PUSHED ASIDE, PULLED APART...

New video from Berkeley's own Lyrics Born. This is "Pushed Aside, Pulled Apart" featuring Lateef the Truthspeaker (a Latryx re-union of sorts) from the forthcoming As U Were. Video directed by Raphael LaMotta of ApSci.

HOUSE OF CARDS...

Somber new video from The Foreign Exchange (Nicolay + Phonte). This is "House of Cards" featuring Muhsinah from the excellent Leave It All Behind. Directed by Matt Koza.

$FREE.99: DONNIS - DIARY OF AN ATL BRAVE

New FREE mixtape/album from ATL newcomer Donnis presented by the good folks at 10.Deep. The album is called Donnis: Diary of an ATL Brave and features production from J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League and guest spots from Bun B, Colin Munroe, and Marsha Ambrosius. Click here to download.

FRAGMENT x NIKE SPORTSWEAR ZOOM ALL COURT...

Stay classy.

RISING 5...

New track from NoDoz alumni Hudson Mohawke. This is "Rising 5" from the forthcoming Butter on Warp. This track kills! Do yourself a favor and taken a listen. You won't be disappointed.

INIFINITUM (VIDEO CLIP)...

New video clip from stay puft favorite Flying Lotus for "Infinitum" from the stellar Los Angeles LP. Directed by Daniel Garcia.

VOLCANO...

On September 29th Anti-Pop Consortium (Beans, High Priest, M. Sayyid, & Earl Blaize) will release their first record in nearly 7 years entitled Fluorescent Black. Here is the second track leaked from the album, a remix of "Volcano" by Four Tet. A true return to form for both APC & Four Tet. The hotness!

MIGHT LIKE YOU BETTER...

New video from rapper/singer Amanda Blank. This is "Might Like You Better" from her debut album I Love You. Track produced by XXXChange & Switch.

$FREE.99: 14KT - NOWALATAZ

Rounding out the new releases for the week is NoDoz alumni 14KT with Nowalataz, a FREE batch of "donuts" cooked up back in 2006 to honor the passing of his "musical mentor", J Dilla. Click here to download.

ECHO EXPANSION...

Also out this week is Echo Expansion, the new compilation from internet radio station dublab. The album features tracks from the likes of Flying Lotus, Ras G, Daedelus, Blank Blue, Dimlite, and more. Beat heads (like myself) will be all over this one.

L.A. EP 3x3...

Brainfeeder head honcho Flying Lotus returns this week with the final installment in the Los Angeles companion series, L.A. EP 3x3.

The EP features 2 new original works from FlyLo himself in addition to remixes from Dimlite, Rebekah Raff, and Take. In my opinion, the most experimental EP in the series, yet very rewarding.

NIKE SPORTSWEAR - AIR MAX TO MAXIM...

The road to the Nike Sportswear Air Maxim. A must-see for all my Air Max nerds out there.

UNDEFEATED x GOURMET...

Coming soon...

THE SUN...

New video from socially-charged hip-hop heavyweight Mr. Lif. This is "The Sun" from Lif's latest full-length release, I Heard It Today. Check it.

MAYBE SO, MAYBE NO (VIDEO)...

New video from unlikely soul sensation Mayer Hawthorne. This is "Maybe So, Maybe No" from the forthcoming A Strange Arrangement due September 8th on Stones Throw. Can't wait for this record to drop.

NIKE BLAZER MID SUPREME TZ...

Cleaaaaan.

PON DE FLOOR...

NOT WORK SAFE

New video from Major Lazer (Diplo + Switch) directed by Eric Wareheim. This is "Pon De Floor" featuring Vybz Cartel from Guns Don't Kill People...Lazers Do. Consider this a "how to" video on "daggering".

TECMO BO...

Bo Knows Tecmo Bowl. Hands down one of the finest video game athletes of all-time.

AMANDA BLANK...

Rounding out the new releases for this week is Spank Rock affiliate Amanda Blank with her long overdue solo debut I Love You.

The album is produced by XXXChange, Diplo, and Switch and features guest spots from MC Spank Rock, Chuck Inglish of The Cool Kids, and Lykke Li. Definitely check for this one.

MY TROUBLED MIND...

Also out this week via FlyLo's Brainfeeder imprint is the debut EP from The Gaslamp Killer, My Troubled Mind. GLK comes hard with the raw drums and dusty psyche-funk samples on this one. Definitely check for it.

JOHNSON&JONSON INSTRUMENTALS...

One of my favorite hip-hop albums from 2008, the self-titled debut from Johnson&Jonson (Blu + Mainframe) is being released in instrumental format this week. Now you can soak up those dusty Mainframe beats sans Blu.

TOEACHIZOWN VOL. 2: FLY...

Electro-funk don Dâm-Funk is back with Fly, the 2nd digital release (of 5) from his Toeachizown project. Pure "electric-space-funk" goodness.