Medium Sean throws down a few bars on “Two Can Win” in tribute to Dilla. Sean had this to say about it: ” In honor of J. Dilla being one of the most influential producers of all time, I decided to lay a verse to one of my favorite tracks off of J. Dilla’s Donuts. Being from Detroit I feel I have a responsibility to honor his legacy n continue it in my own way. His soul will live forever… RIP J. Dilla”
Big Sean – Two Can WinBig Sean 
(Facebook)
Rating 8.1
“I Do” is one of our favorite hip hop tracks three months ago, two months ago, RIGHT NOW. We’ve still got “I Do” on some serious rotation. So you can imagine we let out a collective b3sci “HELL YES” when we got ears on this alternate version of “I Do” which includes a Drizzy feature. Yeah! That’s a “Friday surprise” we can get behind. Hit that play button.
Young Jeezy – I Do (Feat. Jay-Z, Drake & Andre 3000) (Alternate Version)Young Jeezy 
(Facebook)
Rating 8.5
Gangsta Gibbs grabs Young Jeezy for new track “Mobbin”. Anything Gibbs gets on right now is a must listen. “Mobbin'” knocks too hard. Come and get it.
Freddie Gibbs – Mobbin’ (Feat. Young Jeezy)Freddie Gibbs 
(Facebook)
Rating 8.3
BK’s Teen Demon are about to deliver you an ass kicking you won’t soon forget. “Not Alone” is loud, percussive, and bruising in all the best ways. The track’s also focused, that’s probably what draws us to it. That energy and rawness, the song’s singular tone, all of that is finely focused. It’s like the viscera of 10,000 focused and spit out through a straw. It’s that focus that makes the track really powerful.
Teen Demon 
(Facebook)
Rating 8.1
UK D&B journeymen Brookes Brothers put an A+ new spin on Nero’s latest. BB’s production choice has elements of classic D&B in it but it’s certainly not pure to that genre. There’s bit of drumstep, pop, and rock weaved through there too. Top shelf stuff. We are into it. Give it a spin below.
Nero – Must Be The Feeling (Brookes Brothers)Brookes Brothers 
(Facebook)
Rating 8.5
Electronic newcomer Michael Woods puts his X on the EDM landscape with new single “Airborne”. Previewed below, “Airborne” has that high energy, foot stomper, big room feel that should make it a hit at festivals into the spring and summer.
Michael Woods – AirborneMichael Woods (Facebook)
Rating 8.3
Supposedly, this freshly released Busta-featured version of Labrinth’s massive “Earthquake” track (one of our favorites from last year) is just a piece of a (hopefully) forthcoming mega remix of the track featuring not only Bussa Buss but U.K. vet Kano, the always live Wretch 32, and a new verse from original track featuree Tinie Tempah. That’s cool. For now, we’ve got this Busta only version for y’all to sample. Like we’re not the biggest Busta marks out there but the dude definitely goes in here. Get it, girl.
Labrinth – Earthquake (Feat. Busta Rhymes) (Remix)Labrinth (Facebook)
Rating 8.2
Inglewood MC Shawn Chrystopher lets loose “One of My Homies”, the first single off his My Name Is Shawn project which is due in July. The excellent “One of My Homies” is built on Shawn’s float-on-top-the-mix flow and a heavy vibe 2 AM (awesome) beat. Ride out to this one.
Shawn Chrystopher – One of My HomiesShawn Chrystopher 
(Facebook)
Rating 8.4
As part of the band’s build up to the March release of their Year of the Witch LP, Races offer this rad new rework of their track “Big Broom” by LA performer Robert Delong.
Races – Big Broom (Robert Delong Remix)Rating 8.67
Our dude (and one of our favorite new vocalists) Jhameel jumps on “Hurry” a new synth pop track from his pal Surrender’s upcoming debut LP. Give it your ears below.
Surrender – Hurry (Feat. Jhameel)Jhameel (Facebook)
Rating 8.1
“80 BPM” by Belgian trio Dalai Lama Renaissance is a simple & smooth slice of beats, far-off atmospheres, and soul. What probably separates “80 BPM” and DLR from the mountain of similar sounding submissions we get on the reg is that soul. There’s a weight and emotive punch that not only supports but gives the track a liveliness and vitality that should keep you engaged 20-30 spins into the future.
Dalai Lama Renaissance – 80 BPMDalai Lama Renaissance 
(Facebook)
Rating 8.4
b3sci, The James Brown rating scale. It’s not just a way for us to look awesome as we “rate” shit. A lot of times when we’re looking at a track, deciding whether or not to feature it or toss it, we’ll try to mind meld with our patron saint James Brown and ask him (ourselves), “Would JB be into this track? Would he like it? Would it make him “feel good” to listen to?” (seriously, you can’t wrong with this litmus test, try it.) That said, we’re about 110% sure James Brown would go to town on this funky-as-fuck Kindness shit. Spin it.
Kindness – Gee UpKindness
Rating 8.3
