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LUKE VIBERT – BONAFIDE BEATS

Luke muthafunkin’ Vibert! The doode who made one of my favorite tracks that I ever put on a NKD…

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Well the good folks over @ Bonafide Magazine have been putting out a series entitled Bonafied Beats, and for Vol.6 they called on the talents of Luke Vibert. The schitt is like hoppin in a DeLorean of 1.21 gigawatts to late 98/early 99. In Bonafide’s words…

Fresh from carbonite, the next mix in the Bonafide Beats series is certified vintage, having been in storage since Prince was partying in 1999. Washing up on the silicon shores of Luke Vibert’s hard drive some ten or more years since it was made, this mix captures the vibrancy of underground hip-hop on the cusp of the new millennium. With the ‘golden-era’ fast disappearing in the rear-view mirror, here we see one-time independent outfits such as Company Flow and Slum Village take a breath and prepare to dive deeper, making way for Fiddy and co. to lurch in and plunder all that glamour and gold offered up to the new millennium ‘gangster’ rappers.

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Tags: A TRIBE CALLED QUEST, Company Flow, DJ SPINNA, Doug E. Fresh, Gang Starr, GRAND PUBA, HMM, J-TREDS, KOOL KEITH, LUKE VIBERT, NKD, ORGANIZED KONFUSION, PACEWON, PHAROAHE MONCH, POLYRHYTHM ADDICTS, Q-TIP, RAHZEL, SCREWBALL, SIR MENELIK, SLUM VILLAGE, SOULS OF MISCHIEF, THE BROTHERS, TRUCK TURNER

NO KNOWS DOPE | APRIL 20X

1st… Muthafuck a bitch… Oh my bad.. It’s that love thang… © Like I told y’all before… I’m coming with a theme every NKD this year. Jan was on some o.g. NKD steez, Feb was No Knows Dilla, March was No Knows Beats & this month is dedicated to “love” thus, No Knows Love.  I kinda went in on this one. Forgive me, but I do it because you love it.

Fix after the j…

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Tags: ?uestlove, A TRIBE CALLED QUEST, AHMAD JAMAL, Amerie, BDP, Bilal, BLACK SPADE, BLU(E)., BOBBI HUMPHREY, CODY CHESNUTT, COMMON, Daru Jones, DERT, diana ross, DJ SPINNA, DONNY HATHAWAY, DONWILL, DUTCHMASSIVE, DWELE, ELUCID, Erykah Badu, GB, HOLLYWEERD, ILWIL, ILYAS, INTIMATE STRANGERS, Isley Brothers, J DILLA, James Poyser, Jazzanova, Jose Gonzales, Jose James, LITTLE BROTHER, LITTLE DRAGON, LMNO, MADLIB, MARK DE CLIVE-LOWE, Marvin Gaye, Median, MIKA ARISAKA, MR.J. MEDEIROS, n.e.r.d., Nas, NICOLAY, NKD, NO KNOWS DOPE, PETE ROCK & C.L. SMOOTH, PETER BROWN, PHAROAHE MONCH, PHONTE, PLATIN PIED PIPERS, PPP, PRINCE PAUL, PRROF, Q-TIP, Raphael Saadiq, RELL, ROB VIKTUM, SLUM VILLAGE, STRONG ARM STEADY, SUBLIMINAL RENAISSANCE, Tanya Morgan, TARA ELLIS, TEDDY PENDERGRASS, TEEDRA MOSES, TERRACE MARTIN, TETTORYBAD, The Beatles, THE BLACKBYRDS, THE FORIEGN EXCHANGE, THE GAP BAND, The Randy Watson Experience, VIKTER DUPLAIX, VON PEA, WAAJEED, YESTERDAY'S NEW QUINTET, YUNGUN AKA ESSA, YUTI, ZZ HILL

TEEKO | MAX KANE [4ONEFUNK/F.A.M.E.]

Jedi Respecognition to J1 (aka The Deer) for calling on our brethren; Fresh Analog Musical Experience’s own Max Kane & Teeko by way of the 4OneFunk! The doodes did this super super super dope mix for Beats+Crates including heaters from our brothers Black Spade, Coultrain, DaVinci, Nemo, Vinroc, our sisters JimiJames, Georgia Anne Muldrow, our doodes Madlib, Spinna & Sasac just to name a few. Teeko & Max stay grinding tho I swear… I have no idea how they found the time to do this schitt when they forever locked away @ The Sanctuary (shout out to my doode MugPush)

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Peep & Get. TL & all that after the after…

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Tags: 4ONEFUNK, Ayah, BEATS+CRATES, BLACK SPADE, COULTRAIN, DAVINCI, Diamond District, DJ SPINNA, Electric Wire Hustle, F.A.M.E., FRENZA, GEORGIA ANNE MULDROW, HEADNODIC, HI-TEK, JIMIJAMES, MADLIB, MAX KANE, MONO/POLY, NEMO, REFLECTION ETERNAL, SASAC, TALIB KWELI, TEEKO, VINROC

DJ SHRED ONE – DJ SPINNA TRIBUTE LIVE MIX

The homie (and one fly mama) Dj Shred One of The RSS Feed dropped this live mix she did at The Devil’s Pie L.A. All DJ Spinna cuts and I’m totally loving it.

Catch her at one of her gigs and give the lady some props!

Download the mis here.

Tags: DJ Shred One, DJ SPINNA, The Devil's Pie L.A., The RSS Feed

MAIYA PRESENTS…INNERVISIONS VOL. 4

Happy New Year Blind I Faithful. I feel like it has been a while since I’ve posted an Innervisions mix. If you’re new to this thing, these compilations usually have a smooth vibe with lots of  old soul music which is one of my favorite things to play when I unwind. And they took time on these songs back in the day so don’t rush through the intros of George Duke and Jimmy Castro. The switch up is worth the wait.  Tracks and links after the jump.

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Tags: BLIND I, De La Soul, Dexter Wansel, DJ SPINNA, FLYING LOTUS, GEORGE DUKE, INNERVISIONS VOL. 4, J*DAVEY, JIMMY CASTOR BUNCH, LONNIE LISTON SMITH, MINNIE RIPPERTON, Sonnymoon, SYLVIA STRIPLIN, TALL BLACK GUY, THE JONES GIRLS