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VIDEO:J*DAVEY ARCADE 44 INTERVIEW

Here’s a dope interview Arcade44 did with J*DaVeY at Brooklyn Bowl. There’s also some behind the scenes footage of their recent S.O.B.s show. We interviewed them that night too, so check out our Q&A here.

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FRANCIS AND THE LIGHTS | LIVE FOOTAGE IN CHICAGO + IT’LL BE BETTER

Francis and The Lights. Oh buddy. I love it when artists we endorse persist to make amazing music and take over the world bit by bit. The talented group of artists, fronted by Francis Starlite, have been making recent waves as an opening act for Drake on his current tour, but we at Blind I were hip to the game before all that. I must stunt for my team.

Since their introduction to Blind I and the last time they were featured on the site as Spotlight Artists, they’ve been working hard, doing live shows, and most recently dropping their new EP “It’ll Be Better“, available now on iTunes. They sent us over a free MP3 of one of my FAVORITE joints that they had a snippet-dressingroom-recording of awhile ago called “For Days“, now in CD quality and just as dope for you guys to check out/download:

On top of that, I got a chance to check them out while they were in Chicago for a performance and my homie Nick Castle from Jermaine Productions was able to get some good performance footage of some joints you can get on It’ll Be Better — hit the jump to check out the footage and preview the new EP!

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BRITTANY BOSCO-TIMELESS

I had the pleasure of interviewing Brittany Bosco a while back, and this short video subtly highlights all of the things that make her such a gem. She’s authentic, talented and puts on a hell of a show. Here’s our piece on her and here’s some free music if you’re new to Bosco. She’s performing this Saturday in Atlanta! Hit the skip for deets.

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NYC SHOW: CUBIC ZIRCONIA * KEYS N KRATES * MELO-X

Guaranteed eargasms. PLUS…our Artist Spotlight Keys N Krates will be in the building!

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KAMELEON BEATS-MIDNIGHT SUN

For those of you who tune into our Artist Spotlights regularly, Kameleon Beats is a familiar name. The Cali-born Philly-based producer just released an instrumental album, Midnight Sun, which was inspired by the four seasons. Definitely mood music to groove to.

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PETER HADAR F. NALEDGE-PARTY ALL NIGHT

Here’s a little sexytime gem from Peter Hadar featuring Naledge. If he isn’t on your radar yet, check out his Artist Spotlight.

“Party All Night”

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Hadar will be dropping his next EP, Take Off Victoria, in October.

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DON PRAHFIT – I WONDER [VIDEO]

This has like all our friends in it! Str8 up! I would have been in it too but I remember I had some fam schitt I had to be @ that day, all good, I’ll catch the next one pho cho! Blind I Videographer Ratha Nou (88-Keys Iview) makes his directorial debut on the music video tip & does a pretty damn good job if you ask me! This is Don‘s take on Kanye’s I Wonder from his Japanese Graffiti 2 mixtape [if you have yet to cop, COP!!] Shout outs to the whole fam in this video from The Bangerz 2 Kris & Julian 2 Bob @ Circle A & so on! You filming mine & $uli’s video next Ra!!

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PETER HADAR LIVE PERFORMANCE-SWEAT

This is a clip of Peter Hadar, our very own Spotlight Artist, performing his single “Sweat” at Santos Party House in NYC recently. Enjoy!

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NEW GUILTY SIMPSON JAWNS

Props to SweeneyKovar for these gems in my inbox today.

For The D (Harmonic 313 Remix)
Ferocious (Off DJ Design’s Jetlag)
Michigan Nights (Produced by Block Barley, off WEAINTMUSIC’s Michigan Nights EP)

Kovar also sent over a very thorough interview with Blind I Artist Of The Month Alum Invincible…check it out.

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GUILTY SIMPSON

Not to toot the Blind I horn, but we CONSISTENTLY provide the freshness for your listening pleasure. The freshness transcends musical genres. The Blind I staff is ever-evolving, so in synch with a new artist we coin a new term: Blind Eyes. That would be you- our fans. The dopest, illest, opinionated set of music heads on the net! And if you’re loyal, you’ve been bumping last month’s highlight, Brandon Hines and his smooth crooning, and you will continue to do so.

But now it’s time to get muh fuckin GRIMEY up in this batch!

Blind I would like to respecognize

GUILTY SIMPSON

Guilty is a MC’s MC. Well @ least for me he is. He first came to my attention when J Dilla put him on a remix he did for Four Tet entitled “As Serious As Your Life”. I’m sure he has some other catalog prior to this song, but since then, I have been checking for GS.

Guilty has worked with numerous cats (shout to Raekwon hahaha) from the Great J Dilla, Black Milk, Phat Kat, Madlib, The Heilocentrics, Percee P, Skyzoo & the list goes on & on.

Check Him out at Stones Throw

GUILTY SIMPSON ON MYSPACE

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