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ESTELLE DARLINGS & DJ TRAUMA: #IALMOSTMADEAMIXTAPE

It must be something about the summer. All of these smooth mixtapes keep popping up everywhere. Estelle, the Brit songstress and DJ Trauma collaborated for this set of tracks she’s been wanting the public to hear. Slight late pass on this one because it came out last week, but we were too busy cooking out, pardon!  In her intro she says she wants to be known for more than the woman behind “American Boy.” So here’s her stab at it while we wait on her next album All Eyes on Me. So many people have taken a crack at Weldon Irvine’s “Morning Sunrise” (Hov, Lupe, etc.) and since it’s one of my favorite songs, I appreciate hearing it in various forms. On “Dear London” (she kind of) raps on the beat, paying homage to her hometown. Pretty cool stuff here. Lots of familiar samples. Check it out.

Fall in Love Remix f/ Nas and John Legend

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Dance With Me

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THE ROOTS – DOIN IT AGAIN (F/ JOHN LEGEND)

It’s a bold feat to take an instant classic like John Legend’s “Again” and use it to create a hip-hop joint, but if anyone could do it, you know The Roots could. And voilá, we have “Doin It Again” from the greatest hip-hop band’s upcoming album How I Got Over. So far it’s shaping up to be nothing short of spectacular and nothing short of what we’ve grown to expect from The Roots. Illadelph I see you!

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UNRELEASED: COMMON – STRANGE FRUIT (FEAT. JOHN LEGEND) (PRODUCED BY KANYE WEST)

Here’s some unreleased Common featuring John Legend and produced by Kanye West that didn’t make it to the final cut of Finding Forever, most likely due to the Nina Simone sample. Who knows. Dope shit though. Chicago run it! I love that the internet allows a venue for great songs that can’t legally make it to albums to still be heard. Don’t you? Partake.

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SO THEY LEAKED JOHN LEGEND’S EVOLVER…

And I’m not condoning e-shoplifting…but the album seems to be good enough to steal. If this doesn’t make you want to up some cash for the album, I’m sorry, I can’t help you. Partake of my favorite 2 joints so far off the album…

John Legend | Good Morning

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John Legend | Cross The Line

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Go buy it now @ Amazon.

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