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Ali Shaheed Speaks On His Life, A Tribe Called Quest Rumors, J Dilla, & The Importance Of Questioning Everything (Video)
March 8, 2013
Ali Shaheed Muhammad of the legendary A Tribe Called Quest heads north of the border with the brothers from Montreality for an in-depth interview on a variety of topics from his life growing up, the passing of his former manager & friend Chris Lighty, the genius of J Dilla, his upcoming solo album, his opinions on cartoons like Bugs Bunny & the importance of why you must question everything in life. This was another great & insightful interview the Montreality crew conducted with the homie Ali Shaheed….
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Tags: A Tribe Called Quest, Ali Shaheed, Ali Shaheed Muhammad, DJ, DJs, Montreality | 
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Illastrate – “Henny Loggins Show” (EP)
March 7, 2013
Atlanta based producer Illastrate is one of ‘illest’ producers who’s been consistently releasing quality product on the low for a while now. His masterful & often soulful production credits continues to grow albeit rather quietly to the larger mainstream audiences. As much as he’s known throughout the Atlanta true school & soul scene for his tracks he’s almost equally known amongst those in the know for the wild alter-egos he employs such as “Hoodie Allen” & of course his latest alias inspired by songwriter Kenny Loggins & his love for Hennessy to become “Henny Loggins”. Wasn’t surprised when he chose the latest moniker for ‘SEASON 1’ as the title of the new project series featuring artists Ekundayo, Boog Brown, Stanza, Mike Flo, Yamin Semali, Arablak, & more. If you just want to vibe out to his dope tracks minus all the vocals, Illastrate also provided an instrumental version of the project as well. Listen or download the joints below….
ILLASTRATE – THE HENNY LOGGINS SHOW (SEASON 1) [EP] | (INSTRUMENTALS)
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Posted in Album, Hip-Hop, Instrumental, Mixtapes, Music, Producers, Soul | Tags: Henny Loggins, illastrate | 2 Comments »
R&B: Jared Evan – “Black & White” feat. Joey Badass (Video)
March 6, 2013
No time wasted by R&B singer & songwriter Jared Evan in releasing this new video for “Black & White” featuring Joey Badass. The song appears on his new project produced by Statik Selektah called “Boom Bap & Blues” that’s out now. Now I’d like to see him shoot a video for the “Uma Thurman” joint featuring Lil Fame which is probably my favorite off the project…..
DOWNLOAD: JARED EVAN – BOOM BAP & BLUES (ALBUM)
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Posted in Hip-Hop, Music, R&B, Soul, Videos | Tags: BLACK & WHITE, Boom Bap & Blues, JARED EVAN, Joey Badass | 4 Comments »
Goapele – “Closer” (Cousin Culo x DJ Reck Moombahsoul Edit)
February 26, 2013
Shout to BamaLoveSoul for another scoop! This new version of “Closer” by Goapele is a remix done by Cousin Culo and DJ Reck Moombahsoul. Nice.
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DJ Naturel – “Natural High†Vol. 3 (Mixtape)
February 22, 2013
You’re already on that “Natural High†(Vol. 2). If not get on it! In fact, get on “Natural High” (Vol. 3). Catch up, but don’t stress. This mix is mellow – trademark DJ Naturel flavor. Get that here.
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Michael Jackson – “Butterflies” (DwillBeats Heavily Medicated Remix)
February 20, 2013
Nice! Zone out to this rework of the classic by the late great Michael Jackson – “Butterfiles” – by DwillBeats. Click play, and be ready to click play again; as the experience is over too soon. Good news is… you get experience it over and over, as often as you will, via FREE download here.
DOWNLOAD: MICHAEL JACKSON – BUTTERFLIES (DWILLBEATS HEAVILY MEDICATED REMIX)
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The RZA presents Shaolin Soul Selection – Volume 1 (Album Sampler Mixed by DJ 7L)
February 14, 2013
“Shaolin Soul Selection: Volume 1” presents 24 original recordings – nearly 2 1/2 hours of essential soul music available for digital download – from the vaults of STAX Records and its subsidiary labels. These are the labels that inspired The RZA and the Wu-Tang classic sound. Get the sampler for FREE now. The full jawn will be available later (March 19, 2013).
DOWNLOAD: THE RZA PRESENTS SHAOLIN SOUL SELECTION – VOLUME 1 (MIXED BY DJ 7L)
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Zo! – “This Could Be The Night” ft. Eric Roberson x Darien Brockington x Phonte (Tall Black Guy Remix)
February 13, 2013
Zo!, Eric Roberson, Darien Brockington, and Phonte team up on the Tall Black Guy remix to Zo!’s 2010 original “This Could Be The Night.” This self-described ‘fly love song’ is the second leak from the “+FE Music: The Reworks” compilation that features remixes from Nicolay, Zo!, 4hero, ?uestlove and James Poyser and more. “+FE Music: The Reworks” is due out February 26, 2013. Zo! has his own album (“ManMade”) coming out this Spring.
Posted in Hip-Hop, Music, R&B, Soul | Tags: Darien Brockington, Eric Roberson, Phonte, TALL BLACK GUY, This Could Be The Night, Zo! | No Comments »
R&B: BJ The Chicago Kid – “Honey”
February 7, 2013
BJ The Chicago Kid has some great music that I’ve been occasionally going back to over the last year like his “Good Good Love” collabo with rap artist Rapsody & my favorite “Good Luv’n” off of his “Pineapple Now-Laters” project. With that said it’s a good thing he’s not one of these artists that’s been constantly throwing out disposable material on the internet every day of the week. His label reps over at Motown are claiming that this new joint “Honey” produced by B!nk is his official first single. Right away when I peeped that producer & singer/songwriter combination I knew this joint was gonna sound good & I wasn’t disappointed. Nice little nods lyrically to Aaliyah’s hit record ‘Rock The Boat’ & the Bee Gee’s heavily sampled 1979 classic ‘Love You Inside Out’.
Posted in Music, R&B, Soul | Tags: B!nk, Bink, BJ the Chicago Kid, Honey, Motown, records | No Comments »
R&B/Soul: Tweet – “Enough”
February 6, 2013
Good scoop from SoulBounce. Tweet is finally dropping her EP “Simply Tweet“ after teasing us with weekly #TweetTuesdays leaks last summer. Tweet recently signed to MC Lyte’s DuBose Music Group. So… Lyte doing that work for the Jordan campaign… and the Tweet signing and coming release… Hmm. Nice moves.
Bilal – “West Side Girl”
February 6, 2013
Here’s a taste of Bilal’s upcoming album (official release date: February 26, 2013) entitled “West Side Girl.” You can pre-order the full plate – “A Love Surreal” – from iTunes now.
Hezekiah – “Cure for the Common Soul” Vol. 2 (Famous Last Works) [Promo Video]
February 6, 2013
Hezekiah delivers the “Cure for the Common Soul” Vol. 2 (Famous Last Works), mixed by Mr. Sonny James, (of illvibe Collective); and we have the FREE download from Facebook.
HEZEKIAH – CURE FOR THE COMMON SOUL VOL. 2 (FAMOUS LAST WORKS)
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Vinyl Destination | Episode III – The Magnificient ‘DJ Jazzy Jeff’ Visits Singapore, Manila, & Indonesia (Video)
February 5, 2013
One of the world’s greatest DJs, the magnificent DJ Jazzy Jeff, returns with episode three of his web series “Vinyl Destination”. In this episode DJ Jazzy Jeff along with his emcee Skillz & crew hit an Adidas in-store event in Manila, rock a party with the Black Eyed Peas’ bandmember Apl.De.Ap, & appear to run into a little trouble upon touching down in Indonesia.
WATCH: VINYL DESTINATION | EPISODE 2 – DJ JAZZY JEFF IN HONG KONG & SHANGHAI (VIDEO)
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Posted in Hip-Hop, Performance, Producers, R&B, Soul, Travel, Videos | Tags: DJ, DJ Culture, DJ Jazzy Jeff, DJs, Ep.3, EPISODE 3, EPISODE III, Vinyl Destination | 5 Comments »
R&B: Stacy Barthe – “Hell Yeah!” feat. Rick Ross
February 2, 2013
If you’ve been following JAYFORCE.COM regularly then you already know I’m a fan of Stacy Barthe’s music. The Grammy nominated singer & songwriter has been crafting huge hits for various names in the game from Rihanna, Katy Perry, Britney Spears & more. She even was the voice on the hook of the T.I. & Andre 3000 standout collaboration “Sorry” although she wasn’t initially listed on the credits. It goes without saying she’s been in the background far too long. This new record “Hell Yeah” produced by K. Roosevelt featuring Rick Ross should help bring more attention her way further highlighting just how talented this woman is. This joint is solid & Rick Ross doesn’t sound out of place on this soulful joint. Stacy is now signed to John Legend’s HomeSchool/Motown label & things appear to be moving as she’s set to release her upcoming “P.S., I Love You” EP on Valentines Day. Good music, real lyrics, great vocals….yeah it’s a wRAP.
Posted in Hip-Hop, Music, R&B, Soul | Tags: Hell Yeah, P.S. I Love You, Rick Ross, Stacy Barthe | 1 Comment »
R&B: Donell Jones – “Forever”
February 2, 2013
Chicago’s Donell Jones is back at it again with that REAL R&B music. This is the title track for his upcoming album entitled “Forever” due in May. Judging from the sounds of this joint I’d say Donell is still in great shape musically by bringing nothing but that real R&B instead of switching things up with ‘Trap & B’ or some other musical flavor of the month. This is some true school ‘cruising in the whip late at night’ type of music right here….
DOWNLOAD: DONELL JONES – FOREVER
R&B/Soul: Raheem DeVaughn – “Fire We Make”
January 30, 2013
Soul singer Raheem DeVaughn is back with another one of his ‘Radio Raheem Remixes’ of songs that he continues to make greater when he adds his own personal touch to it. This time he does justice to Alicia Keys & Maxwell’s collaboration the ‘Fire We Make’ record. Radio Rah is doing a great job in providing these musical appetizers before the upcoming release of his ‘A Place Called Loveland’ project later this year.
Posted in Music, R&B, Soul | Tags: Alicia Keys, Cover, Fire We Make, Maxwell, Radio Raheem, Raheem DeVaughn | No Comments »
Miguel – “Do You” Reggae ReFix feat. Sammie (Prod. ReFix Kingz)
January 30, 2013
Like most people that enjoy quality music, Miguel’s stellar “Do You…” track is one of my favorites from his “Kaleidoscope Dream“ album out that’s out now & up for a Grammy award for Best Urban Contemporary album. The production duo “The ReFix Kingz” (Edley Shine & DJ JButtah) add a very excellent reggae flavored dynamic with their remix featuring Atlanta based R&B singer Sammie. This is hot. Definitely diggin’ the Island vibes on this one. In case you’ve never seen the video to the original version you can check it out HERE.
MIGUEL – “DO YOU…” REGGAE REFIX FEAT. SAMMIE (PROD. BY REFIX KINGZ)
Posted in Music, R&B, Reggae, Soul | Tags: DJ Buttah, DJ JButtah, Do You, Edley Shine, MIGUEL, ReFix, REGGAE, Reggae ReFix, Sammie | 1 Comment »
Unsung: Isaac Hayes (Video)
January 27, 2013
The legendary Isaac Hayes was the subject of TV One’s popular television series “Unsung” last Wednesday night & the show didn’t disappoint in covering the life of one of the greatest icons in black music. The influence & contributions of Isaac Hayes goes deeper than just the music as he was not only a singer, songwriter, musician & producer, but he was an actor & activist as well. Isaac Hayes’ music has also been sampled by countless numbers of hip hop & R&B artists many times over further keeping his legacy alive. If you didn’t catch the episode live like I did on Wednesday then you can watch the full episode on the life of “Black Moses” here on this soulful sunday afternoon.
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Posted in History, R&B, Soul, Television, Videos, Vintage | Tags: Isaac Hayes, TV ONE, Unsung | No Comments »
Ta-Ku – “Make It Last” (EP)
January 27, 2013
The Australian producer Ta-Ku has dropped a FREE four-track EP for all y’all. The stream/download link for “Make It Last” appears below. Get it. Nothing’s stopping you.
DOWNLOAD: TA-KU – MAKE IT LAST (EP)
R&B: Raphael Saadiq – “I’m In Like”
January 16, 2013
Wowwww!! This song – “I’m In Like” by Raphael Saadiq – is so dope! What can I say, the man is right:
‘This is a song for my friends who want to vibe out to a joint that makes you feel right! No bells, whistles or pretense, just a beautiful song … life in motion. If you wanna sit in the house, ride the Bart, Subway, Metro (or other public transpo), put your headphones on and roll out! That’s what I like to do after I write a song … roll out to it. Enjoy.’
– Raphael Saadiq
