J-Live has released more niceness from his upcoming new album, How Much Is Water? Microphone Stamina also features Ekundayo, who makes a worthy partner for J to trade verses with. Listen below.
J Dilla – ‘Dillatronic #7’
We never get bored of unreleased J Dilla joints, especially when they are packaged up real nice. The latest collection is Dillatronic, featuring 40 instrumentals from the master, including Dillatronic #7, which you can hear below. Look out for more on the new collection coming soon. Shouts as always to the legend that is Ma Dukes.
Mellow Man Ace – ‘I Live For the Funk’ feat. Dres & Mikey D
This fresh joints sees three veterans of the game combine for a nice slice of 90s style goodness, including a dope beat from Cazal Organism. Listen below. Props to Lords of The Underground.
Explizit One – ‘We Used to Dream’
The Barrel Brothers (Skyzoo & Torae) stop by to assist Explizit One on this dope banger. Its from his upcoming Its More Than Just Music album, which will hopefully get funded by this Kickstarter campaign. Listen below.
Indie 500 – ‘Pay Ya Dues’
Not much happened after the initial fanfare when 9th Wonder, Talib Kweli and Pharoahe Monch announced their Indie 500 collective, but we finally get some new music in the shape of Pay Ya Dues from Kweli, Bad Lucc and Problem. Hardly a game changer, but still good. Listen below.
El RTNC – ‘Creme Glacee’
Talented beat maker El RTNC has released yet another new collection of dope beats for your pleasure, which you can check below. Its just a shame that none of this ice creamy goodness is getting vocals dropped on it.
Madlib, Blu & MED – ‘Knock Knock’ feat. MF Doom
It’s time to lose our shit once again, for here is a new joint from Madlib, Blu and MED. Oh, and MF Doom. It’s from the upcoming new album Bad Neighbor, which is clearly going to be fucking awesome. Listen to and watch the video for Knock Knock below, and let us know what you think.
MURS – ‘Best of Things’
No word yet on where it might be from, but MURS has dropped this new track, featuring a laid-back beat from Centric. It sounds pretty dope, so here’s hoping this is from a new album by the Cali legend, hot on the heels of his Have a Nice Life album earlier this year. Listen below.
Jigmastas – ‘Grassroots: The Prologue’ sampler mix
For those that don’t know, Jigmastas dropped classic joints in the that beautiful mid-late 90s era of indy hip-hop, and their new project Grassroots: The Prologue pulls together the many highlights, plus some unearthed gems and remixes. Listen to this dope sampler mix, then go buy the whole thing.
DJ Format – ‘Kool & The Gangstarr Generation’
In a nice bit of intertextuality, the always-nice DJ Format has produced this new joint that samples Kool & The Gang, and hip-hop joints that also sampled them. Confused? Just listen, then buy it here.