Legal Seeds Volume One is a collection of dope new joints that have been floating across our desk for the past few months and some even more recent. We thought it would be kind of us to put them all in one spot for you to enjoy and download! Full track list is available in [...]
Download: ‘Legal Seeds Volume One’ – ACT LIVE MUSIC [Compilation]
![‘Movin Alright’ – Substantial ft. yU [Prod. Oddisee]](http://www.actlivemusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/Substantial-Banner.jpg)
Earlier this year, Substantial showed the world that Home Is Where The Art Is and for this particular MC the art is deep in PG County, Maryland. The Mello Music Group LP was a breath of fresh air in a stale climate. Not one to rest on his laurels, Substantial has been hitting the road [...]
Space needle producer Def Dee is easy to catch pushin’ the lac, blowin’ trees, and bumpin’ something fresh. He’s like most young 20-somethings. The difference is, that what Dee’s pushin’ out the speakers is usually his own concoction. When Dee signed a producer development deal with MMG last year, there was no rush, just a [...]
The A-side of the next installment in Mello Music Group’s 7” Series comes from Diamond District/1978er producer/emcee yU. The gruff DMV MC is known for philosophical street rap but “Dreams” takes a different route – the result a hauntingly beautiful track likely to end up on repeat. Enlisting Danedra Rowell on vocals, yU eschews the [...]
![‘I Believe’ – yU [Oddisee Remix]](http://www.actlivemusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/yU-Banner.jpg)
After commanding attention on Diamond District’s In The Ruff and his own Before Taxes project, last year’s The Earn continued cementing yU the 78er as a substantive and skilled lyricist with something to say. Recently, his DMV brethren Oddissee remixed “I Believe”, one of the standout cuts from The Earn. Mello Music Group is proud [...]
![‘Black Superstar’ – The Black Opera [Prod. yU]](http://www.actlivemusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Black-Super-Banner.jpg)
The Black Superstar has always been a paradox in American Culture. African-Americans, and many racialized ‘others’, have for a long time held this odd allure as naturally cool, while at the same time suffering the effects of a body that is instantly criminalized. This is a dangerous duality that can serve as simultaneous impetus and [...]
![Mello Muve Compilation ft. Gensu Dean, Oddisee, Apollo Brown & yU [SXSW]](http://www.actlivemusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Muve-Banner1.jpg)
Indie Artists Oddisee, Apollo Brown, Gensu Dean, yU and label Mello Music are working together with Cricket to launch our latest inspiration on Muve Music. The new Muve Music Compilation features new songs, commentary and classic tracks. Celebrating our recent collaboration and launch at the SXSW tradeshow in Austin, Oddisee will be at Cricket’s Muve [...]
For Martin Luther King Jr. Day, yU wanted to share a song that relates his vision of belief. “Today’s a special day in remembrance of a man that resembled the spirit of a leader at a time where many just followed suit & went with the tide. Another example of how powerful the spoken word [...]
![‘Time Machine’ – yU [Prod. Unknown & yU]](http://www.actlivemusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/yU-Banner2.jpg)
Like looking through a photo album, Time Machine takes a loo k bac k at yU’s timeline in the relatable, feel-good, easy Sunday picnic kinda way, diggin’ into family, looking at the people his father & mother were: “He kept a lil ride, sumthin nice to drive slow in, playing “Mind Blowing”, 8-track stereo and [...]
![‘Can’t Hide’ – yU ft. EyeQ [Prod. SlimKat78]](http://www.actlivemusic.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/yU-Banner11.jpg)
Today, enjoy the non-album bonus cut from yU “Can’t Hide” (ft. EyeQ) produced by Slimkat78. Slimkat78′s production features vocal sample and chopped up horns while yU and guest MC, EyeQ, trade verses. The combination between yU, EyeQ, and Slimkat78 seems effortless while yU and EyeQ’s chemistry is undeniable. Enjoy and feel free to post and [...]
