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"'They did this as an ode to the Dr. Dre -era sound that he doesn't even do anymore... I miss that sh*t, too," says Quik , who slid into the Death Row [Records] family during its wildest years," Songs from Scratch columnist Frances Capell wrote in her recent DJ Quik -centric profile; Yours Truly and adidas Originals recently recruited iconic West Coast Hip-Hop producer to hand-craft a G-Funk -indebted remix of Austin -bred Indie Rockers Spoon 's third and final They Want My Soul (2014) single, "Inside Out." "The vocals are great, and that's it. It's like the song's done, and I just get to draw another picture of music around it," DJ Quik then continues, speaking of Spoon frontman Britt Daniel , whom he seemingly worked closely with while re-recording "Inside Out" in his Burbank -based Little Big Room recording studio. Quik even went as far as to hand-selected three sharp-tongued West Coast rappers: ...

"Birthday Sex" crooner Jeremih has teamed back up with LA -based Electro/Hip-Hop producer and beat-maker Shlohmo to release "No More" just in time for inclusion on your nearly-finalized Valentine's Day playlist. NPR of all places premiered the latest Future-R&B track from the pair, which they further described as "the first single from their forthcoming [WEDIDIT/Def Jam] joint EP, and it's edgy, 3am, come-down-after-the-club music... more Avante-Garde than club-friendly." It's definitely amongst a recent crop of Kanye -inspired sinister-leaning love songs; Shlohmo initially remixed Jeremih 's Late Nights mixtape track, "F_ck U All The Time" around late 2012 and then linked back up for "Bo Peep (Do U Right)" for Yours Truly and Adidas' Songs from Scratch collaborative video-series. While Jeremih & Shlohmo 's long-rumored Untitled EP was previously slated for a February 2014 release, whi...