I just discovered Stephanie Brown a.k.a Lips, a singer from New Zealand. “Everything to me” is a very cute song, i like the lyrics and her voice is very beautiful. That Christian Strobe remix is dope as well.
Enjoy.

José James‘s new single is finally out, called “Trouble” off his upcoming album “No Beginning, No End“. It was released today. You can purchase it on itunes. First time I’ve listened to it was the Oh No remix on Lefto’s radio show #480 and listened to it on repeat. The single is really dope and groovy, and that Pino Palladino’s bass… !

Trouble (Oh No Remix) by josejamesworldwide

Trouble by josejamesworldwide

Dal Gren – Boss (Cut Basic II) from AITF on Vimeo.

Dal-Gren aka Walter Mecca released his Cut Basic part II last month and it’s simply pure dopeness. I already posted the teaser now it’s the first music video off cut Basic 2 “Boss”. If you don’t understand french, it’s all good, the flow is dope.

Buy Cut Basic 2.

Fav tracks off Cut Basic 2 : Bubble Gun, Lil South, Handmande, Victim, TDL, Boss.

I discovered this young artist a few weeks ago and I really liked his music. His artist name is Lonely Band, he is from Paris and sings and produces. He released his first EP, “T.H.E.M” in late May. 3 dark tracks and an interlude. I hope you will enjoy it as much as I enjoyed it. An interview will be online soon.

More on : http://www.lonelybandband.com/

4 – First Crash by Lonely Band

Here is Sene‘s new project called “Exit, Us“, a 10 minutes compilation of songs linked by dialogs/interlude. Give it a listen and I’m sure you will love it as much as I do. This emcee is refreshing to me, makes me think of Blu and Jay Electronica (both for different reason : format, flow, lyrics, spirit…).
The first track is def my favorite with a dope first verse:

If I could ride Pegasus, back to exodus
Before the apple Adam ate, before able exited
before we made the atom split, we were all African
kings were brown and black again
before slave trafficking, before computers
if I could pick a territory it would be Zamunda,
before Kunta, before rumors of a Lucifer,
before I had to watch my back from the sirens on a Lumina,
or before I had to go and see my homies at they funeral,
my life is beautiful, my life is brutal tho,
era of the crack game, beepers and the crap games,
AIDS became the black plague,
and angels changed they last names,
big body Benzes, graffitti on the benches,
friends turning friends in to get a lighter sentence,
so if you hit heaven any earlier than I,
just know that I’m trying to make amends

Thanks to Sweeney for sharing and sending me good music like that.

Sene – Exit, Us
Download audio file (exitus.mp3)

Here is the last show of the 2010/2011 season with – as usual – a really dope selection and some guests.
Enjoy the mix.

Always something to end a season; so I had to do it in style… but after 12 years, you know how to deal with that. I left me and colleagues interventions on this one…
The show will be back in september on the FM waves, that’s an evidence and I’m working on some extras to give the show more exposure next season. – Lefto

The homie Knxwledge doing it well as usual. His “tribute” to Gil Scott-heron (actually did that song before his death). That song was one of my fav last year. The drums !!!

Rest in peace Gil Scott Heron.

Chris Dave gave an amazing show yesterday in Paris at the club New Morning with Pino Palladino, Kebbi Williams and Tim Stewart. All amazing musicians. The show was so great with a bunch of covers between hip hop jazz and free jazz. Here for you two songs I recorded (with the iphone so don’t expect too great) : Fall in Love (Jay dee) and The Root (d’angelo).

Enjoy.

Chris Dave & Friends – The Root (click right to download)
Download audio file (Chris%20Dave%20-%20The%20Roots%20-%20Paris.mp3)

Chris Dave & Friends – Fall In Love (click right to download)
Download audio file (CHRIS%20DAVE%20-%20FALL%20IN%20LOVE%20-%20PARIS.mp3)

Here is a really good selection by Flwrpt and Lemu, a mix of soulful house in tribute to Summertime in BK. I really dig that mix. Hope you enjoy it too.

Download audio file (the_sound_of_a_brooklyn_summer.mp3)

Tracks / Peven Everett – Bangin (Calypso Version) / Amerie – Fall in Love (Sam Champ Remix) / Electric Wire Hustle – Perception (Sam Champ Remix) / Tom Conrad – The One (Reelsoul Remix) / Reelsoul – Spend My Life (Original Mix) / Mark de Clive Lowe – The Way That it Goes (House Mix) / Demarkus Lewis – Watching You / Distant People – Just Do It (Mr. V Mix) / MdCL – Feels Like Home (featuring Ovasoul7) / Leroy Burgess – Let Me Know You’re Feel’n Me / Tonya Renee – Off My Mind (Reelsoul Mix) / Vikter Duplaix – Electric Love (Jneiro Jarel Remix) / Rachel Foster – That Day / The Lightness – The Lightness/The Darkness / Restless Soul & 1 Luv – Little Things / DJ Le Roi – Let it Feel Good (Atjazz Remix) / White Soul Project – Ever Love (Massimo Pelosi Downbeat Mix)

This beautiful lady, Mara Hruby, is really talented. She has a very beautiful and characteristic voice. I cannot wait to listen more from her. And I really dig her retro style, so classy.
Download her EP “From her eyes” here.

My fav : Character.