Jose James - Trouble (AllSaints Basement Sessions) (Video)

Born and raised in Minneapolis, singer Jose James offers a soulful mixture of hip hop and modern jazz."Trouble" is his first single from his forthcoming 2012 album, "No Beginning, No End". Unfortunately, no free link for this one but you do get an awesome video.

Available Now on iTunes.

Mansions On The Moon - Leaves Fall

MOTM just made this track available for free in an effort to promote their upcoming Lightyears EP. I think it was last year that I was first exposed to MOTM when I saw that Diplo co-signed their Paradise Falls mixtape. After hearing this, I definitely have to go back and revisit that release. Don't be surprised if you see that up here on TOTR later tonight.

Download: Mediafire

Steffaloo - Covers (FreEP)

Stephanie Thompson, also known as Steffaloo, recently released her FreEP, Covers. This ep is filled with beautiful, lo-fi, Ukulele renditions of some pretty awesome songs. Covers really showcases Thompson's range as she effortlessly goes from covering Bright Eyes to Justin Timberlake, with every cover being injected with a dose of gleeful sincerity. I know, I know, "gleeful sincerity"? But trust me, there really isn't any other way for me to describe the sound. It just fits. Get off your high horse and stop judging me. What are you? A bunch of pretentious hipsters trying to find the next big..wait a minute...

First Day Of My Life (Bright Eyes Cover)

Wake Me Up Before You Go (WHAM! Cover)

My Love (Justin Timberlake Cover)

Download: Mediafire

Tracklist:

01. Believe (Cher Cover)

02. Wake Me Up Before You Go (WHAM! Cover)

03. First Day Of My Life (Bright Eyes Cover)

04. Neon Roses (Jesse Woods Cover)

05. My Love (Justin Timberlake Cover)

06. All The Wild Horses (Ray Lamontagne Cover)

07. I Kissed A Girl (Katy Perry Cover)

08. Let It Die (Feist Cover)

09. Over The Rainbow

14th - Hide Youself EP

London duo, 14th, released their 4 track EP on 11/14/11. Blending Electronic/Minimal beats, with soulful pop vocals, this duo offers up one of the more unique sounds of 2011. I wish I could post these tracks for free because they're pretty awesome, but as of now, you have to purchase them on iTunes. But for now, you can stream it in it's entirety via 14th's SoundCloud.

Buy: iTunes

XV - The Kick x BITSU (Freestyle)

Here are two songs that you may have missed while I was taking my sabbatical. Vizzy posted these on his own blog within the last couple of months. The first ("The Kick"), samples the theme from Inception and actually uses the concept of the movie to describe how he's living out his dream. I literally get goosebumps every time I listen to it. Side note: dopest cover art for a single EVER. The second ("BITSU"), samples Jai Paul's "BTSU" and XV totally kills it. I guess there's really no better way to return to TOTR than with XV and Lupe Fiasco.

Download: Mediafire

Download: Mediafire

Coeur De Pirate - Wicked Games (The Weeknd Cover)

I have to say, I had no idea what to expect when I say that 22 year-old Beatrice Martin covered one of my favorite (definitely top 3) songs from The Weeknd. She really does a breathtaking job of breaking down the song and giving it a chilling, raw sound. Backed by only a piano, Pirate Heart really does an amazing job of covering an amazing song.

Download: Mediafire

Mike Posner - The Layover (Mixtape)

Mike Posner linked up with Don Cannon to bring you his 3rd mixtape installment. Another quality mixtape from Posner only further solidifies my opinion that his mixtapes are much, MUCH, better than his album material. This mixtape features him sampling Elton John's "Rocket Man", Oasis' "Wonderwall", The Knocks' "Blackout", Adele's "Rolling In The Deep", Coldplay's "The Scientist" (previously posted HERE), and I think theres even a James Blake track in there. In addition to the awesome covers, Posner also provides a healthy dose of original material. Guest appearances include: Big K.R.I.T., Bun B, Bei Maejor, Elzhi, CyHi Da Prynce, and more. *I know I usually only include 3 songs to stream but I had to add a 4th for this one. "Shut Up" is too awesome to not include in the streams.

Wonderwall ft. Big K.R.I.T. (Drive to This)

Rocket Man ft. Bun B (Fly to This)

Long Time (Vibe to This)

Shut Up ft. Rusko (Drive to This)

Download: Mediafire

Tracklist:

01. The Layover ft. Don Cannon

02. Wonderwall ft. Big K.R.I.T. (Drive To This)

03. Shut Up ft. Rusko (Drive To This)

04. Henny & Purple ft. Slim Thug (Smoke & Drive To This)

05. Looks Like Sex [Snippet] (Pull A Bad Bitch To This)

06. Rocket Man ft. Bun B (Fly To This)

07. Blackout Remix (Pre-Game To This)

08. Hey Lady ft. Twista (Fuck To This)

09. Marauder Music ft. Blackbear (Drive In The Dark To This)

10. Long Time (Vibe To This)

11. They Call Me ft. Bei Maejor (Ride To This)

12. 21 Days (Chill To This)

13. Attitudes ft. Casey Veggies (Blaze To This)

14. Travelling Man (Reminisce To This)

15. On Fire (Drug Dealer Girl Pt. II) ft. Machine Gun Kelly (Rage To This)

16. Room 925 ft. CyHi Da Prynce (Fuck To This)

17. Mittens Up ft. Elzhi & Dusty McFly (Represent Your Shit To This)

18. A Perfect Mess (Think To This)

19. Rolling In The Deep (Fall Asleep To This)

20. The Scientist (Fall Asleep To This)

21. Echo ft. Michael Franti & Rjd2 (Fall Asleep To This)

Lupe Fiasco - Friend Of The People (Mixtape)

Don't let the cover art deceive you, this is an awesome mixtape. Took some time for Lupe to release this seeing how he was originally going to drop it before his Mt. Kilimanjaro climb, but then delayed it for obvious reasons. It seems he's updated the tracklisting considering he raps over a few new songs from the Justice album, "Audio. Video. Disco." which were pretty cool. Anyways, this was definitely a solid outing for Lupe and anybody who was beginning to think he'd fallen off, will probably change their opinion after giving this a listen. My favorite line on the mixtape comes from "SNDCLSH In Vegas" when he says:

"Yeah, Atlantic on the fritz

Cause I might not step foot back in that bitch

You disgust me, Jerry Sandusky

Goodness gracious pedophiles and rapists"

Lightwork

SNDCLSH In Vegas

Lupe Back

Download: Mediafire

Tracklist:

01. Introduction

02. Lupe Back

03. Friend Of The People ft. Dosage

04. Double Burger With Cheese

05. Joaquin Phoenix ft. LIl Ronnie

06. WWJD He'd Prolly LOL Like WTF!!!

07. Lightwork

08. LIfe, Death & Love from San Francisco

09. SLR

10. SNDCLSH In Vegas

11. Super Cold

12. The End of The World

Rockie Fresh - Duckin' N Dodgin' ft. Casey Veggies (Video x Audio)

We got the audio to this track back in April but now with The Otherside Redux getting ready to drop, Rockie Fresh gives us the video to it. Audio below.

Download: Mediafire

Phil Ade - One In A Million (Video)

Phil Ade's upcoming FreeLP A Different World, will be dropping next Tuesday. Can't wait to hear more from the DMV representative. I can't lie though, I was really hoping he was going to be rapping over the Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth track at the beginning of the video.

Theophilus London - Girls Girls $ (Video)

New video from London's upcoming Timez Are Weird These Days album, dropping 7/19/11. I already pre-ordered my copy off of Amazon and I suggest you do the same.

D-WHY - Shooter McGavin (Video x Audio) (Freaks & Geeks Remix)

West Virginia native D-WHY recently released this video of his track over the Childish Gambino "Freaks & Geeks" instrumental. I'm usually not a fan of hearing somebody rap over a beat that somebody else already killed but this was pretty cool. Audio Below.

Download: Mediafire

J. Nolan - Whatever Works (Prod. By Todd Jordan)

This is a track I've been really excited to post. J. Nolan teams up with Vegas producer, Todd Jordan (you may know him as Jordan) to bring you the next single off of Chaos Theory, due out 8/16/11. I love tracks like this.

Download: Mediafire

The Dean's List - All My Troubles x Everything

A couple of freebies courtesy of the Boston collective's website. These guys are quickly becoming one of my favorite up-and-coming acts. If you still haven't checked out their latest release, The Drive-In, do something positive with your life and get it now.

Download: Mediafire

Download: Mediafire

Frank Ocean - DreamKilla

I'm not sure if this will be on the retail release of "Nostalgia, Ultra" but if it is, I will take down this post immediately. I did some research and I couldn't find any info on this track. It's a pretty awesome track and at this point I'm just excited to hear new music from Frank Ocean.

Download: Mediafire