Producer Centric, one-half of Oakland, California duo Grand Opus shares the first sound of his forthcoming solo album Love Received with the single “Vibes.” He was inspired by the popular law of attraction concept that promotes the idea that similar energies are attracted to each other. Carlitta Durand, Shakiah, Felicia Taylor and Lena Jackson are the featured voices and writers of “Vibes.” Love Received is coming soon.

[youtube id=”MQDHFgzbZCs”] The Foreign Exchange, Questlove, Zo! and Carlitta Durand recorded “Purple Flip” which is their version of Prince’s “Take Me With U” in 2009.  The song was created specifically for a Prince tribute party that Questlove was having and he only gave it to a few DJ friends. According to Nicolay, after the passing of Michael Jackson in June of 2009 the song became even more important to them because they wanted to celebrate Prince and others like him while they were still alive. They did their job by honoring Prince while he was alive and one can only hope that he actually heard “Purple Flip” and smiled knowing once again how much his music means to so many people including another generation of artists.

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“Find A Way” is a new song from North Carolina songstress Carlitta Durand. The single is a prelude to the her I’ll Be Gorgeous When I Die album that’s coming out April 26th.

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Phonte and Carlitta Durand take to the beach for the “Dreams Are Made For Two” video. The Foreign Exchange’s Love In Flying Colors was released last year.