[MP3] Grandtheft – Mobbin feat. Hedspin

New music from the homie, Grandtheft on Mad Decent’s Jeffree’s free music digital record label. CLICK HERE to hear “Give Me More”, the other track from this release.

[Music Video] Jay-Z – Holy Grail feat. Justin Timberlake

The launch of this video yesterday was kind of a big deal, I gather….

[MP3] World’s Fair – Sammy Sosa (Produced by Black Noi$e)

Solid new hip-hop from Fool’s Gold. I’m not deep in what’s the latest in the blog hip-hop world nowadays so no idea the background on these cats (I know…) but this is promising sounding….

[CONTEST] Win Tickets to See Laura Mvula & KING Live at The Mod Club in Toronto (Sept. 7)

[NOTE: this contest is now closed, congrats to the winner, Rachelle who was notified via twitter]

UK pop-soul sensation, Laura Mvula makes her debut (?) appearance in Toronto next weekend in support of her acclaimed Sing To The Moon album. Extra special bonus: buzzy, neo-soul female trio, KING are the opening act. This could be an epic show which unfortunately I’m gonna miss as I’m heading out of town that day, grrr! Wanna win tickets to see them both though? All you have to do is follow me on twitter (so I can contact you via DM in the event you win) and tweet the following:

“.@Stellaskid: I wanna win tickets to see @LauraMvula & @WeareKING Saturday Sept. 7 at @TheModClub, presented by @EmbracePresents” [note: the quotation marks not necessary when you actually send your tweet]

The contest will run until 12noon EST, Sept. 5 and the winner will be announced via twitter. Thanks to Embrace for supplying the tickets for this contest.

CLICK HERE for more show details.

Not up on these two excellent artists? Check out some tracks from them both:

Laura Mvula – She:

KING – Supernatural (LIVE at KPFK):

[Music Video] Shad – Fam Jam (Fe Sum Immigrins)

New video from acclaimed Canadian MC, Shad. The track, which references Highlife or other similar Afropop sounds, is a little too pop sounding for my personal tastes but lyrical themes-wise, it’s pretty unf-ckwittable.

BUY Shad’s “Fam Jam (Fe Sum Immigrins)” on iTunes HERE