On Saturday we posted a live performance clip of Yasiin Bey performing a new song “Black Jesus” produced by Mannie Fresh from a show in Arizona last week. 24 hours later we have the CDQ of the song. Stream the song below and revisit our post about the OMFGOD’ LP in this post her…

… “Mannie Fresh Confirms ‘OMFGOD’ LP w/ Yasiin Bey Is Ready”.

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Kanye West is naming his new album I Am God, or maybe it’s I Am (A) God, or maybe that’s just the name of his single or maybe those stories are just tabloid linkbait fodder. What we can say is Yasiin Bey just debuted a new song at the Celebrity Theatre in Phoenix Arizona on 3/21/13. For lack of current title we’ll go with “Black Jesus” judging by the lyrics. The feel good singalong style tune is supposedly produced by Mannie Fresh, from their upcoming collaboration album. Jesus is in the air, and not just because it’s Easter Weekend, we understand it as ubiquitous in principle. No matter your beliefs, believe in Yasiin.

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Shish Boom Bah, government name Melvin Lewis, known to us as Chaos, is an OG Roots Crew member with production credits that include The Roots‘ “Stay Cool,” “Without A Doubt,” and Macy Gray “Big” to name a few (check him out on Discogs.) Here he teams up with DJ Jonty to create this remix of The Force MDs 1985 classic “Tender Love” (originally produced by Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis who won a Grammy Award for Producer of the Year partly due to “Tender Love.”) Listen and download the track below. They even made a video! You’ll have to watch to the end for the twist. Just in time for Valentine’s Day…

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Dfalt is our boy Jason Drake, a member of the Daylight Curfew crew out of Los Angeles. He made this remix of Captain Murphy “Between Friends” Ft. Earl Sweatshirt, rather ambitious considering the original is produced by Flying Lotus, and is dope as f*ck. Well, we thought it was pretty cool and asked him if we could host it on the Okayfuture Soundcloud. Check it below, as well as a neat animated gif of a sunglass wearing Storm Trooper, say word. Dfalt’s upcoming full length, Helsinki Beat Tape (Part 1), drops March 12 on Daylight Curfew. The first part of a trilogy, Part 1 will be released digitally and on limited edition cassette. Cassette. Okay, future? We’ll let that slide.

For more info visit http://dfalt.com.

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Good morning East Coast USA, and Happy Valentine’s Day. Hudson Mohawke and LuckyMe are back with Volume 6 of Hudmo’s annual Valentines Slowjams mixtape, available for free download at hudsonmohawke.com. If you have been following LuckyMe for as long as we have, you already know that this yearly mix is all you need to properly set the mood on this international day of love. Young Mohawke (who celebrated his 27th birthday on 11 Feb, happy belated mate) once again shows impeccable taste combined with all around smoothness to make those panties drop (ladies). So fellas, light those candles, make it rain with rose pedals, and thank HudMo later for only requiring you to press play. For those extended nights of love making, stream the entire set of volumes 1-6 on HudMo’s soundcloud.

Downloaded at hudsonmohawke.com

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The Boiler Room is not so much an event series as an organic movement. It was born in London out of love for the progressive music–and a passion for sharing it with the world via the internet. As of 2012 the property had rapidly expanded. Now Boiler Room events pop up (quietly) in cities around the world, featuring some of the most reputable and up and coming talent across multiple genres. This past Tuesday was Boiler Room Los Angeles 015 in conjunction with Innovative Leisure and featuring DJ sets from Nosaj Thing, Gossamer, D-Tiberto, Low Limit, Classix, and Rhye. Full audio and video of the event has just hit the webs (scroll down to see/hear and find a detailed set-list with times at bottom) and Okayfuture correspondent April Lanier was on hand to report on the festivities firsthand.

When you attend Boiler Room it’s never the same twice. It’s always in a different studio space, different faces, different vibes, different guests. You basically have no idea what’s going to happen–which is the best part. Last night, Boiler Room TV and Innovative Leisure got together and had a party featuring attendees: Jamie Strong, Gossamer, D Tiberio, Low Limit, Classixx, Nosaj Thing, and Rhye. The room was curated and created by Tofer Chin with his impeccable trippy art surrounding the walls. I arrived as soon as Low Limit’s DJ set began, throwing down the most eclectic collection of tunes playing to all tastes of music. His musical taste is always interesting and fresh. He even threw down the new Salva track “Drop That B.” Next up Gossamer–seriously love this kid. He ended up closing out his set with EPROM’s latest tune “Hurricane” (who doesn’t love EPROM). Another new face for me was D Tiberio whose set was pure magic–an unexpected treat that set the vibe in the room for the rest of the night. Not even sure what he was throwing down but it’s one of those moments where you know he’s got something.

Now on to Nosaj Thing… Remember the first time you heard Nosaj,  you thought the pressure from the music was almost suffocating cause you couldn’t understand how someone could make those ill emotional beats that get right down to the bottom of your heart and even into your bones. Nosaj Thing exposed himself in his latest album Home, opening up crucial waves of empathetic affection. His music has the seductive power of raw talent. I can’t say enough about him, it’s all sexy. Be on the lookout for his label Timetable. The room went silent for Rhye–wow what a voice. Mike Milosh, who is the singer/songwriter struck a chord with the crowd closed out the night in the most sincere, gentle but powerful, way.

A couple of shout outs go to Nick Hook and Laurent Fintoni who I saw roaming through the crowd and huge applause goes to Boiler Room TV and Innovative Leisure for a killer night. If you ever get the chance to attend Boiler Room TV…do not pass it up. To sum the night up music is very present in LA right now.

- 0:00 Fennesz – Before I Leave
- 0:50 Nosaj Thing – Home (feat. Elin Kastlander)
- 3:55 Nosaj Thing – Eclipse/Blue (feat. Kazu Makino)
- 6:10 Nosaj Thing – Fog
- 8:30 Nosaj Thing – Caves
- 9:38 Nosaj Thing – Coat Of Arms
- 12:10 Flying Lotus – Camel (Nosaj Thing Remix)
- 12:50 Flying Lotus – GNG BNG
- 13:10 Kid Cudi – Man On The Moon
- 14:40 Flying Lotus – Getting There (feat. Niki Randa)
- 17:25 The XX – Reconsider (Jamie XX Remix)
- 21:00 L.V – Work
- 21:45 Burial – Kindred
- 25:10 Nosaj Thing – 1685/Bach

As a special Okayfuture bonus track and reward for your scrolling efforts, here’s the official video for Nosaj Thing’s “Eclipse Blue” from his latest album Home out now on Timetable:

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Just Blaze and Baauer having some fun in the studio before their Big League tour pops off. Stream “Higher” created at Stadium Red in Harlem NY, with a little help from Jay-Z. Blending electronic hip-hop, trap, and dub-step… pretty much what you’d expect from these two, STRAIGHT BANGERS. Props to Just Blaze for aligning with the kid, these two are murderous together. The tour is gonna be nuts. Peep the dates below and get your tickets NOW.

Photo by Callender

Related: Okayfuture top 12 of 2012

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Okayfuture, the soon-to-launch electronic music driven channel in the Okayplayer network, is back with another very biased year-end top list from me, Dantana of our top EDM songs of 2012. Largely skewed towards trap and post-dubstep, this thread is a compilation of tracks and artists I personally got stuck on in 2012, and there is no shortage of LuckyMe affiliates. 2012 was the year everyone finally admitted that EDM (a term I, and many people, despise) was running thangs. That being said, there are countless tracks and artists I never even heard, as well as sub-genres I likely have yet to even discover. Between that and tunes I am undoubtedly forgetting, I decided to skip an honorable mentions page all together (too much). So without further delay (it’s already mid-January 2013!), here we go with our top edm songs of 2012. In no particular order:

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Sometimes there is no explanation for what happens with computers. Like for instance, when the Full Crate & Mar 2012 Summer tour recap video disappeared from our youtube over Christmas. We still have no idea where it went–all we could do was re-upload it and what once was lost, has now been found (minus about 30,000 views). Watch it below, and if you are in New York, join us tonight at Tutu’s to recreate the summer vibes in wintry-ass Brooklyn (full event details after the video).

#THEFAVOR x Good Peoples x Okayplayer
Present A Special Pop-Up Affair
featuring a one night only in New York City

Full Crate (Amsterdam)
OP! (I Love Vinyl)
& Friends

hosted by Dantana (Okayplayer), OJ (@slutlust), Katie Longmyer (Good Peoples)

TuTu’s (Downstairs)
25 Bogart St (at Varet)
Brooklyn, Morgan Stop (L Train)
10p //free

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Talib Kweli links up with his birthday bredren* Black Thought along with Rah Digga for “Art Imitates Life” (iTunes) produced by Oh No.

On the B-Side is “One Two” (iTunes) featuring Jae Millz & Oh No.

Talib Kweli Prisoner Of Conscious in stores April 23rd (Javotti Media.)

Previously: Black Thought x Talib Kweli x Q-Tip – “Electric Relaxation” Live

* Black Thought and Talib Kweli share October 3rd as their birthdate.

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