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MOE GREEN – SWIM GREAT [FRANK OCEAN REMIX]

& right after I post my lil mega Frank Ocean post, I check my email & the homies @ Audible Treats just sent me the latest hotness from the homie Moe Green… & what do you know… A Frank Ocean remix. There’s a time & a place for everything I guess… get with the git!

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APOLLO BROWN – BALANCE FEAT. KENN STARR & JOHN ROBINSON

Off his latest musical brainchild, The Reset, Apollo Brown delivers yet another triumph in sonic production. “Balance,” narrated by emcees Kenn Starr and John Robinson, is an otherworldly musical composition. The beat cooks low and slow with an orchestral bass line and swirls with synthesized harmonics that elevate the track to a unique frequency.

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“I really wanted this song to take the listener somewhere when they hear it,” notes Brown. “Some people call it a dreamscape sound. It’s just thought provoking life music to me.” The sixteen bar verses dropped by Starr and Robinson are well chiseled models of deft lyricism; however, the prime cut from this beast is Brown’s beat construction that effortlessly throws listeners off balance in this ironically titled track.

“Balance” is up for grabs on Apollo Brown’s album, The Reset.

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BLACK SHEEP – BIRDS OF A FEATHER [NATIVE TONGUES REUNION TRACK]

Hip-Hop fans rejoice! Black Sheep frontman, Dres has managed to coordinate theNative Tongues reunion fans have been pining for. Dres joins Dave (Trugoy) of De La Soul, Q-Tip of A Tribe Called Quest, and the elusive Mike Gee ofThe Jungle Brothers on “Birds Of A Feather” the latest scorcher off his new LP From The Black Pool Of Genius, now scheduled for release on June 29th. “It’s a long time coming,” says Dres of the track. “Birds Of A Feather” represents the beauty and strength of kinship and unity. Its even greater when your family is dope.”

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VIDEO: DRES – DOIN’ IT WRONG [REMIX]

$ & I’s favorite 1/2 Black & Puerto Rican speakin’ the truth to all those tweekin’! I like this video. It’s mad humble & trill. No special effects…. just a special delivery in the message.  Get the Prelude Remix EP & The Prelude… “For the kids…”

Tags: AUDIBLE TREATS, Black Sheep, DRES, JIM B

DARRYL MOORE – SHE’S MY EVERYTHING

What can I say. I’m a sucka for songs bout Ma Dukes. From Pac’s Dear Mama to Boyz II Men’s A Song For Mama to Frank N Dank’s Ma Dukes. So with Mother’s Day approaching us on this Sunday (DON’T FORGET SON!)  Darryl Moore gives us his tribute to the woman that brought him in this world (& can take you out!).

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Newcomer R&B soul singer Darryl Moore is proud to release his newest single,  “She’s My Everything”, in conjunction with the release of his album, Where I’m At, available everywhere today. As one of the first releases off Georgia Anne Muldrow and Declaime’s new label, SomeOthaShip Connect, Moore’s album shares a release date with Declaime’s FONK to celebrate the label’s debut onto the music scene. The soulful crooner displays his amazing talent with this love ballad while complimented by a classic blues electric bass, swelling orchestra, and strict drumbeat.

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YU (OF DIAMOND DISTRICT) – NATIVE

Diamond District’s own yU is droppin his single Native from his forthcoming album entitled Before Taxes. droppin April 13th (before tax day… duh!?). He & the entire Diamond District along with Trek Life killed the Audible Treats showcase out in SXSW. Peep & get…

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AMP LIVE – GARY IS A ROBOT FEAT. TRACKADEMICKS [VIDEO]

While we were out in Austin TX a few weeks back Meezy & I checked out the homies Audible Treats showcase @ the Independent they had with Black Sheep, Black Milk, Diamond District & hella other dope cats I can’t even recall cuz I was pretty faded. But I do remember the homie Amp Live all the way from The Town (Oakland) getting down, performing material from his upcoming release Murder At The Discotech. He performed this song Gary Is A Robot with our Blind I brethren Trackademicks (shout out to the HNRL – see y’all in the vid!! Represent!) . If you thinking who the fuck is Amp Live? Then think Zion I… he is the DJ/Producer of them. If you asking who is Zion I, then get the fuck off my site now & never return unless you can tell schitt from chocolate.

NOW LET’S DANCE!!

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LITTLE BROTHER | 9TH WONDER

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9th? WTF? Yeah… I’ll let Pooh tell it.

“We decided to give that song to people for two reasons. First, the people have been asking for another 9th/Little Brother song since this is the last Little Brother album. We had intended for that song to be an iTunes bonus track but certain circumstances led us to leak it, which leads to the second reason: We got word late Friday from our distribution company that iTunes took the song down following a call from 9th or someone in his camp. I feel that if he didn’t want the song out then he could have easily contacted any one of us (Big Dho, Phonte, or myself) and explained his reasoning and the issue would have been dealt with accordingly. Instead we find out on some “oh yeah, I forgot to tell” type shit while trying to figure out other information. “Star” was recorded in 2005-2006 for use by 9th on his Wonder Years album that has yet to get a release date.

~CONTINUED AFTER THE J~

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Tags: 9th Wonder, AUDIBLE TREATS, LITTLE BROTHER, PHONTE, RAPPER BIG POOH

SAREEM POEMS

This is crazy. I just got this from the homie Michelle over @ Audible Treats & I peeped the cut & was like …Oh this is tight… Homies spittin… then it hit me like… waitaminute… THAT’S MY HOMIE! OH SNAP! So yeah… I geeked. My doode who used be know as Sharlok Poems of another set of homies who called themselves L.A. Symphony, is a sick MC, lyricist, rapper the whole 9. He’s been doin’ his thang for years, but since he decided to change his name I had to put “new artists” for the tag, cuz until I said L.A. Symphony you was like… WTF? (the “w” meaning “who” in this case) anyways, Peep…

Come Get It Feat. Theory Hazit.

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DEL | EL MICHELS AFFAIR

So it goes like this… El Michels Affair dropped their Enter The 37th Chamber which consisted of them playing out live instrumatation versions of some of the Wu Classics. NOW… they Enter The 38th Chamber. A chamber that invites MC’s such as Diamond District, Del The Funky Homosapien, A-Plus of Souls of Mischief, Kam Moye, Nightclubber Lang of Boom Bap Project, Sandpeople, Von Pea of Tanya Morgan & much more. This is Bay Areas own Del The Funky Homosapien‘s take on Bring Da Ruckus

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Peep Diamond District’s PJ’s Remix & DL after the J…

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