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Vast
Aire -
Look
Mom...No Hands
(Chocolate
Industries)
**In
stores now - buy it here!!**
Vast Aire, remember
him? He's the titan MC who shocked
the world and conquered critics
as the leader of the landmark indie
hip hop crew, Cannibal Ox.
Their essential El-P engineered
2002 LP Cold Vein was a
chart-topper in every smart music
critic's year-end poll. While Ox
works on a new EP for the fall,
Vast is taking a break from his
role as chief Ox man to unleash
one of the year's strongest albums
with is debut solo effort Look
Mom...No Hands. Featuring a
wide range of guest mc's from MF
Doom & Aesop
Rock to hip hop veteran
Sadat X (Brand
Nubian) the album is stacked with
incredible moments. From the the
Digital Underground-esque jeep juice
of "Pegasus" to the soul-driven
love joint "Could You Be?"
to the Parliament-club funk of "Elixir,"
Vast keeps us guessing. He battles
verbal enemies with "When Michael
Smacks Lucifer" and demolishes
all doubters with the crackling
head-nod anthem "Candid Cam."
The rest of Look Mom... No Hands
is just as hot. Knee-deep in production
from legends-in-the-making such
as RJD2, Ayatollah, Da Beatminerz,
CamuTao and the elusive
Californian beat-scientist &
MC Madlib (Quasimoto,
Yesterday's New Quintet, Busta Rhymes)
who provides his blunted blue-funk
assault for three of the albums
many highlights. The work documented
between Vast & Madlib is a milestone
collaboration in the careers of
two blossoming hip hop prodigies
blending two coasts like "Cali-weed
to New York, its like African Snow..."
Vast is an Uptown representative
who has been making noise in the
NYC underground since 1995. He's
put in work, and now his signature
voice and incredible delivery is
unmistakable in the rap game. He's
learned to harness his poetic street
flow, informed by his passion for
Aikido martial arts, and craft memorable
songs. Already larger than life
in physical form, with the release
of Look Mom... No Hands,
Vast's finally able to make moves
with no boundaries. It's timeless
stuff that is as original as it
is hardcore, mapping the journey
of a true hip hop artist set free.
For more information about Vast
Aire, please visit:
www.vast-aire.com
and www.chocolateindustries.com
For Vast Aire music
and merchandise, please visit www.thegiantpeach.com
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Halftooth
Records Presents:
You Don't Know the Half
(Halftooth
Records).................. ***BUY
IT!!***
You Don’t
Know the Half, the debut album from Halftooth
Records, is now available worldwide. Featuring new
music from Halftooth artists Wordsworth,
Oddisee, and Kenn Starr,
and new music from Talib Kweli, J-Live, Phonte
and Big Pooh of Little Brother,
Asheru of Unspoken Heard,
Kev Brown, Grap Luva and more, You Don’t
Know the Half is sure to satisfy music fans and
critics alikee.
Audio (Real): "Quest
to Find" - Oddisee,
Kenn Starr & J-Live
| "If"
- Kenn Starr, Asheru & Talib Kweli |
"Here
We Go Again" - Wordsworth
| "Long
Time Comin' " - Phonte
& Big Pooh of Little Brother |"Walk
the Walk" - Kenn Starr
For more information, please visit: www.halftooth.com
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Omar
-
Best by far (Spun
Records)..................... ***In
Stores Now - BUY IT!!***
Spun Records
is proud to present the official US release of Omar’s
Best By Far. Omar's fifth long-player is a versatile
and infectious soulful hybrid, seamlessly encapsulating
all of the diverse sonic elements that have defined
this visionary's career. The aptly-titled Best
By Far is another glorious stylistic achievement
for Omar and easily his best collection of material
to date.
Audio (Real): "Essensual"
| "Be
Thankful" (Remix feat. Angie Stone &
Guru) |
"In the Morning"
Music video: "Be
Thankful" (feat. Angie Stone)..........Promotional
Video (Prod./Dir. Brian "BKyle"
Atkins)
For more information, please visit www.Spun-Records.com
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The
Procussions -
As Iron Sharpens Iron (Basementalism
Records) ****In
stores now -- buy it!!!****
Bound by a love
of music and a drive to produce sophisticated, spiritually
minded hip hop, The Procussions are a group of emcee-musicians
who hail from Colorado. The name “Procussion”
is a hybrid of two main elements: "Pro,"
which can either stand for professional or positive,
and "cussion" (taken from the word percussion),
which means to impress a sound upon the ear. When
fused together, the two elements create the definition
of this musical movement.
Audio (Real): "We
Gotta" | "Leave
Her Alone" |
"Water's Edge" | "Celebration"
| "Move
Yer Self"
Video: "Introducing... (What's Your Name)"
- Hi
| Lo
For more information, please visit TheProcussions.com
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Calvin
Richardson -
2:35 pM
(Hollywood
Records)
You put the
CD into your player and from the opening bars of ”Keep
On Pushin’” you might think that you had
found a great Sam Cooke or Bobby Womack album, one
of those wonderful records from the ‘60s or
‘70s that your folks played all weekend long,
back in the day. It’s understandable that you
might consider that the singer you’re hearing
is - at the very least - a contemporary of those legendary
R&B pioneers: he has that same honesty, the same
sanctified sound, the realness that made Cooke, Womack
and others like Donny Hathaway and Marvin Gaye such
revered figures in popular music.
Click HERE
to listen to 3 full songs from his August 2003 release
2:35pm.
****In stores now -- buy it!!!****
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Robert
Randolph & the Family Band -
Unclassified
(Warner
BrothersRecords)
There's an energy in these tracks that's unlike anything
on the charts today -- positive and inclusive, in
the fashion of Stevie Wonder, Al Green or Sly and
the Family Stone. It's about celebration, not about
preaching; the handclap grooves, the words that welcome
everyone, the whirl of dance and sweat and song and,
always, the steel guitar, riding above it all, improbable
yet the perfect voice to bring this message home.
Audio/Video: "I Need More Love"...............
(Quicktime): 56/128.........(Windows
Media): 56
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More information at:
www.RobertRandolph.net
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www.warnerbrothers.com
| www.darerecords.com
****In stores now -- buy it!!!**** |
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Leela
James -
A Change Is Gonna Come
(Warner
BrothersRecords | Reprise
Records)
******IN
STORES SPRING 2004*******
With a dynamic, utterly distinctive blend of breathtaking
rhythm & blues, fiery funk and roof-raising gospel
inflections, this diminutive Los Angeles native delivers
original music with a vocal prowess that both honors
and advances the cause of true soul music. It’s
a virtuoso vitality that ignites A Change Is
Gonna Come, convincing proof that Leela James
is one of the most promising new arrivals on the contemporary
music scene.
Audio: "My Joy"...Quicktime...Windows
Media: 56
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/// "Music"...Quicktime...Windows
Media: 56
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"Goodtime"...Quicktime...Windows
Media: 56
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More
information at: www.LeelaJames.com
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