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MOS DEF | BLACK THOUGHT | EMINEM | DJ PREMIER

BET CAME CORRECT ON THIS… 3 LEGENDARY PILLARS IN THE TRUE ART FORM OF RHYME & 1 PIONEER DJ CREATE THIS GREATNESS! EM KILLS IT!!

Tags: 2009 BET HIP HOP AWARDS, BLACK THOUGHT, DJ PREMIER, EMINEM, Mos Def

WALE x 9TH WONDER – BACK TO THE FEATURE MIXTAPE

Wale and 9th Wonder return with a new mixtape, Back To The Feature, featuring Currensy, Tre, Young Chris, Freeway, Beenie Sigel, Lady Gaga, Joe Budden, Skyzoo, Talib Kweli, Joell Ortiz, UCB, Peedi Peedi, Black Thought, Tu Phace, Big Sean, Ken Starr, Mike Posner, Daniel Merriweather, Torae, Kingpin Slim, Duffy, Memphis Bleek, J. Colem, Jean Grae, Royce Da 5’9, Bun B, Dre (of Cool & Dre), Peter, Bjorn & John, K’naan, and Yael Naim. He didn’t lie about the features…geez! Partake.

Um Ricka (Feat K’Naan)(Produced by Mark Ronson

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Tags: Beenie Sigel, Big Sean, Bjorn & John, BLACK THOUGHT, BUN B, Currensy, Daniel Merriweather, Dre (of Cool & Dre), Duffy, Freeway, J. Colem, Jean Grae, JOE BUDDEN, joell ortiz, K'NAAN, Ken Starr, Kingpin Slim, Lady Gaga, Memphis Bleek, MIKE POSNER, Peedi Peedi, Peter, ROYCE DA 5'9, SKYZOO, TALIB KWELI, Torae, Tre, Tu Phace, UCB, Yael Naim, Young Chris

J DILLA – JAY STAYS PAID OUT TODAY!!!

Nature Sounds released J Dilla’s latest album Jay Stays Paid today!Ma dukes over saw it. Pete Rock mixed it down. The title is based upon Dilla production label Pay Jay. Many artists bless some of the tracks from MF DOOM, Blu, Black Thought to his cousin Que D making a return to the mic after some years away from it. The album is Dilla doing what Dilla does best… bringing that HEAT! Peep my fave & new theme song for my Fly N Saucy crew feat. newly inducted FNS member & brother of Dilla, the ever so talented, Illa J & Que D “See That Boy Fly”

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”It wasn’t rushed and it wasn’t haphazard,” explains Ms Yancey. ”This album combines what he did in the beginning of his career, what he did in some of our early hospital stays, which was very deep, and some stuff pulled from old floppy disks and DATs. Its mind blowing…this is like the missing links to Dilla’s legacy.”

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Tags: BLACK THOUGHT, blu, DIZ GIBRAN, Frank N' Dank, FRANK NITTY, HAVOC, ILLA J, J DILLA, JAY DEE, JAY STAYS PAID, LIL FAME, M.O.P., MF DOOM, Mobb Deep, NATURE SOUNDS, PHAT KAT, Que D, RAEKWON, WU TANG

WALE – HOT SHYT

Wale Ovechkin is still in the playoffs, even if Alex Ovechkin isn’t. This joint is crazy, featuring guest spots from Peedi Crakk, Black Thought, 2Face, and Young Chris. Dope!

Wale – Hoy Shyt

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Tags: 2Face, BLACK THOUGHT, Peedi Crakk, WALE, Young Chris

BLIND I SAYS GO! MAY 2009

What up Blind I faithful! May marks the beginning of some consistent heat in your area, and with Blind I being a reflection of real life happenings and what not, we gotta keep up! This month’s collection of joints features a whole host of roller-coaster riders with just enough tracks, boasting everyone from Chester French to De La Soul. You should enjoy yourselves with this one, I know I do. And feel free to tell your friends about this! Twitter it, share it on Facebook, or post it on your blog! It ain’t no fun if you can’t put somebody else on to the real & the raw! So with no further ado…

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Tags: Asher Roth, Az, Big Sean, BLACK THOUGHT, Blind I Says Go, blu, Chester French, De La Soul, Diamond District, EL MICHELS AFFAIR, Erykah Badu, GHOSTFACE KILLAH, J DILLA, Kid Cudi, Mayer Hawthorne, Method Man, Mos Def, PHAT KAT, RAEKWON, Raheem Devaughn, Redman, SLICK RICK, Tanya Morgan, The Cool Kids, Zero 7

NEW DILLA ALBUM TO COME OUT THIS SUMMER!

URB MAG just Twitted that a new J Dilla album will be released this summer on Pitchfork. I’m geeked!! Peep what they talkin bout…

Like Tupac, J Dilla’s prolific creative habits resulted in a slew of unreleased material left behind in the wake of his passing. According to Pitchfork, an album of some of these unreleased beats entitled Jay $tay Paid is scheduled for a June 2nd release on Nature Sounds Records. The album is executive produced by Dilla’s mother, Maureen Yancey aka Ma Dukes.

“It wasn’t rushed, and it wasn’t haphazard,” she says. “This album combines what he did in the beginning of his career, what he did in some of our early hospital stays, which was very deep, and some stuff pulled from old floppy disks & DATs. It’s mind blowing…this is like the missing links to Dilla’s legacy.”

Dilla’s idol, Pete Rock, is handling the mixing and arrangement of the album’s 28 tracks. The album mostly consists of instrumentals, however a handful of Dilla friendly collaborators such as Raekwon, DOOM, and Black Thought are contributing vocals to the project.

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Tags: BLACK THOUGHT, blu, DIZ GIBRAN, DOOM, FRANK NITTY, HAVOC, ILLA J, J DILLA, JAMES YANCEY, JAY $TAY PAID, JAY DEE, Ma Dukes, PETE ROCK, PHAT KAT, Que D, RAEKWON

NO KNOWS DOPE::APRIL 2009

Whattup Blind I faithful! I truly apologize for not droppin this on the 15th (the day NKD’s are scheduled to drop) but the truth of the matter is that (in the words of my momz) ‘I am burning the candle @ both ends’ by doing ’4 much’ these daze! But ya know what I say… I’ll rest when I’m dead. So with that being said, let’s get to it! I had 5 songs that I had previously selected a month ago for this months edition. The rest was compiled all damn day today. There were songs I had in mind for this comp but needed a lil help in obtaining so with that I say a SPECIAL JEDI THANK YOU TO: J Peepz, Platurn, Pickster,  Dandiggity, G-Wrex & Goldenchyld. G-Wrex & Goldenchyld of The Bangerz were in the lab yesterday & created a blend of Pharrell’s That Girl to Dert’s Venus Morning (featured on his last project Talk Strange) . Peep the track…

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Tags: 1O.A.K., BLACK EYED PEAS, BLACK THOUGHT, BLEU COLLAR, blu, Chester French, DANNY BREAKS, DERT, DIZ GIBRAN, drake, EXPRESS RISING, FAME, Francis and the Lights, G-WREX, GOLDENCHYLD, HAWTHORNE HEADHUNTERS, J DILLA, J*DAVEY, KAY, Keri Hilson, KRADDY, KUDDY ROC, MAX KANE, MR.DIBIASE, Musiq Soulchild, NKD, NO KNOWS DOPE, OAKLAND FADERS, PACIFIC DIVISION, Pharrell, PHONTE, PLANTLIFE, PLATURN, PPP, PRINCE, SOL+10, STEREOLAB, SUB REN, SUBLIMINAL RENAISSANCE, The 87 Stick Up Kids, THE BANGERZ, THE FOREIGN EXCHANGE, THE JACKSONS, THE PHARCYDE, THE ROOTS, TUGBOAT, UCB, WALE

IT’S OFFICIAL! THE ROOTS x JIMMY FALLON = JIMMY FALLON’S NEW HOUSE BAND!!

$ made mention of this already but I had to come thru with some visuals for the non believers.

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Tags: ?uestlove, BLACK THOUGHT, JIMMY FALLON, NBC, THE LATE NIGHT SHOW, THE ROOTS