[MP3] NxWorries – Anderson Paak & Knxwledge – Lyk Dis

Bummed I had to miss Anderson .Paak‘s appearance at Manifesto Festival last week for my cousin’s birthday (family first and his party was fantastic) but loving this new track featuring him. This is a new joint from his NxWorries collab project with Knxwledge, “Lyk Dis.” You may be familiar with their track, “Suede” which dropped around the time Paak was about to blow up from his cameos on Dr. Dre‘s Compton album but well before his own superlative, solo release, Malibu which is vying for album of the year status in my books with Rihanna‘s ANTI album right now. BTW: His appearance on Colbert with Mac Miller last week was pretty cool too.

[MP3] Fashawn – Mother Amerikkka

Is Mass Appeal Records the new home for socially conscious hip-hop with commercial appeal? Between this and that amazing Nas x Erykah Badu track, “This Bitter Land” from The Land soundtrack, it certainly seems so.

[MP3] roger singh kahlon – f o r e v e r (‘forever’)

Long been a support of Roger‘s music and, luckily for him, music as a whole has kind of come around to what he’s been doing now for the past few years now (as I explain HERE). This is his latest single which you can also play on Spotify if that is your preferred music discovery platform of choice (or purchase via iTunes if that is). “f o r e v e r” is from the Future/Love EP which dropped back in February and can be heard in full HERE.

[MP3 + Music Video] Big Kish – The Last Word

Following the excellent shot-on-iPhone music video, “Mantra” I posted back in March, the homie, Big Kish has dropped another music video for the track, “The Last Word.” This one is a mediation on his, at times, estranged relationship with his dad which he released, appropriately enough, right around Father Day. It’s an emotionally heavy record but not done in a heavy-handed way and further proof that hip-hop can handle mature, adult topics and doesn’t always have to dwell on the superficial. Nice one, Kish!

[MP3 + Music Video] Big Kish – Mantra

The homie from time, Big Kish just dropped a great new video for a track, “Mantra” from his forthcoming EP, The Begin.

The video, shot entirely using an iPhone 6 (I guess that’s a thing now after Apple planted that seed, huh?), looks amazing and the song has a warm but fresh, comfortable feeling, kind of like the LA locale the video was shot in. Props, my dude….