Digital Digging: Jam Session 2.0 [Video]

We ran across this shot to the artistic artery this morning while combing Vimeo. The clip features Dumbfoundead and 7 additional musicians flipping Handsome Boy Modeling School's The Truth, actually a flip of Galt McDermott's Coffee Cold.

GRAP LUVA: 7 Minutes Of Sound [Video]

The funkiest sh!t you never heard...

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DJ K.O.: Living Out A State Of Mind, v.1-12 (EPs)

We have been meaning to post this series in its entirety for a while now, but have place priority elsewhere. That is no knock to the music - no doubt this series is elevated. Now that we have finally had the chance to put the 12 segments together, we have placed them all here to download all at once.



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illpoetic: Requiem For A Dream

Made available in December 2010, illpoetic provided a brief background to the project on his Bandcamp
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The Story Of Marvin Gaye & Pink Floyd's Unreleased Album:

The Wall concert was only performed a handful of times each in four cities: Los Angeles, Uniondale (Long Island), Dortmund, and London (at Earl's Court). The primary 'tour' occurred in 1980, but the band performed eight shows at Dortmund (14–20 February 1981) and five more shows at Earl's Court (13–17 June) for filming, with the intention of integrating the shows into the upcoming movie. The resulting footage was deemed substandard and scrapped; years later, Roger Waters has given conflicted answers on the status of the concert films stating from "trying to locate this footage for historical purposes but was unsuccessful and considers it to be lost forever" to "I have all of the film but am reluctant to release". There are several unofficial videos of the entire live show in circulation and some footage is shown on the Behind the Wall documentary.

During Marvin Gaye’s stay in Belgium, he would frequent across the pond to the UK, specifically as he was on the road himself for “The Heavy Love Affair Tour”. As Gaye found himself an off day in London, he allegedly visited the Pink Floyd concert at Earl’s Court, and was invited to join them on stage for a rendition of “Let’s Get it On” over Pink Floyd’s “Shine On You Crazy Diamond”. A recent piece of audio footage of this performance has been located.

After the chemistry of this impromptu performance, Waters and Gaye discussed the possibility of recording these collaborations for a possible release in what would be considered an early version of what people now would call a mash-up record. In late 1981, before returning back to the States, Marvin Gaye recorded eight renditions of his songs alongside Waters and Pink Floyd’s released material.

Coming off a recent departure from Motown, Gaye, upset with the rush-job of the Motown-released “In Our Lifetime”, felt the need to move onto other label prospects, feeling the creative urge to push into new musical directions.

As Gaye was now a free agent, Harvest Heritage was interested in putting out this collaborative effort with Marvin and Pink Floyd, following their release of Pink Floyd’s “A Collection of Great Dance Songs” but could not clear rights from Motown to use Marvin’s likeness or vocals from his Motown recordings. Reworking an unused Roger Waters album title, the record was named “Requiem For a Dream”. A limited amount of records were pressed up in late 1981, using previously existing pictures in hopes that it would see a release date to no avail.

The live audio footage of this show is believed to have either surfaced from the original bootleg entitled “The Wall Came Tumbling Down” or Waters unreleased The Wall Tour footage, but cannot be confirmed.

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The Set Off! (Mixtape)

This 20-track compilation includes Otherside (the Macklemore & Lewis tribute to Pimp C), Underbelly (featuring P.O.S.) and the opening track Chemistry featuring One.Be.Lo.

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Dela "The Robert Glasper Beat Tape" (Mixtape)

Released in March 2010, this Glasper-inspired project features samples from the man himself, reworked to incorporate sounds from Dela.

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PJ Morton "Independently Major" (Mixtape)

Currently on tour with Maroon 5, and set to release several of his own singles in early 2011, PJ Morton is carving his own lane by producing some of the best soul music we have heard since Musiq Soulchild's debut. He is also a published author. In addition, his most recent album, Walk Alone, can be purchased directly from his website or on iTunes as well as the remainder of his catalog of music.

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Don Cannon & Cookin' Soul present "Nas: The Lost Tapes 1.5" (Mixtape)

At the time this tape dropped, there was word that the Lost Tapes 2 may drop in December. Now Nastradamus is claiming to be considering giving up solo works altogether. Hmmm...

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Murs "I Used To Love H.E.R. (Again)" (Video)

Featured on Fornever, in stores now.

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Asher Roth x Nottz Raw "Rawth" (EP)

We have been waiting on this project for a minute, and it did not disappoint.

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Mod Sun "Health, Wealth, Success, & Happiness" (Mixtape)

We like Mod Sun's approach. It's too bad we did not catch him during our time in the Twin Cities. He scored major points for Smokin' With Miles Davis, the closing track from How To Make A Mod Sun.

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Lupe Fiasco "The Show Goes On" (Video)

The Show Goes On is set to be featured on Lupe's upcoming album Lasers, slated to be in stores March 8th. Word to GFUNK.


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Big Boi x The Black Keys "The Brothers Of Chico Dusty" (Mixtape)

After FINALLY finding a hardcopy of the Blakroc album, we were amped to see this when we got back to town. The slept-on lyrics of Sir Lucious Leftfoot against the moodiness of the Black Keys pair perfectly to create one of the better versus tapes.

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Carlitta Durand "Nostalgic Nights" (EP)

Carlitta Durand continues to drop FREE, quality music. The follow-up to the Doug & Patty EP, Nostalgic Nights is more laid-back and more sultry than her previous projects.

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Gorillaz "The Fall" (EP)

Happy Holidays from Gorillaz.

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Happy Holidays From Clusterfunk Collective™

We are going to take a minute to revisit our roots during this holiday season and will be taking a break from posting for a few. Although we will be back prior to the New Year with new posts, new merchandise, and other upcoming projects, we would like to take a moment to say thank you to all of the artists, musicians, and other contributors that helped this year to move us one step closer to where we strive to be.

Happy Christmahannukwanzika (unless you observe Festivus)!

K'Naan "Take A Minute" (Video)

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DJ Teddy King "Smokers Delight" (Instrumental Mixtape)

DJ Teddy King is an innovator when it comes to instrumentals. Known more for his remix projects (Nas Remixed and The Ghostface Show, to name a few), he shines on Smokers Delight by showcasing his sound structuring talents.

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DJ Ideal x Andre 3000 "Andre Benjamin Is..." (Mixtape)

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Wu-Tang x The Budos Band "The Wudos Band" (Mixtape)

Wu-Tang Clan and The Budos Band hail from Staten Island, so it's only logical that there should be a mash-up of the two. The Budos Band sound can be compared to the Mehanan Band or Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings. Paired wuth wu-esque samples and classic clan verses, the end result is well-formed.

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