..:|:Tanya Morgan:|:..

Although the name evokes something of a neo-soul songstress, the music is overtly hip hop. Making matters even more complicated, this womans name is actually the pseudonym for a group of three male MCs. Not confused yet? Well try this on for size: Tanya Morgan is a group comprised of Von Pea and Ilwil (Ilyas and Donwill) - two totally separate acts. Within the span of a year, the collective of four recorded all the material that would become their debut, Moonlighting. The tightly knit 13-song set is bound together by the story of a misled record shopper and his unwanted purchase. The albums title is a nod to the fact that Tanya Morgan is really two acts in a group together who are, in a sense, moonlighting on their respective jobs by working with each other. And what sound should one expect from three men who named their group after a fictitious woman? Expect the unexpected. There are no neo-soul, rap/r&b hybrid songs on the album. Lyrically the three saturate their clever content with enough personality to push the listener through songs at rewind button-breaking speeds. Tanya Morgan has, in effect, dubbed their sound Running Man Music, and that descriptor is two fold. When the BPMs arent cranked up to a pitch frenetic enough to induce the dance itself, the emotion evoked by the music is enough to remind the listener of a time when Hip Hop was urgent. The album is a clever tongue-in-cheek look at what it means to be a consumer in todays single-driven market where the album format is slowly dissolving altogether. Collectively and individually,

Tanya Morgan - Brooklynati [2009] - Explicit Lyrics

1. On Our Way
2. Alleye Need
3. So Damn Down
4. Bang & Boogie
5. Don'y U Holla
6. Hardcore Gentlemen
7. Plan B
8. Intermission
9. She's Gone [aka Without You]
10. Never 2ndary
11. Just Not True
12. Morgan Blu
13. Never Enough [Crazy Love]
14. We're Fly
15. Just Arrived
16. Forgot 2 Say

Tanya Morgan - The Bridge [EP 2008]

1. The Bridge [feat. Euclid]
2. We Doin' Our...
3. Filthier AKA "Place"
4. Got 2 Get Done
5. Be You [feat. Czelena]
6. Get Me Inside
7. Threemcees
8. Hip Hop Is Dead II
9. How Long [Bonus Track]

Tanya Morgan - Moonlighting [2006] - Explicit Lyrics

1. The Record Spot [Intro]
2. The Warm Up
3. Paper thin [feat. Jermiside]
4. We Be
5. Skit #1
6. Take The L
7. Ode To Tanya
8. Ha Ha Ha
9. Skit #2
10. We Right Here
11. Just cause I Got Locs
12. Rough U Up
13. Skit #3
14. Pretty
15. Hooks
16. Want You To Want me
17. We Bad
18. Skit #4

..:|:Klazz Brothers & Cuba Percussion:|:..

Just as the name implies this is a brilliant, unique blend of classical and latin jazz music. If you enjoy either genre you should absolutely love this album!

Klazz Brothers & Cuba Percussion - Classic Meets Cuba [2004]

1. Mambozart
2. Kubanischer Tanz
3. Danzon De La Trucha
4. Preludio
5. Afrolise
6. Air
7. Pathétique I
8. Pathétique II
9. Pathétique III
10. Salsa No. 5
11. Czardas
12. Etude
13. Carmen Cubana
14. Hummelflug
15. Gutan Abend
16. Hymne

..:|:The Dead Weather:|:..

The Dead Weather is fronted by Alison Mosshart (known to music fans as one half of London-based rock outfit The Kills) and includes The Raconteurs' Jack Lawrence on bass, Queens Of The Stone Age member Dean Fertita on guitar and Jack White on drums and vocals. White produced Horehound, which was recorded in just three weeks at the newly constructed Third Man Studio, also designed from the ground up by Jack White.
This is one of those collaborative albums where each contributor brings their own distinctive sound, that when combined with the others produces a truly unique sound, that stands on it's own. This is rock just the way I like it... dark, grungy, and... funky, with just the right amount of blues!

The Dead Weather - Horehound [2009]

1. 60 Feet Tall
2. Hang You from The Heavens
3. I Cut Like A Buffalo
4. So Far From Your Weapon
5. Treat Me Like Your mother
6. Rocking Horse
7. New Pony
8. Bone House
9. 3 Birds
10. No Hassle Night
11. Will There Be enough Water?

..:|:Quadron:|:..

Until recently, the name Quadron has been unknown to the vast majority of music lovers [at least in the U.S.], but in early May, the duo released "Slippin" to the people as a digital single download, and since it has been in rotation on Danish National Radio P3 & P4 . Behind the name Quadron is singer Coco Maja Hastrup Karshøj and musician / producer Robin Hannibal.
Both are part of the collective soul Boom Clap Bachelors who in early 2008 secured much respect and success with the debut "Kort Før Dine Læber". Here they began their collaboration, and Robin fell for Coco's beautiful voice and ability to improvise with playful ease. 
Quadrons stated goals with the debut is to provide the Danish soul scene a boost and provide an alternative to the U.S. inspired R'n'B. Quadron call their music and electronic soul, and aiming high to take advantage of mixing the sound of hand-played instruments with the benefits of today's computer-related techniques.

Quadron - Quadron [2008]

1. Buster Keaton
2. Slippin'
3. Day
4. Jeans
5. Pressure
6. Horse
7. Average Fruit
8. Unpatience
9. Far Cry
10. Tone
11. Simili life
12. Herfra Hvor Vi Står

..:|:Omar Sosa:|:..

Omar Sosa is one of the most versatile jazz artists on the scene today: composer, arranger, producer, pianist, percussionist, and bandleader. He fuses a wide range of world music and electronic elements with his native Afro-Cuban roots to create a fresh and original urban sound - all with a Latin jazz heart. On stage, Mr. Sosa is a charismatic figure, inspiring his fellow musicians with his dynamic playing and improvisational approach to the music - an approach full of raw emotional power and humor. Mr. Sosa invariably inspires audiences to their feet and to join him in chorus vocals, heightening the sense of spontaneity and connection.

Omar Sosa - Across The Divide: A Tale Of Rhythm & Ancestry [2009]

1. Promised Land
2. Glu-Glu
3. Gbariel's Trumpet
4. Across Arrival [The Dream]
5. Across Africa [Arrival]
6. Sugar Baby Blues
7. Night Of The Four Songs
8. Solstice
9. Ancestors

Omar Sosa - Afreecanos [2008]

1. Prologo
2. Ollú
3. Lele Na Kanou
4. Yeye Moro
5. Babalada
6. Light In The Sky
7. D'Son
8. Tres Negros
9. Mon Yalala
10. Tumborum
11. Why Angá?

Omar Sosa - Promise [2007]

1. Eleggua En Do
2. Two Afreecanos
3. Welcome
4. A Moment
5. Afreecanos West
6. Weekend Soft
7. Iyade

Omar Sosa - Ballads [2005]

1. Mis Tres Notas
2. Para Ella
3. Fragile
4. Twice As Sad
5. Gracias Señor
6. Para dos Parados
7. Antes de ir va esto
8. Tienes un solo
9. Raya
10. Shirma

Omar Sosa - Mulatos [2004]

1. Ternura
2. Nuevo Manto
3. La Tra
4. Reposo
5. La Llamada
6. Dos Caminos
7. Iyawo
8. L3zero
9. El Consenso

Omar Sosa - Ayaguna [2003]

1. Black Reflection
2. Una Tradicion Negra
3. Iyawo [Opening]
4. Dias de Iyawo
5. Africa Madre Viva
6. Trip in the White Scarf
7. Toridanzón
8. Eleggua In The Road
9. My Three Notes
10. Iyawo (Peace Refrain) [Bonus Video Track] 

Omar Sosa - Sentir [2002]

1. Opening for Elegguá
2. Sucesion en Blancó
3. Rojo Chango
4. Manto Blanco
5. Toridanzón
6. Ajul Yemanyá
7. Oda la Negro
8. Sister In Yellow
9. Cielo y Mar Azules
10. Tres Notas en Amarillo
11. Rojo y Negro
12. Eggun
13. Sentir

Omar Sosa - Bembon (Roots III) [2000]

1. Negros
2. Para Dos Parados
3. Lapiz En Pigalle
4. Marimchacha
5. Juntos
6. Dame Un Tiempo
7. Campos Verde
8. Narcosa Con Yalode
9. Gracias Señor
10. Bembon
11. Torbelegg

Omar Sosa - Free Roots (Roots I) [1997]

1. Travieso
2. Fue Mentira
3. Buscanda La Clave 
4. Raya
5. Cha Cha Du Nord
6. Para No Lo Lei
7. Mis Tres Notas
8. Afro Cués A Dada
9. Shirma
10. Guajira de Capital
11. Ponlo Debajo, Mierda
12. Para Dos

..:|:COMA-CHI:|:..

COMA-CHI began activity in the music scene in March 2003, building her reputation through performances in Tokyo and participation in MC Battles. Her popularity also flourished with her activity in street cyphers, which is freestyle rapping performed on the street. COMA-CHI's skill has been demonstrated through co-performances with many artists including RIP SLYME and Miliyah Kato, and in 2005 she was the first woman to become the runner-up in the B-BOY PARK MC Battle. Described as "Tokyo's Number 1 Female Rapper", it is easy to understand why COMA-CHI's fans are passionate about the young artist. Today, COMA-CHI is continuing to break new ground in the Japanese urban scene, without losing touch with herself and her roots.

COMA-CHI - Love Me Please! [2009]

1. LOVE ME PLEASE!
2. LOVE @ 1st Sight [feat. Mr.BEATS aka DJ CELORY]
3. Mr.Platonic
4. Instinct
5. Selfish Boy
6. 1 on 1 feat. KREVA
7. Miss You [feat. KEN THE 390]
8. Sayonara
9. Perfect Angel DJ HASEBE Summer Luv Mix
10. HEY BOY,HEY GIRL [feat. MICKY RICH／PUSHIM]

COMA-CHI - Red Naked [2009]


1 . Intro 
2 . 秘密 | 비밀
3 . Name Tag (C-O-M-A-C-H-I)
4 . Girls! Girls!
5 . Me & My Kicks
6 . Material World
7 . Illterlude
8 . 自傷症ガ-ル Don't Cry
9 . Perfect Angel
10 . Beautiful Day
11 . Doowutchyalike
12 . 東京非行少女 | 동경비행소녀
13 . 感謝 | 감사
14 . B-GIRLイズム

COMA-CHI - Day Before Blue [2006]

1 INTRO
2 放浪
3 SKIT - CYPHER@丸子橋
4 ミチバタ
5 夢三夜
6 BYE BYE MY SELF
7 夜間遊泳
8 LOVE MUSIC
9 SKIT
10 バイブレイション
11 4SEASONS

..:|:Jean Grae - Discography:|:..

Jean Grae [real name Tsidi Ibrahim] was born in Cape Town, South Africa on November 26, 1976, the daughter of South African jazz musicians (her father and mother are the celebrated musicians Sathima Bea Benjamin and Abdullah "Dollar Bill" Ibrahim), she studied Vocal Performance at the LaGuardia School of Music & Art before majoring in Music Business at New York University.
Ibrahim initially worked under the name Major Woody and after working with groups including Ground Zero, she joined a hip hop music group called Natural Resource in the mid-1990s. Natural Resource dissolved in 1998, after which Ibrahim changed her stage name from What? What? to Jean Grae, a reference to the X-Men character Jean Grey. Under her new name, she released her first LP "Attack of the Attacking Things" in 2002, and followed it in 2004 with "This Week". Throughout her career she has also recorded tracks with numerous major hip hop artists, Atmosphere, The Roots, Talib Kweli, The Herbaliser, Da Beatminerz, Phonte, Mr. Len, Masta Ace, Vordul Mega, C-Rayz Walz,Mos Def, and Immortal Technique among them.
Jean Grae may be the most talented female rapper at large. Her penchant for merciless, R-rated flow both explains her inability to paddle into the mainstream and seems to fuel much of the anger girding her style. Nevertheless, she shovels volumes of fun for those with an appreciation for pure skills and/or the stomach for lines like "I’ll stab you in the aortic valve with a 12-inch blade and f***in’ rub salve in it."


Blue Sky Black Death - Jean Grae: The Evil Jeanius [2008]

One of the most respected MC's in hip-hop (and arguably the most fearsome female), Jean Grae teams with renowned indie producer duo Blue Sky black Death for the watershed release: Jean Grae: The Evil Jeanius. The Independent music world's finest burgeoning producer duo, Blue Sky Black Death, have collaborated with and/or produced for a who's who of such underground acts as Guru (of Gang Starr), Mikah 9 (formerly of Freestyle Fellowship), Wu-Tang affiliates Hell Razah & Holocaust, Jus Allah (Jedi Mind Tricks) & many more Brooding production meets Brooklyn-based bravado in this one of a kind creative pairing.






Jean Grae - The Orchestral Files [2008 Deluxe Edition]

Now, packaged in an exclusive Deluxe 2 CD edition, Jean offers rare never before available collaborations with some of hip-hop's finest, including: TALIB KWELI, GURU, MASTA ACE, THE HERBALISER, SONGODSUNS (AKA 2MEX), SPLASH, VORDUL (OF CANNIBAL OX), DA BEATMINERZ, BLACK PANTHER, PRINCE PAUL, HORROR CITY, C-RAYZ WALZ, DIVERSE and more.






Jean Grae and 9th Wonder - Jeanius [2008]

Blacksmith Music presents Jean Grae and her electrifying and highly anticipated album "Jeanius", produced by 9th Wonder. Jean Grae delivers an impressive range of vision that instantly marks her as an extraordinary artist.

Jean Grae - Love Thirst

Jean Grae - Phenicks Rising [2005]

Jean Grae - Hurricane Jean The Mixtape [2005]

Jean Grae - This Week [2004]

Jean Grae carries the burden of being way too clever a "femcee" for the music business to behold. (For dumbed-down rhymes, go to Gangsta Boo.) When Grae's in battle-rap mode, her vocal clarity and lyrical dexterity remind one of Jay-Z. However, the relationship-focused confessionals elicit an even greater response because they're so darn honest. "Give It Up" or "P.S." sound like profound Emily Dickinson love poems read with a contemporary New York 'hood twist. Grae has always needed to find equally ambitious beats to match her fiery flows, and this time around she's inched a bit closer to that ideal.






Jean Grae - The Bootleg Of The Bootleg [2003 EP]

Whether the new material on Bootleg has cemented Grae’s position as the next best femcee only a full-length release and time will tell. Until then, you can enjoy the inclusion of some of her back catalog singles with Natural Resource ("Negro League Baseball") on here.






Jean Grae - Attack Of The Attacking Things [2002]

"Attack of the Attacking Things is Jean Grae (formerly known as What? What?), after dozens of similar cameos over several years of underground records, finally battling demons on her own turf, trading on both her unaltered gift for lyrical delicacy, and her distinctive, deliberately understated vocal style."

-Harry Allen, Village Voice

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