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Wes Montgomery “Round Midnight” Live!

I know my dad will be happy about seeing some Wes Montgomery on MIMS so here goes, not the most original choice of songs but definitely one of the best quality videos available. Some of the moments here are just are just amazin...
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Roger Troutman on The Talkbox (Video Soul 1987)

Roger Troutman (November 29, 1951 — April 25, 1999) was the lead singer of the band Zapp who helped spearhead the Funk movement and heavily influenced West Coast hip hop due to the scene’s heavy sampling of his musi...
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Floating Points “Sais” (Video)

Floating Points – Sais from Will Hurt on Vimeo. Taken from the forthcoming Shadows EP. Visuals created live in realtime by Will Hurt as part of their ongoing live A/V collaboration.
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Rahsaan Patterson’s “The Wilhelm Scream” (+ bonus Wilhelms)

Our good friend and great producer Scott C let us know about this one. It’s a cover version of one of James Blake‘s better tracks called “Wilhelm Scream” done by american neosoul singer Rahsaan Patterson...
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Shlohmo “Places” Video

A sweet and simple video of the song “Places” off the Bad Vibes LP by Shlohmo.
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Nas “Nasty” (Video)

Oh man, I was about to be seriously depressed by this new Nas video. One minute in I was about to turn it off and bitch about it on but then the video starts making its point as the redux anti-bling version of 1999′s R...
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Onra “Chinoiseries part 2″ Preview (November 15th)

Our good homie ONRA has released the final teaser of his upcoming second volume of the Chinoiseries project. The concept is still the same: Onra goes on a trip to Vietnam and China, digs obscure traditional folklore music and p...
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Jimmy Cliff “The Harder they come” (Video)

“The Harder they come” might just be my favorite song of all time. I’m not saying it’s the best song ever or anything (that discussion is pointless anyway), the reason for this pick is mostly for persona...
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N.W.A in the studio (video from ’91)

Wowww. What a dope find. This is a video from a studio session with N.W.A back in 1991 when they were working on the Efil4zaggin album. It’s a timely discovery because I also wanted to share the fact that I heard a rumor ...
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King Midas Sound – Documentary (Parts 1 & 2)

Interesting mini doc on King Midas Sound, a great three piece collective that I had the pleasure to interview 2 years ago. (link to the interview) “On KMS’ new record called “Without You”, Kevin Martin (...
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The First 10 Gold Rap Singles in History

Over 30 years and counting. Rap music is still here and keeps getting more and more present in mainstream music. Like any other genre of music I listen to, there is a love / hate relationship here for sure. I absolutely hate wh...
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Thundercat: LP Release Party Live at the Echo (L.A)

Mochilla captures the record release party for The Golden Age of Apocalypse – September 5, 2011 at the The Echo in Echo Park L.A.
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