Videos: "White Knuckle Ride" and "Blue Skies" by Jamiroquai

Here is "Runaway" live from Abbey Road. This live version is ridiculous. If these guys are in town to perform and you are not there, then you are MISSING a once in a live time experience. period.

via okayplayer.com

Fashion: Harlem fashion by Street Etiquett

The Black Ivy from Street Etiquette on Vimeo.

Item Etiquette : The Waistcoat from Street Etiquette on Vimeo.

Item Etiquette : Double Breasted Blazer from Street Etiquette on Vimeo.

Headwear Etiquette : The Newsboy Cap from Street Etiquette on Vimeo.

I know my girl likes to see me in regular fit jeans sometimes. Once you try to wear the right size of your jeans, it's a total different experience. Thanks to my girl, I found my right size half a year ago. lol I still prefer them loose fit, though.

via www.hypebeast.com

Video: "You're my Boy Blu" by Blu

After reading a couple of blog posts on yur boys favorite blogs, I finally found this amazing piece of audiovisual. Blu is one of the artist I truly respect. #authenticrapmusic

Thanks to all followers for on facebook. Your support is much appreciated!
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Audio: "SunStorm" album by Zo!

If I can do anything to help you promote your music hit me up ZO! This is excellent soul music. The whole album is simply amazing. Trust me, if you like Neo Soul music, go get a copy at your local record store tomorrow. You won't regret it!

or buy here:
http://www.theforeignexchangemusic.com/2010/03/zo---sunstorm.php



Here is another song I'm jamming to for about one week:


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Release: A-Scholars Live at Café Haag

Lost and found. I guess that is how I would describe this important piece of music. To make it short: Live at Café Haag was recorded on the 20th of Januar 2006. Back then we used to have a session once a week, played a couple of gigs and were even offered to play a tour in Germany. However, around this time we all were focused on our studies and I moved to east Germany and later to Finland. Live at Café Haag shows only a fragment of what we did and I believe that each one of us shares the same thought: we've got to sit down, write and record an album.

enjoy!

Track list:
01. Intro (The Morning Trail poem)
02. Paint your picture
03. Fruit of the poisoned tree
04. After work
05. Mashalla
06. Average guy (Instrumental from "Grover" by Philadelphia Experiment, Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson, Uri Caine, Christian Mc Bride)

Download the album (mp3 + cover + press information ZIP):
http://www.sendspace.com/file/i297ga

Recorded by Chris Marquardt (Top Floor Productions/Tuebingen)
Sound by Philipp Kannicht (Kannicht Sound/Stuttgart)
Mixed and Mastered by Chris Marquardt (Top Floor Productions/Tuebingen)
Artwork by Sasha Faq

OKA: Portformat “Mothership” feat. Dudley Perkins & Georgia Anne Muldrow

Every time I visit my folks in Southern Germany, I meet up with Portformat (Ibrahim M’Bodji), a music producer with Senegalese and German roots, whom I have known for almost four years, for drinks and serious conversations about life, the world and of course music. I remember very well when he told me that he was going to have a feature with Dudley Perkins and Georgia Anne Muldrow on his debut album titled The Repeat Factor. I knew that it was going to be a banger back then, but when he played the song for me the first time I was thrilled. Take a listen to the , below.

Portformat - Mothership (feat. Dudley Perkins & Georgia Anne Muldrow) by Tokyo Dawn Records

If you like what you hear and you enjoy the “NASA-compatible Hip Hop Funkadelica” sound then make sure you cop the album (Tokyo Dawn Records). Download link and track list after the jump…

Tracklist:

1. Knock Knock (feat. Bless1) 3.15 min
2. U Gotta Find (feat. Shuanise) 3.13 min
3. Purple Planet 3.24 min
4. Mothership (feat. Dudley Perkins & Georgia Anne Muldrow) 3.30 min
5. Provide Everything (feat. Obey The Altar Native & Denone) 4.30 min
6. Thunder and Lightning 3.35 min
7. Fairy Child (feat. Shuanise) 3.35 min
8. Bionic Arms 3.42 min
9. The Myth (feat. Caits Meissner & Yarrow Lutz) 3.04 min
10. Everything U Change (feat. Obey The Altar Native) 3.36 min
11. 37 Degrees 1.49 min
12. It’s On (feat. Blaktroniks) 3.15 min
13. Put Your Love To The Test (feat. Joe Kickass) 3.11 min
14. Life Water (feat. Thesaurus Rex) 3.17 min
15. For The Hungry Cats 3.38 min
16. U$ (feat. Suzi Analogue) 3.44 min
17. So Thankful (feat. Gajah & Olmeca) 3.29 min

Download and buy The Repeat Factor at Tokyo Dawn

written by Mishoo for www.okayafrica.com (OKA)

Mishoo goes Okayafrica.com

I am honored to announce my first official blog post on www.Okayafrica.com (OKA) .
I'm sure you guys want to know how this happened, right? well, as I was doing some marketing for my current release "Born in the Land of a Thousand Hills" (www.mishoothedrumkit.com). I tried to get in touch with okayafrica and thought that they might be interested in what I do. I sent an e-mail with all press information and four months later I received a reply. They liked what I do and asked me if I liked to write for okayafrica and have my own blog. I was very surprised. A few emails later, I received the writers instructions and wrote my first post about my man Portformat. They posted it on the first of September 2010. Thank you for supporting the Afro and Afreuropean movement okayplayer!

Okayafrica.com is part of Okayplayer.com, one of the worlds most important blogs about Hip Hop. It was founded by The Roots Drummer Amir "Questlove" Thompson in 1987.
Okayplayer began as a platform for artists of the Soulquarians and Native Tongues collectives such as The Roots, Talib Kweli, Mos Def, Common, Erykah Badu, D'Angelo, Slum Village, Jay Dilla, former A Tribe Called Quest members Q-Tip, Phife Dawg and Ali Shaheed Muhammad, De La soul, Busta Rhymes, Floetry, Meshell Ndegeocello, and more. Nowadays other artists such as Kanye West, Flying Lotus, Lupe Fiasco, Kid Cudi,Wale and more are supported by Okayplayer.com

About Okayafrica.com (OKA):
Highlighting the freshest, newest music coming off of the continent and from the Diaspora, OKA features cutting edge music from the hills of Freetown to the Brooklyn underground, from Soweto to the highlands of Kenya and much more. With roots in traditional African rhythms, harmonies, and beats, the new sound of Africa fuses these traditional elements with the most progressive sounds, from hip-hop to electronica, from pop to indie rock, creating completely original music.

Here are more pictures of the OkayAfrica launch event with The Roots, Talib Kweli, Bajah + The Dry Eye Crew and more at Prospect Park Bandshell in Brooklyn, NY (July 11, 2010):
http://www.flickr.com/photos/okayplayer87/with/4790060399/

Album: "Midway" Freddie Joachim (Instrumental album)

Very professional work right there. I almost feel every one of the 52 instrumentals on this release. That's exactly my type of sound.
Midway Limited Edition Digipak 15€. Digital album 10€!

Freddie's Note:
Midway is a collection of instrumentals that i have been working on for the past year and half (or so). Because a lot of music styles inspire me, i just wanted to present my range as a hip hop/soul producer, not just with this album, but also me as a producer in general. I’ll continue to release free music and mixes, so please support by purchasing this album, and future albums when they become available.