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The Foreign Exchange

    Behind The Scenes: YahZarah Video Shoot in Philly

    From our correspondent Titi Carie in Philly The Foreign Exchange came to Philly to shoot YahZarah’s “Why Dontcha Call Me No More”, off of her new album The Ballad of Purple Saint James. Although this is her 1st album on the FE label, she is no rookie on the singing circuit. YahZarah toured and sang [...]

    May 21, 2010 No Comments

    The Foreign Exchange Official Grammy Party at Elevate Lounge, LA

    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 [Audio clip: view full post to listen] 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 [...]

    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 [...]

    October 29, 2009 1 Comment

    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 [...]

    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