Art is always out in front of commerce and as such music was a global phenomenon eons before the globalization of commerce. I firmly believe that the great folks over at We Plug GOOD Music must have given a lot of consideration to what the title of this great compilation would be because all one has to do is to go anywhere online to see that collaborations have moved from the neighborhood to different hemispheres.

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Redman – Lookin Fly
Michael Jackson – This Place Hotel
A Tribe Called Quest – Check the Rhime
Nas – It Aint Hard To Tell
SWV & Wu Tang Clan – Anything (Old Skool Mix)
SWV – Right Here/Human Nature Extended Mix
Soul For Real – Candy Rain (Funkymix)
Pharoahe Monch – Simon Says (Radio Mix)
Montell Jordan – This Is How We Do It
Zapp – More Bounce to the Ounce
Parliament – Flashlight
D-Nice – Call Me D-Nice
Special Ed – The Mission
EPMD – So Wat Cha Sayin’
Bell Biv DeVoe – Poison
Guy – Groove Me (Extended Version)

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The inaugural One Music Fest last weekend in Atlanta was great time of fun, food, dancing and great music. In spite of the mini-monsoon that threatened to spoil the festivities, the event carried on without missing a beat. Stay tuned for a full photo and video recap. In the mean time, DJ Mars has blessed the world with a dope mixtape to put an exclamation point on an exciting weekend.

Hit the jump for the playlist and free download!

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The term “Grown Folks Music” and “Grown and Sexy” has been so overused that the meaning becomes lost. I would like to present to you my definition of Grown Folks Music with the What is Grown Folks Music Mixtape Vol. 1. Look for others in this series.

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Tracklist

Jill Scott – Golden

Erykah Badu – Love of my Life (Funk you up Remix)

Floetry – Floetic

J*Davey – Relax

Lauren Hill – Doo Wop

Q-Tip, Kanye West, Consequence – We Fight, We Love (Remix)

Digable Planets – Rebirth Of Slick (Cool Like Dat)

Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth – They Reminisce Over You (T.R.O.Y.)

Mos Def f. Faith Evans – Brown Sugar

Fugees – Nappy heads (remix)

DJ Jazzy Jeff – My Soul Aint For Sale (Feat Raheem DeVaughn)

Ledisi – Say No

Marcus Miller/Me’Shell NdegéOcello – Rush Over

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From our good friends over at qualitytimeonline.nl via Soptimus Prime a great mix to get your month started off right!

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La Smoove Vol.36 ‘The Usual Suspects’ by Sopi (more…)

As an appetizer for fans (in anticipation of his junior release):The Love and War Masterpeace due out March, 2nd 2010; Raheem DeVaughn has released Mr. February aka March Madness a series of remixes, covers, and b-sides. You can download a free copy here. (more…)

Check out this new mixtape courtesy of Norman Mayers and Nu-Soul magazine.

Nu-Soul is a dope online magazine focusing on soul, house, drum and bass, electronica, hip hop and neo-soul artists.

They are also the force behind the highly successful Strictly Social events which will feature house music legend, Lisa Shaw at their upcoming event on May 20th. You can check out more on Strictly Social here.

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