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VANGUARD:NOVEM

It’s been a minute, but now I’m back in it. Truthfully, I went away from the compilation game for selfish reasons. If you’ve browsed around Blind I in the past year or so, you’ll know that I do my artistic thing. The deeper I got into my craft, I found myself with less & less time to check out new artists. But your hunger was strong for a staple that we’ve been known for since 2006, and we weren’t about to let that just drop so quickly. So I decided to smack myself in the face a few hundred times, sift through some of the wack new developments in this hip-hop shit, some of the over-saturated others, and give you guys a cool crop of fresh records encompassed in my NEW compilation continuation – Vanguard. So from here on out, only shit I’m fucking with in the flesh will make this comp. If it’s short, you know why. If you got dope shit, keep sending it. You too may very well be a part of the Vanguard moment in music. For my inaugural piece, I’ve got features from legends DJ Premier, Nas, Common, and The Roots…..some new-age heavyweights like Black Milk, Thom Yorke, DOOM, Pac Div, Asher Roth, Freddie Gibbs and Big K.R.I.T….and dope newcomers like Casey Veggies, YP, Rockie Fresh, Chance the Rapper, D2G, Vic Spencer, Schoolboy Q, ASAP Rocky, L.E.P. Bogus Boys, Mathien and yours truly. The future is now…partake!

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Tags: ASAP Rocky, Asher Roth, Big K.R.I.T., BLACK MILK, CASEY VEGGIES, Chance the Rapper, COMMON, D2G, DJ PREMIER, DOOM, Freddie Gibbs, L.E.P. Bogus Boys, Mathien, Nas, PAC DIV, Rockie Fresh, SCHOOLBOY Q, Sulaiman, THE ROOTS, Thom Yorke, VANGUARD, Vic Spencer, YP

MIXTAPE: SMKA PRESENTS THE 808 EXPERIMENT VOL. 3

The good folks at SMKA release the third installment to their 808 Experiment series, featuring a cache of fucking awesome artist like, but not limited to branDun DeShay, Mikkey Halsted, Freddie Gibbs, and Sam Dew of Cloudeater (see what I did there?) . Trust me, these mogs went hard on this one. Lend and ear to Sam Dew’s track District In The Dark and sniff the bag before you cop the zip (see what I did there?). Oh, and for those who reside in Atlanta there are two release parties happening this weekend in honor of this glorious occasion. Pluggers after that thang.

SMKA PRESENTS THE 808 EXPERIMENT VOL 3 [DOWNLOAD]

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Tags: 4-Ize, A-1, ALEON CRAFT, BOBBY CREEKWATER, BRANDUN DESHAY, CASEY VEGGIES, DAVINCI, Donny Goines, El Prez, Freddie Gibbs, Goines, Grip Plyaz, Jack Preston, JACKIE CHAIN, Jarren Benton, K. Sparks, Laws, Mike Schpitz, Mikkey Halsted, Nesby Phips, Phil Ade, PRGz, Raye Rich (of FKi), RE, Rittz, Sam Dew (of Cloudeater), Scar, Skewby, SMKA, Spodee, Spree Wilson, STS, THE 808 EXPERIMENT, Thee Tom Hardy, Tony Williams, Tuki (of Hollyweerd), VOL 3, XO (of Diamond District), Young Lyxx and Young Scolla

SDOT’S IDISH 3.1

It’s the return of Sdot*s Idish! If you’re familiar with it, you know what to do. If not, you should really get on it! Tracklisting & link after the jump…EnJOY! › Continue reading

Tags: 14KT, 3.1, AFTA-1, CASEY VEGGIES, EPSILON PROJECT, FREEWAY & JAKE ONE, Great Weekend, idish, J DILLA, J ROC, KRITIKUL BEATS & TEDDYP, MADLIB, ODDISEE, sdot*, SLAKAH THE BEATHCHILD, Soulful!, SWIFF D, Ta-Ku, TAKE, TOTAL SCIENCE