4 years ago when I created the blog that became BamaLoveSoul.com, I never imagined over a million people worldwide would be visiting the site annually. We’re very thankful for our visitors, advocates and friends and invite you to spend our anniversary with us here in Bama! Enjoy some cake while watching the A Tribe Called Quest documentary Beats Rhymes & Life before DJ Jamad gets on the turntables and reminds you why you love music. Doors open at 5 30PM and the documentary will begin promptly at 6PM. RSVP HERE

Plum Bar
108 17th Street North
Birmingham, AL 35203
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One thing I’ve never done is say that a certain day of the week gets me down or makes me feel a certain way. However, there are those that say Mondays generate a certain unpleasant feeling. No Mondays 001 is BamaLoveSoul’s effort to thwart Monday’s evil plan to ruin the first or second  day of the week with some soothing musical therapy. Listen HERE and if we get enough listens we’ll make it available for Download. Enjoy!

01 Alison Crockett – Anything
02 Deborah Jordan – One
03 Richie Hennessey – Bubble in the Tub
04 Toni Hill – Rose
05 Dionne Farris – Sweet Hello
06 Emel – Thinking About You
07 Star 69 – Who Are You
08 Me’Shell Ndegeocello
09 Alzye Elyse – My Mans Not the One
10 Marc mac – 1968
11 Heston – Angel
12 Tweek – So Natural
13 Roy Davis jr – Nu Roots
14 J Rawls – What If… feat Middle Child
15 Soul bossa trio – Dolphin

series now known as No Lunes

Saneyes is a producer from Paris, France who his known for his futuristic sounds and melodic tunes. He has worked on a few compilations called Static Movement that featured producers from USA such as Buscrates 16-Bit Ensemeble. Saneyes is also a skillful visual artist which can be felt in his colorful music. His newest project, Versions (remix), features three songs that he chose to remix by artists such as Pharaoh Monch, Jesse Boykins III, and Notorious B.I.G . These tracks are sure to get you out your seat and moving or simply bobbing your head.  Saneyes has already released it and you can download this project for FREE HERE.

Pharaoh Monch- F*@k You (Saneyes Remix)

It is only fitting that we begin this post by thanking everyone for the overwhelming response to The UnCommonly Good Common Remixes Vol.1 (Download). We also want to thank everyone who reached out to be included in the remaining remix compilations; the last one will be released Dec 16th. If you want to be included, hit us at Common@BamaLoveSoul.Com.
With no further delay, here are 10 more Common remixes as well as a Sa-Ra produced bonus track. Download / Stream and enjoy!

01. Common; Erykah Badu – All Night Long (Feel The Vibes Remix)
02. Common – Go (The Boomjacks Remix)
03. Common – I Used To Love H.E.R. (Noel Zancanella Remix)
04. Common – The Corner (Petschino Remix)
05. Common; Mark the 45 King – Car Horn (Madlib Remix)
06. Common – Go! (Vex Remix)
07. Common – The Light (Tarik Sabar’s Shine Down Remix)
08. Common; Dice Raw; Flo Brown; Jazzyfatnastees; Mos Def; The Roots – Hurricane (Insight Remix)
09. Common – I Used To Love H.E.R. (@quatic Son Remix)
10. Davina; Common – Come Over To My Place (Remix)
11. Common – So Cool (prod by Sa-Ra) Bonus

Dec 20th is the date Common’s latest release, The Dreamer/The Believer will be in our grubby, little demanding hands. As a longtime fan, I must admit that I’m excited and at the same time afraid, as always, to see what this album will bring. Additionally, depending on how good/bad TDTB is, this album has the dubious distinction of  determining where me and Common’s “relationship” will go from this album forward.
Peep some of the released tracks from TDTB HERE

Nevertheless, for the long suffering fan, the BamaLoveSoul Crew will be shining light on a lot of Common nuggets over the course of this month leading up to the release of the new album. The first offering is part 1 of a series of compilations of little known Common remixes that we hope your ear hasn’t been wrapped around before. Download HERE  or stream (mixcloud)

Tracklisting
01. Come Close (Blackbeard’s Broken Dub)
02. Ghetto Heaven (9th Wonder Remix)
03. Love of My Life (Soul Supreme Remix)
04. GO (Lawrence Wiggins Remix)
05. Come Close (DJ Hazime Remix)
06. Punch Drunk Love (Remix)
07. Gladiator (Von Pea’s Midnight on Myrtle Remix)
08. I Used To Love H.E.R (Tall Black Guy Remix)
09. Testify (88-Keys Hand On The Bible Remix)
10. Come Close (Boozoo Bajou Remix)
11. I Will Survive (J Finesse Remix) (Bonus)

Check these previously posted tracks/remixes as well

Common – Strange Fruit (Unreleased)
Common; Queen Latifah – Next Time
Common – The Light (Kero One Remix)
Common’s I Used to Love H.E.R (BusCrates 16-Bit Ensemble Remix)
Common – Go (Jazzanova Remix) feat Joy Denalane
Common – R-E-S-U-R-R-E-C-T-I-O-N ’03 (Grooveman Spot Remix)

In case you weren’t aware, Carolina soulman Anthony Hamilton is currently on tour in the effort to drum up some buzz for the December 13th release of his new “Back To Love” LP.

So early this AM, while I was trolling the interwebs for more news of said forthcoming album,  it occurred to me that this year alone Hamilton has had a decent amount of “unreleased” tracks miraculously materialize with the kind of spontaneous conception that we’ve come to expect in this file sharing age.

No clue as to whether these tracks were potentials for the LP that mysteriously found themselves on the digital cutting room floor or if they were simply never ment for the masses to gain access to until Ant and/or his label came to some agreement on what to do with them.

Well we found something to do with them. Think of this as a precursor to the actual album.

Download HERE

A couple of these tracks are sparse, simple ballads. A few are more of a mid-tempo toe-tap groove and one slow burner speaks of past hurt, pain and the forgiveness that sometimes comes when one asks a bruised heart to give you another chance.

But all the tracks here have one thing in common, they are undoubtedly driven by Anthony’s passionate and mellow tenor.

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Last Thursday Birmingham, Al  was graced by a performance by supercrew The Foreign Exchange with DJ Rahdu on turntable duty!  I’m happy to say that the soul community showed up and supported a great band that chose to come to our city on their own dime. A good time was had by all and we hope to see you all again soon. Thanks to everyone that helped make the show a success, including the wonderful Jessica Latten (visit her site) who showed up and showed out on camera duty and for always being willing to assist!
Here’s the large portion of my set, recorded before the gain somehow got set too high and distorted the sound. Enjoy!
Note: This is not a mix of The Foreign Exchange songs, just a cool mix of soul and Hip Hop to prepare the crowd for the show

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In case you’re just joining us, we’ve been on J*DaVeY watch for a good while now in anticipation of their first major label debut, NEW DESIGNER DRUG.

While the impatient waiting continues, as there is STILL no hard and fast date set, Jack & Brook are benevolent enough to keep throwing satisfying tidbits to the wolves. The tasty morsel we get this week is a double feature; two videos rolled into one of two songs from the official tracklisting.

With production & directing creds again going to The Ports, edits from the team of Adam Tillman-Young and Peter Dean, not to mention a wardrobe assist from VintagEye, you’ve got a good base of ingredients to concoct more buzz for an already highly anticipated long player.

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After many delays but lots of great music and several psycho-seductive videos to tide us over, Cubic Zirconia has released their first full length under their new home and imprint, Fool’s Gold.

 To mark the occasion of this frabjous day, they’ve asked Scotland’s own Hudson Mohawke to blend together tracks some of their greatest past project with selections from the new LP, into a Cubic Zirconia Megamix with more than just a slight stressing on the MEGA part.

After you grab the free Megamix from the Soundcloud above, follow your heart over to iTunes and cop the long awaited LP by clicking HERE.

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It’s always cool to hear more from Havana! Havana released her sophomore album “Entervention“. To help carry the album further, she released her video for the single “DayLight“. The track is produced by GB (Gifted Blessed) and is very nice and subtle. Support indie and check it out!

My brother from another mother is back! The last release from Applejac was his rendition of Carlitta Durand‘s Doug & Patty EP. Well, now Applejac has his EP Playin’ Favorites that I’m sure will grab everyone’s ears…even the doubters, if there are any. The Playin’ Favorites EP is a collective of Applejac‘s favorite jams produced by himself and features some great artists such as Reggie B, Carmen Rodgers, and Rogiers. The great thing about this new release is that Applejac is releasing it as digital AND compact disc. If you’re anything like me, you’re going to want that physical copy to play in the car for nostalgic reasons. So, please support indie and pick up this release here. It’s FREE for God sakes!

I have never heard of Trumaine Lamar before in my LIFE, but from now on I will be checking for him. This is something I needed to get through the day and his smokey vocals just takes me away. This joint “Relax” uses the heavily sampled Ronnie Foster “Mystic Brew” which was also sampled by A Tribe Called Quest for “Electric Relaxation“. So you know you got to come with it when you messing with those two classic joints. Trumaine, I assume is from Florida, but you can get more information at his site and get the album at Bandcamp . Support dope music!

Trumaine Lamar- Relax