If you’re a regular visitor here at the Kitchen you might have already checked out the DJ mixed version of the excellent J(N)AMES, the J. Dilla/Detroit hip-hop-inspired full length collab project by local hip-hop producers/DJ/MCs, Deejay Nana and I.James.Jones on our tumblr page. Now the non-mixed version of the album is available so you can check out the songs individually as discrete tracks.

To celebrate this and turn the focus back on J(N)AMES, Nana and James have produced a special short film style video incorporating three tracks from the album, “Another 1ne of Those Nights”, produced by Junia-T; “Close2u”, produced by Royce Birth and; “Get Up”, produced by Blaz. Above is the first ever look at the video anywhere. Check back in April 9 to see the full version of it. In the meantime, here goes the other two tracks from that forthcoming video that have not been featured here on the site before:

And if you haven’t checked out the J(N)AMES album, which features Detroit native, Dank (also known as Dankery Harv of Frank N Dank), D.O. (Guinness Book Of Records/Stay Driven), Juno nominated producer/rapper Rich Kidd and production from Lord Quest (Dom Kennedy, Schoolboy Q, Talib Kweli), Junia T (Smash Brovaz), Dennis Passley (The Pocket Dwellers), Blaz, Eso Tahreek and Royce Birth, you can do so here: Soundcloud (clean version) | Bandcamp

Really dig it and need it on your MP3 player or phone? Download zip files of J(N)AMES for FREE here: Mediafire (main) | Mediafire (clean)

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