Trompie

The Song:

In anticipation of their debut full-length album Ridin High, Keelay & Zaire are releasing a free EP this month to give us a taste of what they can bring to the table. Entitled Prelude To Drive, the EP is riddled with impressive guest artists. "Exclusive Sh!t" features Supastition, a North Carolina native, who provides a heavy hitting flow to the track. He wants us to know that he's head and shoulders above his competition when it comes to his prowess on the mic and his lyrics get right to this point. Put his in-your-face style on top of Keelay & Zaire's gritty and well produced beat, and you've got a classic hip-hop jam in the making.

The Background:

Keelay & Zaire are a bi-coastal team that operates with only one concrete rule; creating music with unlimited range. Complementing each other's styles with precision, Kee & Zee work as a sole production machine that spawns gritty classic hip-hop, soulful R&B, and any other medium that requires an exclusive sound from the team. With Keelay out west in San Francisco, and Zaire in the east, holding it down in Virginia, the two have almost unlimited resources from which to draw talent and inspiration. In their debut LP Ridin High, the pair's versatility takes center stage, backed up by a talented cast of emcees and singers including Phonte of Little Brother, Supastition, Blu, Cali Agents, Darien Brockington, Tash of Tha Liks, Saafir, Fortilive, The Park, Emilio Rojas, Surreal ,Slo-Mo, Mario Dones, The A.V.E., J.Fish, Jony Fraze, Whooligan, and Tiffany Paige. Keelay & Zaire's Ridin High will be released in early 2009 by MYX Music Label.

Please contact Michelle or Nora if interested in talking with Keelay & Zaire
Streams:

Keelay & Zaire - "Exclusive Sh!t" featuring Supastition
http://media.audibletreats.com/Keelay_and_Zaire-Exclusive_Shit_feat_Supastition.mp3

Keelay & Zaire - "Saturday" featuring Torae and Tiffany Paige
http://media.audibletreats.com/Keelay_and_Zaire-Saturday_feat_Torae_and_Tiffany_Paige.mp3

Keelay & Zaire - "The Times" featuring Blu, Fortlive and Nino Moschella
http://media.audibletreats.com/Keelay_and_Zaire-The_Times_fet_Blu_Fortilive_Nino_Moschella.mp3

http://media.audibletreats.com/Keelay_and_Zaire-The_Times_fet_Blu_Fortilive_Nino_Moschella_clean.mp3

Bio, pictures, and streams available here:
http://www.audibletreats.com/download/KeelayZaire/

MySpace:
http://www.myspace.com/keelayandzairepresentridinhigh
http://www.myspace.com/keelaycom
http://www.myspace.com/zaire

Official Site:
http://www.keeandzee.com/

Label Site:
http://www.myxmusiclabel.com






Illa J - "Sounds Like Love" featuring Debi Nova



"My favorite sound is the sound of strong affection..."


The Song:

"Sounds Like Love" is a song that speaks true to its title. The combination of Illa J's sexy LL Cool J approach to his verses with the smooth jazzy vocalizations of Debi Nova on top of the soulful beat produce the sounds of love in this joint. But this isn't the type of love you might assume; instead Illa is speaking about his devotion to his relationship with one particular lady. You learn very quickly that he's wrapped up in this girl when he says, "And if we have a problem, we speak face to face, start solving / This relationship I put my all into." Debi Nova echoes her affections in the chorus, singing passionately of her feelings in return.

The Background:

When Jay Dee passed away from complications relating to lupus in February 2006, he left behind an extraordinary legacy of production work, including hits for Common, Janet Jackson, and Busta Rhymes. One mother lode of previously untouched beats dates from his time working on the Pharcyde's sophomore album, Labcabincalifornia (Delicious Vinyl, 1995). As Delicious Vinyl owner and founder Michael "Mike Floss" Ross explains: "From '95 through '98 Jay Dee was my go-to guy for hot beats and remixes. He was always making beats, always. So there was a select amount of tracks that he composed for me during that time, tracks as good as anything he'd done, only they never got used. When I finally met Illa J last year, I gave him a CD containing those unreleased beats."

In a case of pure serendipity, 21 year-old Illa J had just relocated from Detroit to Los Angeles and constructed a studio built using Jay Dee's recording equipment. He dubbed it Yancey Boys Studios in tribute to their fraternal bond. "Dilla was 12 years older than me," Illa J says. "So back in the day in Detroit I was just a little kid, sitting on the stairs in our house, watching him make those first beats for Slum Village. I always felt my brother's tracks and had an instinct for what I wanted to do over them." When Illa J set to work in early '08 recording the album, the project flowed quickly as he entered the proverbial can't miss zone. The name of the studio rightly became the title of the finished album, Yancey Boys, which is available online and in stores everywhere on Delicious Vinyl Records.

Contact Michelle if interested in speaking with Illa J.

Please post buy links if you can! http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=293350507&s=143441
Streams

"Sounds Like Love" featuring Debi Nova
http://media.audibletreats.com/Illa_J-Sounds_Like_Love_feat_Debi_Nova.mp3

"Showtime"
http://media.audibletreats.com/Illa_J-Showtime.mp3

"DFTF" featuring Affion Crockett
http://media.audibletreats.com/Illa_J-DFTF_feat_Affion_Crockett.mp3

"Strugglin'"
http://media.audibletreats.com/Illa_J-Strugglin.mp3

Illa J & Aaron LaCrate freestyle
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vHp4hzV9L0

"R U Listenin" feat. Guilty Simpson
http://media.audibletreats.com/Illa_J-R_U_Listenin_feat_Guilty_Simpson.mp3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJVi1MoeWUI

"We Here"
http://media.audibletreats.com/Illa_J-We_Here.mp3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWPw_mQEXsM

Bio, pictures, and streams available here:
http://www.audibletreats.com/download/IllaJ

Illa J MySpace:
http://www.myspace.com/illajmusic

Delicious Vinyl MySpace page:
http://www.myspace.com/deliciousvinylrecords

Label site:
http://www.deliciousvinyl.com/