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Time for another Weekly Thursday Freebie. This one is out for only a limited time so I recommend you pick it up fast since it’s supposedly going down in a couple days. Kero One teamed up with Filipino-American producer Green Tea for “Yes Party People” off of Green’s Places & Space album. It’s available via the widget below. It’s a chill song and the production is definitely nice, so don’t miss out because as I said, it’s supposed to be free for only a couple more days.

Welcome back to another Weekly Thursday Freebie. OK, it’s hardly weekly at this point but you can’t hate on us for spotlighting free music can you? This week Jennifer Chung has posted up a song off her EP Common Simple Beautiful from last year called “You Won”. This is one of my favorites from the EP and I think you’ll love it too. So what are you waiting for? You can DL it for free for a limited time viz the widget below.

Lyrics after the break.

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A few weeks back, our friends over at Asian Hip-Hop Times dropped a new mixtape called the Asian Hip Hop Connect Vol.1.  It features talent from all over the world including some folks that are frequently featured here at a-Tunes. You can find tracks from Kato, Triangle Offense, Doc Whisper, Virus44, IZ, Jackie Chain, ND, Kenji Astro and more! The quality varies but there are definitely a few gems on here. And since it’s free I recommend you check it our for yourself and keep the track’s you’re feeling!

Back cover, tracklist, and download link after the break.

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OK, so WTF is beginning to stray more and more from being a Weekly Thursday Freebie, but until I think of another fun acronym we’ll continue to give you some free material now and then.  For this installment we got two new tracks from Shin-B, who continues to release songs and snippets here and there as her September album release date for Three Choices approaches. Her most recent drops are the songs “See You There” & “I’m Ill”. I’m really digging a lot of the style and direction choices Shin-B has been making lately, including both of these tracks. On SYT, she get’s a little more experimental, mixing in different genre’s of music. I’m Ill is a more traditional hip-hop track, but the beat is pretty sick too. You can stream/DL the tracks via the widgets below. Click the song titles to view the lyrics.

See You There

I’m Ill

It’s been a couple weeks since out last Weekly Thursday Freebie and we apologize, things have been busy. But we wanted to pick things back up again with this week by making sure you grab the free DL of Clara Chung and Alex Hwang’s cover of “Smile” and “Candy Hearts”. They shared the video a couple months back, but then quietly released the single as a free DL a few weeks afterwards. It’s truly a great cover, and for those of you that missed it are advised to download it!

Get it HERE.

I think most music fans can agree that covering John Legend is no easy task. It takes a singer with soul and raw talent… and thankfully today’s Weekly Thursday Freebie artist has a ton of both. We’ve featured Phil Good in the past with an old recording of his original “I’m in Love“, but it’s already been two months since then and we’ve recently come across something a little more recent. The Soul/R&B singer recently went in with a full band and produced this fantastic cover of “Everybody Knows”. It is definitely as good as the original… and considering the source material that’s a HUGE accomplishment. Word is he’s slowly getting back into the music grind (here’s an example), so be on the lookout for this guy.

You can find the DL link for the single after the break.

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I think Bandcamp has been one of the greatest web 2.0 type of sites to come along for the independent music industry. It provides instant, easy access free of the limitations and restrictions of your typical online music distributors and allows artists and fans alike more choices. It’s likely the reason why you see so many artists featured on this site choosing to spread their music through band camp, with prices that vary from free to whatever you want to pay and everything in between.

But a Weekly Thursday Freebie wouldn’t be a freebie if you had to give up a McChicken for a track would it? That’s why we decided to go 100% legit this week and show you a few offerings from some artists that are either in or affiliated with Map the Soul. That’s right folks, it’s time for some music from Kero One, Tablo and MYK.

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Welcome to your Weekly Thursday Frebie! We have a very special download for you today. Hopefully many of you know who Clara Chung is by now. She did win Kollaboration after all. And you may have read our coverage of the ProjectKorea III event held a few weeks back, featuring Clara as one of the acts where she performed a number of songs including her awesome single ‘Offbeat’. Well you know we wouldn’t go to the show and not bring you guys back something, so we lugged some recording gear along and captured this gem of a performance.

We are happy to present to you the live version of Clara Chung’s “Offbeat” from ProjectKorea III. It’s seriously one of my favorite songs of the moment and if you’re feeling it too we highly encourage you to support the girl and buy the studio version! It’s only a buck!

Anyway, we hope you enjoy the track and be sure to catch Ms Chung live if you ever get the chance. It’s definitely worth it.

Link after the break.

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It’s that time again! Weekly Thursday Freebie!

Roughly 5,6 years ago a comedy troupe by the name of the Notorious MSG (an obvious play on the name of a a revered Hip-Hop legend) broke out onto the scene with a crazy act and an even crazier attitude. They quickly became known for their outrageous, in your face, fresh off the boat act coupled with their arguably hilarious music. They are still around today, albeit with a member change, but are still doing their things, dropping a new comedy short once in a while. But since it’s six years old I thought it’d be safe to share with you their debut album Die Hungry featuring their lead single ‘Straight Out of Canton’.

You can watch the MV below.

So if you think you can handle more of this brand of zaniness, feel free to check out the album in full. Link after the jump. And of course, if you’re feeling it, don’t let em Die Hungry and purchase their work.

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Welcome to another edition of Weekly Thursday Freebie! I’m away from home this week so this one had to be a quickie but the other day Jane Lui shared a performance she had singing with Jason Mraz himself of his single ’1000 things’. I believe this recording is from a show in San Diego back in 2002 where Jane opened for the artist.

She pretty much only sang back up vocals but her voice blended beautifully with Mr A to the Z.

Sorry for the minor release this week but we’ll have something more substantial for you in the near future!

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