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Madlib Returns With New Track Featuring Black Thought and Your Old Droog
by Josh Sharpe - May 01, 2024 The visionary musician Madlib has introduced his new single 'REEKYOD,' featuring the lyrical prowess of Black Thought and Your Old Droog. 'REEKYOD' serves as more than a song; it's a manifesto of artistic independence and musical brilliance, a celebration of real rhymes, mesmerizing beats, and the u...
Madlib & Karriem Riggins Release New Jahari Massamba Unit Single 'Otis' Tambourine'
by Michael Major - February 22, 2024 Karriem Riggins and Madlib released “Otis' Tambourine,” the third single from their upcoming Jahari Massamba Unit album YHWH is LOVE. Driven by a tambourine, “Otis' Tambourine” sounds like astral jazz playing underwater. It pays homage to Jahari member Madlib's years of bold musical exploration into...
LOGIC Releases New Single 'Fear'
by Michael Major - February 02, 2024 The release of “Fear” comes on the heels of Logic's eighth studio album, College Park (2023), which spawned the singles “Wake Up,” “Paradise II” featuring Norah Jones, “Lightsabers,” and “Highlife,” and also included a video directed by actor and filmmaker Kevin Smith....
Sam Gendel & Fabiano Do Nascimento Release Track 'Poeira'
by Michael Major - January 05, 2024 This is The Room, an album of instrumentals by Brazilian guitarist Fabiano do Nascimento and American saxophonist Sam Gendel. Ten tracks, each rendered remarkable by originality, mastery and singular beauty, by technical precision, shared creative vision and the players' empathetic, even telepathic,...
Madlib & Karriem Riggins Announce New Jahari Massamba Unit Album 'YHWH Is LOVE'
by Michael Major - December 14, 2023 Revered producers and multi-instrumentalists Karriem Riggins and Madlib announced a March 1st release date for YHWH is LOVE, their second album together as Jahari Massamba Unit. The full-length will be the official release for Law of Rhythm, a new record label founded by Riggins and music executive ...
Elif Dame Takes Back Her Life In Honest & Vulnerable EP, 'Securely Detached'
by Michael Major - November 06, 2023 Born to a jazz pianist and retail-clerk, the Amsterdam based Elif Dame (meaning she who brings light) started practicing her creativity at a young age. Having her musical interests initially sparked by the likes of Michael Jackson, Stevie Wonder and the gospel genre, it would greatly expand and shif...
High Pulp Share 'Unified Dakotas' Feat. Jeff Parker of Tortoise
by Michael Major - June 27, 2023 The song “Unified Dakotas” aligns High Pulp with the kind of adventurous music that defined the alternative ‘90s, a mix of post-rock guitars, head-nodding drums, bright horns, and electronics. It made perfect sense to reach out to Jeff Parker of Tortoise and have his guitar ring through the song as ...
Meyhem Lauren x Madlib & DJ Muggs Announce New Collaborative Album 'Champagne For Breakfast'
by Michael Major - March 15, 2023 Meyhem Lauren has been one of the culture’s most reliable brands; built from quality, consistency, and flavor. The artist and personality takes pride in expressing himself artistically from a raw and unfettered perspective. The did previous projects with DJ Muggs, Harry Fraud, Buckwild, Madlib, and ...
Mark Ronson and Madlib Create Original Tracks for The Coca-Cola Company
by Michael Major - December 19, 2022 The campaign introduces an original EP made up of the sounds taken from the bottle-to-bottle recycling process, alongside a versatile sound library and engaging short film. Not only will fans be able to listen to these uniquely made tracks, but they’ll also get the chance to re-mix the very same sou...
Skinshape Announces New LP & Shares 'High Tide, Storm Rising' Single
by Michael Major - September 26, 2022 Painted with the sort of warm glow that Nostalgia naturally emits/gravitates toward, Dorey continues to excel in blithe spirit and home comforts, impishly inquisitive and bushy-tailed on the opening 'Theme for Lazarus,' then attentively absorbing South American colour and culture during 'Dreams of P...
Japanese Breakfast, Jason Isbell & Brittany Howard to Perform at 2022 A2IM Libera Awards
by Michael Major - May 25, 2022 The event celebrates the talent of the indie music community, honoring DJ, producer, and rapper Madlib with the Independent Icon Award. A legend in the indie hip hop community and one of the most prolific producers and DJs of all time, Madlib began his career in the early nineties when he joined the...
Sam Tucker Presents 'Running' Off His Upcoming Ep 'Grow: Part 1'
by Michael Major - May 12, 2022 The track features a very groovy, heavily-effected guitar line over the type of dusty drums one would expect to hear from producers like Madlib or Dilla, with vocals that are as reminiscent of Justin Timberlake as they are Washed Out. The EP was produced by Sam in his home during the pandemic....
Fatlip & Blu Share 'Hollywood Celebrity' Featuring Bilal From 'Live From the End of the World Vol. 1 (Demos)' LP
by Michael Major - April 26, 2022 It follows previously released singles – the Knxwledge-produced “Street Life” featuring MC Eiht, the Madlib-produced, ode to golden age West Coast hip hop 'Gangsta Rap' and “Good For The Soul,” featuring Hemlock Ernst (Future Islands’ Samuel T. Herring) and Rass Kass. Listen to the new single now!...
Grammy Nominated Rapper Freddie Gibbs Joins Rick Ross on 'Ice Cream'
by Marissa Tomeo - April 01, 2022 Today, Indiana’s first Grammy®-nominated rapper and budding actor Freddie Gibbs releases “Ice Cream.” Arriving ahead of his Coachella performance with Madlib, Gibbs teams up with Rick Ross for a fiery rap anthem that finds the collaborators flexing their financial success and flipping birds over a...
Fatlip & Blu Share 'Street Life' Featuring MC Eiht
by Michael Major - March 22, 2022 With Knxwledge’s beat, this is the sound of two veterans combining their rap superpowers to create something that will last. It follows a pair of singles from earlier this year — the Madlib-produced, ode to golden age West Coast hip hop 'Gangsta Rap' and “Good For The Soul,” featuring Hemlock Ernst ...
Soundfly And Kiefer Team Up On Innovative Piano Course
by Chloe Rabinowitz - November 10, 2021 Award-winning pianist and producer Kiefer and online music school Soundfly have developed a comprehensive new piano course that bridges the world of jazz and hip-hop. ...
Makaya McCraven Announces New Remix Album 'Deciphering The Message'
by Sarah Jae Leiber - August 25, 2021 The album’s lead single “Frank's Tune” (AKA “De’Jeff’s Tune”) is available to stream or download today. Deciphering The Message will be released November 19 and can be pre-ordered now on vinyl, CD, and digital download....
Emma-Jean Thackray Shares 'Our People' Single
by Sarah Jae Leiber - July 01, 2021 The single is once again accompanied by a live video shot in The Church Studios in Crouch End where Thackray is joined by her live band and singers....
DeM AtlaS Vows To 'Escape The Dark' in New Single
by Sarah Jae Leiber - June 04, 2021 JBroadway has crafted various viral videos, many of which include remixes that he has produced in his at-home studio in Minneapolis. ...
American Rap Artist DeM AtlaS To Unveil New Single 'Depends On U'
by Sarah Jae Leiber - April 22, 2021 American rap artist Joshua Turner, better known as deM atlaS, will release Depends On U, the second single of his highly anticipated EP redeMption, on April 23, 2021 on https://www.dematlast.com and other platforms. ...
Nu Garcon Releases New Single 'Do What You Love'
by Sarah Jae Leiber - March 15, 2021 “There’s a kind of naivety to our approach - and in the songs themselves” says Tony. “A lack of polish or gloss, a simplicity, a refusal of ‘cool-ness’. But it’s mixed in with a sort of maturity. Both of us have been round the block as musicians. We are older than we were… and I think this has an i...
Mello Music Group Announces New Label Compilation BUSHIDO
by Chloe Rabinowitz - March 09, 2021 While the sounds are varied, an MMG release ensures that the art comes first, the artists are religiously devoted to the upholding of standards and values. The musicians swing fast blades and fly the Mello banner with speed and strength....
DeM AtlaS To Unveil New Single 'Bad Days Ain't Ova' Tomorrow
by A.A. Cristi - January 11, 2021 American rap artist Joshua Turner, better known as deM atlaS, will release his new single titled Bad Days Ain't Ova on January 12, 2021 on https://www.dematlast.com and other platforms. ...
Hip Hop Producers Ancient Astronauts Team Up With Rising African Musicians On Kampala Fire EP
by Sarah Jae Leiber - October 16, 2020 Dj and production duo Ancient Astronauts have come together with a variety of rising African musicians to create the groundbreaking Afro-European Kampala Fire EP, released on the 16th of October via Switchstance Recordings. ...
Jazz Dispensary Announces Partnership With Vinyl Me, Please
by Sarah Jae Leiber - October 15, 2020 Jazz Dispensary, the branch of Craft Recordings that answers to a higher power, is thrilled to announce a partnership with Vinyl Me, Please... |