
All hail the Janelle Monae collaboration. She hasn't spent all her time being an ArchAndroid - she's also worked with some excellent producers and created some of the past few years' best music. She has a knack for turning most tracks she touches to gold; for holding disparate styles together. There were some real surprises - she's chosen her co-producers well. I'm genuinely surprised "Nerd Girl" and "20123 never got more buzz. The rest are a motley crew. Jaspects collaborated with Janelle on Broadcasting The Definition (2006) and The Polkadotted Stripe (2009). "Peachtree Blues" [...]

Straight out of Atlanta, GA I present to you Jaspects ! They are a 6 man urban/alternative band combining different genres of music into one great musical experience. I mean, they combine Jazz, Hip-Hop & R&B into something spectacular!!!! Although they operate out of Atlanta they are all from different places. The band consists of: T. Brown (Memphis, TN) Jon-Christopher Sowells (Dallas) Drummer Henry "HC3" Conerway, III (Detroit) Dwayne "Spacey" Dugger (Queens, NY) [...]

Jaspects have been dominating my easy listening and Jazz playlists lately. So I was extremely delighted to see that they had teamed up with Brooklyn's Atlanta's Señor Kaos for this very insightful, laid back track. Download - Jaspects Feat. Señor Kaos - "Fallin" (Remix) Bonus Download - Jaspects Feat. Janelle Monae - "20123

If you're here for the footage, it's all after the jump. The rest of y'all, read on. Mixed reactions surround any discussion on Drake. On the one hand, we have those that consider him the future of Hip-Hop. On the other, there are skeptics. Not to be confused with naysayers, or haters, these are the folks that are yet to be convinced that this man is worth his weight in laurels. Despite all the buzz and acclaim he'd garnered along with the fact [...]
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