With the onset of his upcoming record and DVD release, Israel Houghton and New Breed have grafted in a new member in the form of La Familia Muzik artist Ryan Horton.  Ryan is making his debut in Houghton’s vocal section as Israel and his renowned band and vocal ensemble embark on a live album recording, their first project of this sort in 5 years.

Listen to sample tracks from the highly anticipated sophomore album of Preacher Boy Entertainment artist E Tizz titled What I Gotta Say, releasing February 7, 2012 on iTunes. 

Just click any track you want to hear within the video, or simply let it play all the way through. Also, get a free download of "Sound of My Soul" by E Tizz.

Lamp Mode artist Json's new album Growing Pains drops on February 21st, and just like Swoope's upcoming project, you can hear snippets of the whole project online. It sounds like Json really shares a lot of personal stories on this album, and the production is more mainstream. Check it out and let us know how you like what you hear. We've got the tracklist for you below as well. Listen to the samples.

2012 is proving to be a very interesting year. As if it wasn't enough that The Bus Shop will be closing in March of this year, Holy Culture Download has just announced that they too will be closing their doors later this month.

Scheduled to dissolve on February 28th, Holy Culture Download originally began as 3Hmp3 and was the very first Christian download store. The store was the founded by Victor Padilla (Vic), who was also the founder of Holy Culture Radio at the time. He and his business partner with HCR, Anonymous, owned the store together as a partnership. Vic eventually sold his ownership of the store to James 'Trig" Rosseau (also co-owner of Holy Culture), and he and Anonymous remained the sole owners to this day. 

Here is the official statement from their site. After reading it, their reasoning for closing makes a lot of sense. 

High Society Collective artist Swoope has revealed the album cover and tracklisting for his upcoming project Wake Up. Check it out, and also peep snippets of the project on iTunes. We have the link for you!

SaulPaul presents his acoustic hip hop “music with a message”

On Thursday, February 2 SaulPaul, an acoustic hip hop “musician with a message,” participated and performed at the NFL PREP: Sports Career Expo, an official Super Bowl XLVI event held in Indianapolis, Indiana.

DaSouth.com will premiere Japhia Life's new single "Lifey's Revenge" featuring Tena Jones tomorrow, February 3rd at 6am EST. That's right, the early bird catches the worm! This is the first single from his upcoming album Westside Pharmacy. Trust us, you want to hear this one! Japhia seems to only get better with time.

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Willie "PDub" Moore Jr. and Bizzle will be releasing their joint project "Best of Both Worlds: The Album" on Feb 7th. Peep the tracklist. This is gonna be a banger!

Sling Short Media Group artist Trev Eaz will be releasing his new project The Disiappearing Act (TDA) on February 7th. DaSouth.com staff members have had a chance to listen to this project over and over again and trust us... this "thang" is blazin! We're giving you the opportunity to hear the whole album beginning on Monday, February 6th.

Peep the promo video and check out the tracklisting!

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Get ready Heat fans! God’s up to something! After Rawsrvnt sang at Dwyane Wade’s 30th Birthday Party, it was said that his song “On Fire” should be the Miami Heat’s new anthem! In being proactive, we at Soul Deep Ministries alongside Seventhwire Films teamed up with Pastor Jolinda Wade to make this thought a reality.