STREAM: Rye Rye – Boom Boom
Baltimore’s spitfire hip-hoptress Rye Rye is unleashing her brand new single “Boom Boom” on eager ears. The bouncy track, produced by Rudy ‘Mayru’ Maya (Rihanna), samples the Vengaboys’ 1999 hit “Boom Boom Boom Boom”. The video, directed by Legs (Florence + the Machine, Goldfrapp), is set to debut later this month. Take a listen now.

STREAM: Esperanza Spalding- “Black Gold” feat. Algebra
Eclectic jazz songstress and upright bass virtusuo Esperanza Spalding is back with “Black Gold”, the vivacious first single from her upcoming album, Radio Music Society. Unveiled just in time for the beginning of Black History Month, the song is triumphant testimony of empowerment, and is bound to become a celebatory anthem for people from all walks of life. “Black Gold” features guest vocals from neo-soul songbird Algebra Blessett. The track will impact urban radio shortly.
TOUR DATES
April 18 – Buffalo, NY – Center For The Arts
April 19 – Cleveland, OH – Metro Campus Auditorium
April 21 – New York, NY – Webster Hall
April 22 – Boston, MA – Orpheum Theatre
April 24 – Seattle, WA – Paramount Theatre
April 25 – Portland, OR – Crystal Ballroom
April 27 – Hollywood, CA – The Music Box
April 28 – Phoenix, AZ – JW Desert Ridge Jazz Festival
May 1 – Dallas, TX – House Of Blues
May 2 – Houston, TX – House Of Blues
May 3 – New Orleans, LA – New Orleans Jazz And Heritage Festival
May 5 – Austin, TX – Paramount Theatre
May 23 – Paris, France – La Cigale
May 28 – London, UK – KoKo
June 27 – Ottawa, ON – Ottawa Jazz Festival
June 29 – Montreal, QC – Metropolis Theatre
June 30 – Saratoga Springs, NY – Saratoga Performing Arts Center

Congratulations to Arthur Oskan and his album, A Little More Than Everything, on being nominated by the Juno Awards for best Electronic Album of the year.
One of Toronto’s most beloved underground producers and live acts, Arthur Oskan’s deep and lush yet essential techno sound is a direct evolution of his love for Detroit and many cold winters spent locked in his studio. Performing live with analog gear for over a decade, his exhilarating sets are a revelatory fusion of sizzling machine grooves and evocative synthetic melodies. Totaling ten tracks, Oskan’s debut full-length is a distinctive distillation of his uniquely refined take on soulful analog techno.

Usher Raymond’s been in the kitchen, cookin’ up this new strip-club classic! This song arrived just in time for you to get your groove on later on tonight. Enjoy and Happy Valentines Day, Musik Junkies!

STREAM: Ravaughn Brown- Same Ol’ BS
In keeping with the tradition of breaking great artists such as Ne-Yo and Adrienne Bailon, Compound Entertainment (staple executive) Calvin “Mister” breaks out with his new label -COMPOUND UNIVERSITY and his 1st artist RAVAUGHN BROWN!

RAVAUGHN, having worked with the likes of Ne-Yo, Brandy, and Celine Dion (to name a few) is poised and ready for her breakout year of 2012!
This song is my JAM!! Ravaughn’s angelic voice flows perfectly over this smooth beat and will have you listening to this track over and over! Enjoy, Musik Junkies!!

In keeping with the tradition of breaking great artists such as Ne-Yo and Adrienne Bailon, Compound Entertainment (staple executive) Calvin “Mister” breaks out with his new label -COMPOUND UNIVERSITY and his 1st artist RAVAUGHN BROWN!

RAVAUGHN, having worked with the likes of Ne-Yo, Brandy, and Celine Dion (to name a few) is poised and ready for her breakout year of 2012!

STREAM: Ravaughn Brown- Same Ol’ BS

CHRIS BROWN is getting the party started early with his brand new single “Turn Up The Music,” being released to radio stations now!!! The track will be available at all digital music stores on February 14.
CHRIS BROWN is getting the party started early with his brand new single “Turn Up The Music,” being released to radio stations now!!! The track will be available at all digital music stores on February 14.
Brown is currently in the studio adding the finishing touches to Fortune. The official release date for Fortune will be announced soon. Enjoy, Musik Junkies!

STREAM: Stalley (@Stalley) feat. DJ Khaled- City Of 30,000 Wolves
As a warm-up for his new release “Savage Journey to the American Dream”, Stalley offers a series of songs called “Songs by Me, Stalley”. The first is “City of 30,000 Wolves”, a tribute to Stalley’s hometown of Massillon, Ohio over DJ Toomp production with DJ Khaled on the intro. Savage Journey to the American Dream is coming soon!

Please support and RUN and purchase Futurecop’s ridiculously dope, new album. These guys put a classic album together!

January 23rd, 2012 saw the release of Futurecop!’s first full length worldwide album “The Movie”. This instrumental soundtrack inspired work is a selection of 13 original tracks created for a Futurecop! Movie. A sequel to their first EP in 2009 ‘The Unicorn & The Lost City of Alvograth’ via Southern Fried Records.

The Futurecop! hype attempts to capture a sound influenced from the 80s, nostalgia, fantasy, sci-fi and youth imaginations, breaking down music boundries and genres with their “retro space synth” injected electronic music.

STREAM: The Cast of Cheers- Family / Goose
By recording an album is just 3 days last year and by giving it away from their Badcamp, The Cast of Cheers got themselves 150,000 downloads and a nomination to the Choice Music Award is Ireland.

Now the Dublin 4 piece are announcing their first proper single “Family”, which is taken from their debut album due out in 2012. The album was produced by Luke Smith.

STREAM: My Tiger My Timing – Written In Red
This is the new single from My Tiger My Timing, Musik Junkies! It’s out NOW via Snakes & Ladders.

DOWNLOAD: Friends Of Emmet- Coming Apart
Friends Of Emmet are originally from Dublin and now living in Los Angeles. “Coming Apart”,is a powerful song that deals with suicide awareness. Make sure you check this track out!!

Miami’s 6-piece live hip-hop group Artofficial is circulating a heavy dose of musical medicine today. This rising band, with a killer horn section and two emcees, ingeniously creates a fresh and highly rare sound by mixing a wide variety of sonic ingredients. Genre mixing is pretty much the standard now, but ArtOfficial does more than that. Each track is distilled and refined from the connections already existing between genres: soul and jazz, funk and down south marching bands, afro-beat and latin, blues and R&B. Make sure you get your share of the healing power of ArtOfficial’s genre-hopping, Musik Junkies!