Fabolous: Soul Tape, Vol. 2CD / BE Music Group / 2013-03-05 Tracks: Transformation; For the Love; B.I.T.E.; We Get High (St. Elmo's Fire); Diamonds; Guess Whos Bizzack - (featuring Broadway); Louis Vuitton - (featuring J. Cole); Life is So Exciting - (featuring Pusha...Artists: Fabolous ![]() Young Jeezy: It's tha World *CD / BE Music Group / 2013-03-05 Tracks: Jefe Intro, El; Knob Broke; Stylin; How It Feel - (featuring Lodi); Millions; Get Right; Escobar; R.I.P. - (featuring 2 Chainz); Just Got Word - (featuring Y.G.); Damn Liar; Too Many Commas - (featur...Artists: Young Jeezy One of numerous mixtapes from Atlanta's long-running MC Young Jeezy, It's tha World features 16 tracks that find Jeezy in a playful, freewheeling mode, approaching each beat with fluidity and casual b...continue... ![]() Joe Budden: A Loose Quarter *CD / BE Music Group / 2013-03-05 Tracks: Intro; Words of a Chameleon; What Ya'll Want; Cut From a Different Cloth - (featuring Ab-Soul); Through My Eyes - (featuring Tsu-Sure); Momma Said; Off 2 the Races; Helmet, The (Interlude); So Good -...Artists: Joe Budden ![]() The Mar-Keys/Booker T. & the MG's: Soul FingersCD / Xtra / 2013-03-05 Tracks: Green Onions; Rinky Dink; I Got a Woman; Mo Onions; Twist and Shout; Behave Yourself; Stranger on the Shore; Lonely Avenue; One Who Really Loves You; You Can't Sit Down; Woman, A Lover, A Friend, A; ...Artists: The Mar-Keys/Booker T. & the MG's ![]() Ray Charles: Swings The Great American SongbookCD / Performance / 2013-03-05 Tracks: Alexanders Ragtime Band; Georgia On My Mind; You Are My Sunshine; Careless Love; Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye; It Had To Be You; My Melancholy Baby; Moonlight In Vermont; New Yorks My Home; Sun's Gonna ...Artists: Ray Charles ![]() Kid Frost: For the HomeboysCD / SL / 2013-03-05 Tracks: La Raza; East Side Story; Mexican Border; Mi Vida Loca; Six Million Ways to Die - (featuring Clika One); La Raza, Pt. 2; Volo; No Sunshine - (featuring Prince Teddie/Mr. Mixx); So Cold - (featuring S...Artists: Kid Frost ![]() Conejo: Welcome to the Southland [PA]CD / SL / 2013-03-05 Tracks: We Outlaws - (previously unreleased); Heads Gonna Roll - (previously unreleased); Stab In the Dark - (previously unreleased, featuring Frank V.); Verso De La Calle Uno - (previously unreleased); This...Artists: Conejo ![]() DJ Fresh (Rap)/Raekwon: The Tonight Show [PA] *1 CD / Siccness / 2013-03-05 Tracks: Tonite Show With Raekwon, The; Culinary School - (featuring Mean Doe Green); Mic Flips; Rae Words Interlude, The; Yin & Yang; So Much On Your Body - (featuring Sunny Valentine); Skit; Double Dragon -...Artists: DJ Fresh (Rap)/Raekwon ![]() Various Artists: Soul Spectrum, Vol. 1CD / Jazzman / 2013-03-05 Tracks: Wake Up - Heem the Music Monsters; Teacherman - Barbara St Clair; Lost In the Crowd - Billy Byrd/Billy Bird; Right On For the Darkness - Willie Wright; I've Got It - Tobert/Tolbert; What I Did In the...Artists: Various Artists Liner Note Author: Euan Fryer....continue... ![]() Freda Payne: Supernatural HighCD / Soul Music Records / 2013-03-05 Tracks: Happy Days Are Here Again/Happy Music (Dance the Night Away); Pullin' Back; Tell Me Please; Just the Thought of You and Me Together (Supernatural High); Livin' For the Beat; Falling In Love; I'll Do ...Artists: Freda Payne Personnel: John Rowin, Louis Russell (guitar); Fred Jackson (alto saxophone); Ernest Straughter, Michael Stanton, Skip Scarborough (keyboards); Nate Neblett (drums); Munyungo Jackson (percussion); Lut...continue... ![]() Stephanie Mills: I've Got the CureCD / soulmusic.com / 2013-03-05 Tracks: Medicine Song, The; Edge of the Razor; In My Life; Give It Half a Chance; Outrageous; You Just Might Need a Friend; Everlasting Love; Rough Trade; Undercover; Medicine Song [Original Mark Berry 12" M...Artists: Stephanie Mills Personnel: Stephanie Mills (vocals, background vocals); David T. Walker, Paul Jackson, Bruce Gaitsch (guitar); Larry Williams (flute); Kim Hutchcroft (alto saxophone); George Duke (grand piano, Fender...continue... ![]() Gwen Guthrie: Good to Go LoverCD / Soul Music Records / 2013-03-05 Tracks: (They Long To Be) Close To You; Outside In the Rain; Good To Go Lover; You Touched My Life; Ain't Nothin' Goin' On But the Rent; I Still Want You; Stop Holding Back; Passion Eyes; Ain't Nothin' Goin'...Artists: Gwen Guthrie Personnel: Gwen Guthrie (vocals); Ira Seigel (guitar); Onaje Allan Gumbs (strings, keyboards, synthesizer); David "Pic" Conley (keyboards, synthesizer, percussion, drum programming); Brian Morgan (key...continue... ![]() Delegation: Deuces HighCD / BBR (UK) / 2013-03-05 Tracks: What Took You So Long; I Figure I'm out of Your Life; If You Were a Song; Gonna Bring the House Down; Tell Her; Dance Like Fred Astaire; No Words to Say; Would You Like to Start a Thang with Me?; Dan...Artists: Delegation ![]() 5 Star (R&B): Remix Anthology: Remixes 1984-1991CD / Cherry Pop / 2013-03-05 Tracks: Hide and Seek [Extended Dance Mix] - (remix); Crazy [12" Version]; All Fall Down [12" Version]; Let Me Be the One [Dance Mix by Hardrock] - (remix); Love Take Over [Paul Hardcastle's Extended Version...Artists: 5 Star (R&B) ![]() The O'Jays: Ship AhoyCD / BBR (UK) / 2013-03-05 Tracks: Put Your Hands Together; Ship Ahoy; This Air I Breathe; You Got Your Hooks In Me; For the Love of Money; Now That We Found Love; Don't Call Me Brother; People Keep Tellin' Me; Put Your Hands Together...Artists: The O'Jays The O'Jays: Eddie Levert, Walter Williams, William Powell (vocals). Additional personnel: Anthony Jackson (bass); MFSB. Producers: Kenneth Gamble, Leon Huff, Bobby Martin. Princip...continue... ![]() Ricky White: Combination [Digipak]CD / CDS / 2013-03-05 Tracks: Shake [Remix] - (remix); Do the Ladies Run This Mutha?; My Woman's Fed Up; Pay Before You Lay; I Need a Man; Southern Soul Party; Other Woman, The; Don't Run Your Good Man Away; She Lied On Me; Shake...Artists: Ricky White ![]() Otis Redding: Lonely & Blue: The Deepest Soul of Otis ReddingCD / Concord / 2013-03-05 Tracks: I Love You More Than Words Can Say; Gone Again; Free Me; Open the Door [Skeleton Key Version]; Waste of Time, A; These Arms of Mine; I've Been Loving You Too Long (To Stop Now); Everybody Makes a Mis...Artists: Otis Redding Personnel: Otis Redding (vocals). Liner Note Author: Marty Hackman. Otis Redding's recording career really only lasted five years, from 1962 through 1967 (seven studio albums in all), an...continue... ![]() Marcus Canty: This Is Marcus Canty [EP]CD / Epic (USA) / 2013-03-05 Tracks: In & Out - (featuring Wale); Don't Pass Me By; Used by You; Tonight; Three Words; Not Looking; Stay in LoveArtists: Marcus Canty Recording information: Glenwood Place Studios, Los Angeles, CA; Larrabee Sound Studios, North Hollywood, CA; London Bridge Studios, Los Angeles, CA; Mason Sound, North Hollywood, CA. When he wa...continue... ![]() Royal T (Grime): Rinse Presents: Royal-TCD / Rinse / 2013-03-05 Tracks: Cruel to Be Kind - (featuring P-Money); Inside the Ride; Music Box - (featuring Terror Danjah/Terror Danjan); Gully Funk; Missing Aurora; Work Your Body - (featuring Roska); Don't Call Me Baby; Music...Artists: Royal T (Grime) Audio Mixer: Royal T ....continue... ![]() ![]() Notes to Self: Target Market [Recoil]CD / Decon / 2013-02-26 Tracks: UTBD Intro; Recoil (Crimson); Today (I Wanna) - (featuring Lee Gaul); All of the Above (BBRC); Nobody [Recoil Remix] - (remix, featuring Evidence); Oh My God (Life is So Hard) - (featuring Arowbe); M...Artists: Notes to Self ![]() Sam Cooke: Twistin the Night Away/Swing Low [Bonus Tracks]CD / Soul Jam / 2013-02-26 Tracks: Twistin' the Night Away; Sugar Dumpling; Twistin' in the Kitchen (With Dinah); Somebody's Gonna Miss Me; Whole Lotta Woman, A; Twist, The; Twistin' in the Old Town Tonight; Movin' and a' Groovin'; Ca...Artists: Sam Cooke Personnel: Sam Cooke (vocals); Cliff White, Rene Hall (guitar); Hank Jones , Ernie Hayes (piano); Hugo Peretti (organ); Earl Palmer (drums); Lou Rawls (background vocals). Liner Note Authors: G...continue... ![]() The Righteous Brothers: The Essential Collection *CD / Spectrum Music (UK) / 2013-02-26 Tracks: You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'; Unchained Melody; I Believe; Ebb Tide; Just Once In My Life; Go Ahead and Cry; He; Hung On You; See That Girl; Will You Love Me Tomorrow; Little Latin Lupe Lu; Justin...Artists: The Righteous Brothers Liner Note Author: Daryl Easlea. This 20-track, single-disc collection of hits from Bill Medley and Bobby Hatfield (the Righteous Brothers) captures all of the blue-eyed soul legends' most nota...continue... ![]() The Stylistics: The Very Best of the StylisticsCD / Spectrum Music (UK) / 2013-02-26 Tracks: Can't Give You Anything (But My Love); Can't Help Falling in Love; You'll Never Get to Heaven (If You Break My Heart); I'm Stone in Love With You; You Make Me Feel Brand New; Betcha By Golly, Wow; Yo...Artists: The Stylistics A budget compilation from the U.K.'s Spectrum label, The Very Best of the Stylistics looks somewhat suspect, like it might be a set of shoddy re-recordings, but it does contain the original studio ver...continue... ![]() The Isley Brothers: Twist & Shout!CD / Hoodoo / 2013-02-26 Artists: The Isley BrothersThe Isley Brothers: O'Kelly Isley, Ronald Isley, Rudolph Isley (vocals). Includes original release liner notes by Jerry Blavat "The Geator With The Heator." Originally released on Wand (LP 653)...continue... ![]() Ill Bill: The Grimy Awards [CD/DVD] [Digipak]CD / Fat Beats / 2013-02-26 Tracks: What Does It All Mean?; Paul Baloff; I Don't Know How Long It's Gonna Last; Acceptance Speech - (featuring A-Trak); Truth; Exploding Octopus; Forty Deuce Hebrew; How To Survive the Apocalypse; Vio-Le...Artists: Ill Bill Audio Mixer: Scott Stallone. Recording information: Busy B Studios, Kill Devil Hills, NC; Found Sound, Philadelphia, PA; HeadQcourterz Studios Ltd, New York City, NY. Photographer: Eden ...continue... ![]() Kutt Calhoun: Black Gold [PA] *CD / Strange Music / 2013-02-26 Tracks: Self Preservation; 501s And Rightsides - (featuring Brotha Lynch Hung); I Been Dope - (featuring Tech N9ne); I Don't Like The Look Of It; See What Had Happened Was; Same Thing; Jack Tripper; Anthem; ...Artists: Kutt Calhoun Audio Mixer: Ben Cybulsky. Photographer: James Meierotto. Crafting a thug party anthem out of a Willy Wonka line ("I Don't Like the Look of It") and using the '70s sitcom Three's Company...continue... ![]() Bilal: A Love Surreal *1 CD / eOne / 2013-02-26 Tracks: Intro; West Side Girl; Back to Love; Winning Hand; Climbing; Longing and Waiting; Right at the Core; Slipping Away; Lost for Now; Astray; Never Be the Same; Butterfly; Flow, The; OutroArtists: Bilal Recording information: Breeding Grounds Studio, Brooklyn, NY; Brooklyn Recording, Brooklyn, NY; Lalabelle Music, Clifton, NJ; Lamont Caldwell's Bedroom; Pine Studios, Philadelphia, PA; Prime Rib Produ...continue... ![]() Jesse Dee: On My Mind/In My Heart *CD / Alligator Records / 2013-02-26 Tracks: On My Mind, In My Heart; No Matter Where I Am; Fussin' and Fightin'; I Won't Forget About You; Tell Me (Before It's Too Late); From the Start; Only Remedy, The; What's a Boy Like Me to Do?; Sweet Too...Artists: Jesse Dee Personnel: Jesse Dee (vocals, guitar); John Aruda (tenor saxophone); Paul Ahlstrand (baritone saxophone); Scott Aruda (trumpet, flugelhorn); Jeff Galindo (trombone); Steve Mossberg (piano); Eli Winder...continue... ![]() Chola Pinup: Chola Pinup Presents: Favorite Cholo Disc [PA]1 CD / PMC Music Group / 2013-02-26 Tracks: True Fello (Intro); Keep It Low; 100 Proof; Is What It Is - (featuring Snoop Dogg); Swagg by the Ragg - (featuring John Holidy/Tavjo); Throw It Up - (featuring Woody Peno); Drank in My Cup; No Love; ...Artists: Chola Pinup ![]() J. Period/Kanye West: G.O.O.D. Music: Remixed and Unreleased [PA] *1 CD / RBC / 2013-02-26 Tracks: Takeover, The; Movement, The; Hollywood [Exclusive]; Cut That Out [Exclusive]; Do What We Do [Exclusive]; Corners [Back II Basics Remix] [Exclusive] - (remix); They Say [Remix] [Exclusive] - (remix);...Artists: J. Period/Kanye West He gets co-billing, but Kanye West's contribution to this set is his endorsement, access to his Good Music label's back catalog, plus a scratchy, recorded phone call at the beginning of this liberated...continue... ![]() Cappadonna: Eyrth, Wynd & Fyre/Love Anger & Emotion [PA] *2 CD / RBC / 2013-02-26 Tracks: Real Life; Body Rock, The; Boogah Hill; Hustle Game Tight; Better Life Movement, The; Pull Ya Life Together; Puffed on Pride; Creature Feature; In the Dungeon - (featuring Show Stopper); Rap Is Like ...Artists: Cappadonna Arranger: Cappadonna. Even if he's one of the most affiliated affiliates in the Wu-Tang Clan universe, the lumbering, hoarse juggernaut dubbed Cappadonna is far from the most loved. Jump on any...continue... ![]() Black Rain Entertainment/Lord Infamous: Greatest Hits [PA]1 CD / Black Rain Entertainmnet / 2013-02-26 Tracks: Intro; Where Is Da Love; Frosty; I Be; Helloween; Cry; I'm Lookin; I Need Drugz; War Love; Niggas Like You; Jump; Smoking Song; Flames of HellArtists: Black Rain Entertainment/Lord Infamous ![]() James Hunter/The James Hunter Six: Minute by Minute [Digipak]CD / Concord / 2013-02-26 Tracks: Chicken Switch; Minute by Minute; Drop on Me; Heartbreak; One Way Love; Gold Mine; Let the Monkey Ride; Gypsy, The; So They Say; Nothin' I Wouldn't Do; Look Out; If I Only KnewArtists: James Hunter/The James Hunter Six Personnel: James Hunter (vocals, guitar); Lisa Liu, Daphne Chen, Leah Katz (violin); Adrienne Woods (cello); Damian Hand (flute, tenor saxophone); Lee Badau (baritone saxophone); Andrew Kingslow (pian...continue... ![]() ![]() J Love: Pardon My Intrusion [PA]CD / Chamber Musik Records / 2013-02-19 Tracks: If You Pass By Me; Championship Caliber - (featuring Meyhem Lauren/Ag Da Coroner); Kingpin; Late Night Renegades - (featuring Spit Gemz); Live Right - (featuring Gee Dubs); Rock With the King; Projec...Artists: J Love Audio Mixer: Max Vargas....continue... ![]() DJ Toure: Touré's Theory [Digipak]CD / / 2013-02-19 Tracks: Intro (Overture); Mind Yo Business - (featuring Too Short/Jacoria Marzett); Unbelievable - (featuring R.O.D./Nio The Gift); Streets Love It, The; I Remember - (featuring Fly Boy Chapp/Da Go); Sick - ...Artists: DJ Toure ![]() Buddha Monk: The Dark KnightCD / Traffic Entertainment Group / 2013-02-19 Tracks: All Out War - (featuring Robbie Khan); Secrets; Dark Knight in the City - (featuring Drunken Dragon/Layza Life/K Blunt); It's Bk Beat Up - (featuring Six Sense/Menace Obez); Pop This Year - (featurin...Artists: Buddha Monk ![]() Trinidad James: Don't Be S.A.F.E. [PA]CD / Def Jam (USA) / 2013-02-19 Tracks: Tonk for the Money; Female$ Welcomed; Gold on My MacBook; Team Vacation; One More Molly; All Gold Everything; $neaky v$ $elfi$h; Madden on Gamecube; Givin' No F**k$; $outh$ide - (featuring ForteBowie...Artists: Trinidad James Recording information: 882 Studios; Deuce Mobile Studio; Doppler Studios, Atlanta, GA. Official above-ground releases of mixtapes don't come much more pure than Don't Be S.A.F.E.'s appearance o...continue... ![]() Sapient: Slump [Digipak]CD / Burnside Distribution / 2013-02-19 Tracks: Slow Up; Pieces of Paper; When; Shotgun in My Spaceship; Roman Candle; Dapper Mob, The; Notroh; Seeking New Skin; Went Like This; Opera Pigs; Ello; Monsters Eat Bricks; I Was Wrong; Gladys; Anaphylax...Artists: Sapient Audio Mixer: Sapient. Illustrator: Sapient....continue... ![]() 7L & Esoteric/Inspectah Deck: Czarface [Digipak] *CD / Brick / 2013-02-19 Tracks: Czarface; Air 'Em Out; Cement 3's - (featuring Roc Marciano); Czar Refaeli - (featuring Oh No); Rock Beast; Savagely Attack - (featuring Ghostface Killah); Marvel Team-Up; It's Raw - (featuring Actio...Artists: 7L & Esoteric/Inspectah Deck Audio Mixers: El Greco; 7L. Illustrator: Lamour Supreme....continue... ![]() Obie Trice: Triple Shots *CD / GL / 2013-02-19 Tracks: I'm Loyal - (featuring Eminem/50 Cent); Whatcha U Need; Dum; Divine Intervention; Anymore; Cry Now; Adrenaline; From Tha Bottom; Big Proof Iz Back; Hustle Detroit; Making Dough; She See Murder; Emula...Artists: Obie Trice ![]() ![]() Alexander Spit: A Breathtaking Trip to That Otherside [PA] [Digipak]CD / Decon / 2013-02-19 Tracks: Black Magic on Blue Magic; Ride (Chidken wit the Odds); Great Scott!!!; That's Spit/Space Echoes; Breathtaking Trip, A - (featuring Bago); Nrml Ave Interlude; B.N.E. [Remix] - (remix, featuring E-40/...Artists: Alexander Spit Audio Mixer: Alexander Spit. Recording information: Alc Laboratories; Nrml; The Orange Room; Ymk Studios....continue... ![]() ![]() Kendrick Lamar: The Kid Done Good *CD / Gl Records / 2013-02-19 Tracks: Introduction; Look Out; Dope Boy - (featuring Murda/Scoe); B - (featuring Ace Hood/Mack Maine/Birdman); Money & Power; Problemz - (featuring Drake/2 Chainz/A$AP Rocky); Cross - (featuring Blu/Pac Div...Artists: Kendrick Lamar ![]() Nicole Willis & the Soul Investigators/Nicole Willis: Tortured SoulCD / Timmion / 2013-02-19 Tracks: Light Years Ahead; Break Free (Shake a Tail Feather); On the East Side; Best Days of Our Lives; Time to Get Business Straight; Delete My Number; I'll Just Sit and Daydream; Tell Me When (We Can Start...Artists: Nicole Willis & the Soul Investigators/Nicole Willis ![]() Sadistik: Flowers for My Father [Digipak]CD / Fake Four / 2013-02-19 Tracks: Petrichor; Russian Roulette - (featuring Yes Alexander/Cage); City in Amber; Snow White; Beast, The; Kill the King - (featuring Deacon the Villain); Song for the End of the World; Palmreader - (featu...Artists: Sadistik Audio Mixer: Joe Mabbott....continue... ![]() Blanco (rap)/The Jacka: Game Over [PA] [Digipak]CD / Guerrilla Entertainment / 2013-02-19 Tracks: Donkey Kong - (featuring Messy Marv/Lil' Rue); Rampage - (featuring DB Tha General/Husulah); Duck Hunt - (featuring Nipsey Hussle/Messy Marv/Y.G.); Cruising USA - (featuring Freddie Gibbs/Styles P); ...Artists: Blanco (rap)/The Jacka Audio Mixer: Anthony Hernandez. Recording information: Guerrilla Studios, Oakland, CA....continue... ![]() Inc.: No World [Digipak] *CD / 4AD (USA) / 2013-02-19 Tracks: Place, The; Black Wings; Lifetime; 5 Days; Trust (Hell Below); Your Tears; Angel; Seventeen; Desert Rose (War Prayer); Careful; Nariah's SongArtists: Inc. Audio Mixers: Andrew Aged; Daniel Aged. Recording information: Los Angeles, CA (10/2011-06/2012). Photographer: Daniel Oh. Andrew and Daniel Aged's first release for 4AD was a 201...continue... |
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