If you haven’t heard by now, you clearly must have been living under a rock, but D’Angelo is back.  This past week, he resurfaced, doing his first live performances in over a decade.  Judging from the first couple shows on his European tour, his music is just as strong, performing old classics and debuting new music (yes, we finally have new music from D’Angelo).  The internet went into a frenzy this past week with visual evidence of D’Angelo’s return flooding YouTube and many music blogs.  When he first announced his comeback tour, I was cautiously optimistic a full audio recording may surface, and it didnt take long for our prayers to be answered.  Big thanks once again to the great folks at Funk It, here is the full audio of D’Angelo’s set @ Le Zenith in Paris from a few nights ago.  Setlist and download are after the jump, as well as a stream of one of the new songs.

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To commemorate our 3 year anniversary since we launched, we’re proud to present our first mixtape compilation, The Vaults Vol. 1.  This compilation features exclusive, previously unreleased recordings from The Roots, Mos Def, Lupe Fiasco, Q-Tip, Robert Glasper, Talib Kweli, Phonte, Shad, Pharoahe Monch, Kano, Tanya Morgan and Joe Budden.  Tracklist and download instructions after the jump.

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The Robert Glasper Experiment teamed up with Pete Rock and the legendary Roy Ayers for a few special shows over the past year or so.  Earlier this summer, we were blessed with a soundboard recording of the super-group performing live at the North Sea Jazz Festival in the Netherlands.  Last year we presented some treats from their show in Harlem (refresh your memory here), and now we have the full set for your download pleasure below.  Big thanks to Randy from Funk It for passing along this show- be sure to check out his site Funk It for all that live funk goodness.

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The Robert Glasper Experiment and MF Doom?  I certainly did not expect to see this collab ever happen, but Doom is now the latest emcee to add his name to the resume of performing with Glasper and company.  When I first heard about the show, I was praying the Montreux Jazz Festival folks would release some footage (which they are known to do) and while that wish didnt quite come true, I was able to dig up an audience recording as well as some decent video.

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As previously posted, Lupe Fiasco performed alongside The Robert Glasper Experiment at the Blue Note this past weekend and put on an incredible.  We promised to post more of the show, so without further ado, here are some exclusive gems of Lupe performing I Gotcha, Kick Push, Im Beamin and Dumb It Down from the early show on Saturday.  As a bonus, we’ve included The Experiment doing an incredibly dope rendition of John Coltrane’s classic, A Love Supreme.

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Lupe Fiasco performed alongside the Robert Glasper Experiment for 4 amazing shows at The Blue Note this weekend.  We were in the building for the final two shows and were treated to an impromptu cypher session between Lupe Fiasco, Mos Def and Kanye West.  The trio freestyled, spit new verses, classic verses and then Mos did fantastic renditions of Umi Says and Black Radio, all backed by the incredible Robert Glasper Experiment.  It was truly epic and the intimate venue made the performance even more special.  ATWL is proud to exclusively present the entire 30 minute cypher session.  More audio of Lupe’s set will be posted soon, so stay tuned for more treats.

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