Weekly Digest 9
Frank Ocean took to Tumblr to release the song he had written for the soundtrack of Django Unchained. The movie’s creators ultimately decided not to include the song but praised it. Frank posted it a few days ago with a caption reading “django was ill without it.”
After acknowledging the leak of Long.Live.A$AP, A$AP Rocky has uploaded the official preview for the album’s title track. Definitely a new A$AP anthem.
iTunes: A$AP Rocky – Long Live A$AP
DOOM’s “Doomsayer” gets remixed by Jay-Z’s go-to guy Young Guru.
As long as Freeway is around, Santa is black. With that said, Free comes down the chimney with a bundle of new music. Guests include Memphis Bleek, Young Gunz, Peedi Crakk and more.
Wavves frontman Nathan Williams released a new beat tape from his production project Sweet Valley. Williams’ “most blunted, smoked out” effort to date, Jenova is steeped in psychedelia, with plenty of hazy effects, snarling guitars, and jumbled samples and random dissonance. Stream the 17-track effort below, or download your copy here.
For those who love the movie Juno and more specifically it’s soundtrack, listen up! Cherry Sea, a indie folk/pop/rock band from New Brunswick, recently came out with their debut self-titled album and it’s full of feel-good music. It’s not our usual style, but give it a listen: I’m sure you’ll enjoy it even if you are not a heartbroken teenager anymore!
Mya has always been one of the most fancied women and this video furthers that fact, when you see her singing in the bath tub and then in her room for her “Mr. Incredible”, the latest single from her album K.I.S.S., in stores now.
New Jersey native STORi is back with some new ish: The Motown singer/rapper goes over a sinister backdrop giving you a insight on what she keeps in her pocketbook. Loved for her singing/rapping flow, “Pocketbook” is sure to hold down her current fans as well as gain the attention of soon to be ones. If you don’t love Stori by now, you soon will. With a mixtape in the works and the release of her Motown/Universal debut album in the horizon. Here’s another video of her from early 2012:
The Brooklyn boys return with a new track produced by 1/3 of their collective. Is there a new Flatbush project around the corner? We hope so…
Hot 97’s Miss Info recently talked to the A$AP Mob at Black Star Music & Video in Harlem. A$AP Rocky and Info discussed the year of 2012 with the crews success and setbacks, the growth of the “A$AP” brand, beef with SpaceGhostPurrp, past romances and legal troubles.
