Brooklyn’s Westbay comes through with his third solo effort, Spread Love. The album was inspired by Westbay’s collaboration with NY street artist Mr. Love, which is a weekly series that showcases positive messages through song and art. The 14-track project features appearanes by NY staples Maino and Troy Ave, and is riddled with high-energy production. Stream it below and buy it here.

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It’s a BK thing on Westbay’s latest release off his Spread Love album. Maino closes out the soulful, feel-good record, while Westbay delivers a couple of energetic verses. Stream it below. Spread Love arrives June 3.

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Diamond District counterpart, Uptown XO, has been working hard putting quality content out.  At the end of March, the emcee put out his new visuals for his single “Spread Love“ from his latest offering, Colour De Grey.  Now, Uptown is releasing his new visuals in the form of the AB The Pro produced track, “Evolution.”  The videos were directed by Backie T.  

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