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MAIYA PRESENTS…SPRING SOUNDS

Dotmatic-It’s Yours

Despite the fact that most of the country is still dressed in boots and coats, spring has arrived. It’s a time for physical, mental and audible rejuvenation.  These songs make me feel like I’m inhaling a breath of fresh air, so I decided to share them with you.  You have no idea how much I enjoy putting these together each month. Blind I faithfuls keep us going. Enjoy.

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Tags: AFTA-1, Apollo Brown, B LEWIS, BLIND I, choklate, COMMON, Compilation, DOTMATIC, HEIROGLYPHICS, HI-TEK, LONNIE LISTON SMITH, MAIYA PRESENTS...SPRING SOUNDS, MELO X, N.E.R.D, NIKKO GRAY, Quadron, Ta-Ku, THE ROOTS, Tyler the Creator

DJ CUZZIN B & JAY*CLIPP – SOUL 4 SALE

My brotha I-Ced put me on to this dope mix from the good homies DJ Cuzzin B & Jay*Clipp who basically, made a seriously dope mix of all the artists I love & will love. You’ll see a plethora of Blind I faves from Full Crate to Kendrick Lamar to Jneiro Jarel to HNRL to Robin Hannibal to Marvin Gaye & more! Heres a taste…

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TL & DL to follow…

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Tags: 1-O.A.K., BADD LUCC, CANYA REIAL, CARMEN RODGERS, D'ANGELO, DIE & INTERFACE, DION, DIVAGEEK, DJ CUZZIN B, ERIC LAU, FULL CRATE, GENO YOUNG, HI-TEK, HNRL, HONOR ROLL, JAMIE WOON, JAY*CLIPP, JNEIRO JAREL, JOYA MOOI, Kendrick Lamar, KESHIA SHONTELLE, KURUPT, LOVEY JEAN, LUX DEVILLE, MADDSLINKY, MARC DE CLIVE LOWE, Marvin Gaye, muhsinah, Murs, ODDISEE, OLIVER DAYSOUL, OMAR, PRINCE, Q-TIP, Reggie B, ROBIN HANNIBAL, ROCQUE WUN, SANEYES, STRAY, TAWAIAH, TERRACE MARTIN, THA BOOGIE, TYLER WOODS, WILLIAM CARTWRIGHT

NO KNOWS DOPE | AUGUST 20X

Okay so, thus far we have had NKD’s on some str8 up heat to kick start it all, then Dilla, then Beats, then Love , then Stereolab, then Portishead, then we had last months double NKD for Stevie & for this month I had to go with my man Busa Busss!! So many people sleep on Busta Rhymes! I never see him any ANNNNNNNNNNNYBODYS top 10 or top 20 for that matter. I had to dead that by doing a No Knows Busta. 60 pinche tracks! & even THAT was narrowed down. These are just my all time favorite Busta songs of all time. The others will be saved for a sequel somewhere down the road, but for now I think these will suffice. If you’ve always thought like me… then this is FOR YOU! If you sittin’ there reading this like… “really No? Busta?” then stick yo’self Pretty Tony & hit the jump to DL like yesterday!! (my bad for the 1 day delay)

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Tags: A TRIBE CALLED QUEST, Artifacts, Black Moon, BUSSA BUSS, Busta, BUSTA RHYMES, CRAIG MACK, Flipmode Squad, FUGEES, GUILTY SIMPSON, HI-TEK, J DILLA, JAY DEE, Jill Scott, JOHN FORTE, Leaders of the New School, LL Cool J, M.O.P., MARIAH CAREY, MEKA, Mobb Deep, Mos Def, NKD, NO KNOWS DOPE, ODB, P DIDDY, PHAROAHE MONCH, Q-TIP, RAMPAGE, RAS KASS, Redman, REMY MARTIN, ROYCE DA 5'9, SLUM VILLAGE, SWIZZ BEATZ, TALIB KWELI, TEPHLON, THE NOTORIOUS B.I.G.

BLIND I SAYS GO! AUGUST 2010 • THE INTERLUDE

I really outdid myself with this one. This…..right here….is my…..most fluid, themed, consistent BISG compilation yet! August’s edition of Blind I Says GO! is giving love to the joints you love but forget to revisit….the Yin to the typical Yang of selections that jump out at us on out favorite records….yes that’s right, the INTERLUDE! When I came up with this concept I had a few special ones in mind that I’d always loved, but I had no idea I’d be able to pick 40 tracks that combined into an hour-long mindgasm of sonic delicacy. You like my wordplay I know you do. All the greats are here along for the ride too — 112, Little Brother, Hi-Tek, Usher, Talib Kweli, Sa-Ra, Brand New Funk, Justin Timberlake, Sonnymoon, I, CED, Common, Bilal, The Neptunes, N.E.R.D., Group Home, Outkast, SWV, Dwele, Drake, Missy Elliott, Kelis, Timbaland & Magoo, John Legend, Mayer Hawthorne, Yesterday’s New Quintet, Erykah Badu, Diddy, B.I.G., Madlib, Jay-Z, Janelle Monaé, Jake One, Dilla, Gang Starr, Dimlite, Dert, Constrobuz, Beat Maker Beat, Sol+10….I mean C’MON SON! You already know what you need to do.

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Track listing after the jump!

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Tags: 112, B.I.G., Beat Maker Beat, Bilal, Brand New Funk, CED, COMMON, Constrobuz, DERT, Diddy, DILLA, DIMLITE, drake, DWELE, Erykah Badu, Gang Starr, Group Home, HI-TEK, I, JAKE ONE, Janelle Monae, Jay-z, john legend, Justin Timberlake, Kelis, LITTLE BROTHER, MADLIB, Mayer Hawthorne, Missy Elliott, n.e.r.d., OUTKAST, Sa Ra, SOL+10, Sonnymoon, SWV, TALIB KWELI, THE NEPTUNES, Timbaland & Magoo, USHER, YESTERDAY'S NEW QUINTET

VIDEO: REFLECTION ETERNAL – SO GOOD

@ 1st I was like WTF? Then I continued to watch it & was mind blown! Mog’s is REALLY trying to do it this year on the video tip I see! Allot of very well made creative & original ideas coming out. I like it! It’s a good time to be alive right now! Directed by Court Dunn. Shouts to NahRight for the official drop on em.

Tags: COURT DUNN, HI-TEK, NAHRIGHT, REFLECTION ETERNAL, TALIB KWELI

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

NO KNOWS DOPE | MARCH 20X

This month I decided to flip the script & keep it off this NKD. Get it? No scripts… just beats. Thus, No Knows Beats! From my favorite producers past, present & future. This cover is quite special to me as well because it is a painting of me done by my brother like no other Dee Jae Pa’este of Konscious Klothing & he was kind enough to let me use it for this months NKD art. (I mean… IT IS ME tho hahahaha). I have been bumping this all day while I was working on the back cover & it is damn good designing music… or work music… or whatever you use it for. Burn a CD, drop it on your mp3 players & cypher with your homies while you cruise the block or BBQ it up… or just stfu & listen.

A list of who’s on this batch & the DL after the J…

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Tags: 88 Keys, ALEX B, BENGA, BLACK MILK, Bullion, CASPA, CHIMPANZINAUTS, Daru Jones, DERT, DEVONWHO, DIMLITE, EDIT, ETURNAL DAWN, Exile, F.A.M.E., FLYING LOTUS, Gaslamp Killer, HI-TEK, J DILLA, JOOB, MADLIB, MAX KANE, MR.DIBIASE, MR.DJ, NKD, NO KNOWS DOPE, NOSAJ THING, PASHA BROWN, PHONOSAPIENS, RADIO RANDONE, RUSKO, Sa Ra, SAMIYAM, SHINY'S FOOD, SQUARE WEEZY, SWIZZ BEATS, TAPE MASTAH STEPH, WAAJEED

REFLECTION ETERNAL-IN THIS WORLD VIDEO

Revolutions Per Minute out April 20th. Yes! 

Tags: BLIND I, HI-TEK, IN THIS WORLD, REFLECTION ETERNAL, TALIB KWELI, Video

STABLISHED 2009 MUSIC COMPILATION

The fam over @ Stab Labs has compiled 41 tracks of dopeness that they featured in their posts for 2009. A few joints from some of your favorite Blind I comps are on it as well. There is no track list, the cover you see here is not on the songs, they left all that alone in case You wanna find those artists albums or what have you, just some freshness to have playing while you designing or Twittin or whatever the hell u do all day on the comp.

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Tags: BARBARA MENDES, Bilal, Blue Scholars, CORY BLUNTZ, DARIEN BROCKINGTON, DENIZEN KANE, DJ ACE, DJ Vadim, DON PRAHFIT, drake, DWELE, EL MICHELS AFFAIR, Exile, GUDDA GUDDA, HI-TEK, ILLA J, J DILLA, J MITCHELL, J.RAWLS, Jabbawockeez, Jay Electronica, Jazzanova, KATCHAFIRE, Kid Cudi, KURL BOOGIE, LIL TWIST, Lil Wayne, LITTLE BROTHER, LITTLE DRAGON, MARCELA MANGABEIRA, MELANIE RUTHERFORD, MIDDLE CHILD, Mos Def, MR.P, NAPOLEON, NASTY KNOCK, OHMEGA WATTS, PHAT KAT, PHONTE, PUG ATOMZ, SHAWN JACKSON, SLICK RICK, SLUM VILLAGE, STABLISHED, TALIB KWELI, Tanya Morgan, THE FOREIGN EXCHANGE, THE ROOTS, TITA LIMA, ty & kory, YOUNG RJ, ZO!

REFLECTION ETERNAL | JAY ELECTRONICA | J.COLE | MOS DEF

Look… I know this aint CDQ, but blah all that for a second… if u was in L.A. this past week & @ BOOMBOX for that matter, then you may have heard this exclusive cut from Reflection Eternal, Jay Electronica, J.Cole & Mos Def. Like I said… it is NOT CDQ (more like Sandbox-Automatic..remember that ish?) but you can say you heard it first! When the CDQ drops, we got you… til then…

Tags: BOOMBOX, HI-TEK, J.COLE, Jay Electronica, L.A., Mos Def, REFLECTION ETERNAL, TALIB KWELI