Another solid leak from Ne-Yo’s forthcoming Libra Scale album, things are looking up. Featuring Fabolous, this R&B slow jam is doing it’s damn thing right about now. Real nice melody, reminds me of something Donell Jones could have sung. I think when I get the the new album, I’ll just do a little re-edit in my iTunes, get rid of any David Guetta-esque tracks and chill out to this good-ish.

Download: Ne-Yo Feat Fabolous – ‘Crazy Love’

Off Aloe’s new album Good Things, out now.

I am on an XX ting tonight for sure people…This was dropped on Gilles Peterson’s show last night. A real dope remix of the XX’s VCR from that king of the refix…Fourtet. You know it makes sense

Download: The XX- ‘VCR’  (Fourtet remix)

Here is a new offering from producer and remixer extraordinaire….Jamie XX. Man behind the boards of those Mercury winning murkle murkers the XX. A really dope track that for me sounds like the love child of James Blake, J.U.S.T.I.C.E, Mount Kimbie and Jamie himself. The steel pans are smashing (he made the track because he had just bought some and wanted to put them to use) and this is definitely worth some ear time. Lovely….just lovely.

Download: Jamie XX – ‘Far Nearer’

Been waiting to watch this all day….I dig it. Justin Timberlake, Jimmy Fallon, and the Roots take us through a hip-hop history lesson featuring Sugar Hill Gang’s “Rapper’s Delight”, Run-D.M.C.’s “Peter Piper”, Digital Underground’s “The Humpty Dance”, Snoop and Dre’s “Nuthin’ But a ‘G’ Thang”, Biggie’s “Juicy”, Soulja Boy’s “Crank Dat”, Jay’s “Empire State of Mind” and more. I wish we had something like the Fallon show over here….but all our presenters are brass and the bands just dont cut the Roots quality mustard…..

This is better than that mediocre ish she put out yesterday, but the subject matter is so played out, it’s just boring. The production is pretty nice though. Ciara remains in her musical cul-de-sac.

Download: Ciara – ‘Shut Um Up’