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BLACK SPADE-SPAND (PROD. BY KNXWLEDGE)

Pardon us for the delay in posting this new track “Spand” by our St. Louis brother Black Spade.  This beat originally appeared in Knxwledge’s Kompsure.EP and now Spade has laced it with his vocals.  Lately,  I’ve noticed tons of artists rhyming over Knx’s beats, and you  typically don’t see him endorsing the end result. But in this case, both artists are really standing behind “Spand” and once you listen you’ll understand why. There’s a musical chemistry between the two that might fuel more collabs in the future. Black Spade is in the process of working on his next solo album as well as working with Coultrain and others. As always, Knxwledge has been cranking EPs out on the regular. You know you’ll find all of them posted here on the site. Enjoy.

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BLACK SPADE- SPAND (PROD. BY KNXWLEDGE) [DOWNLOAD]

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I, CED – ALL IN MY MIND

So the homie I, Ced has been busy lately! Recently dropped another mixtape on his site, Move Next Media a completely different mixtape for the homie KNNY FRSH‘s site FRSH SLCTS  & today his solo album, All In My Mind debuted on Record Breakin’ Music.  Peep Angel (She’s Like Magic), a bonus track that is not on the album & that you can DL on the strenf’…

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Yeah, so you already know that All In My Mind is THAT album & you must cop that imeeeeeeeeeeeejiatley! & hit the jump for the other two free mixtapes I was tellin you about.

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Tags: 14KT, AB, BLACK SPADE, BUCKWILD, COLEMAN, COULTRAIN, DONALD BYRD, ELZHI, Erykah Badu, FRSH SLCTS, Funkdoobiest, HAWTHORNE HEADHUNTERS, HOUSE SHOES, I CED, J1, JADA AVENUE, Kenautis Smith, KNNY FRSH, LE PAMPLEMOUSSE, MOVE NEXT MEDIA, N'DAMBI, Nas, PACEWON, Primeridian, PUDGE, RAN MEGA, RECORD BREAKIN' MUSIC, ROGER, SHAFIQ HUSAYN, SLAVE, STOPHA VASQUEZ, TAI ALLEN, TALL BLACK GUY, Te'luv, THE ACOLYTES, THE DEER

VIDEO: BLACK SPADE – NEW AFRICAN

Our brother Black Spade. New African. Right on time!

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THE PRIMERIDIAN- DA CRACK-A-DAWN MIXTAPE

The homies Simeon Viltz and Race, together known as The Primeridian, have hooked up with The Hip-Hop Project, RubyHornet, Jugrnaut, All Natural Inc, and DJ Booth to bring fans their latest mixtape, Da Crack-A-Dawn.

Mixed by Cosm Roks, the project features a whopping 27 fresh cuts (along with one bonus track) from the Windy City twosome who brought us “Drop the Needle,” (produced by Tye Hill) “Chitown’s Finest,” (featuring Neak, Slot-A, Rashid Hadee who also produced it) and recently “Go ILL”(featuring Add-2, Ynot the best prod. by Twilite Tone!)

Joining the duo on the guest tip are such artists as BuffOnder, Black Spade, Mike Flo, The Twilite Tone, Pugz Atomz and Add-2. Beats come courtesy of Rashid Hadee, Tall Black Guy Productions, The Twilite Tone, Tye Hill, Simeon Viltz, and more! TL and DL after the jump!

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Tags: BLACK SPADE, BuffOnder, Cosm Roks, MIKE FLO, Pugz Atomz, Simeon Viltz, Tall Black Guy Productions, THE PRIMERIDIAN, THE TWILITE TONE, Tye Hill

STARSHIP 27 – VOLUME 2

YES!!! Volume 2 to one of my favorite compilations that came out back in 2009. The homie J-1 aka The Deer & Animal Kingdom has Voltron’ed up with (in)Sect Records to bring us the 2nd installment of Starship 27. J-1 handpicked/single handedly reached out to the homies & they responded with exclusives for that ass! The cats involved this time around are ALL Blind I faves & have been featured on every last one of our original compilations such as House Shoes, Devonwho, F.A.M.E., Coultrain, Black Spade, Jordan Rockswell, Dibia$e, P.U.D.G.E., Dam-Funk, I,Ced & more! Whether it’s rocking with Shafiq Husayn’s En’AFreeKa ensemble, Animal Kingdom, or dropping beats tapes on HVW8, regardless of the entity or platform, The Deer continues to bring quality artistry to the ears 7 has never watered down or sugar coated a COT DAMN THANG! So salute off top all day sir! KEEP GOING!! Peep two of my faves then hit the jump for the tracklist, the DL & even a link to Volume One in case you had your schitt on snooze…no loosing here… #WINNING. Now prepare for take off!

J-1 – Slang Talk

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Black Spade & Coultrain – B WIT U

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Tags: A-LIVE, ANIMAL KINGDOM, AYIRO, B. BRAVO, BLACK SPADE, C.F.C., COULTRAIN, Dam Funk, DEVONWHO, DIBIA$E, ERIC LAU, F.A.M.E, FLAME BROWN, HAWTHORNE HEADHUNTERS, HOUSE SHOES, I CED, INSECT RECORDS, J BIZNESS, J1, Jordan Rockswell, KONE, MAX KANE, P.U.D.G.E., RAS G, STARSHIP 27, TEEKO, THE DEER

VIC SPENCER & BLACK SPADE – GO LOUIS

Vic Spencer and Black Spade, having been frequent collaborators for the last few years, combined forces to show Midwest love across state lines with an amalgamation of St. Louis and and Chicago stylings aptly titled ‘Go Louis‘. The project is STELLAR and features the likes of Naledge, Nato Caliph, Tef Poe, Bryan Stewart, The Primeridian, Sulaiman, Brian Fresco, Vic Mensa, D2G, Yung Word Mann and the Co-Pilots, produced entirely by Black Spade and with Vic on every track. Fuck a Wiz Khalifa…roll up to this one! Check out Enjoy The Experience II and then indulge!

Tags: BLACK SPADE, BRAINIAC SOCIETY, Brian Fresco, Bryan Stewart, Co-Pilots, D2G, Naledge, NATO CALIPH, Sulaiman, TEF POE, THE FORCE, THE PRIMERIDIAN, Vic Mensa, Vic Spencer, Yung Word Mann

TEEKO – NEVA FIND ANOTHA (ALL MY LOVE) FEAT. BLACK SPADE, DWIGHT TRIBLE & KENNY BROOKS

Remember back in the day (2009-early 2010) I was telling you about Teeko‘s album “Light Up The Darkness” & how that when THAT came out you can get Bridge To Truth (the Teeko song we all love oh so very much) well… IT’S FINALLY COMING OUT THIS MONTH!! See that pic right there to the right ? That has a list of all the players involved. Schitt is real son! Peep the ill Neva Find Anotha (All My Love) joint featuring the homie Black Spade, Kenny Brooks & the legendary Dwight Trible.

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Now go to Teeko’s site to get the goods including the smasher Young Funklords featuring the homies Devonwho & Dibiase. SLUMPS!

Tags: 4ONEFUNK, BLACK SPADE, DWIGHT TRIBLE, F.A.M.E, KENNY BROOKS, TEEKO

VANDALYZM – B!%^H IM’MIS TALENTED MIXTAPE

Vandalyzm stays working. Not that on-Twitter-have-to-tell-everyone-that-I’m-doing-something type working, but REAL work. In anticipation for the March release of his full feature, “Vandalyzm Is The Stepfather“, he’s linked up with DJ Reminisce to drop off B!%^H Im’Mis Talented: a collection of beats and features from the STL native. You’re looking at features on tracks with the likes of Skyzoo, Royce The 5’9, Naledge from Kidz In The Hall, Black Spade, El Prez, and production from Van himself, 9th Wonder, Khrysis, Nameless, 6th Sense and more. Simply put, check out the Bandcamp stream below and partake!

Tags: 6th Sense, 9th Wonder, BLACK SPADE, DJ Reminisce, El Prez, KHRYSIS, Naledge from Kidz In The Hall, NAMELESS, Royce The 5'9, SKYZOO, Vandalyzm

NO KNOWS DOPE | NO KNOWS BEATS 2 | JANUARY 20XI

This year marks the 5th anniversary of my No Knows Dope series (HOLY MEGABYTES BATMAN THE FIF’ YEAR!)… blessed! Thank you all for your continuous support of the NKD franchise as well as all the other $tunta$tic original compilations that the rest of the Blind I staff offers. Last years NKD concept was fun being able to do each month dedicated to one of my all time favorite artists or themes. This years method to the NKD madness is simple. Genres & sub-genres (according to me that is) all mixed & glitched by my good friend/brother & DJ W1shOne. This months edition is a sequel to last years No Knows Beats & this one is str8 up exclusive thruout! FIAH! All purpose music right here! 110% skip proof! I want to send some special Jedi respecognition to all my friends (I, Ced & Black Spade of Hawthorne Headhunters, SquareWeezy of The Bangerz, Haz Solo, Max Kane, Teeko, Malaguti & Colin Brown of 4OneFunk/F.A.M.E., Seven Davis Jr., DJ Dskrybe of Trademark, REL of D2S, Hayling, Waajeed and W1shOne & Sol Plus 10 of Sub Ren who came thru for me by blessing me with never before heard or released beats. I hope you enjoy this mix as much as W1sh & I had putting it together. This is only the beginning… 11 more to go! Stay TUNEd.

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Tags: 4ONEFUNK, 84 SKILLS, BLACK SPADE, COLIN BROWN, DEVONWHO, DISTORTION 2 STATIC, DJ DSKRYBE, F.A.M.E, FINESE, HAWTHORNE HEADHUNTERS, HAYLING, I CED, JNEIRO JAREL, JOOB, KLIPMODE, KNXWLEDGE, MALAGUTI, MAX JANE, NKD, NO KNOWS DOPE, Oriol, Rel, SAUCE81, SEVEN DAVIS JR., Sol Plus 10, SQUARE WEEZY, SUB REN, TEEKO, THE BANGERZ, TRADEMARK, W1SHONE, WAAJEED

VIDEO: BLACK SPADE X ROCKWELL KNUCKLES: A DOUBLE FEATURE

For your viewing pleasure Flying Fish Productions in association with DMNDTV bring to you two NEW VIDEOS from the good homies BLACK SPADE and ROCKWELL KNUCKLES, A DOUBLE FEATURE!. Our first feature is “Running and Gunning” by the homie Black Spade, next we have Rockwell Knuckles “Sorta Invincible”.

Both appearing right after the jump… so get ya popcorn and relax and enjoy your double feature.

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Tags: BLACK SPADE, Rockwell Knuckles