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Hova’s wife joins him on stage during his performance of “Forever Young” live at the Coachella Festival…

Peace, Love & Jay-Z

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We told you it was gonna be a show not to be missed, and if you missed it – slap yourself. The entire show, from start to finish was amazing. All the acts performed incredibly and everyone (errrrrryone) was enjoying the vibes. Writers Block did their damn thing. Of course the headliner, Mr Jesse Boykins III shut it down and had each and every lady in the place screaming and waving their panties hollering. The dudes voice is just different live – he tore it down. He opened the show with a cover of Andre 3000′s “Prototype”, check it…

Peace, Love & Jesse Boykins III

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New track off Distant Relatives…

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Download: Nas & Damian Marley Feat Dennis Brown – “The Promised Land”

Judging by the tracks that have surfaced thus far, this album is setting itself up to be one of the dopest of the year. “The Promise Land” is everything we hoped this collaboration would be. Cannot wait to see these two live in London, April 21st soon come.

Peace, Love, Nas & Damian Marley

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Not sure if they’re callin’ this the ‘official video’ or not, but Ryan Leslie teams up with Adidas Orginals to shoot a rather crisp looking studio video for R-Les’ “Is It Real Love?”. The track is big, actually one of my favourites off his album Transition – which still gets regular plays.

Peace, Love & Ryan Leslie

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Shouts to h.e.r

I think you’re going to like this. I was planning on posting this when it first dropped last week, but it got a little buried under everything else. Nonetheless, I’m still excited (even after a week of non-stop-listening) to bring this to your attention.

Daru Jones and Kissy Asplund deliver a deliciously soulful experience with their new So Good EP. The 5 track project (7 including the bonus cuts) puts Jones’ impeccable production style on blast, while being perfectly accentuated by Kissey Asplund’s nu-soul vocals. So Good is just that: So… Freakin’…Good. It gives you absolutely no reason to skip any tracks, simply press play and let it work it’s soothing magic on you. My only critisim, if that’s what you could call it, would be that it ends too quickly – we need more!

Oh yea, did I mention it was completly free? Damn, does it get any better than that? Click play and then download via their bandcamp above. A great listen. Let me know what you think!

Peace, Love, Daru Jones & Kissy Asplund

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Dope visuals from ESSO…

The Anti-Socialite is out April 26th.

Peace, Love & ESSO

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I don’t normally post about events outside of London, but this trailer looks so dope, I kinda had to. Peter Hadar and his band, Long Kiss in Public, are about to take up residency at Ella in NYC, starting tonight. This promo video put together by Creative Control is a cool reminder of what he’s about and what you can expect from the shows.

Man, I wish I was in NYC right now.

Peace, Love & Peter Hadar

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