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I could say a lot here, but I'll let all that unfold... just know that it's been a LONG TIME COMING. Right where we need to be. Until later, check out these articles on State Of The Arts ... SF Weekly Examiner State Of The Arts is now available everywhere digital music is sold! iTunes Amazon

Next Tuesday 1/25/11 yall... Shout out to Mister Bouncer of Trust Your Struggle for lacing the art for the album! State Of The Arts tracklist: 1. "State Of The Arts" featuring Goapele 2. "D.I.Y." 3. "More Than Two Ways" 4. "Stop It!" featuring Mistah F.A.B. 5. "Score" 6. "Quit Yo Job" featuring Kid Sister 7. "Get A Job" 8. "Show Love" featuring Spank Pops & 1-O.A.K. 9. "Fool On The Hill" featuring Phonte 10. "International Affairs" featuring MoxMore 11. [...]

This is it yall. The Beginning of the Beginning. It's been a minute since I've posted- for good reason. I've been super focused on getting State Of The Arts together for the world to hear... And now it's finally here. "State Of The Arts" is my DEBUT video off of my DEBUT album, hence "The Beginning of the Beginning". Featuring Goapele Directed by Dahveed Telles [...]

A while back I dropped the first singles off of my upcoming project, State of the Arts, for free download. Today, go and grab the maxi-singles available everywhere digitally, complete with new exclusive B-sides and Remixes! FOOL ON THE HILL 01. Fool On The Hill featuring Phonte 02. Fool On The Hill (Instrumental) 03. Fool On The Hill (1-O.A.K. Remix) featuring Phonte 04. Fool On The Hill (Snippet) 05. Life Is What You Make It FOOL ON THE HILL [...]

I'm literally sitting here working on the liner notes for State Of Arts and got to thinking, on a tangent of course. Our World is like the Heavens. What am I talking about? Well its like this. People are like stars. You can see them from far away and they leave an impact for all to see. There are all kinds of stars. Big, Small. Some are known, named. Some are part of groups, galaxies, clusters. Some are solitary, but still shine bright. There are also "heavenly bodies" that [...]

I'm glad to have had a chance to work with Poly on his new album. He's one of those dudes that can do it all. Technically this isn't the first time I've worked with him... He mixed one of my favorite productions, J*Davey's "Valley Of Love" Check out my production on album opener, "Friend of Mine". via HNRL Polyester releases his debut album, Peace, Love, Unity, Respect, today! The project features some of his frequent collaborators including Dom Kennedy, Casey Veggies, Like (of [...]

Prelude to Interim (Documentary) from The Art of Re-use on Vimeo . The homie Whiz shot me this video from The Madbury Club . This is right up my alley. Just in case you forgot, I do this too ... And like them, maybe I should do it for you too...

This is shaping up to be a good time... Make sure you slide through!

It's going down this Saturday night at Public Works in SF! I'll be performing new material off of my upcoming project State Of The Arts! Be sure to come out... This is going to be off the hook! For a thorough synopsis of the evening click HERE .

Come check out the show this wednesday! RSVP HERE

The big homie Lyrics Born has just released his latest album, AS U WERE. I had the pleasure of contributing to a few songs as well as producing and featuring on "Block Bots". Look out for that "Lies X 3" (Trackademicks Remix), coming soon! AS U WERE Available Now! Track List: 1. Kontrol Phreak 2. I Wanna B W/U (Feat. Lateef) 3. We Live By The Beat 4. Coulda Woulda Shoulda (Feat. Sam Sparro) 5. As U Were Reception (Skit) 6. I've Lost Myself (Feat. Joyo Velarde) 7. Lies X [...]

Its finally here! The compilation features cuts from the whole extended Fool's Gold fam. Check out the live version of my track, "The Best Stroke" LIVE @ SXSW You can also pick up physical copies of FG Vol 1 at Opening Ceremony stores, and Golden Week at any record shop worth their salt. Fool's Gold Vol 1 - iTunes - Amazon - Opening Ceremony 1. Treasure Fingers f. Haley Small - Keep Up 2. Vega - [...]

Spank Pops - Beautiful Noise from HNRL on Vimeo . The next visual for the title track off of the Spank Pops' EP, Beautiful Noise. Directed by Aris Jerome... Just in case you forgot!

Its going down! Check out my track, "The Best Stroke" , dropping on the compilation Oct. 25! (Via Pitchfork) Fool's Gold, the label founded by DJs A-Trak and Nick Catchdubs, will release its first compilation on October 25. Fool's Gold Vol. 1, released in partnership with Downtown, drops digitally on October 25. There's also a limited edition CD, but you'll only be able to buy it at locations of the high-fashion store Opening Ceremony. Fool's Gold Vol. 1: 01 Treasure Fingers: "Keep Up [ft. Haley Small]" 02 Vega: "No Reasons (Tensnake [...]

Trackademicks - Stop It! feat. Mistah F.A.B. by The Honor Roll Released by: HNRL Music Release/catalogue number: HNRL 0001 "Mr Braggadocio, why you rappin' so-so/ You used to a showboat, but nowadays it don't float..." I'm gassed to drop the next single off of my upcoming album State Of The Arts . This one features my long time homie and collaborator Mistah F.A.B. I can honestly say I don't know anyone who loves the grind more that this dude, so it was only right to get him [...]

Trackademicks- "Topsidin'" LIVE at the Standard DTLA. This is footage I found on youtube from last year of one of the shows I did in LA. It was off the hook, as you can see. The real reason I'm posting this is because, despite record highs this week, we didn't really have a summer in the Bay. Yes, I'm living vicariously through, well, myself. "Topsidin'" available now on iTunes courtesy of Fools Gold !

Mike Baker the Bike Maker - Food For Thought from HNRL on Vimeo . Off of the Bike Maker's mixtape out now, Body of Work. Download full mix as separated tracks: hnrl.bandcamp.com Get That.

Tears For Fears - Head Over Heels Uploaded by manon42 . - Explore more music videos. Both of these songs are equally appealing to me in different ways. True, they're sharing the same post because they share the same name. But you can't deny them. Both songs have strong piano based chord progressions... the thing my dreams are often made up of. There's nothing better than deeeeeeep chords. That emotional shit. So its even better when they infiltrate popular music with force. Its almost a guarantee [...]

This video is crazy. Full of a ridiculous amount cameos. Shout out to A-Trak!

Peep the newness from Mike Baker. One of the choice cuts from Mike Baker's Body of Work mixtape can now be enjoyed as a loosie (instrumental included)! Produced by F.A.M.E. (Teeko, Max Kane, Malaguti), with additional guitar from Mugpush (On The Hill Productions). Download here .