The Mint Collective










Greetings! The Mint Collective is a group of people from different beats all using their blessings to promote, market & increase visibility for creative endeavors.

We ♥ music, art, creativity, traveling, technology, food and drink, love, life, laughing and lots more. Its fun, really, sometimes even splendid.


Minty Fam
antonio
bozak
j. marie
lady j
yawn snoozicka
minty [at] themintcollective [dot] com



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dj seano
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hip hop is cool again
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nu-soul magazine
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vitamin dee

Marvin Gaye Vs. Erik Rico


We ♥  Erik Rico.  As a veteran musician, producer, writer, composer and arranger this cat has been deep in the soul of music for over 10 years working alongside Elton John, Gene Simmons and Mariah Carey to name a few.  We’ve been waiting patiently for Mr. Rico’s Reworks Project (Out on LifeNotes Music) with his reinterpretations of inspirational musicians and it is finally upon us!  Have a listen to Erik Rico’s interpretation of Marvin Gaye’s “Want You”.

Marvin Gaye vs Erik Rico by TheMintCollective

Upcoming projects include collabo’s and features with DJ Spinna, Marc Mac (4Hero), Ron Trent, Opolopo, Aybee, Grooveman Spot, IG Culture, Daz I-Kue (Bugz), Gus, A-Ski, group project with Cecilia Stalin(KOOP) and Replife and many others.

REworks Project  :: (subscribe to mailing list and it’s free)

Erik Rico Myspace

Erik Rico Facebook



The lovely SoulMonique is out with a new show. Amazing Tracklist.
José James-Code		 Coultrain-The Wanderer 				 Yaw and Khari Lemuel-Love Have Your Way		 Oddisee-Paris		 Jimetta Rose-Revolution Out There		 Erykah Badu-On&On (Dtunez remix) 			 Erykah Badu-Jump In The Air (Stay There) feat. Lil Wayne & Bilal		 Oddisee-Chicago		 Replife + Don-Ray-Rising 		 Opolopo-Our World feat Erik Rico				 RJD2-Crumbs Off The Table feat. Aaron Livingston		 Bei Bei & Shawn Lee-Willingness feat.  Georgia Anne Muldrow		 The Q4-Demagogues		 Erik L & Illingsworth-Would You Believe feat Noun, Stray & Hanna			 Quadron-Simili Life

The lovely SoulMonique is out with a new show. Amazing Tracklist.

José James-Code
Coultrain-The Wanderer
Yaw and Khari Lemuel-Love Have Your Way
Oddisee-Paris
Jimetta Rose-Revolution Out There
Erykah Badu-On&On (Dtunez remix)
Erykah Badu-Jump In The Air (Stay There) feat. Lil Wayne & Bilal
Oddisee-Chicago
Replife + Don-Ray-Rising
Opolopo-Our World feat Erik Rico
RJD2-Crumbs Off The Table feat. Aaron Livingston
Bei Bei & Shawn Lee-Willingness feat. Georgia Anne Muldrow
The Q4-Demagogues
Erik L & Illingsworth-Would You Believe feat Noun, Stray & Hanna
Quadron-Simili Life



Tokyo Dawn Records Update

Just confirmed - a label that we have been following called Tokyo Dawn is pretty badass.  The German-based label, a tough little music unit established in the mid 90s by Marc Wallowy and friends has been quietly publishing music via the internerts since inception.  Back in 2009, Tokyo Dawn relaunched together with artists such as Comfort Fit, Portformat, Blaktroniks, Laurent Garnier and Howard Marks, TDR has successfully continued developing it’s futuristic but soulful sound signature.

On deck is the upcoming release of 14 remixes of Portformat’s debut album The Repeat Factor - The Repeat Factor Remixes, featuring contributions from Dudley Perkins, Georgia Anne Muldrow, Bless 1, Shuanise, Opolopo, Swede:art, Soulparlor and many more. 

Here is a sample of what to expect from this release.  Funk yeah!

Portformat - Knock Knock feat. Bless1 (Negghead Remix) by TheMintCollective



SoulParlor | Nothing Ever Changes feat. Jacob & The Appleblossom

Late pass on this groovy jam from the forthcoming SoulParlor album on Tokyo Dawn Records.  Enjoy this lovely broken jammy featuring the beautiful vocal contributions of Jacob & The Appleblossom.  From the upcoming SoulParlor album Evoluzion features Afronaut, Cecilia Stalin, Colonel Red, Daz-I-Kue, Dego, MdCL, Oddisee, Opolopo, Pure P, Replife, Stan Smith & many more! Stay tuned for the full album release dropping this June!  Big ups to Giant Step for reminding us about this release!



The Future of Funk II | Moovmnt

The homies over at Moovmnt are back with their second installation of Future Funk and it is fantastic. Stream, download, enjoy!

The Future of Funk 2 by Moovmnt

Tracklist
01 ARP 101 - Groove
02 Jon Phonics - The One
03 813 - Street Beats, Big Cloks
04 Sasac - Bourgies Must Chill
05 Def Chronic - Apple Juice
06 Bobby Tank - Tangent
07 DāM-FunK - Forever
08 Opolopo - Hexagon Love
09 East Liberty Quarters - Lucky Charm
10 Replife - Ready Set Go (AD Bourke Dub Mix)
11 Ulysses82 - Fax
12 First Touch - It’s Yours (2011 Mix)
13 Salva - Obsession Ft. B. Bravo
14 B. Bravo & Teeko - The Roll Out