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VIDEO: BLACK MILK F/ ELZHI & ROYCE DA 5’9-DEADLY MEDLEY

Album of the Year comes out Sept. 14. Let’s go!

Tags: ALBUM OF THE YEAR, BLACK MILK, DEADLY MEDLEY, ELZHI, ROYCE DA 5'9

SLUM VILLAGE – LOCK IT DOWN

Nothing like some new S Villa over some J Dilla! July 27th is the release date for the groups final album together (Villa Manifesto) & this will be on it.  Jedi Respecognition to the homies over @ Clout for the hook!

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LONG LIVE DILLA, LONG LIVE THE VILLA!

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Tags: BAATIN, Clout, ELZHI, J DILLA, JAY DEE, SLUM VILLAGE, T3

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

VIDEO: ELZHI – DEEP

W-W-W-W-World Premiere. New Elzhi video for “Deep“, directed by Gerard Victor Atillo. I likes!

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ELZHI – THE LEFTOVERS UNMIXED TAPE

From the time I was introduced to him on Jay Dee’s Welcome 2  Detroit I’ve been convinced that eLZhi is one of the coldest emcees out and this compilation does nothing but support that belief. Excellent opportunity for anyone who isn’t already privy to his illy to get  familiar.

Enough babble go download.  Tracklist after jump.

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DOWNLOAD:  eLZhi -  The  Leftovers (Direct)

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Tags: DETROIT, ELZHI, THE LEFTOVERS

NEW ES VILLA [[[NKD EXCLUSIVE]]]

I can’t wait for y’all to be on what I’m already on, so here’s a sneak peak @ what this months NKD is gonna be on. eNjOy the new sounds from Slum Village entitled Dope Man until NKD drops on the 15th.

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Tags: BAATIN, ELZHI, J DILLA, NO KNOWS DOPE, SLUM VILLAGE, T3

HOUSE SHOES – THE SHIMMY

Blind I Fam & fave House Shoes brings us another flyer than insects rockin’ pants with the zipper down type of mix for that ass. Along with the good folks over @ The Find Magazine (peep if u sleepin!) they present The Shimmy!

DL & Track List after the Va J-J…

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Tags: 14KT, 9th Wonder, Alchemist, BLACK MILK, BRENK, drake, ELZHI, Exile, FABOLOUS, FASHAWN, GHOSTFACE KILLAH, HELTAH SKELTAH, HEX MURDA, HOUSE SHOES, JACK SAMPLE PROS, M-PHAZES, MADLIB, NOTTZ, OH NO, PETE ROCK, PHONTE, QUELLE, ROC MARCIANO, ROYACE DA 5'9, SEAN PRICE, SELFSAYS, SHAFIQ HUSAYN, SHAWN JACKSON, SOULQUARIANS, STRONG ARM STEADY, THE FIND MAGAZINE, TY, WAAJEED

NO KNOWS DOPE – OCTOBER 2009

…& ya just don’t stop… back like a bad dream like I never left…Ya kNOw what time it cuz you iz da faithful… why I am typing “ghett-right”? I have no idea.  Anyways, this one goes out to all the purists of sound & the respecognition of listening to an album from beginning to end. If a track had to much damn dead space @ the end of a track I took that batch out. If a song was dope as fuck in a mix that I loved I got that schitt up in this piece! You don’t play when it comes to your NKD & therefore I vow to never play either.

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I send no apologies for this months edition of NKD. It is – what it is (male quote of the century) “of course my goons is astounding, niqqa I used the Auto-Tune™ because I’m clownin’!”

Track List & DL after the bounce, rock, roller-sk8…

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Tags: 88 Keys, 9th Wonder, ANDRE 3000, ATTICA BLUES, Bilal, Bullion, Cee-lo, Colin Munroe, COMMON, De La Soul, DERT, DEVONWHO, DIMLITE, DIVERSE, DR. WHO DAT?, ELZHI, Exile, FINALE, GEORGIA ANNE MULDROW, GUILTY SIMPSON, HI-TEK, INVINCIBLE, J DILLA, J MITCHELL, JAKE ONE, JAY DEE, JNEIRO JAREL, JOE SAMPLE, Karriem Riggins, LITTLE BROTHER, MADLIB, Mick Boogie, NO KNOWS DOPE, NOTTZ, OH NO, ROYAL FLUSH, ROYCE DA 5'9, ROZZI DAME, Sa Ra, SHAFIQ HUSAYN, SHAWN JACKSON, SOJOURN, SPANK POPS, STEREOLAB, THE AB'S, THE PROCUSSIONS, THES ONE, ty & kory

BAATIN | WAAJEED

Waajeed has paid tribute to Baatin & has given it to us so we stay continuously blessed. Baatin is STILL and WILL be FOREVER missed.

DOWNLOAD WAAJEED – THE ETERNAL MIXTAPE [MEGAUPLOAD]

Tags: BAATIN, ELZHI, J DILLA, JAY DEE, PHAT KAT, SLUM VILLAGE, T3, WAAJEED

BLIND I SAYS GO! JULY 2009

Well it’s been a somber June but July is here to get everybody back & poppin! So you KNOW I had to go in and give ya’ll a dope Blind I Says Go to ride to in your whips. This month’s selections are superb, eclectic, and what I like to call “automatic thumbs up” tracks. It’s featuring everyone from newcomers like John Robinson, D. Black, Project Mayhem, X.O……, to current faves like Drake, Wale, and Naledge, and new sounds from classic contributors like Camp Lo, The Roots, Maxwell, and more. So without further ado, partake!

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Tracklisting & Imeem stream after the jump.
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Tags: B.O.B., CAMP LO, Chris Brown, Consequence, Curt@!n$, D. Black, drake, ELZHI, Erykah Badu, Ezra Koeing, Jeremih, john legend, John Robinson, K'NAAN, Kanye West, Maxwell, Naledge, Pharrell, PHONTE, Project Mayhem, Sa-Ra Creative Partners, THE ROOTS, The Very Best, Thenativesoul, Theophilus London, Tiffany Paige, Trey Songz, WALE, X.O.