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Like bees to sweet nectar, MCs are known to flock to hot producers, meaning we may appropriately brand dope beatsmith Tadd Mullinix, aka Dabrye (rhymes with Bobby) one sexy flower. For his latest opus, Two/Three (the follow-up to his 2001 LP One/Three), Dabrye has cross-pollinated with mic masters like MF Doom, Vast Aire, Beans, the late great Jay Dee, and Detroit upstart Kadence (not to be confused with Canada's Cadence Weapon), to deliver "a moody, propulsive take on [hip-hop]" featuring "Blade Runner-esque beats" that is "a dizzying narcotic rush stronger than a back alley glue hit". Oh, press releases!

Two/Three arrives June 13 via Ghostly International and will be proceeded by the April 18 release of the 12" single "Air", featuring MF Doom and some seriously spooked-out cover art. Ch-ch-check it:

Two/Three:

01 The Stand [feat. Wildchild]
02 Air [feat. MF Doom]
03 Machines Pt. I
04 Encoded Flow [feat. Kadence]
05 That's What's Up [feat. Vast Aire]
06 Tell Dem
07 Nite Eats Day [feat. Beans]
08 Jorgy [with Waajeed]
09 Special [feat. Guilty Simpson and Paradime]
10 Bloop
11 Viewer Discretion [feat. Invincible and Finale]
12 Piano
13 Pressure [feat. Waajeed and T'Raach]
14 Reconsider [feat. Kadence]
15 Get It Together [feat. Invincible and Finale]
16 My Life [feat. AG]
17 In Water
18 Get Live [feat. Big Tone]
19 Machines Pt. II
20 Game Over [feat. Jay Dee and Phat Kat]

"Air" 12":

01 Air (album version)
02 Air (instrumental)
03 Air (a cappella)
04 Air (remix)
05 Air (remix instrumental)

Dabrye also contributed a cut to the Ghostly mega-comp Idol Tryouts Two, which dropped today like it was hot. His remix of Some Water and Sun's "Snowbreaker" will appear on the Hefty Records anniversary compilation History Is Bunk, Part 1: Collaborations, Reinterpretations, and New Compositions, out April 25, and his remix of Modeselektor's "Fake Emotion" is out now on Bpitch Control.

As for live Dabrye action, he'll be headed out on tour with Stones Throw's Percee P and Kadence this July. Hot stuff.