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NO KNOWS DOPE | NO KNOWS NOSTALGIA | MAY 20XI

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…

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Tags: A TRIBE CALLED QUEST, A.T.B.A.N. KLANN, ANOTHA LEVEL, Black Moon, Black Sheep, BRAND NUBIAN, CAMP LO, Canibus, COMMON, CRU, DERELIKS, Digable Planets, ERULE, FREESTYLE FELLOWSHIP, Group Home, HELTAH SKELTAH, Jeru The Damaja, Keith Murray, KWEST THA MADD LADD, LPG, MADLIB, Mobb Deep, PETE ROCK & C.L. SMOOTH, SOULS OF MISCHIEF, THE NONCE, THE NOTORIOUS B.I.G., THE PHARCYDE, THE ROOTS, THE TUNNEL RATS, TRACEY LEE, Y'ALL SO STUPID, YAGGFU FRONT

CLASSIC VIDEO OF THE DAY: BLACK MOON – HOW MANY MC’S

I’m still looking for Buckshot’s Nervous Records t-shirt. I mean, I have one, but it’s not nearly as cool as his is. And Evil Dee scratching doing the wall stand? C’mon.

Tags: Black Moon, Classic Video Of The Day, HOW MANY MC'S, SHORTS WITH THE TIMBOS

NO KNOWS DOPE | AUGUST 20X

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)

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Tags: A TRIBE CALLED QUEST, Artifacts, Black Moon, BUSSA BUSS, Busta, BUSTA RHYMES, CRAIG MACK, Flipmode Squad, FUGEES, GUILTY SIMPSON, HI-TEK, J DILLA, JAY DEE, Jill Scott, JOHN FORTE, Leaders of the New School, LL Cool J, M.O.P., MARIAH CAREY, MEKA, Mobb Deep, Mos Def, NKD, NO KNOWS DOPE, ODB, P DIDDY, PHAROAHE MONCH, Q-TIP, RAMPAGE, RAS KASS, Redman, REMY MARTIN, ROYCE DA 5'9, SLUM VILLAGE, SWIZZ BEATZ, TALIB KWELI, TEPHLON, THE NOTORIOUS B.I.G.

DJ JAZZY JEFF AND MICK BOOGIE PRESENT-SUMMERTIME

I was at a cookout yesterday and Will Smith and Jazzy Jeff’s “Summertime” came on. There really is no such thing as having an event during the season without hearing this and other classic summertime songs. So, right on time for the 4th, Mick Boogie Undrcrwn and Jeff teamed up to create this mixtape with almost 50 hits from De la Soul to Quincy Jones. Audible goodness for days. Check out the tracklist after the jump.

Faze-O-Riding High

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Black Moon-Who Got The Props

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Tags: 2 PAC, A TRIBE CALLED QUEST, biggie, Black Moon, BLIND I, BUSH BABIES, CARL THOMAS, De La Soul, DILLA, DIONNE WARWICK, DJ Jazzy Jeff, EN VOGUE, FAZE-O, ICE CUBE, JAMES BROWN, Jay-z, JODECI, KOOL & THE GANG, LL Cool J, MICHAEL JACKSON, Mick Boogie, Mos Def, MUSIQ, NUYORICAN SOUL, OTIS REDDING, PHARCYDE, quincy jones, RAMSEY LEWIS, ROY AYERS, SKEE LO, SUMMERTIME MIXTAPE, THE ROOTS, WELDON IRVINE

DIRTY MONEY, FILTHY DOLLARS VOLUME 2

It’s about that time again! It’s my pleasure to bring you Dirty Money, Filthy Dollars 2 – a vivid collection of some gems I like to bump personally, some new joints that didn’t make it to GO!, some new artists you guys need to be tuned into, and some songs that hopefully open your eyes to new genres and experiences. We go harder than anyone else in terms of this mix shit, and I like to think of Blind I as the pioneer of the internet mixes! We’re doing something special with all of our mixes and making sure that you guys are able to go back in the archives with relative ease and grab whatever compilation you want at any time. We will continue to open your eyes and ears and let you choose what’s hot and what’s not! For now, partake of greatness and download DMFD2 and check the tracklisting after the jump.

Download Blind I | Dirty Money Filthy Dollars 2 (Mediafire)

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Tags: Black Moon, Chima Anya, Constrobuz, Dana La Rock!, Datarock, Dirty Money Filthy Dollars, Exile, GHOSTFACE KILLAH, Homage & Halo, Jay-z, Jeremiah, Junkie XL, Missy Elliott, N.A.S.A., Naledge, Pharrell, RICK JAMES, Rosco P Coldchain, Sa Ra, Styles P, Sylvers, teena marie, Thenativesoul, Theophilus London, Waajeed & The Jazz Kats, Weezer