Flying Lotus – Heave (Unreleased)

Inside the Cosmic Crib of Flying Lotus

Maestro Knows – Episode 2 (Mr. Cartoon)

Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros – 40 Day Dream (Live)

Fantastic live footage from a recent performance at The Regent Theatre in LA, edited together by the bands own frontman Alex Ebert.

Blu – Her Favorite Colo(ur) Mixtape

Official Tracklisting

• 1.) Love
• 2.) Amnesia
• 3.) Since
• 4.) Morning
• 5.) Melo
• 6.) Wind(terludeOne)
• 7.) When(terludeTwo)
• 8.) Silent
• 9.) Pardon
• 10.) Vanity
• 11.) Beggars’/BlackGold
• 12.) Celln’Ls
• 13.) Untitled(LovedU)2
• 14.) Peace

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Dj Heat & Blu – (So)ul Amazing (Part 2)

Official Tracklisting

1.) Wake Up
2.) Never Be Another Me
3.) For Whom The Bell Tolls (Feat. Evidence, Phonte & Will.I.Am) (Prod. By Khrysis)
4.) The Classy Man
5.) We Got You (Prod. By Sene)
6.) I’m Gonna Need You
7.) Change (Ya World)
8.) Lear Jet (Feat. Folk & Stress) (Prod. By Folk & Stress)
9.) On Mars (Feat. Sene)
10.) Vibrate (Feat. Dela) (Prod. By Dela)
11.) The Times (Feat. Keelay & Zaire, Fortilive & Nino Moschella) (Prod. By Keelay & Zaire)
12.) All The Kings Men (Feat. Tiron)
13.) Gone
14.) Therapy (Feat. The Alchemist, Evidence, Talib Kweli & Kid CuDi) (Prod. By The Alchemist)
15.) Baby Don’t Leave Me Now (Feat. Mainframe)
16.) Angelic (Feat. Co$$) (Prod. By Alphabet 4)
17.) Nuts Hang
18.) Hard Times (Feat. DJ Cadik) (Prod. By DJ Cadik)
19.) Mars (Original) (Prod. By Dela)

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Madlib Beat Konducta Vol. 5-6

Beat Konducta Vol. 5-6: A Tribute to… is a 42-track piece dedicated to the late J Dilla, and is set to drop on February 10, 2009 via Stones Throw Records. The piece itself is a dedication from Madlib and J. Rocc, who were arguably Dilla’s closest musical compatriots during his time spent in Los Angeles, California.

Have You Seen The Red Baby?

Blu & MainFrame ’s Johnson&Jonson album has been widely noticed and talked about around the world as the CD with the “Red Baby” on it. Since the birth of the “Red Baby” a.k.a. “Johnny”, the Johnson’s have brought the iconic “Red Baby” everywhere with them including trips to the studio, multiple meetings with labels, a couple of liquor stores, and their parties to celebrate the release of their critically acclaimed album.

When Blu & the Johnson’s performed at 111 Minna, a club in San Francisco, and brought “Johnny” along for additional support, he was stolen. There are several photos from that night that prove that the “Red Baby” truly was in attendance. He was spotted hanging out with the homies, a bunch of Filipino girls and one white chick dancing to early 90s hip-hop. Towards the end of the show MainFrame noticed and screamed on the mic “Yo, Where’s the “Red Baby” Yo” … at 1:43 a.m. the “Red Baby” was announced as a missing person.

Was the “Red Baby” a victim of a kidnapping? Did another MC or crazed J&J fan snag the baby off stage? Or was this a conspiracy plotted by a group of young Filipino girls to blackmail Blu & MainFrame for some shit.
In hoping that the “Red Baby” gets home safe Blu & MainFrame have posted this unreleased MP3 entitled “Baby Don’t Leave Me Now” to help lure any information pertaining to the missing “Red Baby”. If you have any information at all, please e-mail 1_800_JOHNSON@gmail.com. Muchas Gracias!

Little Joy

I know I’m late, but Little Joy is Binki Shapiro, Rodrigo Amarante and Fabrizio Moretti (Strokes Drummer), three friends who dropped their routine at their respective hometowns to make a record in Los Angeles, California. The album was produced by Noah Georgeson (Devendra Banhart). Fab named the band, Little Joy, after a popular local watering hole in L.A.’s Echo Park.

Illa J and Aaron LaCrate Freestyle

Legendary label Delicious Vinyl is rolling high with some serious talent on their roster. Golden boys Illa J and Aaron LaCrate recently stopped in @ the Boombox Music Blog studio for an interview and a little taste of goods to come.

When Jay Dee passed away from complications relating to lupus in February 2006, he left behind an extraordinary legacy of production work, including hits for Common, Janet Jackson, and Busta Rhymes. One mother load of previously untouched beats dates from his time working on the Pharcyde’s sophomore album, Labcabincalifornia (Delicious Vinyl, 1995). As Delicious Vinyl owner and founder Michael “Mike Floss” Ross explains: “From ‘95 through ‘98 Jay Dee was my go-to guy for hot beats and remixes. He was always making beats, always. So there was a select amount of tracks that he composed for me during that time, tracks as good as anything he’d done, only they never got used. When I finally met Illa J last year, I gave him a CD containing those unreleased beats.”

In a case of pure serendipity, 21 year-old Illa J had just relocated from Detroit to Los Angeles and constructed a studio built using Jay Dee’s recording equipment. He dubbed it Yancey Boys Studios in tribute to their fraternal bond. “Dilla was 12 years older than me,” Illa J says. “So back in the day in Detroit I was just a little kid, sitting on the stairs in our house, watching him make those first beats for Slum Village. I always felt my brother’s tracks and had an instinct for what I wanted to do over them.” When Illa J set to work in early ‘08 recording the album, the project flowed quickly as he entered the proverbial can’t miss zone. The name of the studio rightly became the title of the finished album, Yancey Boys, which will be released on November 4th, 2008 via Delicious Vinyl.

Illa J & Aaron LaCrate Freestyle

Shout out to Michelle @ Audible Treats for the info.