Having already written and produced songs for Ne-Yo, Chris Brown, and Smokey Robinson, Timothy Bloom is well on his way. Most recently, he’s left swooning audiences eagerly awaiting his forthcoming debut album with his The Budding Rose EP. The EP’s sultry lead single, “Til the End of Time” created much buzz, due in part to the ballad’s tastefully provocative video directed by David Rodriguez.

Catch Bloom across stages nationwide this summer. The tour starts in Los Angeles on July 29th, and ends on the east coast with Philadelphia on August 30th and Vienna, VA on September 1st.

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This coming Monday, July 25th, join Mark de Clive-Lowe, Miguel Atwood Ferguson, and Dexter Story for their live interpretations of The Wizard of Oz score. Created 19 times for screen, the film boasts a variety of sounds with its classic soundtrack.

For this performance, several versions will be “mashed up and intertwined along with a completely improvised soundtrack” by the musical directors for the night.

Look out for this event to become a regular and global thing. Coming to a town near you!

Event Details
SCORED presents “The Wizard”
Monday, July 25th
9pm-12am
$10

The Blue Whale
123 Astronaut E S Onizuka, In Weller Court, 3rd Floor, Little Tokyo
Los Angeles, CA

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Induce bestows a gift to us in the form of his latest remixes of “Pretty” and “Get Down Saturday Night” from his forthcoming album, Halfway Between Me And You. On top of that he has put together a fantastic DJ mix, which blends the direct influences for his album from Prince to Jamiroquai, Stevie Wonder and Smokey Robinson & The Miracles to name a few. Download the remixes from Ketchy Shuby, Deviant Remix and Renzo Torti as well as the DJ mix below:

The Wonderful Sound Of Induce – Halfway Between Me And You – REMIXES by Induce

DJ MIX:
The Only Education That Ever Mattered (Part 1)-

Track list
1. Smokey Robinson & The Miracles – The Tears Of A Clown
2. Junior Walker & The All Stars – Shotgun
3. Slum Village – Fall In Love
4. D’Angelo – Left & Right (featuring Method Man & Redman)
5. Pharrell & The Yessirs – Angel
6. New Edition – Cool It Now
7. Slave – Steppin’ Out
8. D Train – You’re The One For Me
9. Prince – Just As Long As We’re Together
10. Oliver Cheatham – Get Down Saturday Night
11. Metro Area – Machine Vibes
12. Shaun Escoffery – Days Like This (Spinna & Ticklah Club Mix Edit)
13. Jamiroquai – Dynamite
14. Rah Band – Messages From The Stars
15. Stevie Wonder – That Girl
16. Bilal – Think It Over
17. D’Angelo – Lady
18. D’Angelo – Africa

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In this episode, the overall theme of Gilles Peterson’s WorldWide Show is minimalism. He opens the show with an eclectic track from London producer James Blake, proceeding on to play Dego’s instrumental “The Monarch,” and then giving us a taste of Jill Scott’s newest album with the neo soul number “Rolling Hills.”

Gilles also pays tribute to the great producer Fonce Mizell, who recently passed away. The tribute segment includes some of Mizell’s work with Bobbi Humphrey, Marvin Gaye, and Taste of Honey. For the weekly Worldwide Family Mixtape Gilles enlists multi-instrumentalist producer Machinedrum to bless us with a varied mix of tunes. Machinedrum is based out of Brooklyn and recently released an LP called Room(s) through indie electronic label Planet Mu.

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Directed by Spike Jonze, the Beastie Boys and Santigold video for “Don’t Play No Game That I Can’t Win” busts out gory action figures for your viewing pleasure. Gory action figures having emo dialogue, that is. Yes: the eleven-minute video is complete with subtitles and a dramatic war story plot. Never again will life be the same.

And in case you missed it, stream the uninterrupted original version of the track below.

Beastie Boys featuring Santigold – Don’t Play No Game That I Can’t Win by Hypetrak

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We’ve already been knocking this one hard. Yesterday Apollo Brown and Hassaan Mackey released their debut self-titled album as Daily Bread. Detroit-based Apollo Brown singlehandedly produced the album and Rochester’s Hassaan Mackey handles emcee duty thoroughly. Be prepared for chills and the like.

We are very excited to share one of our favorite tracks off the album, “Volume,” for free download. The song also happens to be a favorite of the duo’s as Hassan relates, “Yo man, that was the first beat Apollo played when I walked in his crib in Detroit…this was the first song I wrote to when I got there, and we knew it was the lead joint.”

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Wu-Tang returns with another free teaser for us, and this time it’s the title track, “Legendary Weapons.” The understated track features Ghostface Killah, AZ, and M.O.P. with production by Noah Rubin. Get ready for the album to drop on July 26 – soon!

Wu-Tang – “Legendary Weapons” [MP3]
 

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TV on The Radio’s video for “Caffeinated Consciousness” has already made us press play about twelve times. We’re not sure what’s happening, but we think that the song keeps ending before we want it to and thus, we must repeat incessantly. Or perhaps it’s that flying carpet hippie scene that makes us melt. Either way, this song and video are an all around win. As if it couldn’t get any better, the video is part of an hour long movie by TV on the Radio that was released back in April.

With the video also comes the release of remixes for “Caffeinated Consciousness” and “Will Do,” which are available exclusively on iTunes. Check out the video for “Will Do” that we posted a few months back as well!

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Muhsinah’s newest project is just a little too incredible to be free. Over the past couple years, we’ve observed Muhsinah’s social network musings and seen her process her growth as an artist, all the while wondering what’s next. What’s clear is that Muhsinah did not spend a bit of that time in vain. A creative to the core, Muhsinah has chosen to traverse new territory with her sound and pulled it off flawlessly.

Throwing in some rock, dance, and even punk, Muhsinah might go through a single track sharing likeness with both Kenna and Brandy, while still being herself. She’s your secret favorite radio hit, your throwback punk jam from middle school, and your underground genre-shifter all at the same time – homegirl is not playing any games.

After winning a trip to Aruba to open for Jennifer Hudson, an inspired Muhsinah turned a single EP into her Gone “double EP” – meaning two EP’s in one. The first EP is called Urban, while the second one is called Suburban. Enter your email into the widget below to download Gone!

Muhsinah – “Stop & Go”
 

Muhsinah – “Down to 1″
 

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Pollyn “How Small We Are” from Pollyn on Vimeo.

LA based group, Pollyn changes it up on their second album with a funky electronic sound, while still retaining the luscious ambient vibe they are known for. Peep the entertaining visuals for their newest single, the addictive “How Small We Are.” The B-side is a Portishead cover for “Mysterons,” which will appear exclusively on the single.

Look out for Pollyn’s forthcoming album, Living In Patterns, dropping in September.

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