[MP3] VLXL – YYZ (Fly With Me) Feat. Tanika Charles

Actually don’t know much about this Toronto duo, VLXL (Via Linez and Lyve) but they just released “YYZ” featuring fellow T.dot-er, soul singer Tanika Charles from their Trains, Automobiles & Flights album. soulful boom-bap? Yes, please…

Dig that track? You can listen to the entire album on the Kitchen Tumblr HERE.

[MP3] Listen to a Whole Bunch of New Recent Music from Freddie Gibbs!

Never been the biggest fan of Gangsta Gibbs although I thought his debut mixtape, Midwestgangstaboxframecadillacmuzik was solid and stood the test of time as a modern era, underground street classic (to my ears, at least). But I saw Gibbs perform this past summer at TIME Festival here in Toronto and he destroyed it so I was curious when he started dropping a grip of new music recently. Happily the music has been more than solid! In case you’ve missed the deluge, this will serve as a summary post of the highlights. Leggo….

First, getting trappy!

Getting loose over the breakbeat classic, “Nautilus” by Bob James with Black Thought of The Roots on the assist:

More trap-tastic vibes (rhyme content, not beat-wise. Music’s actually kind of soulful tbh courtesy of Toronto’s Boi-1da and Frank Dukes on the production):

Gangsta Gibbs with Gucci Mane and E-40:

Hit the jump for three more!

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[MP3] Yasiin Bey (aka Mos Def) – NO Colonial Fiction

Recent events have inspired Brooklyn MC, Yasiin Bey (but he’ll always be Mos Def to me, sue me) back into the booth to write this screed in support of global grassroots activism online and beyond.

Related:

Yasiin Bey (aka Mos Def) disses ISIS and talks on how the Paris Attacks, imperialism & Tamir Rice are connected. [LISTEN]

[MP3] Jazz Cartier – Stick and Move

ICYMI Toronto’s Jazz Cartier was the first artist I wrote about in my article, 10 Canadian Artists You Need To Know Besides Drake…. Here goes his latest single.

[MP3] Ty Dolla $ign – LA Feat. Kendrick Lamar, Brandy & James Fauntleroy

And speaking of Ty Dolla $ign, this new track “LA” from his 7 track FreeEP drop, Free TC featuring Kendrick Lamar is kind of epic. The rest of the EP (a preview to a full length album of the same name dropping tomorrow??), featuring Future, Fetty Wap, Rae Sremmurd, Babyface and E-40 ain’t bad either. Wanna listen to it in its entirety? CLICK HERE