H.I.S.D. “The Weakend”, Coming October 29th

Aug 26, 2010 No Comments by The Big La, Todd Kelley

About H.I.S.D. (Hueston Independent Spit District) Hue-ston we have a problem; Hip Hop has been interrupted. There’s a renaissance occuring before your eyes and this crew is right in the middle of it. This group of forward thinking music junkies have come together and formed H.I.S.D. (Hueston Independent Spit District) “Welcome to the District..” H.I.S.D. [...]

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The Foreign Exchange “Authenticity”, Coming October 12th

Aug 24, 2010 No Comments by The Big La, Todd Kelley

Picking up where their 2008 Grammy-nominated “Leave It All Behind” set left off, “Authenticity” is the group’s most diverse work to date, with a tight, 11-track song cycle spanning the duo’s trademark brand of lush electronic soul, to stripped down acoustic pieces that recall the heyday of 70′s singer-songwriter driven folk.

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The Background Flow #14

Aug 22, 2010 No Comments by The Big La, Todd Kelley

What’s up, Flowinker’s? It’s your boy, The Big La back with another installment of The Background Flow. In this episode, we give you only the hottest instrumental trax in one continuous hour-long mix. This time around, I mix in some of my favorites like AFTA-1, Kev Brown, Eric Lau, Madlib, Freddie Joachim and Elaquent with [...]

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The Flow Hop 14

Jul 29, 2010 1 Comment by The Big La, Todd Kelley

It’s been a while since I could sit and take my time with a mix. Multitasking is no joke! But this weekend, I got a good chunk of time to go through all the new music that’s been collecting dust on my desk. To my surprise, it was mostly Hip-Hop and MOSTLY GOOD! The amount [...]

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The Background Flow #13 (1indienation Edition)

Jul 28, 2010 No Comments by The Big La, Todd Kelley

What’s good, fam? Sorry it took so long to get this to you. Fellow podcaster Rachael Depp gave me the honor of featuring a mix on her popular 1indienation podcast. What follows is the 40 min set that was prodcasted originally on July 17th,2010 on http://www.1indienation.com. The 1indienation podcast is the perfect show to check [...]

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About Her Films Has Moments w/ AFTA-1

Jul 04, 2010 No Comments by The Big La, Todd Kelley

From “About Her Films” on Vimeo.com “This past Tuesday I had the opportunity to hang out with a producer by the name of AFTA-1. I’ve been following his music for the past few months and when I heard that he was going to be doing a set at SOM in San Francisco, I was beyond [...]

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Prototype Of Nu-Soul 18

Jul 02, 2010 No Comments by The Big La, Todd Kelley

After a short hiatus, we return with a mix that’s gonna kick you in the throat! Follow The Flowiink Online: Follow The Big La Online: Download Here: Prototype Of Nu-Soul #18 STREAM HERE: Tracklist 01. The Day – The Roots + Blu + Patty Crash 02. How To Deal – Dwele + Slum Village 03. All [...]

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WinkSound.com: In The Studio with Nicolay

Jun 21, 2010 No Comments by The Big La, Todd Kelley

Grammy Award nominated Hip Hop and R&B producer Nicolay, known for his work with The Foreign Exchange and nominated for their song “Daykeeper”, invites you in for a tour of his home studio. In this segment Nicolay explains his Pro Tools rig which he uses to record live instrumentation such as analog synths like the [...]

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(If You Missed It) The Roots: The LNJF ‘Sandwiches’

Jun 01, 2010 No Comments by The Big La, Todd Kelley

Although this came out in late 2009, I only got around to grabbing it a couple weeks ago. I love how The Roots sent to drop mixtape albums in between the semi-long waits for their full-length albums. And even though they spend a lot of time at their day job; as the house band for [...]

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YahZarah “Why Dontcha Call Me No More” Video

May 20, 2010 No Comments by The Big La, Todd Kelley

Remember when music videos were fun? I don’t know if anyone from the FE camp and do any wrong. Share on Facebook

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