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Cocaine 80s – “Congratulations” F. Common

No I.D. and Common continue to show that their relationship is stronger than ever, even after all these years. The latest piece of evidence comes by way of “Congratulations”, a retrospective piece of music that reminds us of the days…

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Best Downloads of the Week (1/18/13)

The year of the comeback continued this week. After telling us he was ready, Justin Timberlake debuted his solid new single, the Jay-Z-featured “Suit & Tie”, while announcing his next album will be called The 20/20 Experience. Hip-hop heads got their…

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Cocaine 80s – The Flower of Life [EP]

Following yesterday’s release of “Fly Ass Pisces” featuring Common and Jhene Aiko, Chicago’s Cocaine 80s are here with their latest EP. The Flower of Life is a seven-track affair that mostly features on the work of its main components—primarily spearhead James…

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Cocaine 80s – “Fly Ass Pisces” F. Jhene Aiko & Common

Chicago outfit Cocaine 80s, which is led by singer-songwriter James Fauntleroy II, is gearing up to release a new EP, The Flower of Life. Even though it’s not clear when that project will drop, we’re at least now hearing a new…

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Cocaine 80s – “Lucid”

Word on the Interwebs is that James Fauntleroy’s Cocaine 80s outfit have a new EP on the way called The Flower of Life. It’s set to include this newly leaked jam, “Lucid”, which sticks to a more minimalist approach. For…

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Cocaine 80s – Express OG [EP]

We’ve been pummeled with Cocaine 80s leaks the past few weeks and today they have finally yielding the Express OG EP. Nothing new here from the Chicago collective, though, as all of these songs have been previously released on the…

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Potholes Podcast (May 2012)

We missed a month, our bad! But thankfully we are back in business for May with a full head of musical steam. This month has been crazy for good music, to say the least, packed with new tunes from all…

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Cocaine 80s – “Motivation” F. Common

No I.D.’s R&B collective continue their musical splurge today with yet another leak called “Motivation”. Yet another upbeat jam filled with soul, as Common steps forward to add some vocals yet again. It seems like these guys are finding their…

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Cocaine 80s – “Unchain Me/Love 3x”

For their latest track, “Unchain Me/Love 3x”, Cocaine 80s are keeping it relatively simple. Think previous leak “Take My Keys” with a bit more musical depth. It’s essentially two songs in one, though you could argue that the second part…

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Cocaine 80s – “Chain Glow” F. Nas

Here we have yet another new jam from Cocaine 80s, the James Fauntleroy II-fronted outfit straight out of Chicago. “Chain Glow” is probably the best of the bunch the group has dropped lately, though, thanks in part to some awesome…