The Foreign Exchange Feat. Sy Smith, “Right After Midnight”

Lots of new music out today, including The Foreign Exchange’s fourth album, Love in Flying Colors. The Foreign Exchange is Dutch producer Nicolay and rapper/ singer Phonte (formerly of the group Little Brother); they met on the OkayPlayer message boards about a decade ago and started making music together across continents and without ever having met. A few years later, they were nominated for a Grammy, for 2009’s “Daykeeper.”

Potholes In My Blog points out that “Right After Midnight” is ripe for two-steppin’, and it borrows a line (“All across the world, b-boys and girls”) from one of my favorite two-step songs, Hi-Tek’s “Get Ta Steppin’.”

Elsewhere, the Draken has been released, and Justin Timberlake’s second effort of the year is streaming on iTunes. You totally got this, JT.