On Thursday, June 2nd, 2011, Peek Gallery in association with Noise Pop proudly presents an exclusive photo gallery IF IT FITS IN THE BACKPACK…10 Years On the Road with MOCHILLA. Between B+ and Coleman, Mochilla’s co-founders, the two have photographed some of music’s biggest icons, including Eminem, Lauryn Hill, Black Eyed Peas, DJ Shadow, MF Doom, Dilated Peoples, Blackalicious, David Axelrod, Mulatu Astatke, J.Dilla, EPMD, Snoop Dogg, Black Star (Mos Def & Talib Kweli), Damian Marley, Nas, A Tribe Called Quest, Madlib, Jay Electronica, and many others. Outside of their photography work, Mochilla developed into a full service production company, producing 3 groundbreaking music films which include KEEPINTIME, BRASILINTIME, and TIMELESS, all exploring the connection between Jazz/Soul/Funk/Brasilian music and the latter generation of DJs and producers who were so influenced by the previous generation’s music and aesthetic. Recent video projects include Eric Coleman’s video work w/ Jay Electronica in South Africa; B+’s travels w/ Nas & Damian Marley in Jamaica; an interview with the legendary Jose Maria “Curro” Fuentes (producer of some of Colombia’s most important musicians and orchestras on his own Discos Curro imprint); and their combined work on Banksy’s film, “Exit Through The Gift Shop.”

The June 2nd, 2011 grand opening of IF IT FITS IN THE BACKPACK…10 Years On the Road with MOCHILLA will feature work made under the Mochilla aegis over the last 10 years, showcasing their cultural imprint on music from all over the world and their brilliant execution as photographers and videographers.

The photography and films of
B+ and ERIC COLEMAN (MOCHILLA)

Exhibition Dates:
June 2 – June 30, 2011

Opening Reception:
Thursday, June 2, 2011, 7-11pm
Exclusive film screening with Q&A starts 7pm / Special Guest DJs
(films featuring Damian Marley, Nas, Jay Electronica, Quantic, J Dilla)
@ Peek Gallery at The Summit, 780 Valencia St., San Francisco

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So this was an idea I had back in 2007. $ even made me a cover & everything & I never put it out. I decided to pull from that & make this to give y’all for this months edition of NKD, thus we going back in time, to a place where I was coming up as a MC I bumped the schitt outta everything on this edition. Broken tape decks & everythang! This past Saturday I was up @ my DJ W1shOne’s Audio Playground all day working on a mix of this for y’all but was not able to complete it the way I wanted to within such a short time, thus, expect a mix with songs that are not on this to be intertwined with some of these songs & more a lil down the road this year. Ill drop it randomly so stay TUNEd for that. Until then, go inside my mind/ears & enjoy some NOstalgia.

TL & DL after the after…

NO KNOWS DOPE | NO KNOWS NOSTALGIA | MAY 20XI | DOWNLOAD

Sigh…right…so I was sitting…making the comp…and I kept thinking…man…what would I want the.er…ideal…woman to sound like if I had to describe her musically….and this happened. I feel incredibly fluffy making this and I’ll more than likely overcompensate this feeling by making an outlandishly ignorant comp for March. Playlist and shit under the covers. Stop laughing at me.

*PBBT!’s SMORGASBORD FEBRUARY 2011 [DOWNLOAD]

It’s that time of the month yet again! Frequency continues to bring the freshness to our ears & this time they are bringing the legendary Ali Shaheed Muhammad got me doing calisthenics of A Tribe Called Quest & Lucy Pearl to rock the 1′s & 2′s. If that ain’t enough you got The Mighty Sa-Ra all together fresh off their solo efforts to bring that grown sexy next level funk schitt we all know & love. Blind I in association with V-Tech Phones & Frequency are providing you a chance as always to win you a pair of tickets! Hit the jump for more details on how…

Simply send your first & last name before 5pm Thursday 16th to submit@blindiforthekids.com with the title FREE FREAKIN’ TIX FOR FREQUENCY PLEASE! & We will announce the winner the night before the show.

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Well the good folks over @ Bonafide Magazine have been putting out a series entitled Bonafied Beats, and for Vol.6 they called on the talents of Luke Vibert. The schitt is like hoppin in a DeLorean of 1.21 gigawatts to late 98/early 99. In Bonafide’s words…

Fresh from carbonite, the next mix in the Bonafide Beats series is certified vintage, having been in storage since Prince was partying in 1999. Washing up on the silicon shores of Luke Vibert’s hard drive some ten or more years since it was made, this mix captures the vibrancy of underground hip-hop on the cusp of the new millennium. With the ‘golden-era’ fast disappearing in the rear-view mirror, here we see one-time independent outfits such as Company Flow and Slum Village take a breath and prepare to dive deeper, making way for Fiddy and co. to lurch in and plunder all that glamour and gold offered up to the new millennium ‘gangster’ rappers.

Reflecting on what was to come in the 10 years to follow, the mix now seems to have added poignancy; it really is a polished nut of a selection. Given that most of the featured artists are now fully compounded as underground hip-hop heavyweights, with – and this is hard to believe – more than a couple of artists on here adding to the roll-call of dearly departed (think Guru, Jay Dee,Baatin), it’s reassuring to know that Luke was vibing off of what would eventually form part of an underground hip-hop manifesto of sorts. Which is why he’s down. Word is bond and never forget where you’re from kids.

Company Flow – America
The Brothers – Memories
Polyrhythm Addicts – Motion 2000
Company Flow – World Of Garbage
Sir Menelik & Kool Keith – Space Cadillac
Sir Menelik ft Grand Puba & Sadat X – 7XL
Slum Village – I Don’t Know
Pacewon – I Declare War
Souls Of Mischief – Shooting Stars
Slum Village – Fantastic
Rahzel & Q-Tip – To The Beat
Gang Starr – Discipline
Truck Turner – Who Am I
Pharoahe Monch – Simon Says
Organized Konfusion – Thirteen
Screwball – F.A.Y.B.A.N.
hmm – shit – not fucking sure man!
DJ Spinna& Missin Links – Who U Be
J-Treds – Never Too Much
A Tribe Called Quest – Girls [unreleased]
Doug E Fresh – Nuthin’

LUKE VIBERT – BONAFIDE BEATS VOL.6 | DOWNLOAD

Oh yeah. That just happened. If you think there is any rhyme or reason to this month’s Smorg you’ve lost a little more than you’re marbles. BUT that’s what makes it awesome. This one kinda rides like those random mixtapes/mix cd’s you used to make with whatever song came on the radio/popped up in your head at the time. Fun to make and even more fun to listen to. Now go on down there below the jump and wretch around and wrench it off.

*PBBT!’S SMORGASBORD SEPTEMBER 2010 [DOWNLOAD]

Okay so, thus far we have had NKD’s on some str8 up heat to kick start it all, then Dilla, then Beats, then Love , then Stereolab, then Portishead, then we had last months double NKD for Stevie & for this month I had to go with my man Busa Busss!! So many people sleep on Busta Rhymes! I never see him any ANNNNNNNNNNNYBODYS top 10 or top 20 for that matter. I had to dead that by doing a No Knows Busta. 60 pinche tracks! & even THAT was narrowed down. These are just my all time favorite Busta songs of all time. The others will be saved for a sequel somewhere down the road, but for now I think these will suffice. If you’ve always thought like me… then this is FOR YOU! If you sittin’ there reading this like… “really No? Busta?” then stick yo’self Pretty Tony & hit the jump to DL like yesterday!! (my bad for the 1 day delay)

NKD PRESENTS… NO KNOWS BUSTA(1 OF 2)  [DOWNLOAD]

NKD PRESENTS… NO KNOWS BUSTA(2 OF 2)  [DOWNLOAD]

(Trust. You need both links for complete freshness)

Faze-O-Riding High

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Black Moon-Who Got The Props

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1. Summertime Intro

2. Kool & The Gang: Summer Madness (Live Version)

3. Kool & The Gang: Summer Madness

4. Quincy Jones: Summer In The City

5. Ahmad: Back In The Day

6. Ice Cube: It Was A Good Day

7. Roy Ayers f/ Mary J Blige: Everybody Loves The Sunshine

8. Pharcyde: Passin’ Me By (Ffej Remix)

9. Jay-Z f/ Babyface: Sunshine

10. Ramsey Lewis: Sun Goddess

11. A Tribe Called Quest: Find A Way (Ffej String Edit)

12: Bush Babies f/ Mos Def: The Love Song

13. Jodeci: Get On Up

14. The Commodores: High On Sunshine

15. J Dilla f/ Dwele : Think Twice

16. Erick Sermon f/ Marvin Gaye: Music (Mick’s Marvapella Edit)

17. Bernard Wright: Who Do You Love

18. LL Cool J: Loungin’

19. A Tribe Called Quest: Hot Sex

20. Main Source: Live At The BBQ

21. Nuyorican Soul: Nautilus

22. Pharcyde & Sublime: Summertime

23. Fresh Prince and Jazzy Jeff: Summertime Remix

24. Michael Jackson: I Can’t Help It

25. De La Soul: Breakdawn

26. Musiq: Just Friends

27. Carl Thomas: Summer Rain

28. Faze-O: Riding High

29. Dionne Warwick: Walk On By

30. Skee-Lo: I Wish

31. Black Moon: Who Got The Props

32. Frankie Beverly and Maze: Before I Let Go

33. Nu Shooz: I Can’t Wait

34. Montell Jordan: This Is How We Do It

35: The Roots f/ George Benson: Breezin’

36: Fresh Prince and Jazzy Jeff: Time To Chill

37. Biggie: Can’t You See

38. James Brown: The Payback

39. En Vogue: My Lovin’

40. Bobby McFerrin: Sunshine Of My Life

41. Fifth Dimension: Let The Sun Shine In

42. Mos Def: Sunshine

43. Nine: Whatcha Want

44. Otis Redding: Sittin’ On The Dock

45. 2Pac: I Get Around (Mick’s String Edit)

46. Zapp: Computer Love (Terry’s Mirage On The Water Mix)

47. Seals And Croft: Summer Breeze

48. Jay-Z: Dear Summer

49. Weldon Irvine: Morning Sunrise

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1st… Muthafuck a bitch… Oh my bad.. It’s that love thang… © Like I told y’all before… I’m coming with a theme every NKD this year. Jan was on some o.g. NKD steez, Feb was No Knows Dilla, March was No Knows Beats & this month is dedicated to “love” thus, No Knows Love.  I kinda went in on this one. Forgive me, but I do it because you love it.

Fix after the j…

DOWNLOAD NO KNOWS DOPE (NO KNOWS LOVE) | APRIL 20X [MEDIAFIRE]