Mick Jenkins featuring Ghostface Killah

You put Ghostface Killah on your record, and i'm pretty much going to pay attention to it.  And it certainly doesn't hurt when that record comes from Chicago's Mick Jenkins.  Listen to "Padded Locks" below and get Jenkins' latest album, "Pieces of a Man," here via Cinematic Music Group.

Mick Jenkins and BADBADNOTGOOD

Chicago hip-hop artist Mick Jenkins is readying his debut LP, "The Healing Component," for release next month on Free Nation, a release that probably would have gotten lost in the shuffle for me, if not for the fact that the rapper/singer features Toronto jazz band BADBADNOTGOOD on the haunting and moving soulful jam, "Drowning."  The slave narrative and visuals that accompany the video definitely adds to that moving effect.  Check it out below.