Kanye_West-Graduation-2007
(Hiphop/Soul)

05-kanye_west-good_life_(ft._t-pain)
11-kanye_west-the_glory
01-kanye_west-good_morning_(intro)
02-kanye_west-champion
13-kanye_west-big_brother
12-kayne_west-homecoming_ft_chris_martin

Well the new Kanye hit the net today.....album is solid. That glory track is aaamazing, and im really feelin the good life track with T-pain. Make sure to buy this album this tuesday.

Common feat Lily Allen - Drivin Me Wild (NEW)
New Vid from Common. This is quality music to go along with a good video..peep it

Collective_Soul-Afterwords-2007
(Rock/Alternative)

03-collective_soul-bearing_witness
09-collective_soul-georgia_girl

Well u may remember these dudes from back in the day. I gave it a listen and i liked some of it. Check out the song posted below, that beat is soothing.

Tzu (pronounced Tee Zed Yoo) are a rock/hiphop band from Melbourne, Australia. Count bounce and Joelistics handle the production and emceeing in this group. They are backed by a live band. Count bounce has also done work on Urthboy's The Signal.
Tzu have released 2 albums...

Tzu - Position Correction (2004)
Tzu- Smiling At Strangers (2005)
*there was a reissue for SAS with a 2nd cd with bonus cuts*

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tzu
http://www.tzu.com.au/

Click below to here the first song off of Cunnin's new album "Dirty Acres" due this november. The song is sick. Features the Witchdoctor and Phonte of Little Brother. Dirty Acres will also feature Devin the Dude....This album will be epic.

http://www.myspace.com/cunninlynguists

Galactic-From_The_Corner_To_The_Block-2007
(Funk/Rock/Hiphop)

Dope song, with some nice verses from Ohmega Watts and Vursatyl (Lifesavas). Galactic is a funk band from New Orleans.

http://www.myspace.com/galactic

Soldiers_Of_Jah_Army-Peace_In_A_Time_Of_War-2003
(Roots/Reggae)

Another dope group to check out. Shouts to Balchin for the heads up. SOJA have 3 albums released and this is the only one i can get my hands on at the moment, but i will update more when i get them.

SOJA - Get Wiser (2006)
SOJA - Peace In A Time Of War (2003)
SOJA - Soja Ep (2004)

http://cdbaby.com/cd/soldiers/from/bahilman

Urthboy-The_Signal-2007
(Hiphop)

Here are some more songs to check out from this amazing album from Herd member "Urthboy". The production on this album is so unreal and every song is different from the next. Definitely one of my favorite albums of 2007.

http://www.elefanttraks.com/chooser.cfm?view=releases&releaseId=53

WC-Guilty_By_Affiliation-2007
(Rap)

New track to check out from W.C's new album.....features Snoop Dogg and Butch Cassidy.

The_Herd-The_Sun_Never_Sets-2005
(Oz Hiphop)

The Herd is a hiphop group out of Sydney, Australia...they have the whole package, 3 emcees (Urthboy, Ozi Batla, Berzerkatron) Unkle Ho does the beats. Traksewet (piano accordion, clarinet)Sulo (beats and guitar), Toe-fu (guitar), Rok Poshtya (bass). I looked up these guys after i first heard Urthboy's ridiculous new lp. Unkle Ho does a great job with the production on this, his beats are unique and refreshing. Quality music right here!!!! This is a big band in Australia so get acquainted quick and expand your music knowledge....
The Herd has 3 albums released.

The Herd - The Herd (2001)
The Herd - A Elephant Never Forgets (2003)
The Herd - The Sun Never Sets (2005)

Elefant Traks

Luckyiam-Most_Likely_To_Succeed-2007
(Hiphop)

03-luckyiam-tear_him_down
06-luckyiam-rap_rap_rap
08-luckyiam-nevermind_feat._mickey_avalon
05-luckyiam-borrowedtime_feat._aesop_rock_and_slug
09-luckyiam-memory_loss
10-luckyiam-supposed_2_be
12-luckyiam-i_guess

New album from Living Legends member "Luckyiam" This is part 3 in his Extra Credit series and is dubbed "his most personal work to date". This album is definitely solid. Lucky has crafted a great album.
Legendary Music

Donavon_Frankenreiter-Recycled_Recipes-EP-2007
(Acoustic/Soul/Folk)

New 6 track ep from donovan just came out on the 7th of this month. Its good if you are into his stuff. Its available for download on itunes right now.

http://www.myspace.com/donavonfrankenreiter

Bob_Marley_and_The_Wailers-Roots_Rock_Remixed-2007
(Reggae)

This is a cool collection of remixed tracks with dope new twists on already amazing marley tracks. This is a perfect mix to just have rippin at a bbq or at a cabin. This is the first official Bob Marley Remix album put out by the Tuff Gong label.

http://www.myspace.com/rootsrockremixed

With Killah Priest's new album dropping next tuesday, here is a teaser from his new album "The Offering" You will notice this is that Dr Dre beat that he used for that unreleased cut with Nas, and Nature.

Micheal Franti & Spearhead
(Reggae/Hiphop/Acoustic)

For those of you who will be at the Roots and Blues festival on friday night....Here are some tracks from Michael Franti. There are 6 albums from him and his band....

1994-Home
1997-Chocolate Supahighway
2001-Stay Human
2003-Everyone Deserves Music
2004-Songs From the Front Porch
2006-Yell Fire

Oddisee's blog is blowin up son, just droppin the gems on us. These are 2 tracks he did with some cats from the UK. Check his blog for more details. But them shits is dope, Oddisee is sick on the mic, quickly becoming one of my favorite artists.

http://www.oddiseemusic.blogspot.com/

Urthboy-The_Signal-2007
(Hiphop)

11-urthboy-modern_day_folk
10-urthboy-hold_court_feat._radical_son
13-urthboy-no_other_feat._mark_pearl

Urthboy?? yes now dont dismiss this just yet.... This is another example of never ending dope artists that come out of Australia. This is a different kind of album, with a crazy style that is refreshing. The production is nice. Make sure you give this a listen.

http://www.myspace.com/urthboy

Supa is working on a new EP, "Leave of Absence" slated to drop on Aug 28th. You can peep the first single produced by the one and only Khrysis. Also news of a new lp coming this year, keep you eyes open for more releases from one ill emcee.

http://supastition.com/
download the track off his myspace page....
http://www.myspace.com/supastition

Do yourself a favor and make sure you know Oddisee. This dude is so talented. Head over to his newly started blog with unreleased songs and beats to check out. The beat on that upgrade track is ridiculous, cant wait for J-lives new album now. But for now check out a new track with Phonte from LB. Tay does the hook and verse.

http://www.oddiseemusic.blogspot.com/