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Seattle sorceresses THEESatisfaction continue to enchant with each leak from their forthcoming project on Subpop, awE NaturalE, due to drop on March 27th. Stream/download “Enchantruss” below and if you’re in NYC, get thee to the Cameo Gallery in Williamsburg next Friday March 8th, where we hear Cat & Stas will be performing live. Stay tuned for more.

Everybody’s favorite sticker of the icky Snoop Dogg is in (surprise) Jamaica these days and LargeUp visual director/highly rated photographer Martei Korley was on hand to document his visit with reggae icon (not to mention wife & mother to a few other reggae icons) Rita Marley on the occasion of a Rasta Queens panel discussing the role of Rastafarian women organized by Marley grand-dawta Donisha Pendergast, who is also producing a documentary about the often-misunderstood religion. Get more info on Snoop’s Jamaican connection in their Top 10 and see the rest of Martei’s brilliant photos at the link below.
Check out this interview with Stic Man, one half of the mighty dead prez. A candid, stark look into the artists and joints that informed his experience and helped make him the genuine article he is today, this is the next in the Where it All Began series that Ambrosia For Heads has been releasing in their ongoing documentary project of the same name. Down to earth and relatable, this is again one of the interviews that makes us further respect our heroes and truly understand their place in the game.
OKP fav Robin Thicke teams up with the goblin you love to hate (or love, depending). Pretty dope verse from Lil Wayne (IMO) and a pretty dope, spooky visual (sor of a heartbreak hotel-type theme) for this song that Thicke has been performing live in Weezy-free form. Enjoy above and Wayne-haters, start your engines!

You might have thought Cody ChestnuTT was on an extended vacation from the funk nation but, No. He has been funkin’ overtime, spewing the residue of the working class’s faith in democracy (his words). He wrote a song about it, like to hear it/here it go:
Right from the electrifying quality of his voice on the very first words (walking on the path to perdition) of “Under the Spell of the Handout” (stream/download above) it’s like, Where has this cat been–and how did we get by without him for so long? It’s been about two years since his Black Skin No Value EP and this may be the first sign that his next project, Landing on a Hundred is almost ready for the world to hear. Welcome news.
spotted at SB

Stalley hit 50k followers on twitter last night, so as promised he’s given us a release date for his upcoming project, Savage Journey To The American Dream, March 30th. We also get another joint off the Songs by Me, Stalley series the Bennyhaze produced track “Trap Money.”
Gary Clark, Jr. is the future of the blues and the future has arrived, y’all. I can’t really think of a more direct indicator of ‘arrived’ than ‘performed at the White House for the POTUS Barack Obama and his wife lovely wife Michelle‘. Not only does Clark get a standing ovation at the end but it is important to note that the leader of the free world already knows the words to “Catfish Blues” (although it does look like he is either cheating or maybe checking the game score on his Secret Service micro-berry at one point). Also, you know you’re in the presence of a true blues master–not by the funkfaces he makes–but because he is visibly talking under his breath to the guitar like, C’mon Betsy. Give it to me, nah, girl during the solo. This is from the February 21st Red, White and Blues performance which aired on public television this past Tuesday–watch the full show at PBS.

J. Cole is currently in his hometown of Fayetteville, North Carolina for what he has dubbed Dreamville Weekend. Things kicked off yesterday with the Mayor officially marking March 1st as J. Cole day in Cumberland County and will conclude tomorrow with a live concert at the Fillmore in Charlotte, The Dollar And A Dream Show. In celebration of all this, Cole also dropped off a new joint, the aptly titled and Elite produced, “Visionz Of Home.” You can check out footage of Cole at his old High School, Terry Sanford, here.
Spotted at RR

