DJBooth.net: [Feature] Three (More) Indie Albums Out Right Now

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1. [Feature] Three (More) Indie Albums Out Right Now
2. [Listen] Mikkey Halsted - Salmon Crouquettes
3. [Listen] Bam & Urbs - Caught Me by Surprise
4. [Download] Russ - Devil in Her Heart
5. [Download] Monty C. Benjamin - Intro
6. [Listen] Sam Smith - Make It to Me
7. [Download] Ye Ali ft. Lyfe Harris - My Reasons
8. [Download] Troy Ave ft. 2 Chainz - Lost Boyz
9. [Album Review] Step Brothers - Lord Steppington
10. [Listen] Yo Gotti ft. Chris Echols - Lay It Down

[Feature] Three (More) Indie Albums Out Right Now Posted: 20 Jan 2014 03:33 PM PST Their might be a mainstream album drought, but indie artists are still going hard.

[Listen] Mikkey Halsted - Salmon Crouquettes Posted: 20 Jan 2014 01:30 PM PST Here in the Booth, we’re celebrating Martin Luther King, Jr. Day by continuing to bring you the quality music you’ve come to expect from our pages. Mikkey Halsted? He’s honoring the holiday by chowing down on some delicious Salmon Crouquettes. I’m not sure what fried fish has to do with the Civil Rights Movement, either, but those craving some lyrical …   Click the link for the stream.

[Listen] Bam & Urbs - Caught Me by Surprise Posted: 20 Jan 2014 01:00 PM PST Until five minutes ago, I wasn’t aware that Afrika Baby Bam of the Jungle Brothers had linked up with beatsmith Urbs to create a joint project. I guess you could say that their new single Caught Me by Surprise. (Unlike my corny usage of the title in that last sentence, which was predictable as f*ck.) After giving the record a …   Click the link for the stream.

[Download] Russ - Devil in Her Heart Posted: 20 Jan 2014 12:30 PM PST Last Friday, we heard DIEMON Records emcee/producer Russ bid a treacherous woman adieu on Goodbye, a reader-approved cut off his forthcoming mixtape. Fast-forward three days, and his anger has faded into sorrow and regret. On the newly-released Devil in Her Heart, the artist offers a more melancholy, less vituperative perspective on his last relationship, flowing over his own …   Click the link for the stream and download.

[Download] Monty C. Benjamin - Intro Posted: 20 Jan 2014 12:00 PM PST A Cincinnati-repping up-and-comer signed to indie label Khimera Records, LLC., Monty C. Benjamin introduces himself to The DJBooth with the Intro track off his latest street album. While the artist’s bars here are light on biographical detail, fans will nonetheless walk away from this cut feeling like they know him. Over the leisurely string loops of Arkane Beats, he alludes …   Click the link for the stream and download.

[Listen] Sam Smith - Make It to Me Posted: 20 Jan 2014 11:30 AM PST There are about 7.046 billion people on earth, and the average person meets between 10,000 and 200,000 of them in his or her lifetime, so the odds of any given pair of soulmates finding each other are… well, let’s just say they’re pretty f*cking low. Evidently, UK soul singer Sam Smith is feeling lucky. On new single Make It to …   Click the link for the stream.

[Download] Ye Ali ft. Lyfe Harris - My Reasons Posted: 20 Jan 2014 11:00 AM PST Given that Ye Ali and Lyfe Harris have only been featured once in the Booth to date, there is much that still remains a mystery about the Chicago-based artists. On the follow-up to the reader-acclaimed LOUD (Remixxx), they continue to play their cards close to the chest, while assuring us that there’s a method to the madness. As …   Click the link for the stream and download.

[Download] Troy Ave ft. 2 Chainz - Lost Boyz Posted: 20 Jan 2014 10:30 AM PST Troy Ave and 2 Chainz may be Lost Boyz, but they haven’t strayed from the road to riches. On the former’s latest promo single, a mixtape inclusion newly released in untagged form, the NYC fast-riser and his heavyweight guest assure us that paper will always be numero uno on their priority lists. As Troy succinctly puts it …   Click the link for the stream and download.

[Album Review] Step Brothers - Lord Steppington Posted: 20 Jan 2014 10:15 AM PST    Hit the link to read the full review.

[Listen] Yo Gotti ft. Chris Echols - Lay It Down Posted: 20 Jan 2014 10:00 AM PST Last heard lending his flow to the remix of August Alsina‘s Numb, Yo Gotti returns to kick-start his 2014 with an unreleased jam that didn’t make it onto his sixth studio album. Whatever the reason for the cut’s exclusion, it clearly wasn’t left off for lack of quality; not only is Lay It Down a …   Click the link for the stream.