The Roots certainly didn’t disappoint with the “Make My” single off their December 6th slated undun. And now we can be further not disappointed with a complete stream of the album on NPR. The moody and often melancholy concept based album is layered and textured, playing out like an audio story, which could also easily double as a film soundtrack.

Also, yesterday the group dropped a free iTunes app to go with their very first conceptual project. The app includes photos, lyrics, interviews, music video snippets and in all “an immersive experience that elucidates the life and times of one Redford Stephens,” the focal character on undun.

Tracklisting
1. Dun
2. Sleep
3. Make My feat. Big K.R.I.T. & Dice Raw
4. One Time feat. Phonte & Dice Raw
5. Kool On feat. Greg Porn & Truck North
6. The OtherSide feat. Bilal Oliver & Greg Porn
7. Stomp feat. Greg Porn
8. Lighthouse feat. Dice Raw
9. I Remember
10. Tip The Scale feat. Dice Raw
11. Redford (For Yia-Yia & Pappou)
12. Possibility (2nd Movement)
13. Will To Power (3rd Movement)
14. Finality (4th Movement)

Dowload the undun app on iTunes

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A little while back, we gave away Flud’s BPM Watch and shared a feature video with DJ Numark, which was one of many promoting the launch of the fantastic watch. Other producers featured in the series included DJ Spinna, Lord Finesse, DJ Babu, and Exile, amongst others.

The final video dropped a few days ago and one might call it crack of sorts. If anyone is familiar with araabMUZIK, you know that this dude murders ish. Like, absolutely rips it. No joke. We saw him at SXSW last year and were frozen into a daze of awesome bliss. Take a look.

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Songkick just launched their free Songkick Concerts mobile app for iPhone and iPod touch today and it’s kind of serious with 100,000 concert listings in over 70 countries (AKA you’re never missing your favorite artists’ shows again). Once you load the app, Songkick Concerts detects your location and scans all the music on your device to create a highly-personalized lists of concerts in your area. After you find a show you’re into, you can invite friends to a concert via the Facebook, Twitter, or email integration, too. Gnarly.

Other highlights? Personalized concert calendar, push notifications when shows are announced, complete concert info (map, line-up, date, time, and ticket options), and concert browsing in your area (you can add more than one location). And for those of you that already have a Songkick.com account, obvs you’ll be able to integrate that with your handy dandy app as well.

Download the Songkick Concerts mobile app on iTunes

Sade just released a great Playlist Facebook App, which lets you choose your favorite songs from the complete Sade catalog, and then share your playlist with your friends. You’ll also get a chance to win the Ultimate Sade Prize Pack which consists of Tickets to a Sade show, an Amex gift card, and their latest release The Ultimate Collection.

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This weekend on June 27th and 28th, Dubspot, New York’s premier DJ and electronic music production institute, has teamed up with Ableton to present the Live 8 US Sessions Tour in NYC.

It’s the second stop of the tour, featuring established artists like Richie Hawtin & Scientist, who will present their personally developed strategies and techniques for producing and performing with Ableton Live 8.

Register for Live 8 US Sessions Tour in NYC

To top off the weekend workshop on Sunday, Dubspot and Ableton celebrate Dubspot’s 2 year anniversary at Le Poisson Rouge.

Legendary Scientist will mix live with Dub Is A Weapon, followed by DJ sets from Matt Shadetek & DJ Rupture of Dutty Artz, Kiva, Barry Cole and Badawi. This will also be the first party of Dubspot’s new monthly night!

More info on DubSpot’s 2 Year Anniversary Party #3

RSVP to Pete Rock for free here.

The new issue of Wired (16.10) reports that Google Maps “now offers step-by-step instructions for not driving from point A to point B.” From the Google Maps home page, simply click Get Directions, enter point A, enter point B, click Get Directions button and choose Walking from the Also Available bar.