Mark de Clive-Lowe and Lady Alma – “I Can’t Help It”

Mark de Clive-Lowe and Lady Alma pay tribute to Michael Jackson with their version of “I Can’t Help It.”

iCON the Mic King – “Drifting With The Tide” featuring Awar

iCON the Mic King

iCON The Mic King is releasing a collection of songs that he’s calling the Headphone Classic Series. The first song in the series is called “Drifting With The Tide,” and it features Awar of the group Popular Strangers.
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Royce 5′9 – “Gun Harmonizing”

“Gun Harmonizing” comes from a new digital EP that Royce 5′9 is releasing July 7 called “The Revival.” The EP will include new songs from Royce’s “Street Hop” LP as well as a new Slaughterhouse track.

Royce 5′9 – “Gun Harmonizing”

Blaq Poet – “Stretch Marks and Cigarette Burns”

Blaq Poet - Tha Blaqprint

Blaq Poet’s “Stretch Marks and Cigarette Burns” features Panchi of NYGz and Imani Montana.
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Naledge – “Focus”

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Naledge – Chicago Picasso

Leisure Lab Now Donating Ten Percent of Digital Sales

You may already know that we donate ten percent of the profits from CD sales to the World Food Program. In the past we weren’t able to do the same with digital sales. This is because digital retailers don’t report data until months after the actual sale, and they all report on different, and sometimes unpredictable, schedules. However, we’ve solved this issue by establishing our own digital music store. Now you can buy music by Zane Tate in mp3 format with ten percent of your money going towards helping the hungry.

Slaughterhouse feat. MOP – “Woodstock Hood Hop” produced by Nottz

Hip Hop super group Slaughterhouse (Joe Budden, Royce Da 5′9″, Joell Ortiz and Crooked I) presents “Woodstock Hood Hop” from their forthcoming self-titled album. The track features MOP, and production by Nottz.

Blaq Poet – Ain’t Nuttin’ Changed (Queensbridge to California Remix) feat. MC Eiht and Young Malay

Get the remix of “Ain’t Nuttin’ Changed” below:
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Moon Baker – “Stay” produced by Nicolay

Moon Baker

Moon Baker’s album ABC of Romance came out a couple years ago, but if you lived in the U.S. you might have missed it since the release was limited to The Netherlands, Germany and Japan (Note from Zane: I paid the import price just to get this CD, and it was worth it). The album featured the Dutch soul singer with production by Nicolay, and it was really, really good. Today, Nicolay is giving away two songs from the album: “Stay,” and the remix of the title track “ABC of Romance,” which features Kay.

Naomi Shelton & the Gospel Queens – “What Have You Done”

Read an interview with Naomi Shelton at Flavorwire.