Amplive's Radiohead Remix Album

Producer Amplive, of Zion I, looks like he's having a go a the DangerMouse route to fame - completely remix a wellknown album, make it available for free, get smacked down by the powers that be, but leverage the situation and resulting publicity for the better. In this case, he's actually come to an amicable arrangement with Radiohead's "people" so this free remix album is pretty kosher as it turns out. In any case it's a good showcase for his talents, taking himself out of his typical hip-hop setting and going to town on Radiohead's In Rainbows album. The result is Rainydayz Remixes featuring Too $hort, MC Zumbi of Zion I, Chali2na of Jurassic 5, Codany Holiday, and Del The Funky Homosapien. And its very good. So grab it below.

Track list:
01 Rainydayz
02 Video Tapez (Ft. Del The Funky Homosapien)
03 Nudez (Ft. Too $hort & MC Zumbi of Zion I)
04 Weird Fishez
05 All I Need
06 15 Stepz (Ft. Codany Holiday)
07 Reckonerz (Ft. Chali2NA)
08 Faustz

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Download the Strictly Social DJ mix Vol 1

now available for free download (for a limited time) is DJ Destroyer's Strictly Social Mix Volume 1, chock-filled with progressive soul and soulful hip-hop gems:

GRAB IT HERE

Tracklisting:

1.CONTEMPLATING- COLOSSUS FEAT. FLASH

2.LOVE THIRST-JEAN GRAE & 9TH WONDER

3.TOUCH ME WIT UR HANDZ-DJ JAZZY JEFF FEAT. CHINA BLAC

4.TIGHT EYES FEAT. OH NO AND THE LUV BUGS- NICOLAY & KAY

5.I CHOOSE YOU-JON BIBBS

6.LET IT BANG-9TH WONDER

7.RIGHTNESS-JILLSCOTT

8.SEX GOD FEAT.PHONTE-BRAND NEW HEAVIES

9.LET THE DOLLAR CIRCULATE-J DILLA AKA JAY DEE

10.DOLLAR-STEVE SPACEK

11.BEEN IN LOVE-ERIC ROBERSON

12.TRUE FRIENDS-BLACK SPADE

13.LIFE AND MUSIC-ROGIERS

14.CUZ I'M JAZZY-GURU FEAT.SLUM VILLAGE

15.RECKONERZ FEAT. CHARLI2NA-AMPLIVE

16.FLY...SHINE-YOLANDA JOHNSON

17.SCARED-AMP FIDDLER

18.CAN YOU RELATE-SOULSTICE

19.THE LIGHTS-NICOLAY & KAY

20.TRON-WAJEED

21.ENERGY-RAHEEM DEVAUGN FEAT. BIG BOI

22.TASTE-RICK JAMES

23.LUV' YA-UNKLE JAM

24.BECAUSE OF YOU-MICHELLE AMADOR

25.CHECK YOUR COAT-O'NEAL McKNIGHT

26.EVERYTHING-JIMI JAMES

27.VIDEO TAPEZ FEAT DEL THE FUNKY HOMOSAPIEN-AMPLIVE

28.SPECIAL(ORIGINAL)-9TH WONDER

29.SO GONE-BLACK MILK

30.ANYTHING-WAJEED

31.STEP YA GAME UP(REMIX)-LITTLE BROTHER & HI TEK

32.THE HEALER/HIP HOP-ERYKAH BADU

http://www.myspace.com/djdestroyer

http://www.myspace.com/lastrictlysocial

Free Download from Concrete Project album

Grab yourself a free MP3 from newly launched Mahasa Music's Concrete Project release, compiled by DCee. The track is the futuristic "Atomic Light N’ Sound", produced by Rustie and featuring the vocals of Kissey Asplund. Download here

Res + Talib Kweli = Idle Warship

Res, one of the most talented artists to be continually overlooked by the label system, and Talib Kweli have formed a group - Idle Warship. Personally I'd like to see Res collabo with someone a little....edgier, maybe, than Talib but maybe this will help get her some well-deserved shine until those Pharrell tracks she's supposedly working on actually drop. You can check out several tracks on their MySpace. The one being most talked about is Industry Diary which recounts their industry drama over Alicia Keys' "Diary". Eskay has the download link over here,
and like him, I have to credit InverseHipHop for bringing it to my attention.

My Favorite EP - open source music

Indie-hop artist Domer has embarked on an innovative 'open source' music project. He made 5 acappellas available for download and invited producers to create their own tracks around them. The results are now available for download. All the various versions can be downloaded for free, and you can create your own version of the EP. Our selections are below, but head over to:
www.reverbnation.com/MyFavoriteEp
to create your own.

You can also download a special "My Favorite Mixtape" here.

Samantha James Live At Hotel Cafe

Om Records' artist Samantha James played a live show at the Hotel Cafe in Hollywood last night - Feb 4th 2008. Check the show review HERE, courtesy of MobileUnderground.

If you missed this one, she's performing again in LA at King King on Feb 22nd. Check her Myspace for details.

And if you've been sleeping on Samantha James and need to get up to speed - grab yourself this podcast via Om Records where she talks about her excellent debut album Rise and plays select tracks from it. Also head over to Nu-Soul Mag for this feature interview with James.

Free Conya Doss Download

This comes via SoulTracks.com's Choice Track feature
The wonderful Conya Doss has a new album (her 4th) coming out and has kindly made a preview track available for free. Right click HERE to download "Let's Do Something Tonight". To be honest, it's not my favorite track she's ever done, but it's still Conya, so its definitely worth a listen.

LifeNotes Music

So I just discovered these cats and they are dope indeed. One of the central creative figures appears to be Erik Rico a producer/writer/singer with an extensive list of credits including production and co-writes for Ladybug Mecca, Mystic, Dave Ghetto, Planet Asia and more. His latest release is his solo album "Journey Back To Me" which is a soulful affair with futuristic broken beats, hip-hop, jazz and all kinds of other good stuff.
To sample, go visit:
www.myspace.com/lifenotesmusic
www.myspace.com/erikricomusic

You can also grab a dope podcast from Joel Matthew. Tracklist below:
Squarepusher - "Bubble Life" - Warp 2006
Flying Lotus - "Tea Leaf Dancers" - Warp 2007
Bob James - "Nautilus" - KOCH Records 1974
Justis - "Jazz Music" (instrumental) - Do Right! Music 2007
Kutiman - "No Groove Where I Come From" - Melting Pot Music 2007
Cornelius - "Fit Song" - Everloving 2007
Great Weekend - "How Do You Feel" - mp3 2005
Little Dragon - "Constant Surprises" - Peacefrog 2007
Seventy Three - "Flashback" - Rush Hour Records 2007
Joash - "Salome" - Compost Records 2007
Outlines - "I'm in Love" - Sonar Kollektiv 2007
Donald Byrd - "Think Twice" - Blue Notes Records 1974
Linkwood Family - "Piece of Mind" - Firecracker Records 2007
Evaldo Montenovo - "Chile Con Carne" - Compost Records 1999
Ben Westbeech - "So Good Today (Dap Kings)" - Record Kicks 2007
Barakas - "Kes" - Tru Thoughts 2007
Erik Rico - "Forever" - LifeNotes Music 2007
Hird - "I Love You My Hope" (do right remix) - DNM 2006
4hero - "Look Inside" - Raw Canvas Records 2007

Enjoy!

Free Download from DJ Nerstylist

Another free DJ mix download, this time from DJ Nerstylist, via DJ Come of Age.
The mix is called "Quiet Time". Tracklist below. Download HERE

dj nerstylist - quiet time
(a smooth blend of downtempo, neo-soul, & jazzed up hip-hop)

1. jazz liberatorz - dark keys
2. dwele feat. teena marie - timeless
3. dj spinna - surely
4. lizz fields - i gotta go
5. james mason - funny girl (extended edit)
6. dj spinna - starz
7. dj mitsu feat. dwele - right here
8. dj mitsu feat. dwele - right here (seoul city refix)
9. lina - come to mama
10. the roots feat. jill scott - complexity
11. the platinum pied pipers feat. tiombe lockhart - i got you
12. patrice rushen - remind me
13. zhane - crush
14. venus malone - ain't home tonight
15. jill scott - whatever
16. jazzanova - soon (p smoovah mix)
17. vanessa freeman - shades
18. rahsaan patterson - get here
19. allison crockett - when i think of you
20. maxwell - the urban theme
21. the brand new heavies - never stop (extended version)
22. peven everett - one more time
23. common - go!
24. larry gold feat. nanda - feel so good
25. eric roberson - please don't leave me
26. masters at work - i can't get no sleep (the down low instrumental)
27. jazz liberatorz - loop prisoner
28. niamaj - the vibe
29. dj jazzy jeff feat. shawn stockman - how i do
30. headnodic - persistence
31. d'angelo - me & those dreamy eyes (jaydee remix)
32. soulive feat. talib kweli - bridge to 'bama (hi-tek remix)
33. adriana evans - remember the love (battle of the beats remix)
34. a tribe called quest - mind power
35. hezekiah feat. eleon - my life
36. groove theory - tell me (spark plug mix)
37. dj spinna - shazzam

www.myspace.com/djnerstylist

New DJ Rahdu Mix - Download Here

30 minutes of soulful vibes from DJ Rahdu. Check the details below.
Download HERE

1. Vicki Anderson; Bobby Byrd - You're welcome, Stop On By - Mother Popcorn - Vivid Sound
2. 9th Wonder instrumetal - CD-R
3. DJ Babu - Dee On - Beat Tape, Vol. 1 - Nature Sounds
4. Erykah Badu - The Healer - Nu Amerykah - Universal/Motown
5. Pete Rock; Leela James - No Tears - Soul Survivor 2 - Rapster
6. G&D - Time - Message Uni versa - Look
7. Coultrain - Lilac Tree - The Adventures of Seymour Liberty - Ju Ju Dust
8. Byron the Aquarius - Turn Back Time - CD-R
9. Sa-Ra; Rozzi Daime - So Special - The Hollywood Recordings - Babygrande
10 DJ Spinna - Starz - Compositions - Female Fun
11. Busta Rhymes - Woo-Hah! Got you All In Check! - the Coming - Elektra/WEA
12. Quantic Soul Orchestra - Raw Ingredients - Stampede - Tru Thoughts
13. The Bamboos; Tyra Hammond - Head In the Clouds - Rawville - Tru Thoughts
14. El Michels Affair - Detroit Think Twice - Sounding Out The City - PID
15. Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings - How Long Do I Have to Wait For You (Ticklah Remix) - Daptone Records Remixed - Daptone Records


This mix began as a blend of instrumentals. After I'd selected the 9th Wonder instrumental reworking of Vicki Anderson's Stop on By and Babu's refixing of Dionne Warwick's You're Gonna Need Me, I decided to go another route. Both of the originals have powerful female vocals which immediately put me in the mind of Northen Soul. Leela James and Georgia Anne Muldrow (1/2 of G&D) are current artists that I could easily see handling the reigns after Sharon Jones releases them. Strong drums, pianos and horns throughout and spacy at times, this mix is a 30 minute treat for the discerning listener. Enjoy!

4Hero - "Morning Child' Digital EP

Milan Records have just released a digital, iTunes-only remix EP of 4Hero's Morning Child. There are 8 mixes, including a Daddy G Remix, Landau Orchestra Remix, L.A.O.S D&B Mix, and Danya Vodovoz Midnight House Mix.
They have also been nice enough to offer a free download of the radio edit


Tracklisting
1. Morning Child (radio edit)
2. Morning Child – DADDY G (MASSIVE ATTACK) remix
3. Morning Child – THE LANDAU ORCHESTRA remix
4. Morning Child – L..A.O.S. D&B remix
5. Morning Child – Midnight House Mix by DANYA VODOVOZ
6. Morning Child – Original instrumental
7. Morning Child – Daddy G instrumental
8. Morning Child – The Landau Orchestra instrumental

Cop the EP here:


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Free Yolanda Johnson Download

Free download of Yolanda Johnson's excellent "Intervention", featuring T3 of Slum Village and produced by S1 of the Strange Fruit Project.
Grab it HERE
This track is taken from the Soulsicle Compilation: www.metamusicrecordings.com.
Cop Yolanda's album Violet Flower HERE

Free Samantha James/ The Southerner Mix

Get this while it lasts - a free DJ mix from Om Records' Samantha James, and the Southerner.
http://www.mediafire.com/?dmnhekxym39
Don't forget to pick up her excellent debut album "Rise" available HERE.

Samantha James Myspace

Free Treats From Vicelounge

agua negro - smacks records (mr. len of company flow owns it)
www.vicelounge.com/vicelounge_agua_negroLP.zip

supa baby aka god i want you here - record breakin music (dj junior - ?uestlove's fave dj/tastemaker)
www.vicelounge.com/vicelounge_supa_babyLP.zip

www.myspace.com/thevl

Pyeng Threadgill MP3

Taken from the CrystalTop Music Presents....compilation, dropping April 17th, "Can We Pretend" is a folksy-soul cover of the forgotten Bill Withers gem.
Download the track here
Find out more about the album and listen to the other tracks here:
http://www.crystaltop.com/presents/
We'd recommend Oddlogik's "Let's Make When Right Now", Ocote Soul Sounds' "Carino", Luz Mob's "Tabaco Y Ron" and Los Electrics' "El Buena Gente". Overall the compilation is really diverse but pulled together through common threads of soul, melody, quality songs, and loving craftsmanship.

Victor Bermon "Arriving At Night" (Hefty Records)

If anyone knows soulful, glitchy, melodic downtempo, its Hefty. Home of Eliot Lipp and Telefon Tel Aviv, their most recent release comes from Victor Bermon. Arriving At Night is quite beautiful and simultaneously confounding to describe. With beats that at times manage to reference both sparse "post-techno" as well as jazzy gems unearthed in dusty crates, Bermon envelops everything in warm melodies and acoustic accents. You can preview all the tracks on the Hefty site and it definitely sounds like an accomplished album from start to finish.

Grab a free MP3 "Farewell Lunch For Laura" HERE
BUY the album from Hefty's site

J.Sands and J. Dilla - free download!

J. Sands of the Lone Catalysts has put together an album utilizing instrumentals from the late J. Dilla, entitled "Mrs. Sands - A Love Story." Its a refreshing take on relationships, at least from a hip-hop perspective - its about time rappers gave the due respect to their female partners - and a whole album no less?! That's what I'm talkin' about!!
Anyway you can cop the free download here:
http://www.buka1995.com/mrssandslphelp.zip

Tracklist
1. Intro/Excuse Me But...
2. From da North to da East
3. Get Down
4. Mrs. Sands
5. Baby Boo Interlude
6. The One
7. Feel
8. F.T.B.
9. We Must Be
10. Love featuring Rashad

Also be sure to check for the Lone Catalysts album "Good Music".
More info: www.myspace.com/Lonecatalysts

New Soul Artist Jazzy

Soul fans, y'all need to check out a new artist by the name of Jazzy ASAP! She came to my attention through MySpace a while ago and her album "Oh Jazzy" is now available- its one of the best independent soul albums of recent months. The standout track that has been creating internet buzz is the exceptional "In Love." Visit myspace.com/jazzjeff to listen and purchase.

Vicelounge Treats

Get to know about Vicelounge while you can still impress your friends by being some of the first on the bandwagon. Cos it won't be long before everyone and their momma will be jockin 'em. They've been so kind as to make available a free sampler EP "a little dirty". Download it from HERE or their MySpace page: www.myspace.com/thevl
Its a little rock, a little hip-hop, a lot o' soul and yes, that good kind of dirty.
More music available via vicelounge.imeem.com

Players Association

Just discovered a new site, well new to me, for listening to DJ mixes: The Players Association
DJs can create a proile and upload their mixes, and users can listen and rate the mixes. Another cool feature is their mini-player which you can embed on any site. You'll find mixes from Eleonora (of underground-soul.com), Saru, Chicken George and many others.
Check out Eleonora's "A Darker Side" mix:

Free Mick Boogie / Little Brother Album

Mick Boogie and Little Brother present: And Justus For All
Cop the free download from any of the following locations:
myspace.com/mickboogie
hallofjustus.com
myspace.com/littlebrother

20+ original tracks, skits, lyrics, beats, comedy, soul and everything else that represents the Hall of Justus and The League Crew. Guest appearances from Ray Cash, Skillz, Bishop Lamont, Kardinal Offishall, Rhymefest, Talib Kweli and more.

TRACKLISTING:
1) Big Pooh: Intro (Poobie's Song)
2) Little Brother and Chaundon: Can't Stop Us (Produced by Young Cee)
3) Little Brother and Oddisee: Delusional (Produced by Oddisee)
4) Interlude: The Purpose Of Mixtapes
5) Little Brother and Skillz: Life of the Party Remix (Produced by Nottz)
6) Little Brother f/ Legacy: Best Kept Secret (Produced by RJD2)
7) Interlude: Wack Freestyles
8) Little Brother f/ Rhymefest and Supastition: Do It To Death (Produced by Focus)
9) Phonte and Von Pea: A Word From Our Sponsors (Produced by Khrysis)
10) Interlude: The Justus League Crew
11) Phonte: Last Day
12) Little Brother: Never Leave (Produced by The Kickdrums)
13) Interlude: Mick Boogie, The A&R
14) Big Pooh f/ Ray Cash: Bring It On
15) Big Pooh, Bishop Lamont and Jozeemo: Without You
16) Interlude: Myspace Etiquette Part 1
17) Little Brother: The Pressure (Produced by Khrysis)
18) Little Brother and Joe Scudda: Fan Mail (Produced by Babu)
19) Interlude: Favorite Duos
20) Little Brother, Mos Def and Talib Kweli: Let It Go (Blackstar Version) (Produced by 9th Wonder)
21) Big Pooh and O-Dash: One Eleven
22) Interlude: Myspace Etiquette Part 2
23) Little Brother f/ Kardinal Offishall: Cross That Line Remix (Produced by 9th Wonder)
24) Little Brother f/ Cormega: Back At It (Khrysis Remix)
25) Little Brother f/ AZ: Rise And Fall (Produced by J. Cardim and Phonte)
26) Little Brother f/ Talib Kweli: Grown Man (Produced by Midi Mafia)
27) Little Brother: Outrolude

Read more here:
http://nahright.com/news/2007/02/01/1412/#more-1412