..:|:Ego-Wrappin':|:..

EGO-WRAPPIN’ is a unit formed in 1996 in Osaka. Members include Yoshie Nakano (vocals, writes lyrics and music) and Masaki Mori (guitar, writes music). They established the project in their hometown of Osaka and later relocated to Tokyo. The EGO-sound reflects free atmosphere and hot emotion, which Jazz and Rock music had prior to becoming just titles of genres, and draws from the spirit of our living world. Facing music sincerely, jumping the walls of genres easily, they will tell you how to enjoy music with their pop sense. You feel their song vibrations directly.

Ego-Wrappin' and The Gossip Jaxx - Ego-Wrappin and The Gossip Jaxx [2009]

1. RED SHADOW
2. GO ACTION (AXE Dark temptation CM イメージソング)
3. morning star
4. だるい
5. 雨のdubism
6. 下弦の月
7. million starlight hotel
8. Whammy Kiss
9. ！楽団
10.想像の美しい世界
11.Dear mama

Ego-Wrappin' - Merry Merry [2004]

1. hju:mer
2. マンホールシンドローム
3. 林檎落花
4. moonlight journal
5. カサヴェテス
6. Dog Smokie
7. (I Love The Sound Of)Breaking Glass
8. 5月のクローバー
9. 憐れみのプレリュード
10.マドリガル
11.TV JACK

Ego-Wrappin' - Night Food [2002]

1. BIG NOISE FROM WINNETKA～黒アリのマーチングバンド
2. くちばしにチェリー
3. あしながのサルヴァドール
4. ５月のクローバー
5. チェルシーはうわの空
6. PAPPAYA
7. 老いぼれ犬のセレナーデ
8. WHOLE WORLD HAPPY
9. SORA NO LION

Ego-Wrappin' - Blue Speaker [1998]

1. song_nm
2. 平凡にして非凡なる日常
3. BRIGHT
4. IT'S A MIRACLE
5. NO NAME
6. EGOLOGY
7. PAPPAYA
8. SUGAR
9. A LIE
10.SO BLUE
11.MONOTONOUS LIFE
12.平凡にして非凡なる日常(REPRISE)

..:|:Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears:|:..

Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears is an eight-piece, garage-soul ensemble featuring groove-laden guitars, penetrating brass and a fiery frontman who exudes power and attitude. Experiencing the raw energy of Black Joe's performances, accompanied by The Honeybears' masterful backing is the equivalent of a kick to the stomach. Their gut-shot style, felt in such songs as "Gunpowder", "Master Sold My Baby" and "I'm Broke", draws directly from their classic soul, R&B and blues influences. Inspiration from artists such as Otis Redding and The Bar-Kays, James Brown and Lightning Hopkins are clearly present in their songs and live shows, but Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears inject a full-tilt, unabashedly brash element to this old-school style. Tell `Em What Your Name Is! was produced by Jim Eno of Spoon, and recorded, mostly live in the studio, in Austin, TX.

Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears - Tell 'Em What Your Name Is!

1. Gunpowder
2. Sugarfoot
3. I'm Broke
4. Big Booty Woman
5. Boogie
6. Master Sold My Baby
7. Get yo Shit
8. Humpin'
9. Bobby Booshay
10. Please Pt.2

..:|:Q-Tip:|:..

2009 release from the acclaimed rapper and former member of A Tribe Called Quest. This long-delayed album, slated originally for release in 2001, is finally dropping! A musical hybrid, Kamaal was commendably avant-garde at the time of its creation. Amazingly, it's even more appropriate in 2009; given the lack of musical merit and skilled MCs in today's Hip Hop, the time is... NOW for Tip. Kamaal the Abstract is an intensely eclectic and revealing record. Q-Tip produced the entire album himself, even playing several instruments. What comes from Kamaal is a daring masala of Soul, Nu-Jazz, head-nodding Hip Hop, and organic Pop magic in the vein of Stevie Wonder or Prince.

Q-Tip - Kamaal The Abstract [2009]

1. Feelin'
2. Do You Dig U?
3. A Thousand Times
4. Blue Girl
5. Barely In Love
6. Heels
7. Abstractionisms
8. Caring
9. Even if It Is So
10. Make it Work

Q-Tip - The Renaissance [2008]

1. Johnny Is Dead
2. Won't Trade
3. Gettin' Up
4. Official
5. You
6. We Fight Love [feat. Raphael Saadiq]
7. Manwomanboogie [feat. Amanda Diva]
8. Move
9. Dance On Glass
10. Life Is Better [feat. Norah Jones]
11. Believe [feat. D'Angelo]
12. Shaka

Q-Tip, D'Angelo, Raphael Saadiq - Lynwood Rose

1. Q-Tip, D’Angelo & Raphael Saadiq – Lynwood Rose Intro
2. D’Angelo & Q-Tip – Believe
3. Raphael Saadiq & Q-Tip – We Fight/Love
4. Q-Tip & Raphael Saadiq – Get Involved
5. Q-Tip – Shine All Day
6. D’Angelo & Raphael Saadiq – Be Here
7. D’Angelo – Found My Smile Again
8. Q-Tip – Dance On Glass
9. Raphael Saadiq – Still Ray
10. D’Angelo – Really Love
11. Raphael Saadiq – Make My Day
12. Q-Tip – Lyrics From The Abstract (TDMG Mix)
13. D’Angelo – The Line
14. Raphael Saadiq – Lift The People
15. D’Angelo – A Capella Interlude
16. Q-Tip – Sand Castle Disco
17. Raphael Saadiq- – We Get Down
18. Q-Tip – Midnight Marauders 2008
19. D’Angelo – So Far To Go
20. Raphael Saadiq – A Capella Intermission
21. D’Angelo – Bullshit
22. Q-Tip – Request
23. Raphael Saadiq – Just A Man
24. D’Angelo – Imagine
25. Q-Tip & Raphael Saadiq – Stressed Out
(SaaDiq Mix)
26. D’Angelo – Devil’s Pie
27.Raphael Saadiq – AOL Freestyle
28. D’Angelo – Tell Me
29. Raphael Saadiq & D’Angelo – Exclusive Outro

..:|:Imani Coppola:|:..

"While just a sophomore at the State University of New York (studying orchestra and later studio composition), Imani Coppola gained a record contract for her surrealistic, sample-laden pop vision of hip-hop, linked to Digable Planets as well as Neneh Cherry. While growing up, her entire family was musical, and Coppola began playing violin at the age of six. She began writing songs and practiced her vocals (although her recording career has featured her rapping more than singing). Her debut album, Chupacabra, featured the MTV hit "Legend of a Cowgirl." Coppola spent the next decade out of the limelight -- her label dropped her before she could release her follow-up, so she set about making music in relative obscurity in New York, starting her own label so as to release her own material, including 2004's Afrodite. In 2007, however, she was picked up by Ipecac Records, who issued The Black & White Album late that year.

~ John Bush & Marisa Brown, All Music Guide

Imani Coppola - The Black & White Album

1. Black & White Jingle #1

2. Spring Time

3. Woke Up White

4. Raindrops From The Sun (Hey,Hey,Hey)

5. 30th Birthday

6. Let It Kill You

7. Dirty Pictures

8. Keys 2 Your Ass

9. Black & White Jingle #2

10. I Love Your Hair

11. J.L.I.T.O.Y.O.

12. I'm A Pocket

13. This Is My Chicken

14. In A Room Imani Coppola - Afrodite [2004] 1. Afrodite 2. These Days 3. Satisfied 4. Gravity 5. Get That Hottie 6. Hope For The Future 7. Dirty Girl 8. Reality Radio 9. On Our Way 10. Rebound Imani Coppola - Chupacabra [1997] 1. I'm A Tree 2. Legend Of A Cowgirl 3. Naked City [Love To See It Shine] 4. It's All About Me, Me, And Me 5. Piece 6. Karma And The Blizzard 7. One Of These Days 8. Pigeon Penelope 9. Soon [I Like It] 10. Forget Myself 11. Da Da

..:|:U-God:|:..

Direct from the smoked-out dens of Shaolin, UGOD returns with his third full-length solo album, Dopium. The one and only Golden Arms has packed the pipe with top-to-bottom bangers, delivering high doses of dope on every verse. Dopium features an all-star supporting cast, including Wu-Tang affiliates GZA, Ghostface Killah, Method Man, Raekwon, Cappadonna and Killah Priest, and heavy hitters like Jim Jones, Large Professor, and Sheek Louch of D-Block. The album also includes exclusive bonus tracks by Yuksek and The Bloody Beetroots.

U-God - Dopium [2009]

1. Train Trussle [feat. Ghostface and Scotty Wotty]
2. God Is Love [feat. Cappadona and Killah Priest]
3. Stomp Da Roach [feat. GZA and Scotty Wotty]
4. Lipton [feat. Mike Ladd]
5. Coke [feat. Raekwon and Slane of La Coka Nostra]
6. Magnum Force [feat. Jim Jones and Sheek Louch]
7. Hips
8. Wu Tang [feat. MethodMan]
9. Dopium
10. Rims Pokin' Out [feat. Lethaface]
11. New Classic [feat. Large Professor]
12. Stomp The Roach [feat. GZA and Scotty Wotty - Remix by Bloody Beetroots]
13. Dopium [Remix by Yuksek - Bonus Track]
14. Hips [Remix by Felix Cartel - Bonus Track]

..:|:Raekwon:|:..

With years of working along side some of the most influential figures in the recording industry to date, Raekwon is ready to reemerge his urban flair with the sequel to  Only Built 4 Cuban Linx. Only Built 4 Cuban Linx II features cameos from many industry heavyweights such as the Wu-Tang Clan, Jadakiss Styles P, and many others. It also features blazing tracks from the who's who of extraordinary Hip-Hop producers such as the RZA, Eric Sermon, Dr Dre, Scram Jones, Pete Rock, Marley Marl, Allah Mathematics and J-Dilla. Then, it's layered with Raekwon's melodic flows and street oriented delivery.  Only Built 4 Cuban Linx II will produce the dish that true Hip Hop Fans have been salivating for many years.

Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx, Pt. II [2009]

*[Tracklist in Comments]

..:|:Ghostface Killah:|:..

A hip-hop icon, member of the Wu Tang Clan for more than 15 years, Ghostface Killah's multitude of fans have been tuning in to 'The World According to Pretty Toney' long enough to know that "he doesn't so much deliver rhymes as narrate graphically detailed scenes, rife with violence, passion and a little humor," as stated in USA Today. Ghost has made a habit of enlisting duet partners on his singles and album tracks - Mary J. Blige, Missy Elliott, Jadakiss, Ne-Yo, and many others, including his Wu Tang Clan brothas; Raekwon, Method Man, U-God, etcetera. Ghostdini (aka Ghostface Killah) returns under a new guise in 2009 as 'THE WIZARD OF POETRY', his 6th Def Jam album [10th major label album], on which he attracts an A-list of duet partners including John Legend, Fabolous, Raheem DeVaughn, Lloyd, Estelle, and others. The new album is due to arrive in the physical and digital marketplace on September 29th.

Ghostface Killah - Ghostdini, Wizard Of Poetry In The Emerald City [2009]

1. Not Your Average Girl [feat Shareefa]
2. Do Over [feat Raheem 'Radio' DeVaughn]
3. Baby [feat Raheem 'Radio' DeVaughn]
4. Lonely [feat. Jack Knight]
5. Stapleton Sex
6. Stay
7. Paragraphs Of Love [feat. Vaughn Anthony and Estelle]
8. Guest House [feat. Fabolous]
9. Lets Stop Playin' [feat. John Legend]
10. Forever
11. I'll Be That [feat. Adrienne Bailon]
12. Goner [feat. Lloyd]
13. She's A Killer [feat. Ron Browz - Bonus]
14. Back Like That (Remix) [feat. Kanye West and Ne-Yo]