Our girl Emeli down at good ol’ Jools’ joint performing her current gem ‘Heaven’.

After you’ve peeped her above, get more up close & personal with madame when she hit Red Bull Studios London for our last special.

Forthcoming album Our Version of Events is out the bag next year.

Kissey (formally Kissy Asplund) returns with some new music following the success and critical acclaim of her debut album Plethora. The Swedish born singer returns with this bass centric ballad, featuring sexy reverberated vocals which she wrote, sang, produced and mastered herself.

Asplund has spent the last two years “locked” in her NYC studio writing, singing and producing “like a crazy person, developing [her own] sound” and by the sounds of this record, the work is seemingly paying off. Looking forward to hearing more…

We been waiting for DTMD to drop their debut album since we fell in love The Basics EP they dropped in February ’10. After a slew of singles, videos and features the boys from Baltimore are back with a full album entitled Makin’ Dollas.

Released today, the LP features appearances from the likes of Kev Brown, yU and Oddisee and (with just one listen under my belt) sounds wicked.

Stream below. Buy here.

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Can’t tell you how happy I am that How To Make It In America has been picked up for a second season. There were rumors earlier this year it was being cut – this would have been a fuckery. Hands down one of the best TV shows to have come out over the past few years (this is especially true now Entourage is over. Sad times).

A big contributing factor to the show’s success has been it’s soundtrack, it’s already proven quite a powerful tastemaker (ask Aloe Blacc). In the run up season 2′s premiere on October 2nd (HBO), music supervisor Scott Vener has teamed up with Mick Boogie for the official mixtape for the new series. Download by clicking the cover up top and peep the soundtrack after the jump…

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So, I was meant to attend the J. Cole listening session last night – unfortunately, I’ve been struck with ‘the man-flu’ and as we got a big week this week (#thesuite), decided against going.

It’s alright though, this new track from Cole World: Sideline Story (alongside, erm, the entire album) leaked today – so, we can all rejoice without having to actually leave our stations. ‘Nobody’s Perfect’ features Missy Elliott who sounds real fresh (something I don’t think I’ve said in a while) along side Sir Cole. I like the production, and generally everything about this track – like a perfect follow-up to Jermaine’s flip of Missy’s classic ‘Best Friends’ via Friday Night Lights late last year. Hopefully the album comes as correct – about to press play on that too.

Here goes the latest offering from producer BUG.

As the title would suggest, the new 6-track EP channels a more Soulful influence, mixed with some 80′s Funk vibes (basslines come hard) and of course, incorporated throughout is that all important glitchy-boom-clap drive.

Listen & purchase Mechanical Soul via the bandcamp player below…

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In celebration of his debut album + going straight in at #1 on the official UK album chart, Ed Sheeran has offered his fans a free EP appropriately titled Thank You. The extended player features two songs which aren’t on his LP (‘Fire Alarms’ & ‘She’), as well as a remix of ‘You Need Me, I Don’t Need You’ featuring Dot Rotton & Scrufizer. Listen & download by clicking the cover up top.

On a personal note – we’d like to say a big congratulations to Ed, we saw his grind from early on – his success is completely deserved. Biggup.