Thursday, April 29, 2010

soul food: nas + damian marley's 'as we enter'

today's soundtrack has just been injected with some awesome in the form of this track from nas and damian marley from their forthcoming album distant relatives.

'as we enter'



(video directed, once again, by nabil elderkin)

love the fact that (inspired by k'naan) they sampled mulatu atske 'yegelle tezeta'



fiyah.

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Friday, April 23, 2010

soul food: afropolitana: shad k

i have waxed poetic in previous posts about the awesomeness that is shadrach kabango.


his next album T.O.S.L is due out on may 25th and, from what i've heard so far, we may not be ready for it's dopeness. (yes. that's a word.)


here's the video for his first single 'yaa, i get it'.



listen to more music from the forthcoming album, here. ('rose garden' is killing me softly with it's awesome.)


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soul food: maxwell's fistful of tears

classic. elegant. beautiful.

Maxwell - Fistful Of Tears (Official Video)



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soul food: moments

uh, i know this blog is a little 'wavin' flag'ged out right now, but...um...i don't care! big ups to K'naan who took home two Juno Awards for Artist of the Year and Songwriter of the Year. woot! this moment has been a long time coming:



listen to an in-depth interview with K'naan on Q with Jian Ghomeshi, here.

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