Vinyl Check w/ Dilated Peoples [Video]

In another episode of our “Vinyl Check” section we chopped it up with Evidence, Rakaa and DJ Babu of Dilated Peoples backstage at splash! Festival 2012. We were going through their catalogue as a group, as well as their respected solo efforts to talk albums and singles like ”The Platform”, ”Expansion Team”, ”The L.J.’s”, ”The Weatherman LP”, “Crown Of Thorns”, “Third Degree” or “Duck Season”. We also touched on records from artists they are close with such as The Alchemist (”1st Infantry”), Kanye West (”College Dropout”) or Defari (”Bionic”). They gave us an in-depth look how these records were created back then and what they mean to them nowadays.

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Bilal – A Love Surreal [Album Cover & Tracklist]

Bilal will be releasing his brand new album “A Love Surreal” on February 26th. Tracklist 01. Intro 02. West Side Girl 03. Back To Love 04. Winning Hand 05. Climbing 06. Longing and Waiting 07. Right At The Core 08. Slipping Away 09. Lost For Now 10. Astray 11. Never Be The Same 12. Butterfly (Feat. Robert Glasper) 13. The Flow 14. Outro Previously: Bilal – Back 2 Love [Video]

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Blu, R.A. The Rugged Man & Tristate – Thelonius King [Audio]

The artists behind three of our most anticipated 2013 albums join forces for “Thelonius King”. Limited edition 45 of “Thelonius King” coming for Record Store Day this April, check out the info on all three albums below. Durag Dynasty “360 Waves” – March 16th R.A. The Rugged Man “Legends Never Die” – April 2013 Blu – New Album (Title TBD) – Fall 2013

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