Various - Tru Thoughts 10th Birthday Box
(3xCD boxset/2xCD) Tru Thoughts TRUCD201/TRUCD200, 2009-10-12

This year, Tru Thoughts celebrates a fantastic 10 years in the game, and on 12th October the label releases the 3CD limited edition Tru Thoughts 10th Anniversary compilation, featuring two 'Best Of' discs, and a third disc of completely new, previously unreleased music. A covetable premium package, presented in a hardback booklet boasting all three CDs and 24 pages stuffed with glossy photos and juicy tales, this comp is simply a must-have for the ardent army of Tru Thoughts fans, and for those less familiar it is a catch-all introduction to one of the UK's foremost independent record labels. The 2CD 'Best Of' part of this compilation will be available as a stand-alone release, also on 12th October.

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Lyrics Born - I Like It, I Love It (Grant Phabao Remix)
(Exclusive MP3 download on ParisDJs.com) 2009-08-13

When Berkeley hip hop meets Jamaican reggae...

Pressure keeps on rising for the upcoming releases of Grant Phabao's three (!) new albums with The Lone Ranger, Carlton Livingston and The Jays (on his own label T.I.M.E.C. co-run with Djouls and Captain Detendu)... The french dubmeister offers here a bouncy reggae rework of I Like It, I Love It, taken from last year's hit album Everywhere At Once (released on Quannum/ANTI). It's kind of a cousin of the N.A.S.A. remix he did earlier this year (featuring David Byrne and Chuck D.!) - all party-style with its rolling drum breaks and hookish chorus-like lyrics all along! A certified floor filler already tested and approved by fellow DJ Erik Rug at is famous WaxGroove nights.

More Grant Phabao remixes to be released and/or podcasted soon for Tosca, Diesler feat. Laura Vane, Antipop Consortium, Le Damn Dog, Ocote Soul Sounds (all official ones!)...


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Direct download : Lyrics_Born-I_Like_It_I_Love_It-Grant_Phabao_Remix.mp3

Tracklisting :
01. Lyrics Born - I Like It, I Love It (Grant Phabao Remix)

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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyrics_Born
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Biography :
One of the most critically acclaimed and best-selling independent hip-hop artists of this era, Lyrics Born is not the type to sit still. While recording his fourth solo album, completing new projects, and making decisions at Quannum Projects, he still averaged over 150 sold-out shows a year. He's a whirlwind.

His breakthrough solo debut, Later That Day, was a huge indie seller and one of the top 5 most critically acclaimed American hip-hop records of 2003 alongside Jay-Z's The Black Album and Outkast's Love Below/Speakerboxxx. With the release of Everywhere At Once, rapper/producer Lyrics Born finds himself part of a new vanguard of hip-hop artists like Gnarls Barkley, M.I.A., and Kanye West who are pushing the edge with compelling yet instantly accessible sounds.

Everywhere At Once reveals the full breadth and depth of his skill and vision: minimalist grooves, reimagined electro, East Bay greasy funk, devoluted punk, futurist dancehall, postmodern blues, tomorrow's slappers. He's an artist who is not interested in the limits set by the market or even his past triumphs.

Everywhere At Once leads off with a brace of crowd-pleasers. "Hott 2 Deff", "Differences", and "Cakewalk" feature guest work from Jurassic 5's Chali 2na, Baby James, B'nai, Myron Glasper, Jake One, Amp Live, Trackademicks, and LB's brilliant partner, Joyo Velarde. Kat Ouano from Crown City Rockers, C. Holiday, and The Count are also featured.

Although soul-baring songs have marked Lyrics Born's career—think his 1996 indie hit, "Balcony Beach", or 2000's global smash "I Changed My Mind"—Everywhere At Once is also his most personal record to date. Songs like "Whispers" and "Skin I'm In", he admits, are his attempts to come to grips with the passing of his best friend Benjamin Davis and his identity issues growing up Asian American, respectively. "I don't think that people know a whole lot about my personal experience," he says. "And as a people, Asian Americans are kind of like background music in this country. These are parts of my experiences so I just wanted to talk about it." The album reveals much about one of the most beloved artists in the game.

His 1997 debut with Lateef the Truth Speaker, Latyrx, sold 100,000 for his influential indie label, SoleSides. When the label was reborn as Quannum Projects, the album he helmed, Quannum Spectrum, yielded him an international hit with "I Changed My Mind". His day-in-the-struggle concept album, Later That Day, featured "Callin' Out", a monster crossover that lodged at 1 at the influential rock station LIVE 105 for 5 weeks. Same !@$ Different Day collected new tracks and alternate versions of tracks and became Quannum Projects' fastest seller. Overnite Encore captured the excitement and intensity of LB's live show, and produced another chart-topper, "I'm Just Raw".

Lyrics Born has been one of the most licensed hip-hop artists in the world, with placements on Diet Coke, Motorola, Nokia, and Vans commercials, TV shows such as "Entourage", "Six Feet Under", "What About Brian", "Gossip Girl", and "Gilmore Girls", films like Michael Mann's "Collateral" and Justin Lin's "Fast And The Furious: Tokyo Drift", and videogames by EA Sports, 2K Sports and Atari. He has had sponsorships with Puma, Adidas, Diesel, and Evisu.

"I came up in a tradition where you made records, then you toured," he says. "I like seeing people having a good time. That's how I feel like I'm moving forward, that things are in motion. I'm a performer — it's part of who I am."

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The Mighty Underdogs - Droppin' Science Fiction
(CD) Definitive Jux, 2008-10-14

Tracklisting :
01. Monster
02. Hands in the Air
03. So Sad feat. Julian Marley / Damian Marley
04. Gun Fight feat. MF Doom
05. ILL Vacation feat. Lyrics Born
06. Science Fiction
07. Laughing at You feat. Casual
08. Escape feat. Mr. Lif / Akrobatik
09. Doglude
10. Folks
11. UFC Remix feat. DJ Shadow
12. Want You Back
13. Aye
14. WarWalk feat. Chali 2na / Raashan Ahmad / Tash / Zion
15. Victorious

Note : The long-awaited first full-length release by the new group comprising Gift of Gab, Lateef The Truth Speaker and Headnodic of Crown City Rockers.

Links :
myspace.com/themightyunderdogs
myspace.com/theofficialgiftofgab
giftstribution.com
myspace.com/headnodic
myspace.com/theofficialgiftofgab
crowncityrockers.com
definitivejux.net
myspace.com/definitivejuxrecords

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Pigeon John - Featuring Pigeon John 2
(CD) The Telephone Company, 2007-10-14

Info :
Featuring Pigeon John 2 is part 2 of Featuring Pigeon John 1. The mixtape features rare and exclusive tracks by Pigeon John from 2003 until now.

Tracklisting :
01. No More Greener Grass (feat. The Grouch and Eligh) / 2003
02. Open Bar (feat. Grits) / 2006
03. Side to Side (feat. Blackalicious and Lateef the Truthspeaker) / 2006
04. Granite Earth (feat. Opio of Souls of Mischeif) / 2005
05. Wonderful (feat. LA Symphony and Great Jason) / 2003
06. Shallow (feat. Othello) / 2007
07. It Won't Last (feat. Braille and Othello) / 2005
08. Kinetic Alphabetics (feat. Brainwash Projects) / 1995
09. Money (feat. Mr. J Medeiros of the Procussions) / 2007
10. U Rockin' (feat. 4th Avenue Jones and Akil of Jurassic 5)
11. Something Bells (feat. Daedelus and Busdriver)
12. Wow (feat. Kiz Charismatic) / 2007
13. If You Let It (feat. WildChild, P.E.A.C.E., Bicasso and Dashiel) / 2007
14. I'm Just Raw (feat. Lyrics Born and Del Tha Funkee Homosapien) / 2006
15. Stompin' (feat. Apsci)
16. Never Fold (feat. Acid Reign and Express) / 2006

Links :
pigeonjohn.com
www.myspace.com/pigeonjohn
Pigeon John & The Summerpool Party

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