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Talib Kweli teamed up with Res and Graph Nobel to bring you Idle Warship. A project described as a labor of love that is voyeuristic and takes you on a journey through flesh and blood - a human soundtrack. Evade brings you Steady a club track that samples Corey Hart - Sunglasses At Night*.

Download Idle Warship - Steady
Idle Warship on Myspace
yearoftheblacksmith.com

* Update - I had originally quoted the sampled track as Fleetwood - Mac Dreams when it actually is Corey Hart - Sunglasses At Night

Latest music video from Q-TIP’s recent release The Renaissance. Glad to see Q-TIP back on the scene having fun and doing it in style. Lovin’ the bass player and the fact that the video takes place in a subway car. Ya it gets a little cheesy at the end, but hey you can’t pass on an impromptu underground dance party - literally!

Check out his other videos Gettin’ Up and Move also from The Renaissance release.

Listen to full tracks from Q-TIP’s The Renaissance on Last.fm

Continuing his series of artist-themed beat tapes inspired by world renowned musicians Los Angeles-based producer Dert brings you TALK STRANGE featuring 17 tracks sampling original tunes and remixes by the legendary Icelandic singer Bjork. Following his most recent releases THE WESTSIDE OF THE MOON and THE SHORT LIST, TALK STRANGE provides amazing instrumentals that capture the essence of Bjork complete with the unique-Dert vibe that fans have come to love. I’ve had this whole beat tape on repeat, but some of my favorite tracks are “The Anchor Beat”, “It’s Oh So Loud!”, “Unraveled” and “Dert Is Full Of Love”. Available here at Evade The Noise, Dert continues to bring the freshness to the masses with this free download complete with hi-res album art.

Be on the look out for future 2009 releases from Dert, which include the synth-driven CMYK EP coming out this spring followed up by DOWNTOWN HEADNOD SUITE, an all piano beat album featuring Blue Note recording artist Robert Glasper.

Download Dert - Talk Strange: A Beat Tape Inspired by Bjork
Check out Dert on Myspace

Theological, unstoppable, hip hoppable! Shai Linne brings a beat that’s close…to the Lord of hosts. Reformed, conformed, to the image of the Son of the one who saves, the God of the waves and caves and we are no longer slaves. Sin He’s crushed, the sea is hushed, and we are the ones He calls His sons…. Shai Linne keeps the rhymes coming cause he’s Bible lovin’:

Covered Paul Dateh a while back and wanted to post some recently released acoustic tracks. I’m really looking forward to his upcoming full length release. He’s also got a couple shows this week in Los Angeles for you to check out.

Celtic Blues - download
Cover of “Just Friends” by Musiq - download
Cover of “Get Up” by Amel Larrieux - download

Paul Dateh on MySpace
pauldateh.com