LOVING YOU IS KILLING ME...

This video makes me smile. This is Aloe Blacc with "Loving You Is Killing Me" from last year's Good Things. Courtesy of Stones Throw.

HOOD PASS INTACT (VIDEO)...

New video from modern funk kingfish Dâm-Funk. This is the vocal version of "Hood Pass Intact" from his recent 12" of the same name. Check it.

GOOD THINGS...

Another BIG week for new releases. First up is the early release from Stones Throw of Good Things from rapper turned crooner Aloe Blacc. The album is produced entirely by Truth & Soul and features the surprise hit "I Need A Dollar". Available now at the Stones Throw online store.

$FREE.99: J DILLA - DONUT SHOP EP

Stones Throw comes through with a solid freebie. Sign up for their newsletter and receive a download link for the Donut Shop EP from the J Dilla x Serato collabo. The EP features 3 unreleased tracks and 3 previously unreleased instrumentals for Mos Def, Q-Tip and Busta Rhymes.

HOOD PASS INTACT...

Out now via Stones Throw is Hood Pass Intact, the new digi-12" from Dâm-Funk featuring vocals from none other than West Coast hip-hop legend MC Eiht! That's right, the originator of the now ubiquitous phrase "Gyeah!".

YOUR EASY LOVIN' AIN'T PLEASIN' NOTHIN'...

New video from unlikely soul sensation Mayer Hawthorne. This is "Your Easy Lovin' Ain't Pleasin' Nothin'" from his debut smash A Strange Arrangement. Check it.

ONE TRACK MIND...

A few weeks back Mayer Hawthorne released the latest video from his debut full-length A Strange Arrangement. This is "One Track Mind" courtesy of Stones Throw.

I NEED A DOLLAR (VIDEO)...

New video from Stones Throw recording artist Aloe Blacc. This is "I Need A Dollar" from the forthcoming Good Things. This bad boy is infectious!

I WISH IT WOULD RAIN...

Sticking with the Mayer Hawthorne theme from yesterday, here's a new video from the blue-eyed soul sensation for "I Wish It Would Rain" from his debut A Strange Arrangement.

PANTS PLAYS MAYER...

Pants plays Mayer and Mayer play Pants. New 7" from Stones Throw with James Pants covering Mayer Hawthorne's "Green Eyed Love" and Mayer Hawthorne covering "Thin Moon" from James Pants. Whoa. That was confusing.

STUSSY x J DILLA DOCUMENTARY PART 3...

Part 3 (of 3) of the documentary put together by Stussy to honor the legacy of the incomparable J Dilla.

STUSSY x J DILLA DOCUMENTARY PART 2...

Part 2 of the documentary put together by Stussy to honor the legacy of the incomparable J Dilla.

STUSSY x J DILLA DOCUMENTARY PART 1...

In conjunction with Stones Throw Records, Stussy has created a special 3-part documentary that celebrates the life and times of the late James Dewitt Yancey, better known to the world as J Dilla.

I NEED A DOLLAR...

Out this week via Stones Throw is I Need A Dollar/Take Me Back, the new 12" from emcee turned singer/songwriter Aloe Blacc. The a-side, "I Need A Dollar" recently made it's debut as the theme song to the new HBO series How To Make It In America.

DO-OVER VOL. 1...

Brainfeeder head honcho Flying Lotus and Motown hip-hop mainstay Houseshoes split duties on vol. 1 of the new Do-Over series.

FL delivers more trademark crunchy hip-hop goodness with "Sangria Spin Cycles" and Houseshoes comes through with a Dilla-esque time signature called "The Makings". Straight heat, from LA to Motown.

20 of 20, MAYER HAWTHORNE - A STRANGE ARRANGEMENT

12 of 20, DÂM-FUNK - TOEACHIZOWN

SEVEN SEALS...

Looking to join a cult? Here's your soundtrack. Seven Seals is the new album from James Pants and it features a heavy dose of psych & synths that'll have you ready to go P.A.G.A.N. in no time. Courtesy of Stones Throw.

MIRRORS...

New video from electro-boogie kingpin Dâm-Funk. This is "Mirrors" from his recently compiled Toeachizown project on Stones Throw. Check it out.

TOEACHIZOWN VOL. 5: SKY...

Okay, let's talk about some of the records that dropped while I was away. First up is Sky from Dâm-Funk, the 5th (and final) release in his Toeachizown project. More electro-boogie funk goodness from the don of the genre.