Stones Throw Records and eMusic Release Website’s First “Digital-only 12-Inch Single” Oh No’s “Gets Mine” (featuring Buckshot) Offered as eMusic Free Daily Download on June 21

NEW YORK, June 20, 2006 – Stones Throw Records and eMusic, the world’s largest digital retailer of independent music, are teaming up to offer the DJ community and hip-hop fans their first “digital-only 12-inch single.” On June 21, eMusic will offer underground hip-hop producer/MC Oh No’s single “Gets Mine” (featuring Buckshot) from the upcoming album Exodus Into Unheard Rhythms as the site’s free Daily Download. The track will be FREE until the album’s release date on August 8. This will mark the first time an independent label has pushed a traditional 12” single exclusively through the eMusic service to promote an upcoming album.

Stones Throw Records has historically catered to the vinyl-prominent DJ community via the label's expansive catalogue of 12” singles. This marks the first in a series of Stones Throw 12-inch releases that will be distributed exclusively through eMusic, allowing Stones Throw to interact with the DJ community on a whole new level—digitally. With the new technology DJs utilize today (like Serato), DJs can rip it up without the wax.

Exodus Into Unheard Rhythms is Oh No’s new production project based on samples from the vast catalogue of Galt MacDermot, best known as the man behind the music from the revolutionary '60s Broadway musical Hair. Oh No will also rap on the project, alongside a host of others, including Posdnous from De La Soul, Vast Aire of Cannibal Ox, Murs, Roc C and Aloe Blacc. The B side of “Gets Mine” is “T. Biggums” featuring Dudley Perkins and Georgia Anne Muldrow.

“eMusic helps labels break bands by reaching avid music fans who are interested in music outside commercial mainstream pop and hip-hop, and we’re very excited to partner with Stones Throw to bring Oh No’s digital 12-inch single to the DJ community and the rest of eMusic’s customers,” said David Pakman, President and CEO of eMusic. “eMusic offers all of its tracks in high quality MP3 format, which plays on any PC, Macintosh or digital music player – so DJs and other music fans have the ultimate flexibility to use the track in any way they wish.”

“I’m glad we’re now able to release stuff digitally as soon as it’s recorded,” Stones Throw founder Peanut Butter Wolf said. “As a DJ myself, it gives me the opportunity to put together sets on a whim.”

Anyone (including non-subscribers) can get eMusic’s free Daily Download by downloading the eMusic Toolbar, which is available at http://www.emusic.com/toolbar/download.html. The eMusic Toolbar offers a free MP3 download every day, and puts Internet search and quick search of eMusic.com's vast music catalog at your fingertips.

About eMusic
eMusic (http://www.emusic.com) is the world’s leading digital retailer of independent music, second only to iTunes in number of downloads sold. Delivering more than 4.5 million downloads per month, eMusic features over 1.2 million tracks from established and emerging artists in every genre from the world’s leading independent labels. A subscription-based service that offers 25 free downloads at sign-up, acclaimed editorial content, a vibrant online community and music discovery tools, eMusic gives consumers an inexpensive, low-risk way to explore great new music they wouldn’t find otherwise. Unlike other download services, eMusic’s universally compatible MP3 files play on any device including the iPod. Based in New York, eMusic.com Inc. is wholly owned by Dimensional Associates, Inc., the private equity arm of JDS Capital Management, Inc.

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Media Contacts: Cathy Halgas Nevins, eMusic 212-201-9201 or cnevins@emusic.com Matt Hanks or Alexis Tedford Shore Fire Media for eMusic 718-522-7171 Trevor Seamon for Stones Throw 323.254.4027 or trevor@scorepress.com