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Listen: Phonte – “Not Here Anymore (feat. Elzhi)”

 

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North Carolina rap legend Phonte is set to release his first ever solo release Charity Starts At Home on September 27, 2011 through FE Music. The first offering off this new project is “Not Here Anymore (feat. Elzhi)” and is produced by 9th Wonder. Phonte and 9th made up two-thirds of Little Brother, highly regarded as one of the most prominent underground rap groups of all time, before the trio officially broke up in 2010. With 9th Wonder handling the production duties, Phonte and former Slum Village member Elzhi share the mic and drop some thought-provoking, conscientious rhymes. Give it a spin below.

MP3: Phonte – “Not Here Anymore (feat. Elzhi)”

Listen: James Blake & Bon Iver – “Fall Creek Boys Choir”

joomplu:313James Blake and Bon Iver‘s first and widely anticipated collaborative track, “Fall Creek Boys Choir”, was just released by Blake on his Youtube page. Featuring production by Blake and vocals from Vernon, “Fall Creek Boys Choir” is a pretty minimalistic effort. Vernon’s signature auto-tuned falsetto meshes pretty well with the simple, thumping bassline throughout the song. My only complaint? Blake seems to be incorporating a random dog bark in the beat, which seems to disturb the flow of the song rather than help it. Give the track a listen below.

The track will be available for purchase on iTunes next week on August 29, 2011 and according to the Youtube page, “Enough Thunder – Oct 2011”. Could it be another new song or a full-fledged EP or album? No word yet, but any further efforts by these two should be of extremely high quality.

Listen: Ryan Adams – “Lucky Now”

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Ryan Adams is set to release his brand new solo LP, Ashes & Fire, on October 11th via PAX-AM/Capitol, his thirteenth studio release and first on Capitol. Today, the singer-songwriter released the first cut from the album, “Lucky Now”. The deluxe bundle of the album (which you can preorder here) will come enclosed with a 3D Lenticular photo of Adams, an expanded booklet with 3D images, 3D glasses, and bonus track “Darkness”.

You can listen to “Lucky Now” below and check out the full tracklist after the break.


Video: Matt & Kim (feat. Soulja Boy and Andrew WK) – “I’m A Goner”

Last year, Converse brought together Kid Cudi, Vampire Weekend‘s Rostam Batmanglij, and Best Coast to create the cheery “All Summer”. Yet again, Converse has created another random combination of musicians, putting together Soulja Boy, Andrew WK, and Matt & Kim to create the extremely catchy “I’m A Goner”, recorded at the Converse Rubber Tracks studio in Brooklyn. Talk about a weird group.

The video features the foursome rising from the dead to “throw a raging dance party in a morgue.”

You can download the track or find out more about the project over here.