[MP3] Third Mind – Jade Focus

Latest tracks from NJ #DK11 alums, Third Mind produced by Alex Trevelyan & Describe.

Previously on The Kitchen:

– Third Mind – Early Morning / They Know [MP3 + Music Video]

[Music Video + MP3] Tona – Show Me Some Love Feat. Rich Kidd

I know everyone’s going nuts for Kendrick Lamar‘s To Pimp A Butterfly album and I am no exception but don’t sleep on T.dot MC, Tona Tencreddi‘s latest album Carpe Diem. Inexplicably though he shot a video for the song, “Show Me Some Love” which, despite also featuring T.dot stalwart, Rich Kidd is only a bonus cut on the album and not even available on the Rdio version of the album. *facepalm* No worries though, even without it, the album is great and well worth your time. Missed it? You can listen to it in full HERE or if you’re unbelievably lazy and/or time crunched and don’t have the time to get through the whole thing, here’s a couple more tracks from the album for you to preview here (after the jump):

(more…)

[Music Video + MP3] Ultra Magnus & DJ SLAM! – HELL-O-L

Lead single from Ultra Magnus & DJ SLAM!‘s latest album The Raw [Bandcamp streaming link], which has a bit of Run The Jewels feel on the production to my ears. I’m a little late on this. Not only did the album drop a month ago (Feb. 20) but they just completed an 11 date tour across Ontario, Quebec and the East Coast of Canada. Respect to indie rappers on they grind who realize building a career involves more than tweet spamming bloggers with your soundcloud links! Your man’s dressing gown tho’….

[MP3] Durag Dynasty – Catch That Feeling (prod. by Just Blaze)

Anthemic, gutter sh-t by Durag Dynasty and Just Blaze. My kind of hip-hop!

[MP3] Kendrick Lamar – King Kunta

So apparently there’s been mixed response to this latest leak from Kendrick Lamar‘s just-announced To Pimp A Butterfly album. Between that and the lukewarm response to “i” I have a feeling the album is going to be an eclectic, experimental set like Common‘s Electric Circus that might go under-appreciated or be panned because it’s not GKMC 2.

I, on the other hand, think that Kendrick is in the vanguard of a new black music renaissance (cf. Yeezus, Black Messiah, LP1) that has hip-hop at its creative & artistic core, the same way blues has been for just about all forms of pop music up until this point, and as the basis for its attitude or point of view, but draws on other influences and elements too. Just a thesis I’ve been mulling around for a while now. Needs work for sure, I know….