Forever Shinin’ – Baltimore’s 2012 J Dilla Tribute

Guilty Simpson Rockin’ Forever Shinin’ by Kelly Connelly

Over the weekend Baltimore had it’s annual J Dilla tribute, Forever Shinin’. They appropriately had Guilty Simpson as the headliner. This is the first Dilla Tribute they had since I moved to L.A. and I’m sad that I couldn’t be there. From the looks of things though, it was a great party and celebration of the late great producer/emcee.  For more photos check out Kelly Connelly’s Flickr.

~E Major

DTMD – Raw (feat. Godly MC and Kev Brown)

These are the homies right here! DTMD (Dunc and Toine) signed with Mellow Music Group and they’re hitting hard with this one. The above is the original with the beat by Dunc of course and below is the remix by Oddisee. It’s called “Raw” and that’s exactly what it is! What do ya’ll think?

~E Major

Stalley – Mind Made Up

Had this Stalley joint in my inbox. I fuck with this one! Produced by Chad Hugo. Here’s the description.

“As a warm-up for his new release “Savage Journey to the American Dream”, Stalley offers a series of songs called “Songs by Me, Stalley”. The sixth is “Mind Made Up”, an original song over Chad Hugo (Neptunes) production. Savage Journey to the American Dream is coming soon! Stalley will unveil the release date when he gets 50,000 followers on twitter. Follow @Stalley and @Bluecollargang. #SongsbymeStalley”

Stalley – Mind Made Up

~E Major

UllNevaNo – I’m Thru With Love

I slept on posting this yesterday. I can’t help it though I was busy getting my Valentines on! Anyway, you have to peep this joint. UllNevaNo is nonstop right now. This project is a concept album centered around love and it’s many different facets. About the project he says he did it to say that “you dont have to wait for this particular month to go all out of your way to show how much you care about that person, it should be an every day thing…” Nice sentiment.

Download I’m Thru With Love here.

And keep an eye out for his project Not Enough Hours In A Day coming soon!

Hope you enjoy!

~E

Rome Cee – The Grey Area


Rome Cee finally unleashes his latest project, The Grey Area. As the name suggests, Rome’s style isn’t something that can really be put into a box. It lives somewhere between styles and is at the same time all Rome. The project is solid top to bottom. Go peep it out on Bandcamp and as a bonus, peep the video for “Virtue” above.

Peace!

~E Major