Dope x3000 is Kaytranada’s latest mix; this time for Common’s ’07 sleeper heater “I Want You”. Kaytranada, who’s rise in the R&B space has been massive in 2013, selects for a space funk symphony treatment for Com’s track that is brilliant/perfect. Do not miss.
KAYTRANADA
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Rating: 8.7
As featured by Zane Lowe last night as his “hottest record”, Joey Bad links up w/ UK singer Maverick Sabre for a fresh hook on this reggae-styled remix of “My Yout”. The “Summer Knights” Ep is out October 29th on Relentless.
Joey Bada$$ 
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Rating 8.5
Joey Bada$$
Mr. “Suffering From Success” DJ Khaled calls on a diverse cast (Scarface! Anthony Hamilton!) for new (& awesome) “pour one out for my homies” single “Never Surrender”. To all those who’ve lost someone out in the struggle, DJ Khaled’s got you.
DJ Khaled 
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Rating 8.4
Beat champ Flume is on a (well-deserved) victory lap releasing a “Deluxe Edition” of his excellent self-titled debut that features bars from Freddie Gibbs, Ghostface, Killer Mike & more. Here the Australian producer/songwriter/magician grabs our man in the 330 Milq City Stalley for a re-up of “Intro”
Stalley 
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Rating 8.3
Termanology links up with the always affable Bronsolini and the definitely dope Jared Evan for the jazz-hop stylings of “Take My Turn”, excerpted here from the Mass. emcee’s out today Goya project. Ice cold.
Termanology 
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Rating: 8.2
Just 17, Atlanta artist Jamie impresses with the simple guitar-picked R&B of “Worldly”.
Jamie 
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Rating: 8.0
We dig the minimalist hip hop-influenced pop of new NYC duo The Grand Affair. The piano/beat-based track “Work Week” is maybe simple in its lack of complication but is special for its melody-works-so-keenly-in-the-beat mechanisms and the spaces where the tune does become more complex ie: those piano scale runs in the verse and those space lazer synth embellishments that help add tension. Sample “Work Week” below.
The Grand Affair (Facebook)
Rating 8.3
Aussie 80’s house revivalist Jagwar Ma takes to task Angel Haze’s latest with spectacular results. Backing up the ghettoblaster beats and mixing’em up w/ psych-leaning exotic-sounding synths Jagwar Ma beefs up not only the mix on “Echelon” but Angel Haze’s vocal itself, casting the blogwave fe-MC as a clattering androgynous misfit aimed straight at you. We very much love it.
Jagwar Ma 
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Our Man in Harlem Killa Cam posts up on some classic early 90’s Jodeci w/ this new set of verses for “Come and Talk To Me”. If you’re like us and have been spinning the piss out of the new Drake (which is a definite record of the year candidate btw) then you are familiar track 13 “Pound Cake”, particularly Jay Z’s feature in which he says and I think the first instance in which Mr. Carter has mentioned Mr. Giles by name on record in several years, “I’ve done made more millionaires than the lotto did. Dame made millions, Biggs made millions. Ye made millions, Just made millions. Lyor made millions, Cam made millions“. Well you know Killa being Killa he couldn’t just let a ref like that slide and thus, “We made each other millions, that was my reply.. Had a mill before I met em baby that ain’t no lie! He named some Harlem cats & the homey from the Chi but my thing he ain’t name nobody from the Stuy.” #TeamCam.
Cam’ron (Official)
Rating: 8.0
