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Chris Turner had to celebrate 420 with this track produced by Pete Rock. Listen to “Sticky Green.”

Freeway has a new project with Diamond Supply Co. coming called Diamond in the Ruff. “HAM Extreme” comes from that collaboration and ThoroBred Filmz directs the clip.

The Boston Fielder collective called MuthaWit is streaming their new album men & women (la Revenge de Uncle Baldy). Make sure to check out their Funkadelic fused sound prints here. Myspace Facebook Twitter

John Mazyck directs this clip for “Raincheck” from J*DaVeY’s Evil Christian Cop: The Great Mistapes EP. Their New Designer Drug album is due in June.

Neek The Exotic & Large Professor came up together in Queens, New York, and while each traveled their own path with the music, working with each other along the way on the now classic “Fakin’ Da Funk,” the two are finally coming together again to release an official full-length, Still On The Hustle. The album, [...]

Unfortunate but true, absentee fathers have been a point of reference for countless hip-hop songs over the years. For Clear Label Records rapper Esinchill, though, who is celebrating the release of his sophomore album, Vigilante, an album that features the likes of Mistah F.A.B., Casual, Dave Hollister, and more, the focus is somewhat different. With [...]

Raheem DeVaughn continues his promotion of the Heemy Taught Me mixtape with a video for “Breathe.”

Singer/songwriter Baby Jaymes has released his new single, “Heart & Soul” via Clear Label Records, but it is hard to classify exactly what kind of song it is. In fact, his part-soul, part-R&B, part-hip-hop, part-mystery sound has led him to create an entirely new genre for himself: Ghetto Retro. The Oakland-based musician boasts a similarly [...]

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