LAURYN HILL TRIBUTE ft. J Davey, Nneka, Jose James, Jazmine Sullivan, Erro + more

I didnt know that I actually share that same birthday with the "GREAT" Ms Lauryn Hill. Happy Birthday Fellow Geminis!

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Mos Def - Boogie Man Song
AFTA-1 & Cazeaux Oslo - M.M.J.S. (A Sweaterless Suite)
Jazzanoza - Look What You're Doin To Me
Platinum Pied Pipers - Fever
J. Rawls ft. ERRO - Pleasure Before Pain
Kia Bennett - Lifetime
Cheryl Pepsi Riley - Come Over
Yahzarah - All my Days
Little Dragon - Twice

Un-Thinkable (I'm Ready)

Amazing video. I think the concept is outstandingly genius... Check it out.

Bilal - Levels (live at CMJ)

BILAL INTERVIEW

Eye to Eye // Bilal on CentricTV from Centric TV on Vimeo.

Centric TV caught up with Bilal recently to discuss his album–due this year, and the new direction he’s taking his sound. I LOVE BILAL. Can’t wait.

Durand Bernarr 8ight: The Stepson of Erykah Badu

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Drake's Find Your Love

Directed by Anthony Mandler.

Jesse Boykins III gets “Amorous”

Jesse Boykins III - Amorous (Official Music Video) from Jesse Boykins III on Vimeo.

London never looked so good. Jesse Boykins III comes at fans from a completely different space with this picture postcard video for “Amorous” from his debut project The Beauty Created. Directed by Dr. Woo, “Amorous” is a long way from Boykins previous campy “Tabloids” and “Pantyhose” singles, Boykins comes off as considerably more mature and mysterious in this love letter to London. The unbridled hair flopping free in the English Channel winds certain doesn’t hurt the seductive tone. Nice work, Mr. Boykins.

Jay Electronica "The Ghost of Christopher Wallace"

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Young Jeezy's Trap or Die II (mixtape)

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Rocafella Records Is Back, And Dame's Got It

It looks like the house that Dame help build is back, and he's running the ship. Dame Dash recently announced that he's going to be putting artists out on Rocafella Records. The first artist that will be dropping on the Roc will be New Orleans' own, Curren$y. Dame spoke with MTV News about the new Roc.

"I think we just having fun, really, [Curren$y] inspired me to dust off the chains. We brought 'em out for kicks, just 'cause we could. Then we was like, 'F--- it, let's put it out through Roc-A-Fella.' It was really more something he wanted to do. Basically, 'cause we havin' such a good time, and the opportunity's there, we was like, 'Why not?' "

"Def Jam or Universal bought the brand. I think the 'beef' [with us and Jay-Z] was that Jay made it clear he didn't want me or Biggs to be a part of it. That's really where it was at. Now that he doesn't work for Def Jam anymore, he doesn't have the right to use the name. So there's no reason for us not to use it. It's there, and it's a brand that's not being used. So I was like, 'I'll take it.' It always meant something to me."

Dame also touched on the original reason for Rocafella's beginnings and being put on to Curren$y's music:

"The funny thing is, people don't know that Roc-A-Fella wasn't meant to sell records," Dame said. "It was meant to show the respect and the honor amongst each other as friends. It was a friendship thing. That's what people liked. It's what made Roc-A-Fella appealing. It's odd, because I f--- with [Curren$y]. I kinda like him. When I met him, I wasn't as familiar with his music. My nephews and Sean O'Connell put me up on him. I liked him as a friend. Then I start seeing he's super nice with the rhymes, then I started seeing his influence. It's similar to the way we felt back in those days. It's working out."

It seems that Curren$y realizes that he's highly thought of as an artist, as he spoke on being a part of the lagacy:

"What that means, what that shows me, is that dude thinks as highly of me as I do him, I know what's behind that. We all know and the fans know what that represented at the height of it. The aesthetic of it."

Do you think that Dame Dash can really hold the Rocafella brand down and bring it back with Curren$y? Share your thoughts!

Hypnotic Brass Ensemble Documentary in the works...

I somehow missed this despite being Hypnotic Brass Ensemble's biggest fan. No really, I am. Apparently the film maker, Reuben Atlas, hopes to have it completed this summer!

Janelle Monae: The Archandroid Public Service Announcement and Album Trailer

Big up to Soulculture for this. I have to say the more I hear of the music the more excited about Janelle Monae's album I get. The more conceptual talk I hear the more I get worried it might be a bit pretentious. Truly "transformative" albums generally don't need to be plugged as such in advance but hey, that's just my opinion. I'm still 99% convinced it's going to be a mind-blowing classic and can't wait to hear it.