[MP3] Sean Price – The 3 Lyrical Ps Feat. Prodigy & Styles P

Was playing the Sean Price Imperius Rex album while doing some reviewing as I pick my year-end albums and songs and this came on and made me wistful. RIP, Sean Price and Prodigy.

[MP3 + Music Video] Young M.A – OOOUUU

I’ll admit: I’m crazy late on this like I’m Funkmaster Flex getting roasted by Drake but I didn’t really find out what this record was until I saw this Fader FB post. I was gonna be snarky and say I’d never heard this record once when I was in Bed-Stuy for two weeks a short while back but when I played it, a light bulb went off! This was the track I’d heard on Gates Ave. but was never able to find out what it was. It’s a banger, no doubt and her social politics are great: she got the streets rockin’ to an LGBTQ anthem!

[Music Video + MP3] Desiigner – Panda

A video posted by Desiigner (@lifeofdesiigner) on May 10, 2016 at 11:33am PDT

Video for what might end up being the song of the year just dropped on Tidal (no embed or YouTube/VEVO link though, Hov?? Damn….) with creative by and an on-screen feature by Brooklyn teen MC, Desiigner‘s new label boss, Kanye West.

Is “Panda” the harbinger of the new New York (or is the old New York new again?) or is Desiigner a one-hit wonder? Time will tell.

Related reading:

– Desiigner’s ‘Panda’ Is Number One: What Is the Future of Authenticity? [Rolling Stone]

– 11 Experts Weigh In: Is “Panda” Actually Good? [FADER]

[MP3] Happy 30th Birthday, Super Mario Bros.

What better way to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Super Mario Bros. game than a throwback to Cocoa Bros.‘ “Super Brooklyn” which samples the Mario theme? And what better way to acknowledge this day than this homage to my former New York home borough? Certainly better than considering the ongoing and even more tragic reverberations of those tragic events 14 years ago.

[MP3] Supa Slackas – Brilliance (Prod. by MKSB)

Recent release from the Pro Era crew. Perfect sound for a sunny weekend day.