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[RUMORED] TRACKLISTING/ PRODUCTION CREDITS FOR KANYE WEST’S ‘GOOD ASS JOB’ [OMG]

According to the good folks of TeamSupreme. The noteables are so vast…I definitely need to hear Holding Me Back, Monster, and Chain Heavy. Kanye never lets me down.

Hell Of a Life (feat. Lil’ Wayne) [Kanye West x DJ Toomp]
Dark Fantasy [RZA]
Power [S1]
Chain Heavy (feat. Eminem x Jay-Z) [Kanye West]
Ghetto University (feat. T.I.) [Kanye West x DJ Toomp]
That’s My Girl (feat. Katy Perry x Kid Cudi) [Kanye West x Jon Brion]
Runaway [Kanye West x Q-Tip]
Lost In The World (feat. Nicki Minaj x Rick Ross) [Kanye West x No I.D.]
Gorgeous (Ode To Kardashians) (feat. Drake x Game x Ludacris) [Kanye West]
Monster [Kanye West x DJ Premier]
Holding Me Back (feat. Mos Def x Talib Kweli x Phonte) [Kanye West x Madlib]
Devil In a New Dress [Pete Rock]
The Joy (feat. Common x John Legend) [Kanye West]
So Appalled (feat. Drake x Jamie Foxx) [Kanye West x No I.D.]
Blame Game [DJ Toomp]
Sweat On My Face [DJ Premier]

Tags: DJ PREMIER, DJ Toomp, drake, EMINEM, Game, Jay-z, Jon Brion, Kanye West, Katy Perry, Kid Cudi, LUDACRIS, Mos Def, nicki Minaj, No I.D., PETE ROCK, PHONTE, Q-TIP, Rick Ross, RZA, S1, T.I., TALIB KWELI

MAIYA PRESENTS…THANK MAI NOW VOL.1

4Hero-Naima (Remix)

Whenever people reference Blind I, or the kind of music we post, especially in our monthly compilations, the word “taste” comes up a lot. Individually and collectively we all have a very specific ear and that’s what draws you in to either hate or love it. Sometimes when I put mine together, I try to switch things up a bit to reach and satisfy different tastes, but this month, it’s just me. I catered to what I wanted to hear.  I took my time pairing them together, contemplated and edited accordingly. Sit back, put your feet up and play it loud. (Drake voice) Y-y-y-y-you can thank me now.

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Tags: 00GENESIS, 4HERO, BENT, BLIND I, CAZEAUX, CEE-LO GREEN, Compilation, CORTEX, drake, ELAQUENT, FLAKO, FLYING LOTUS, HARDKANDY, Jazzanova, JIMPSTER, KOOP, LEON WARE, LONNIE LISTON SMITH, MAIYA PRESENTS...THANK MAI NOW VOL.1, MINNIE RIPPERTON, PPP, SHAUNISE, SUZI ANALOGUE, THE ROOTS, VIKTER DUPLAIX, Yukimi Nagano

BLIND I FOR THE KIDS PRESENT… BLIND I FOR THE SUMMER

We all Voltron’ed once again to create the sounds of summer as heard through the Blind I staff. These are songs that paint the vibe & set the tone for how we would like to feel throughout this whole season. This was designed & created to serve as the official soundtrack to the summer for our faithfuls. Blind I For The Kids… you know what it is… bump this while you BBQ’in that chicken, links & ribs!

TL & DL AFTER THE AFTER…

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Tags: 2PAC, 4HERO, ALMAZ, ALTHEA & DONNA, ARTHUR VEROCAI, Busy Signal, drake, FREDDIE JOACHIM, HAYLING, Incubus, Isley Brothers, J DILLA, JACK DAVEY, JACKSON CONTI, KOOP, LITTLE DRAGON, ME GUSTA, Mos Dub, NEON INDIAN, NINA SIMONE, PHRAIM, QUASIMOTO, SEU JORGE, STRANGE FRUIT PROJECT, Yukimi Nagano

MEEZY LISTENIN’ VOL 10

AWWW FRESHLY BACK FROM a Fresh trip to New York ! BIG CITY , BIG LIGHTS, THE GAME IS TIGHT OUT THERE
so you know i had to keep it tight on Vol. 10 for all you lovely Blind I Kids.

Keep it love, Keep it You, Keep it connected, Keep YOU true!

Tracklisting and DL on the other side

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Tags: Anan Ryoko, BIG BOI, BLITZ THE AMBASSADOR, blu, BONOBO, Cee-lo, Curren$y, Cut Copy, Danny Brown, Donwill & Von Pea, drake, FLYING LOTUS, Grupo Batuque, J Period, JESSE BOYKINS III, Keys N Krates, mainframe, Martin Parks, MEEZY, MEEZYART, MELO X, NNEKA, ONRA, PROH MIC, Pugs Atomz, Q-TIP, REFLECTION ETERNAL, Sa Ra, SNOOP DOGG, STEVIE WONDER, THE ROOTS, ZO!

THANK HIM LATER, ANSWER ME NOW

What’s with this Drake guy? Seriously? Or, rather, what’s all the fuss about him? What is it about a marginal rapper/terrible singer that has so many folks losing their minds? And why am I so obsessed with figuring that out?

There doesn’t seem to be much in-between with this kid. Folks either think he’s the wackest thing ever ( “Hip-Hop’s version of a  boy band”=LMFAO) or he’s a breath of fresh air. I suppose it shouldn’t come as a surprise that an artist who reflects the majority of Hip-Hop’s listening audience would one day have a day in the sun. Street credibility is quickly becoming a thing of the past; listeners have finally accepted that most of their favorite gangsters are flat-out lying anyway (shout out to Officer Ricky) and aren’t as pressed to vicariously live out their hood fantasies through rappers who are essentially doing the same thing. Enter Wheelchair Jimmy.

Last week, Talib Kweli tweeted “Drake is a mainstream rapper who aint scared to rhyme about feelings & aint frontin’ like a goon. Aint that what they want?” That gave me some pause. I mean, as far as rappers who are gonna have the ears of a nation of impressionable kids go, I’d far rather have them listening to Drizzy than Jeezy. On the flip, his work is still wrought with ‘bitches’, ‘hoes’ and consummate materialism. Two points for having the courage to be emo, but the sisters are still getting the second class treatment and we’re still obsessing over buying shit. And he still has that fascination with death that his “gangster” contemporaries have. What’s up with that?

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Tags: drake

MAIYA PRESENTS…ELECTRICITY VOL. 2

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Hey hey! Since last month’s go round, summer has officially started and I’m feeling great. The weather is warmer, opportunities are blooming and we all have a lot to look forward to. I’m a city girl (NYC to exact) and for the first volume, I included songs with  good energy that reminded me of the pulse the metropolis exudes. This version is a little smoother, but somehow it puts me in the mindset of all the lights and the action. Making these is really abstract process, so it’s better to let you play it than explain it. Y’all know my formula by now. Enjoy. Everything you need is after the jump.

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Tags: AFFICTIONADOS, B LEWIS, BLIND I, BONOBO, Chief, Compilation, Curren$y, DILLA, drake, ELAQUENT, ELZHI, FIEND, J ROCC, JAKE ONE, Janelle Monae, Kissey Asplund, MAIYA PRESENTS ELECTRICITY VOL. 2, PRINCE PAUL, REZ, ROYCE DA 5'9, SAUL WILLIAMS, TAKE

BLIND I SAYS GO! JUNE 2010

What can I say, I was anxious to drop this one. A truckload of heat was made readily available this last week, and therefore I HAD to incorporate it all into this month’s Blind I Says GO! The motivation behind this one was fresh & new, meaning the wardrobe has been flipped, the summer is here, and it’s time to work hard and play hard. We’re talking new joints from Kid Cudi, Drake, Black Milk, Vic Spencer and I, Gil Scott-Heron, Kanye West, Phil Adé, Francis and the Lights, The Roots, Talib Kweli, Sean Price, Black Sheep, Mark Ronson, Janelle Monaé, Alicia Keys, Hollyweerd, Dirty Money, and Dam Funk. Whoa. Time to indulge….

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Tags: ALICIA KEYS, BLACK MILK, Black Sheep, Dam Funk, DIRTY MONEY, drake, Francis and the Lights, GIL SCOTT-HERON, HOLLYWEERD, Janelle Monae, Kanye West, Kid Cudi, MARK RONSON, Phil Ade, SEAN PRICE, TALIB KWELI, THE ROOTS, Vic Spencer and I

BLIND I | THE BANGERZ PRESENT FLY N SAUCY VOL.3

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Oh that right there? That’s just that NEW Black Spade exclusively off his Build & Destroy mixtape set to drop in June & hosted by The Smoking Section… but more on that later. You can get that & much more heat on this brand new installment from The Bangerz own G-Wrex & Blind I‘s Yours truly! Ya already know how we do. If you gotta spin schitt for “the clubs” then this that schitt you should be spinnin’. Str8 up & str8 down with FNS like we never left… Let’s GO!

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Tags: Big Sean, BLACK SPADE, blu, BOBBY VALENTINO, BRUTHA, Chris Brown, Chromeo, CRAIG DAVID, Curren$y, DJ PANIC CITY, DONWILL, drake, DWELE, EMINEM, FABOLOUS, G-WREX, J.COLE, Janelle Monae, Kelis, Kendrick Lamar, KURUPT, LITTLE BROTHER, LLOYD BANKS, LUCY PEARL, mainframe, MARIO, Miguel, NEW BOYZ, REFLECTION ETERNAL, SNOOP DOGG, THE BANGERZ, The Game, Tyga, VON PEA, WALE, YAHZARAH

FRANCIS AND THE LIGHTS | LIVE FOOTAGE IN CHICAGO + IT’LL BE BETTER

Francis and The Lights. Oh buddy. I love it when artists we endorse persist to make amazing music and take over the world bit by bit. The talented group of artists, fronted by Francis Starlite, have been making recent waves as an opening act for Drake on his current tour, but we at Blind I were hip to the game before all that. I must stunt for my team.

Since their introduction to Blind I and the last time they were featured on the site as Spotlight Artists, they’ve been working hard, doing live shows, and most recently dropping their new EP “It’ll Be Better“, available now on iTunes. They sent us over a free MP3 of one of my FAVORITE joints that they had a snippet-dressingroom-recording of awhile ago called “For Days“, now in CD quality and just as dope for you guys to check out/download:

On top of that, I got a chance to check them out while they were in Chicago for a performance and my homie Nick Castle from Jermaine Productions was able to get some good performance footage of some joints you can get on It’ll Be Better — hit the jump to check out the footage and preview the new EP!

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Tags: Chicago, drake, Francis and the Lights, Francis Starlite, It'll Be Better, Jermaine Productions, Nick Castle, Subterranean

VIDEO: ALICIA KEYS-UNTHINKABLE

Ms Keys just dropped the video for “Unthinkable,” which is my favorite song from her album.  Rather than going for the typical plot R&B videos often echo, she took it in a more theatrical direction. What say you Blind I faithful? Do you dig it or could you do without it?

Tags: ALICIA KEYS, drake, UNTHINKABLE, Video