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Thursday, May 18 2023, 5AM
Classic! The debut track from the 1997 debut studio album by hip hop duo Timbaland & Magoo. Featuring Missy Elliott and Aaliyah.
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1997 track from Bay Area crew Latyyx - Lateef the Truthspeaker, Lyrics Born, DJ Shadow, and Chief Xcel from Blackalicious
The track also shows up on Lyrics Born's 1996 Greatest Hits album 'Now Look What You've Done, Lyrics Born! Greatest Hits'.
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B-side of Yasiin Bey's 1997 solo debut (as Mos Def) on a Rawkus 12".
From the London-based, Afrobeat eight-piece's debut album, released last year! Band member Sheila Maurice-Grey shares:
“It’s that feeling when you’re younger and you hear something and you feel some ownership over it. For me, Nigerian music and soul was played in the house a lot so I felt I had ownership over it so when I heard it elsewhere, there was a certain pride and energy filled with it. Recreating a piece of music that fills you with pride, ‘this is a piece of me and this is what I came from"
www.kokorokomusic.co.uk
From a remix compilation by Brittany Howard herself, Childish Gambino shares his rendition of "Stay High". 'Jaime (Reimagined)' also features performances from Bon Iver, Little Dragon, Michael Kiwanuka, and more.
brittanyhoward.bandcamp.com
Brittany Howard will be back at Bumbershoot this year! For more tour dates, music, and info:
brittanyhoward.com
Until then, check out her 2019 KEXP in-studio!
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Mystic's 2022 song "Here, Alive (Spirits High)" was chosen by Gabriel as Song of the Day last year:
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Watch more from Mystic 's journey to release her new album, 'Dreaming in Cursive: The Girl Who Loved Sparklers':
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thatgirlmystic.bandcamp.com
Check out Georgia Anne Muldrow's 2019 KEXP Live In-Studio performance:
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And check out this 2021 feature on the L.A.-based songwriter, singer, rapper, musician and producer!
www.nytimes.com
georgiaannemuldrow.bandcamp.com
NEW MUSIC!! New single from duo NxWorries, aka Soul styler Anderson .Paak and loop beast Knxwledge!
nxworries.bandcamp.com
New Music from D.C. bred, NC raised, Atlanta based singer Baby Rose!
“I think as long as I’m being raw and trying to push past my comfort zone, it will feel rewarding,” she says. “I don’t want to be the type that doesn’t take risks because I’m afraid. I have to trust that as long as the music is honest and innovative, it'll be timeless."
babyrose.bandcamp.com
New music from hip hop collective Dinner Party, consisting of Kamasi Washington, Robert Glasper, Terrace Martin and 9th Wonder! The sophomore release 'Enigmatic Society' features appearances by Ant Clemons and Arin Ray, as well as Phoelix and Tank who appear on this track.
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New Music! Debut album from DC-born/NY-based artist, rapper and poet KAMAUU!
Live performance of "driving scenes":
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Check out a COLORS interview where Kamauu talks about his passion for storytelling in music and film, the need for mutual support in the Black community, and his preference for communication over expression. colorsxstudios.com
www.kamauu.world
New music from Brussels born, Berlin based, up and coming singer, songwriter and composer.
"Life can get very difficult at times, we can get lost in dark, dark places. But even in the darkest areas, it is possible to spark some light by finding the light within ourselves. "Rise" is an anthem to finding that inner strength to OVERCOME. We may be beaten down by people or circumstances, but still like dust we RISE."
Video, directed by K.ZIA:
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www.k-zia.com
"Lucha," Y La Bamba's seventh album, is a thematic narrative that explores multiplicity - love, queerness, Mexican American and Chicanx identity, family, intimacy, yearning, loneliness.
The Portland-based band will be playing THING Fest Sunday, August 27th at Fort Warden. More tour dates, music, and info:
ylabambamusic.com
ylabamba.bandcamp.com
Album-versary! Released on this day in 1993: the solo debut from Guru -- Gifted Unlimited Rhymes Universal -- member of the duo Gang Starr! The album brought live jazz performances together with hip-hop production and rapping, with collabs from singers, jazz musicians, and French rapper MC Solaar.
Great retrospective on this album at Albumism: tinyurl.com
"It all starts somewhere, so here it goes, let me reintroduce myself. My name is Missy D, Je m'appelle Missy D, and here is: voici Case Départ. I started rapping in French when I was 11. This art form has taught me so much, even a whole language (English) in which I rap constantly now. But let's embrace the source, the beginnings, and where it all started.”
Don't miss the Video! youtu.be
A KEXP song-of-the-day last year! www.kexp.org
Missy D is playing upcoming shows in Toronto and Vancouver BC showcasing some women in music talent! For dates and more info:
IG: blackmusicmonthbc
www.missydmusic.com
This song is dedicated to the memory of Troy Dixon, who was known as Trouble T-Roy. Dixon was a member of Heavy D & The Boyz, and he died in 1990 after an accidental fall at a show in Indianapolis. He was a good friend of Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth.
The bassline and saxophone on this track were sampled from an obscure 1967 cover of the Jefferson Airplane song "Today" by Tom Scott and The California Dreamers. This sample, as used by Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth, was later incorporated in the 2012 Lupe Fiasco song "Around My Way (Freedom Ain't Free)."
"I wrote this song bc I am healing not bc I am healed. Because I am learning , not bc I have learned. Because if God blesses me to have a daughter she will define beauty completely different from what I used to and sometimes still struggle to believe it is. #EVEGENE 2000s 💐"
New KIRBY track! - a collab with Rapsody!
IG: @singkirbysing
Black Thought's collaborative project with El Michels Affair, 'Glorious Game'. This track featuring KIRBY!
elmichelsaffair.bandcamp.com
“Zango means ‘meeting place. Every village [in Zambia] will have this central place, where villagers meet to prepare for work, where youngsters go to learn, where the young ones learn from the elder folks, and where the visitors come and converge." bit.ly
W.I.T.C.H. will play the Tractor Tavern on Friday, August 4! Earlier that day, they'll be live on KEXP at noon! More tour dates:
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witch-zambia.bandcamp.com
NEW MUSIC! Georgia Anne Muldrow and Josef Leimberg collaborate on a track co-written by Muldrow and Leimberg with Sun Ra. From the forthcoming compilation 'Red Hot & Ra: Nuclear War' - music inspired by the Sun Ra track “Nuclear War”- out next week on May 26.
Red Hot Org, is a non-profit 50(c)(3) organization that fundraises for health pandemics by financing organizations on the front lines of global health epidemics, epidemics and health crises. Through music and film, Red Hot works to lay the foundations of lasting change. Challenging stigma, highlighting resources and uplifting communities are important steps to dealing with wide spread diseases.
redhot.bandcamp.com
Album-versary! On 2010's 'Distant Relatives', Nas collaborates with Damian Marley, fusing musical elements of hip hop with reggae. The album features lyrical themes concerning ancestry, poverty, and the plight of Africa. It features appearances from K’naan, Stephen Marley, Dennis Brown, Junior Reid, Joss Stone and Lil Wayne.
"Patience" contains a sample from "Sabali" by Amadou & Mariam from the album 'Welcome to Mali'.
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Album-versary! Also released on this day in 2010 - Janelle Monáe's 'The ArchAndroid'!
"If you want to be free, the undergrounds the only place to be"
Performing "Cold War" at the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize Concert in Oslo, Norway, Monáe introduces the song as a gift of empowerment for young Black girls:
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Official music video: youtu.be
www.jmonae.com
Single "God Herself" from Brooklyn-based neo-soul artist/producer Madison McFerrin's debut full length album 'I Hope You Can Forgive Me'!
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A recent KEXP Sound & Vision podcast featured Dusty Henry interviewing Madison and Taylor McFerrin about their family's musical legacy spanning generations. Check it out:
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McFerrin performs at Portland's Doug Fir Lounge on June 5th and in Seattle at Madame Lou's on August 6th. More tour dates, music, and info: www.madisonmcferrin.com madisonmcferrin.bandcamp.com
Birthday love going out to Seattle's own Talaya. - a graduate of KEXP's 90.teen program!
Talaya. uses space and time as a three-dimensional canvas, painting depth into her music with powerful instrumentation, lyrics, and a keen ear for production. She is a full time artist and Recording Engineer at Seattle's Southend and Ruby Room Recordings in Georgetown.
talayamusic.bandcamp.com
New Music from the DC-native now Brooklyn-based singer/songwriter.
"This album is a dedication to the city that shaped me. A collection of stories & epitaphs inspired by a rich history. Luv u D.C."
www.rum.gold
Zap Mama introduced the songs on her 2022 album 'Odyssée':
"Dessiné" ("Drawing") is a poetic exchange between Brussels creators... a poem set to music, made of a series of surreal words, in accordance with our belgianness.
Being in love allows us to open doors and to reach the madness that the imagination allows us. (Marie Daulne /Monique M. Phoba)
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zapmama.bandcamp.com www.zapmama.com