Drums & Ammo is a four-man production team featuring Ammbush, 6Fingers, REL & Al Jieh. Collectively, they have worked with the likes of Raphael Saadiq, Messy Marv, Bambu, DaVinci, Keak Da Sneak, Mistah FAB, The Jacka, Del the Funky Homosapien, Exile, and many more. Their diversity in experience and range in sound – from spacey to soulful psychedelic – allow their music to be so much more than just Hip Hop. Drums & Ammo will be putting their sound on full display, releasing a debut album of their instrumental work, Vol. 1, for free on April 14, 2011.

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.

TL & DL after the after…

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I’m SAYIN!!

Today we celebrate the birth and amazing career of the G.O.A.T. Jay Dee (J Dilla) born James Dewitt Yancey. Every year I have been making these posts & it still is crazy to me, but let’s not even go there… instead let’s all celebrate the life & musical career of a musical legend that many of were blessed to watch & listen to his growth. He changed the game with his many styles & approach. He made everyone around him work much harder because of his dedication to the basement. He will forever hold a special place in all our hearts & ears as well as history. D2S homie DJ Haylow made this video montage of Dilla as well as the 1st  Dilla tribute mix he did that you can grab after the jump! LONG LIVE DILLA!!

In his own words…

Here is the link to the mix which I promised to send yesterday. Some of yall may already have this one, if so, pass it along! This mix was recorded in 2005, before my transition to serato, so it is 100% Vinyl (which is notable for today’s standards!) It also features the Pharrell interview which I referred to in yesterdays email…
On a side note, I learned long after I recorded this mix that there is ONE beat on this mixtape that is NOT a Jay Dee/Dilla beat. See if you can guess which beat it is!

Tracklisting:

1. Erykah Badu ~ Clever / Pharrell’s “Cool” Intro

2. Hev D. f/ Q-Tip ~ Just Listen

3. Phife Dawg/Tribe Called Quest ~ His Name is Mutty Ranks

4. Busta Rhymes ~ Woo Haa (remixes)

5. Slum Village ~ Fall in Love

6. Slum Village ~ Fall in Love (remix)

7. Phat Kat ~ Destiny

8. Common ~ Nag Champa

9. Frank-n-Dank f/ Tammy Lucas ~ Ma Dukes

10. Slum Village ~ Get This Money

11. Que-D f/ Jay Dee ~ Supa Shit

12. Q-Tip ~ Things You Do

13. De La Soul ~ Stakes is High (remix)

14. De La Soul ~ Stakes is High

15. Phat Kat f/ J. Dilla & Black Milk ~ Door

16. J. Dilla ~ Reckless Driving

17. Frank-N-Dank ~ MCA

18. MadLib/JayLib ~ The Red

19. Slum Village ~ Look of Love

20. J. Dilla ~ F*ck The Police

21. Phat Kat ~ Don’t Nobody Care About Us

22. Frank-N-Dank ~ Pimp Strut

22. J. Dilla ~ Crushin’

23. Cool Outro

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Download audio file (2-09-Jamiroquai-Black-Capricorn-Day-Jay-Dee-Remix.mp3)

DL & his own words after the J…

Peace as always..

February has become the annual month when music fans around the world celebrate the life and music of the Late Great James Yancey (J Dilla) because his birth and his untimely death both happened in Feb (February 7, 1974 – February 10, 2006).

Throughout the years, I have recorded 2 mixtapes that pay homage to Dilla, one recorded in 2005, and the other recorded in 2008. As a side story, I interviewed Pharrell of The Neptunes/N*E*R*D* in 2005, and up to that point, I was always a huge fan of Dilla, even dating back to his days when he was Jay Dee. In that interview, Pharrell was naming different producers, and when Dilla’s name came up, he called Dilla ‘The Beat King of All Time’. For some one like Pharrell to say that at the height of his commercial success resonated with me; the one who everyone in mainstream music THOUGHT was the best, was paying homage to someone that pop culture barely knew.

Simply put. Dilla is the Beat King of All Time

Without further ado, I would like to share the link to my 2008 Tribute with yall, and I hope it is enjoyable to listen to as it was for me to record. I will post the link to my 2005 mix tomorrow.

Peace as always..
February has become the annual month when music fans around the world celebrate the life and music of the Late Great James Yancey (J Dilla) because his birth and his untimely death both happened in Feb (February 7, 1974 – February 10, 2006).
Throughout the years, I have recorded 2 mixtapes that pay homage to Dilla, one recorded in 2005, and the other recorded in 2008. As a side story, I interviewed Pharrell of The Neptunes/N*E*R*D* in 2005, and up to that point, I was always a huge fan of Dilla, even dating back to his days when he was Jay Dee. In that interview, Pharrell was naming different producers, and when Dilla’s name came up, he called Dilla ‘The Beat King of All Time’. For some one like Pharrell to say that at the height of his commercial success resonated with me; the one who everyone in mainstream music THOUGHT was the best, was paying homage to someone that pop culture barely knew.
Simply put. Dilla is the Beat King of All Time
Without further ado, I would like to share the link to my 2008 Tribute with yall, and I hope it is enjoyable to listen to as it was for me to record. I will post the link to my 2005 mix tomorrow.

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1. Fela Kuti – Music is a Weapon

2. Haylow – Can’t Say Good-Bye (Inst)

3. Hi-Tek, J.Dilla, Nas, Common, And Marsha Ambrosius Of Floetry – Music For Life

4. Black Moon – Got’cha Open (Remix) (Inst)

5. Barry White – Playin’ Your Game

6. Boot Camp Click Feat. Aaliyah – Nightriders

7. Lupe Fiasco Feat. Opal Staples – Glory

8. The Roots Feat. Mercedes Martinez – Clock with No Hands

9. Ethel Beatty – I Need Your Love

10. Erykah Badu – Back in the Day (Inst)

11. Beyond Rhythm – Face to Face

12. Bobby Womack – A Woman’s Gotta Have It

13. The Escorts – I Can’t Stand to See You Cry

14. Jay-Z & J.Dilla – Don’t Cry, Song (Haylow’s Mash-Up)

15. Ozomatli Feat. Common – Embrace the Chaos

16. Roy Ayers – 2000 Black

17. Gil Scott-Heron – The Revolution Will Not be Televised

18. Yusef Latif – Hellbound (Speech by César Chávez)

19. Cal Tjader & Charlie Byrd – Black Narcissus (Speech by Lutrelle Palmer)

20. Bobbi Humphrey – Black & Blues (Speech by Fred Hampron Sr.)

21. MadLib – Stepping into Tommorrow

22. M-1 – Food, Clothes, and Shelter (Speech by Malcolm X)

23. Curtis Mayfield – The Makings of You

24. Nas & 9th Wonder – I Can (Haylow’s Mashup)

25. Common Feat. Consequence & John Legend – They Say

26. Ahmad Jamal – Ghetto Child

27. Earth, Wind, & Fire w/ Ramsey Lewis – Sun Goddess

28. Akrobatic – Remind My Soul (Speech by Bob Marley)

29. Busta Rhymes Feat. Q-Tip – Hold the Torch

30. Mos Def – (excerpt from) Modern Marvel

31. Marvin Gaye – (excerpt from) What’s Goin’ On

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Bay personality and host of one of the realest T.V. shows dedicated to Hip Hop (Distorition 2 Static) Rel dropped his long awaited beat/mixtape for you true heads of the culture. I’m halfway through this and it’s one SMOOTH ride.

I suggest copping it here for free. Cause that’s love.

An Evening Dedicated to the Legacy of J-Dilla. Get @ me (no@blindiforthekids.com) for guest list love. More info after the jump.

TURN IT UP!