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Blu is building momentum for the release of NoYork later this year.

Erykah Badu gives a studio performance of “Fall In Love (Your Funeral)” and lets it become the video for the song.

Originally titled as “Tao Te Ching” from Detroit producer Apollo Brown’s recently released instrumental album Clouds, Oddisee jumps on the track delivering a remix vocal version now entitled “The Times.” In “The Times,” Oddisee ,who is half-Sudanese (on his father’s side), passionately relates “The Times” to Southern Sudan’s recent vote to split and form a [...]

(April 07, 2011 – Brooklyn, NY) Fresh off the success of their premiere pop-up shop in March, Fat Beats Brooklyn is pulling out all the stops for an all-day, all-out celebration of vinyl culture and live music. From noon to 11pm on Record Store Day (Saturday, April 16), the hip-hop juggernaut will transform their DUMBO [...]

NEW YORK – April 7, 2011 – Toya, who made her debut on BET’s hit series TINY & TOYA, is back with a new series TOYA: A FAMILY AFFAIR, premiering Tuesday, April 12 at 10:00 p.m.* Viewers will follow her fearless journey as she continues to carve out a personal and professional path for herself [...]

Raphael Saadiq has a video for an acoustic version of “Good Man.” Stone Rollin’ is in stores now.

Jill Scott’s cover of Bill Withers’ “Lovely Day” has her trademarked fire running all through it.

New York, NY (April 7, 2011) – You may remember Baiyu from MTVu’s “The Freshmen”, but she’s graduated and ready to share her soulful sounds with the world. Baiyu has released her new single Together via iTunes, Bandcamp, and GlobalGrind.com. Baiyu’s new EP, Fan Fair, will debut April 15th on her official website www.baiyuonline.com, and [...]