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The Foreign Exchange

    The Foreign Exchange Official Grammy Party at Elevate Lounge, LA

    [ January 27, 2010; 2:00 pm; ]

    Hosted by Phonte. DJ Sets by Nicolay and DJ Destroyer. FREE with an RSVP.

    January 22, 2010 No Comments

    MIXTAPE: Zo! Just Visiting Too

    Download: Zo! Just Visiting Too
    Zo! – Perfect Angel Feat Yahzarah
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    If you were at any of The Foreign Exchange’s live shows, you would recognize Silver Spring Maryland’s ZO! manning the keys on their breakout performance. We all know that Zo has been on his grind for a while, working with [...]

    November 3, 2009 2 Comments

    REVIEW: The Foreign Exchange at Black Cat, Washington DC (Photos from NYC)

    Photos from The Foreign Exchange’s NYC show at BB Kings
    by Joann Gomez, Music Looks Like This. Follow her on Twitter @MLLT.
    The Foreign Exchange, the North Carolina based duo of Little Brother’s Phonte and Dutch producer Nicolay is steeped in legend. Meeting online via the hip-hop site Okayplayer, they exchanged beats and rhymes over the Internet, [...]

    October 29, 2009 No Comments

    VIDEO: The Foreign Exchange – ‘I Wanna Know’

    The Foreign Exchange – ”I Wanna Know” from The Foreign Exchange on Vimeo.

    October 6, 2009 No Comments

    VIDEO: The Foreign Exchange feat. Darien Brockington – Take Off The Blues

    The latest single off of the excellent Leave It All Behind, which I voted the top album of 2008.  I love the fact that Phonte withheld the video as ransom for more Twitter followers. Brilliant!

    April 22, 2009 No Comments

    Album Review: Foreign Exchange – Leave it All Behind

    Foreign Exchange
    Leave It All Behind

    Netherlands producer Nicolay, and MC, Phonte one half of Little Brother have come together for their second Foreign Exchange effort entitled Leave it All Behind. With Nicolay moving to North Carolina where Phonte is from and still resides, one would think studio sessions as opposed to the Internet and file sharing [...]

    November 12, 2008 2 Comments

    Album Preview: The Foreign Exchange – Leave it All Behind

    Nicolay and Phonte’s Foreign Exchange might be one of backpack hip-hop’s most favorite duos. The origin of the duo–the story of two producers meeting on Okayplayer and creating an album without even meeting each other–is the stuff of modern hip-hop legend. However, their new collaboration, Leave it all Behind is supposedly stepping further away from [...]

    September 4, 2008 No Comments


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    With Cubic Zirconia, Adam Tensta, Tabi Bonney, Jahdan Blakkamoore, Deadly Dragon Soundsystem, and Gavin Holland! RSVP Here.

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    Podcasts

    The Musical Minority Podcast: Asher Roth in the age of Black Music

    Asher finds himself in the same position as many other white artists who make black music, but in 2009, has anything changed?

    Podcast: Kidz In The Hall

    It’s been a while since we had a podcast…..I know people have been asking me about it, and we’ve been dark since May, HOWEVER, we return to the podcast game with a special guest–Nawledge and Double-O from Kidz In The Hall.

    Random Ish Radio 025: Badu Remixed, Jay Electronica, Res, Other Treats

    Another collection of delectable treats for your iPod.

    Random Ish Radio 024: The Podcast Is Back!!!

    Whats up people. I can’t even believe that Its been almost a year since the last Podcast dropped. My bad.

    Reviews

    Review: Gorillaz – Plastic Beach

    4.0/5

    If it takes us a few listens to really get into the Gorillaz newest album. Can we blame ourselves?
    We are forced fed music that is derivative of another. Pop music all sounds the same, with each artist essentially sounding like the one who came 3 months before them. When we hear something as creative and [...]

    ALBUM REVIEW: Outputmessage – Autonomous

    4.5/5

    Washington, DC by way of Queens, NY electronic dance music producer Outputmessage is likely one of the more underrated EDM artists in the genre. The eight year veteran has received terrific acclaim both stateside and abroad for his musically dense but pop trending melodies awakening a sense of early 80s synth pop sounds. However, with [...]

    Album Review: Sade – Soldier of Love

    4.0/5

    While not a masterpiece, in an era where the market has been deluged by a new female soul vanguard that angles increasingly towards pop, Sade remains regal, calm, collected and steadfast, and merely releases the standard bearer album to define the female expression in R & B for 2010.
    Sade’s musical legacy lies in her ability [...]

    ALBUM REVIEW:Massive Attack “Heligoland”

    4.5/5

    Massive Attack – Paradise Circus
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    Tomorrow marks the official release date (U.S. and Canada) for Heligoland, the 5th proper studio album by Massive Attack.
    Whereas the 2003 release 100th Window glistened with mechanical accuracy and disciplined minimal techno, Heligoland finds the Bristol duo returning to the dirtier, dubbed out sound of [...]



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