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Mothership: The Decatur Connection is a collaborative project between funk legend, George Clinton, and hip-hop artist, Aleon Craft. This is the first time George Clinton (of Parliament Funkadelic) has linked up with a hip-hop artist for a complete, new project. George Clinton recorded to 3 new records for the project, however, Mothership: The Decatur Connection consists of elements from… Aleon Craft’s Mothership Decatur (2011 Mixtape), the Parliament-Funkedelic catalog and original recordings from both Aleon Craft and George Clinton.

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Says SMKA of this exciting project:

This is the first time George Clinton (of Parliament Funkadelic) has linked up with a hip-hop artist for a complete, new project. George Clinton recorded to 3 new records for the project, however Mothership: The Decatur Connection consists of elements from… Aleon Craft’s Mothership Decatur (mixtape), the Parliament-Funkedelic catalog and original recordings from both Aleon Craft and George Clinton.

Mothership: The Decatur Connection also helps tell the often overlooked story and impact of George Clinton on hip-hop. Parliment-Funkadelic has been sampled over 1000 times, and are used in some of hip-hop’s most popular songs. Clinton, and many other funk artists, have been the victim of copyright (sample) trolls and questionable legal representatives. He is currently engaged in major court cases that could critically impact the future of copyright laws for the entire music industry, as well as motion pictures and related media. We wish him, and funk music the best, and hope this project can help shed light on these issues.

I’m actually very excited to hear the project in full. The collaboration will be released on December 20th. Check out the first song from the album:

During Atlanta’s recent A3C Hip Hop Festival (Oct 6-8th), Grooveshark teamed up with the legendary Stankonia Studios and the production teams Royal Flush + SMKA to create an exclusive mixtape. The project features original songs from artists playing the festival as well as some hometown heroes, and will be available November 16 to stream for free exclusively on Grooveshark. The tracks will be accompanied by several behind the scenes videos featuring the artists and production teams creating the songs from start to finish.

Artists who participated in the project include 9th Wonder, Killer Mike, Ying Yang Twins, Freeway, Aleon Craft, Fashawn, Thurzday, Rapsody, and many more.

Off T.I.M.E. Vol. 3. The compilation produced by Kato features 16 different artists, including Aleon Craft, Phil Ade, Jarren Benton, Kalenna (Diddy-Dirty Money), Mistah Fab, Rittz, Boog Brown, Elz Jenkins and The Canz.

Says SMKA of the track:

“Seeing as how 4/20 has become one of the biggest holidays in hip-hop, we figured it would only be appropriate to drop “My Girlfriend,” as the final leak from The 808 Experiment: Vol 3… which is now less than a week away.”

This and a gang of other GREAT tracks will be released on the mixtape, dropping on the 26th.

Aleon Craft ft. Grip Plyaz & Tuki  – My Girlfriend

Aleon Craft has been in the studio for the past 3 months, with SMKA, working on his follow-up project to The Stargazing Soundtrack. The Stargazing Soundtrack was Aleon Craft’s debut project and received both critical acclaim and national attention. Mothership Decatur is the sonic progression of Aleon Craft, the solo artist, and the last mixtape before his debut album, Solar-Hop Chronicles (Date TBA). Track list and DL link after the link below:

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Aleon Craft’s Mothership Decatur (hosted by DJ Smallz) will be released to the world on April 12th. Aleon Craft has been in the studio for the past 3 months, with SMKA, working on his follow-up project to The Stargazing Soundtrack. The Stargazing Soundtrack was Aleon Craft’s debut project and received both critical acclaim and national attention. Mothership Decatur is the sonic progression of Aleon Craft, the solo artist, and the last mixtape before his debut album, Solar-Hop Chronicles (Date TBA).

Aleon Craft – Make it Out

Here’s the second leak off of the 808 Experiment Vol.3 from SMKA. The nex mixtape features Aleon Craft, Bobby Creekwater, Casey Veggies, Sam Dew (of Cloudeater), DaVinci, El Prez, Freddie Gibbs, Goines, Grip Plyaz, Jack Preston, Jarren Benton, Laws, Mike Schpitz, Phil Ade, PRGz, Rittz, Scar, Skewby, STS, Thee Tom Hardy, XO (of Diamond District), Young Lyxx and Young Scolla. What a lineup. Check it out:

Scar ft. El Prez & Aleon Craft – Smoke & Ride Out

Here’s the vid for “Look Twice,” produced by SMKA. This will be out on DJ Smallz’s upcoming mixtape, Mothership Decatur. Directed by Dustin Chambers.

Live Video from The Atlanta Stargazing Tour @ Clermont Lounge presented by SMKA & Whynatte. We had a great time sponsoring this event all Summer long. Until next Summer!

Craft spits on the 195th DJBooth.net Freestyle, which includes tracks from Yelawolf, Big K.R.I.T, Kendrick Lamar, Mickey Factz and many more rising artists. Craft linked up with 808 Blake of SMKA to create this powerful freestyle for DJBooth. Check out Aleon Craft on the last leg of the Atlanta Stargazing Tour.

Aleon Craft – More than Expected

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So after weeks of joining the Atlanta Stargazing Tour – a GREAT tour which HHU has sponsored throughout these past few months  – here is Aleon Craft’s “official” soundtrack. Mixed/mastered by Robert Earl McDaniell lll (of SMKA) and executive produced by the SMKA crew, the project comes complete with reader-approved leaks “Brand New Day,” “Donkey Kong” and “A Different World.” Joining Craft throughout the mixtape are Nappy Roots, Hollyweerd, Mikkey Halsted, Bobby Creekwater, Playboy Tre, Young Scolla, Jarren Benton, Grip Plyaz, Tom P and C# Sharp. In addition to the production of SMKA, the project features beats by Sol Messiah, Doe, and Roundtable Kings.

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Click the link below for new music from the Nappy Roots, Crooked I, Ras Kass, Joe Budden, The Roots, Common, and much more:

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HHU is helping to sponsor a GREAT tour that’s going down in Atlanta from last week all the way through September. I encourage y’all to check it out if you live in the ATL area because each week is a new set of quality artists.

The first stop of the Atlanta Stargazing Tour was amazing!  300+ people packed into the East Side Lounge to catch Aleon Craft, FKi, Niko Villamor, Richelle L. Brown & Alien Warr take off.   The energy in the room was enormous all night long and erupted during Alien Warr’s 45 minute drum performance w/ DJ Dibiase to close out the show.  DJ Dibiase turned the show into a party after the performers left the stage.  The venue reached capacity at 12am while a crowd began forming outside.  East Side Lounge was the first of 6 stops on the Atlanta Stargazing Tour, and it’s only going to get bigger.  The next show on the Atlanta Stargazing Tour is at Midtown Tavern on July 17^th with performances from: Weapons of Audio, Aleon Craft & The Space Cadets, Smitty & The Spare Change, theDOLLDAZE,  Alexandrea Lushington & Alien WARR!

East Side Lounge:  Aleon Craft & The Space Cadets (Craft’s band) performed songs from his upcoming project titled, Aleon Craft: The Stargazing Soundtrack hosted by Mick Boogie & Terry Urban.  He started his set with the intro, off the project, and first leak “Stargazing,” and ended with the always crowd pleasing, “Donkey Kong.”  Aleon Craft: The Stargazing Soundtrack will be out in early August.

Aleon Craft – Stargazing

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Tomorrow is the start of the ATL Stargazing tour, which encompasses a number of great shows from a ridiculous amount of artists. Tickets are only $5 for each show and tomorrow it’s at the East Side Lounge.

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