[MP3] Ruben Young – Running for You (Lord Quest Bounce)

Bumped into the homie last week at Canadian Music Week. Finally got a chance to post his latest single:

“Running For You (Lord Quest Bounce)”, Ruben Young’s brand new single produced by Grammy nominee, Lord Quest. With it’s edgy, soulful R&B and a bouncy funk bass vibes, it tells the story of a young man stuck in a time warp of loving the no-good-girl he grew up with.

[MP3] SZA, The Weekend & Travis Scott – Power Is Power

Powerhouse lineup for the latest single from For The Throne, the forthcoming soundtrack for HBO’s smash TV show, Game of Thrones. SZA, The Weeknd and Travis Scott??! Whoa! We’ll keep it 100 though, it sounds like a lot of recent Weeknd stuff, production style-wise but it is still very good. Agree?

Not the first time these artists have collab’d either. Hit the jump for the T-Minus + Boi-1da-produced “Wonderful” by from 2016’s Birds in the Trap Sing McKnight and “Pray 4 Love” from 2015’s Rodeo album, both by Travis and Weeknd plus “Love Galore” by SZA and Travis Scott from 2017’s (already?) Ctrl album.

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[Audio Stream] Always Never – where now (EP)

New EP release by Toronto’s Always Never. Very ‘Toronto Sound‘-ish. Does that sound still have the currency it had a year or two ago? Bonus track, “This and You” released a couple months ago but not on the EP after the jump.

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[Album Stream] Listen to Anderson. Paak’s Brand New Ventura Album in FULL!

We’ve had Neighborhood Nip‘s catalog pretty much in constant rotation since his sad passing a couple weeks back but, when we’re ready for a change-up, at least we can still keep it LA / West Coast with the release of Anderson .Paak‘s new Ventura album today. An opening track (“Come Home” featruing Andre 3000??! What else do you need besides that? OK, how about guest features by Motown legend, Smokey Robinson, Nate Dogg, Brandy, Lalah Hathaway and Jasmine Sullivan to boot? Can’t wait to see him perform live here in Toronto on June 1.

Previously on the Kitchen:

– Anderson .Paak – King James [MP3]

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[MP3] Blaccmass – Constantly Hating x That Thing Feat. Young Thug & Lauryn Hill

This mash-up of Young Thug‘s “Constantly Hating” and Lauryn Hill‘s “That Thing” by Blaccmass is actually amazing!