebrate the life of his big brother J Dilla. The 2013 event was headlined by Royce da 5’9 and Talib Kweli.

Since 2007, Illa J has toured in Japan, Europe and has had shows in Chile and Canada. As Slum Village, Illa J has also toured many times in Europe, the USA, Canada and have had shows in Greece, Chile and Brazil. However, 2013 has been the busiest year for Illa J in the studio and on the road.
With almost 100 booked shows with Slum Village for 2012-2013 he has recorded and released Sunset Blvd and Evolution. He also took part in the Welcome to DillaVille - A tribute to J Dilla Tour along with SlimKid3 from Pharcyde, Guilty Simpson, Frank N Dank and Slum Village. Illa J has been in a relationship for little less than two years with his Venezuelan but Montreal based girlfriend Maya. Montreal is where they spend most of their free time.

Illa J wrote and recorded his first rap at the age of 13 with his big brother J Dilla at Studio A in Detroit, Michigan. Later on, in his teenage years, he wanted to undertake a basketball career but music had always been part of his life. He joined the church choir at the age of six and he grew up seeing his entire family involved in music. His mother, Maureen Yancey, studied opera singing and was in the church choir, and his father, Beverly Dewitt Yancey (1932-2012), was offered a deal by Motown Music that he turned down but kept on doing music independently, Mr. and Ms. Yancey also had their own acapella group. His big brother James Dewitt Yancey better known as “J Dilla” was a record producer who was a great influence to the hip-hop scene by working with groups such as; A Tribe Called Quest, The Pharcyde, De La Soul, and artists such as; Busta Rhymes, Common, Erykah Badu and MF Doom. 

Timeless

Illa J

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