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Simple X and Midas Wells are a Chitown duo making collaborative music under the name Tensei. You can preview their electronic/R&B/rap hybrid at Soundcloud and purchase it at iTunes. Facebook Twitter

MeLo-X now has a video for the electronic layers known as “Fire Geomu” from his Fewture album that came out today. Get the whole thing at iTunes.

Philadelphia based rapper Yung Wells is shooting an official video for his song “Ballin’” Models are encouraged to send recent photos of themselves with contact information to young.wellz.booking@gmail.com. Download “Ballin’” Facebook Twitter

This is First Serve’s latest skit video to precede their debut project due in April. “Pushin’ Aside, Pushin’ Along” is the first single.

Akello Light calls his music Chill Out Hip Hop. The North Carolina native just filmed this video for the “Garden Of Time” and you can download the song from his Bandcamp page.

Masters At Work gave a lecture about their work for the Red Bull Academy in San Francisco.

Shabazz Palaces have graced us with a video for “Are You… Can You… Were You? (Felt)” that celebrates a scene from the everyday life of a brown girl.The cinematography is hedonistic and visually stimulating.

Kooley High’s David Thompson is out now.

Lenny Kravitz leads the audience through a mass version of “Let Love Rule” at Radio City Music Hall in New York City last night.

Jack McDuff was an organist from Champaign, Illinois who started his career as a bass player for Joe Farrell. By the 50′s he started playing organ and put a band together with George Benson, Red Holloway and Joe Dukes. His early recordings as a bandleader were on the Prestige label. Brother Jack, The Honeydripper, Brother [...]