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Second installment of J. Cole’s Any Given Sunday series which he’s releasing in the run up to the release of his debut album Cole World: The Sideline Story. This one features three tracks ‘Bring Em’ In’, ‘Roll Call’ & ‘Be’ (Freestyle), download by clicking the cover up top.

Previous: J. Cole – “Any Given Sunday (Vol. 1)”

New 30 minute mixtape from Thundercat, mixed by Sir FlyLo. Shenanigans Pt. 1 is a prelude to Thundercat’s forthcoming album The Golden Age of Apocalypse (August 30th) and features new, rare and previously unreleased songs (including some Erykah Badu FYI). Playing this as I type – you should definitely tuck into it.

Download: Thundercat – “Shenanigans Pt. 1″

Oi oi, want something to accompany your weekend? Got just the thing.

In the run up to Deviation’s double Carnival celebrations they’ll be releasing some special session podcasts. The first to drop is from last years Carnival party where DJ Zinc mashed things up with an epic ‘Back to 95′ Jungle set. Swear down – this has tunes for dayz (with a ‘z’) – I vividly remember the crew and I going buck wild at this point, no joke.

It’s also the perfect pre-cursor for the pending Carnival weekend as Zinc will be doing a special ‘Back to 96′ set at Deviation on 29th August. For more info and to pre-order/buy tickets – go here.

Listen and/or download the podcast via the Soundcloud player below.

I have made no secret of my love for Rochelle Jordan. While the eager pretensions of blogworld continue to soil their HTML tighty-whities with every new track leaked by supposed “R&B saviours” – I remain steadfast in the opinion that this young lady is among one of the (quieter) leaders of nu-R&B revivalism. See also: The Weeknd

Her melodies sound authentic and the moody disposition (a la Drake) which she encases them in produce a contemporary legitimacy – which I guess is the foundation of any revivalist movement – merging the old with the new etc etc.

Listen to these two new tracks and see what I mean…

Download: Rochelle Jordan – ‘Sing’

Download: Rochelle Jordan – ‘Revolution’

Sonnymoon produce some great music, moreover they produce some really great covers – their latest may be their best yet.

After taking on Drake’s ‘Houstatlantavegas’ last year the Boston based duo put their own unique and quirky spin on Beyonce’s ‘Yes’ (taken off her debut album Dangerously in Love) and yet again do another brilliant job. ‘Yes’ is one of Bey’s strongest songs and so to hear an ‘intelligently’ put together cover is quite refreshing – they honoured the original but made it their own.

Shouts to HT

Featuring music from some of our most beloved record labels including Stones Throw, Fat Beats, Tru Thoughts and Wax Poetics this latest instalment of “Label Love” features new / unreleased music from the likes of Nostaliga 77, Mark De Clive Lowe, Paul White and many more.

The 12-track project is available to download for free, listen and grab a copy below…

Lets keep the sunshine vibes rolling, shall we? Here’s another tune I’ve been meaning to post for a couple weeks – newness from 1-O.A.K produced by Trackademicks. Love the vibe of this – recommend listening loudly, with the windows open.

Download for free via the Soundcloud player below…