Best Of 2014

D’Angelo-Black Messiah

Shabazz Palaces-Lese Majesty

Common, Nobody’s Smiling

Meshell Ndegeocello Comet, Come To Me

Wu-Tang Clan, A Better Tomorrow


Avery Sunshine, The Sun Room

Andre Cymone, The Stone

Damon Albarn, Everyday Robots

Noel Gourdin, City Heart, Southern Soul

Kindred The Family Soul, A Couple Friends

Prince, Art Official Age

The Floacist, Rise Of The Phoenix Mermaid

Liv Warfield, The Unexpected

Fishbone, Intrinsically Intertwined

DJ Premier and Royce Da 5’9,” PRhyme

J.Cole, Forest Hills Drive

Rebellum, The Darknuss

Azealia Banks, Broke With Expensive Taste

Flying Lotus, You’re Dead




Kindred The Family Soul-Get It/Got It Island Remix (Official Video)

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Kindred The Family Soul share an inside look at their home lives and shots of Philadelphia in the visual for the Island remix of “Get It, Got It.”




Kindred The Family Soul -A Couple Friends (Short Film)

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Kindred The Family Soul’s short film for A Couple Friends is a brilliant blend of “Get It, Got It,” “Call Me Crazy,”Here We Go” and “A Couple Friends” ending with “Look What We Made.” Each song is interspersed with explanatory scenes and dialogue leading up to each song against the backdrop of Philadelphia. Director Jamal Hill worked with Kindred to make one of the most ambitious R&B videos of the year.




Kindred The Family Soul-A Couple Friends (Official Video)

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Kindred The Family Soul and Valerie Simpson share “A Couple Friends” in the mode of a moving photo album that never ends.