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MIXTAPE: 88 KEYS – BEATS NO MORE

88-Keys just sent a kite to all your rappity rappers out there (*cough* NO *cough* $ lol). Legend states – and by legend I mean 88-Keys said it on his blog - that the Great East Coast Blizzard of 2011 has caused this talented individual to seek out alternative ways to gain more hard disk space that don’t involve going out and purchasing a new external. Yeah, he decided to delete them all. But before he did he went on ahead and just plopped ‘em on the innerwebs so the whole world could enjoy them. Kinda like throwing out the trash, but the trash being a bunch of banana peels and apple cores and crazy ill shit like that, and it helping to fertilize trees growing and shit. This would be that tree. Go get the tree. I make no sense whatsoever.

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Tags: 88 Keys, BEATS NO MORE, DELETED BEATS, Instrumentals, Mixtape

BLIND I SAYS GO! APRIL 2010

Can’t type much. Weather’s too nice. But this is what I’m listening to. Get like me. Indulge!

DOWNLOAD | BLIND I $AYS GO! APRIL 2010 [MEDIAFIRE][ZSHARE]

Track listing after the jump!
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Tags: 88 Keys, A TRIBE CALLED QUEST, Alchemist, B.O.B., blu, Broken Bells, COMMON, Consequence, DOM. Kennedy, Erykah Badu, EVIDENCE, FLYING LOTUS, Ghostface, Jay Electronica, Jean Grae, JESSE BOYKINS III, joell ortiz, Kid Cudi, Mayer Hawthorne, Method Man, Monica Blaire, Mos Def, RAEKWON, Rick Ross, Ski Beatz, Theophilus London, WHOSANE

NO KNOWS DOPE | MARCH 20X

This month I decided to flip the script & keep it off this NKD. Get it? No scripts… just beats. Thus, No Knows Beats! From my favorite producers past, present & future. This cover is quite special to me as well because it is a painting of me done by my brother like no other Dee Jae Pa’este of Konscious Klothing & he was kind enough to let me use it for this months NKD art. (I mean… IT IS ME tho hahahaha). I have been bumping this all day while I was working on the back cover & it is damn good designing music… or work music… or whatever you use it for. Burn a CD, drop it on your mp3 players & cypher with your homies while you cruise the block or BBQ it up… or just stfu & listen.

A list of who’s on this batch & the DL after the J…

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Tags: 88 Keys, ALEX B, BENGA, BLACK MILK, Bullion, CASPA, CHIMPANZINAUTS, Daru Jones, DERT, DEVONWHO, DIMLITE, EDIT, ETURNAL DAWN, Exile, F.A.M.E., FLYING LOTUS, Gaslamp Killer, HI-TEK, J DILLA, JOOB, MADLIB, MAX KANE, MR.DIBIASE, MR.DJ, NKD, NO KNOWS DOPE, NOSAJ THING, PASHA BROWN, PHONOSAPIENS, RADIO RANDONE, RUSKO, Sa Ra, SAMIYAM, SHINY'S FOOD, SQUARE WEEZY, SWIZZ BEATS, TAPE MASTAH STEPH, WAAJEED

88-KEYS – WAKE UP CALL FEAT. COLIN MUNROE

88-Keys lets loose of this track from the NBA Live 10 soundtrack just in time for his Crowd Control Tour starting at the end of the month in New York. Download and tour dates after the jump!

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Tags: 88 Keys, Colin Munroe, NBA LIVE 10, WAKE UP CALL

NO KNOWS DOPE – OCTOBER 2009

…& ya just don’t stop… back like a bad dream like I never left…Ya kNOw what time it cuz you iz da faithful… why I am typing “ghett-right”? I have no idea.  Anyways, this one goes out to all the purists of sound & the respecognition of listening to an album from beginning to end. If a track had to much damn dead space @ the end of a track I took that batch out. If a song was dope as fuck in a mix that I loved I got that schitt up in this piece! You don’t play when it comes to your NKD & therefore I vow to never play either.

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I send no apologies for this months edition of NKD. It is – what it is (male quote of the century) “of course my goons is astounding, niqqa I used the Auto-Tune™ because I’m clownin’!”

Track List & DL after the bounce, rock, roller-sk8…

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Tags: 88 Keys, 9th Wonder, ANDRE 3000, ATTICA BLUES, Bilal, Bullion, Cee-lo, Colin Munroe, COMMON, De La Soul, DERT, DEVONWHO, DIMLITE, DIVERSE, DR. WHO DAT?, ELZHI, Exile, FINALE, GEORGIA ANNE MULDROW, GUILTY SIMPSON, HI-TEK, INVINCIBLE, J DILLA, J MITCHELL, JAKE ONE, JAY DEE, JNEIRO JAREL, JOE SAMPLE, Karriem Riggins, LITTLE BROTHER, MADLIB, Mick Boogie, NO KNOWS DOPE, NOTTZ, OH NO, ROYAL FLUSH, ROYCE DA 5'9, ROZZI DAME, Sa Ra, SHAFIQ HUSAYN, SHAWN JACKSON, SOJOURN, SPANK POPS, STEREOLAB, THE AB'S, THE PROCUSSIONS, THES ONE, ty & kory

CHALI 2NA | ACEYALONE | 88-KEYS | IZZA KIZZA = LIVE + FREE [NYC]

Decon & MySpace Present
“The Release”

FREE SHOW with:
Chali 2na
Aceyalone
88-Keys
Izza Kizza

DJ Parler on the decks!

@ Santos Party House
96 Lafayette Street, NYC

Doors at 8pm – Early Show Starts Immediately

Tickets available at Fat Beats – 406 Avenue of the Americas (upstairs)
or RSVP to rsvp@deconmedia.com

www.deconmedia.com
www.deconrecords.com
myspace.com/decon
myspace.com/hiphop

Tags: 88 Keys, ACEYALONE, CHALI 2NA, IZZA KIZZA, NYC, SANTOS PARTY HOUSE

VIDEO: 88-KEYS – THE FRIEND ZONE (FEAT. SHITAKE MONKEY)

You gotta let em know your intentions right when you meet em – the friend zone sucks! This song/video is dope though.

Tags: 88 Keys, Shitake Monkey

CONCERT-88 KEYS/BILAL/JESSE BOYKINS III

Tags: 88 Keys, Bilal, CONCERT, JESSE BOYKINS III, NYC, TRACE MAGAZINE

IZZA KIZZA – WIZARD OF IZ [NEW MIXTAPE/RELEASE PARTY]

2 FREE ALBUMS IN ONE DAY!? WHAAAAAAAAAAAT!?!? IT’S A KIZZABRATION BITCHES!!

Yeah man, Izza Kizza has released his followup to Kizzaland with The Wizard Of Iz mixed by the infamous Nick Catchdubs. It’s FREE.99 (minus the 99) JUMP ON IT! [pause] I had Bump! on the Feb edition of NKD09, peep now if u FAIL.ed to peep then…

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About The Mixtape:
2nd in a series of collaborations between Izza Kizza & Nick Catchdubs, The Wizard of Iz, presented by In4mation Clothing, features the likes of David Banner, Lil Wayne, Birdman, Colin Munroe, Anthony Hamilton, and production from Souldiggaz, Koolade & Nottz. Izza Kizza’s debut solo album is dropping this Summer on Decon.

PEEP his Official announcement for The Wizard Of Iz & Download the album after the J…

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Tags: 88 Keys, ANTHONY HAMILTON, BIRDMAN, Colin Munroe, DAVID BANNER, IZZA KIZZA, KOOLADE, Lil Wayne, NICK CATCHDUBS, NOTTZ, SOULDIGGAZ

VIDEO: 88-KEYS – STAY UP (VIAGRA) (FEAT. KANYE WEST)

One of the more entertaining videos I’ve seen in awhile!

Tags: 88 Keys, Kanye West