Oddisee - Counter-Clockwise

Oddisee - Counter-Clockwise from Mello Music Group on Vimeo.

From the upcoming Oddisee solo album "The Good Fight".

“CounterClockwise is about being there for people & them working against you as a result. Becoming the bearer of their problems because they know you can handle it," Says Oddisee.
This is the second song from the Brooklyn by-way-of Prince George's County musicians upcoming solo album "The Good Fight." The song explores the counterproductive nature of some relationships that end up draining those involved. Disorienting and complex layers of backsliding record slips, driving drums, and haunting vocalizations push the song forward while Oddisee's crisp and calm vocals tell the story of people moving in different directions. And while anger may be somes primary drive, and fire may be their weapon, Oddisee reminds us that water is their easy match.

Order Oddisee's New Album "The Good Fight"
Digital: itunes.apple.com/us/album/the-good-fight/id969829649
CD: undergroundhiphop.com/oddisee-the-good-fight/MMG00068CD/
Vinyl: undergroundhiphop.com/oddisee-the-good-fight/MMG00068LP/

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Audio: Apollo Brown – Cigarette Burns EP (free download)

In two weeks well known Apollo Brown drops an instrumental Soundtrack called Thirty Eight. In advance you guys can download three of the beats compiled to the EP Cigarette Burns. Download is free! Beats are nice ... well, style is well known too.

In the description it says "The sound falls somewhere between the end of 70s heroin and the beginning of 80s crack ... " that's actually enough to give it a try and listen.
Not sure though if its really a OST for a real movie. Somebody should do some proper research on this!

Uptown XO - Flowers

Preorder: Uptown XO - Flowers

Uptown XO continues to offer raw emotive rhymes that open windows to his world. The cold, gun toting exterior often belies the humanity behind it all.  XO offers a story not unlike many with scarface dreams born of section 8, but fresh in its minutia the way only truth can be.  The disection of this textured story's cycle from evictions as a youth to the echos from the fridge; from the sales of kush in orange bubbles, to the understanding of how it employs the lawyers, the judges, the DA, and the jail workers; -  all poignantly wrapped in the phrase "damn, ni&&as just didn't want to flip burgers."  Earnest reflection over ill production. The sometimes morbid take on life culminates with the mantra "I got mouths to feed till they put flowers on me."

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The Black Opera - Black Lair (feat. Melody Betts) // (DL)

Masked and unseen, The Black Opera have created an identity in hip-hop using anonymity to standout in a world of hyper-exposure. While most struggle to shine, TBO calmly dress in all black and treat their verses like sermons.

Step into The Black Opera’s “Black Lair.” This high-energy track takes us to a place “blacker than Mutombo,” illuminated only by the musical light of French producer Astronote. A dusty piano begins to pound as a subterranean bass line travels through. Melody Betts lends her haunting but angelic voice to add to the ethereal vibe of the track. Our other-worldly Creators complement the frenetic pace of the song, warning listeners that “perception is king, you never know who’s the diablo.”

 

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The Black Opera - Opera Hands b/w Teleport prod. TallBlackGuy

The Black Opera signed to Mello Music Group for a upcoming release. This constallation makes sense if you ask me, so please enjoy the first pretaste on whats The Black Opera is cooking up. Opera Hands with TallBlackGuy is nuts in contempt of an James Brown sample.

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Audio: yU - I Believe (ODDISEE Remix)

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I wasn`t really liking the last route Oddisee was taking, but hearing this right here, it kind of all makes sense. Track 1, 2 and 4 are blowing my head off. Download this one for free.

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Mello Music Group is always the first thing I click on while scrolling through the new stuff in our inbox. They have just released a new compilation with all the cats from the label. Go and check it out here.
Oddisee and Apollo Brown are performing in Berlin on the 4th of April. Come through!

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Audio: Apollo Brown & OC - Prove Me Wrong // Radio Rip

Good news. OC teams up with Apollo Brown. Dj Premier premiered it and you can check it out. Not the best track I have ever heard, but I am shure the entire album will be dope as hell. Gas Mask was nuts.
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Audio: yU - Blind prod. by Kev Brown // MP3

Freebie off yU's new album The EARN. If you listen to yU's music you will find a lot nuggets of wisdom by an narrative Mc . Soulful production delivered by Kev Brown. If you like linctus music, pls visit ªº∆ª∆º©º∆©.com.

hezig

Audio: yU - If U Down (Prod. By SlimKat78)

yU never comes with superficial crap. He always keeps it personal. Can`t wait for the album The EARN dropping Dec. 13th.

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The Brown Study LP is getting remixed and this is the first piece produced by Dunc of DTMD. If you missed The Brown Study click here and if you haven`t heard of DTMD click here. Good ish!

jimmmy

Audio: yU - A Garbage Beat Tape

yU, Diamond District and Mello Music Group member has this nice Beat Tape give away for your evening. Raw, filthy, dusty and psyched out from time to time. 23 lovely sample-based tracks (and interludes). // Complete stream and download after the jump...

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Nice song by Has-Lo and J-Zone. Make shure you check the new Sean Born track produced by Kev Brown.
Mellowmusic!!

jimmmy

Audio: yU - Disturbed Feat. B.Jamelle (Prod. By Usef Dinero) // Mp3

yU`s new album The Earn is dropping Dec. 13th. This is not off the actual album, but a little digital Halloween gift in form of a mp3.

Enjoy.

jimmmy

Audio: DTMD - 95 Live Feat. Quartermaine // Mp3

Superb music delivered by MellowMusicGroup. The first song we posted was pretty good, too. Hit the bandcamp link to read the lyrics and to buy the album. Support good music.

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Audio: DTMD - Makin' Dollas

A while ago we posted the first 2 leaks of this album, but the DTMD (Dunc and Toine) Bandcamp is'nt longer available. Now its officially released by Mello Music Group and available on itunes.
MMG: About the Song: The title track, Makin' Dollas, kicks off with Toine announcing his intentions: "The syntax is stress relief, in other words, if we speaking candidly, I be spittin' for the sanity, not really for the vanity."  This style of articulate, sharp wordplay infuses Dunc's production with the kind of wise, intelligent raps that make listeners hit rewind.  The beat itself is a working man's boom bap replete with lush guitar and vinyl scratches.

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Audio: Oddisee - The Carter Barron // MP3

First preview on Oddisee's upcoming album "Rock Creek Park" dropping this winter via Mello Music Group. The Carter Barron is an amazing soulful beat, spiked with heavy live instrumentation. The Carter Barron is a smooth, sweeping track, with amazing drums performed by DC's Jon Laine, bass from DC's Dennis Turner, keys from the always dependable Ralph Real, soulful sampling, trademark expansive synth work from Oddisee and beautiful orchestration.

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Audio: Zilla Rocca - Full Spectrum feat Has​-​Lo

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sOlo..