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New Dilla material to be released

An EP and an album of previously unreleased material will be released, on the 25th of May and the 12th of June. A tracklist, two covers, a promotional video, and some snippets have been released so far.

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Kurt McGrit – Kurtstrumentals Vol. 2

Kurtstrumentals Vol. 2 is the second release in the instrumental series from North Carolina producer Kurt McGirt. It features 14 beats for the incredible small price of $0.50.

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Tensei releases their second EP: “Two”

After the release of their “One” EP, Tensei, which consists of Chicago based musicians Simple X and Midas Wells, have released their second instrumental effort, “Two” on LA based label, Plug Research.

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Oddisee – Odd Renditions

Odd Renditions is a short 4 track EP from rapper and producer Oddisee, this should keep fans satisfied until his People Hear What They See album drops on June 12th.

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Melaz – Daydreaming 2

Daydreaming 2 is a selection of instrumentals that have a soulful, urban style while sounding dreamy and atmospheric. This free download was put together by Italian DJ, graphic designer and art director, Melaz.

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Ab-Soul’s “Control System”

The Black Lip Bastard A.K.A Ab-Soul has done it again!!! His latest release, dropped May 11, 2012 “Control System” is an album that will keep you mentally in tuned and aware to the ways of the world’s actual control system.

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Quantic & Alice Russell with his Combo Barbaro – Look Around The Corner

DJ, producer, musician and composer Quantic teams up with fellow Tru Thoughts label mate, singer/songwriter Alice Russell to release their new album, Look Around The Corner.

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Suff Daddy

Suff Daddy is a German producer/beat maker who has been notably active since 2005. That was over 7 years ago, can you believe that? That’s nearing a decade.

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The Bamboos

The Bamboos are an Australian Soul/Funk band who have been around for over a decade. Not all of their songs have vocals, a lot are just pure funk, but some do, and they also often get featured artists to do vocals.

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DJ Mitsu The Beats – Beat Installments

Another beat tape for all the instrumental heads, this one coming from Japanese producer DJ Mitsu The Beats. Mitsu is well respected in both his home nation of Japan and internationally, working with the likes of Little Brother, Dwele and Rich Medina.

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AO Logics – Mass/Comm

Mass/Comm is an instrumental project by AO Logics, one half of the vocalist’s from ArtOfficial. The 10 track release is available completely free, anyone who loves instrumentals should check it out.

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Greydon Square – The Kardashev Scale

The Karashev Scale is the 3rd album from rapper, out spoken atheist and Iraq war veteran Greydon Square. Having studied both Physics and Computer Science, Greydon uses his knowledge to create a science themed album that features vocal samples from famous scientists such as Michio Kaku and Carl Sagan.