Hypnotic Brass Ensemble

Hypnotic Brass Ensemble is a 9-piece, Chicago-based brass group featuring 8 sons of Phil Cohran on horns.

Originally from Chicago, the brothers started as a street ensemble before recording in 2004. They have performed with Mos Def, Aquilla Sadalla, Phil Cohran, The Recipe, Nomadic Massive and at the North Sea Jazz Festival. In late 2007 they recorded with Erykah Badu and Maxwell. They supported Blur for their Hyde Park reunion concerts on the 2nd and 3 July in 2009. They are also confirmed collaborators on a number of tracks off of the third Gorillaz studio album, Plastic Beach.

"War"

Nine

Make or Take!

I Want To Be Free

Enjoy the summer y'all!

Flying Lotus

"Whole Wide World" (Instrumental)

Don't Trip

Declaime feat. Quas

Zen Approach

DJ Krush feat. Black Thought



I love DJ Krush!

DJ Krush

For The Love Of You

Marvin Isley, bass player for the Isley Brothers, died in Chicago on Sunday, aged 56.

Rest in peace Marvin!

J. Rawls feat. Eric Roberson

Jason Rawls is an American hip hop, soul, and neo-soul producer whose work crosses over into jazz. He has worked with Dose One, Beastie Boys, Slum Village, El Da Sensei, Count Bass D, Grand Agent, 9th Wonder, J-Live, Us3, and Moka Only.

J. Rawls' production is best known for his work with Black Star, a rap group formed by Mos Def and Talib Kweli. Rawls contributed production on "Brown Skin Lady" and "Yo, Yeah" which placed him on the map among producers in the rap music genre.



Such a beautiful song, such a beautiful album!

Go There With You

Shawn Jackson

From the album "First Of All"

A solid and well rounded album!

Who Run It?

Album from 2005 through Japanese based imprint Grit Records.

Villa Manifesto

Slum Village is set to release its first album in five years, the partially posthumous Villa Manifesto. Heading up this project, T3 brought together elements of his friends' and musical cohorts' past recordings to make Villa Manifesto what is being called "both a reunion and a memorial album."

On his new record's title, T3 said, "The reason why we call it Villa Manifesto is that it was a statement we want to give our people because we had been away for so long. What we're doing, what's going on, how we're feeling, and where we're at today."

Villa Manifesto hits stores July 27!

1. Bare Witness
2. Lock It Down (prod. J Dilla)
3. Earl Flin f. J Dilla
4. Scheming f. J Dilla, De La Soul & Phife (prod. Young RJ)
5. Faster f. Colin Munroe (prod. Young RJ)
6. 2000 Beyond f. J Dilla
7. Stereo f. J Dilla
8. Don’t Fight the Feeling f. Dwele (prod. Mr. Porter)
9. Dance
10. Um Um
11. The Set Up
12. Where Do We Go From Here f. Little Brother
13. We’ll Show You

Yah!

Buraka Som Sistema is an electronic dance music project from Portugal, specializing in a fusion of techno beats with the African kuduro genre, and are generally credited with creating the "progressive kuduro" variant.

Sound of Kuduro

Symbolyc One & Illmind

The Art of OneMind is a collaboration between two artists, Symbolyc One (S1) and Illmind. The project is a culmination of their common love of soul and Hip-Hop music, which burns bright throughout the album.

Please set me at ease

from the album Shades of Blue.