[MP3] The Roots – Understand feat. Dice Raw & Greg Porn

Lead (?) track from The Roots forthcoming album dropping next week. Can’t wait until next week to hear it? Preview the entire …And Then You Shoot Your Cousin via Complex HERE.

[MP3 + Music Video] Harrison – Akira

Saw this kid, Harrison last night down at the Field Trip Discovery showcase at The Drake Underground. 18 years old and from right here in Toronto, his beats are sick! He had an amazingly beautiful and diverse crowd dancing non-stop to his edits and new, mostly instrumental tracks incorporating 80s R&B and boogie, electronic, nu-house & disco, funk and anything else that gets people moving. Kid is the truth, belee’dat! Amazing video (above) for his “Akira” track (from the When It’s Bright EP) too.

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[MP3] Young Bossi feat. The Jacka, P3, X – Hi Tech & Quali

A nice remake of Talib Kweli & Hi-Tek classic “Blast” track from their seminal debut album, Reflection Eternal [Train of Thought] from Bay Area MC’s (other than the fact that it’s been turned into a tribute to sipping lean! Not sure I should really be co-signing a song like this given all the craziness around that practice recently).

[via Thizzler.com]

[MP3] Freddie Gibbs & The Worlds Freshest – Keep It Gangsta

I can be sometime-y on Freddie “Gangsta” Gibbs but I’m not mad at this. That sax though!

[MP3] GoldLink – Sober Thoughts

Smooth as butta track produced by Kaytranada.