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BLIND I SAYS GO! MARCH 2011

Shit’s moving nowadays. SXSW is upon us, great things are bubbling in the music scene, and of course the March 2011 edition of Blind I Says GO! is right on time to give you the freshest, sonically superb product from the artists you NEED to be in tune with. Chip, Adele, Wiz, Kenna, Lupe, Raekwon, Pusha, Curren$y, who you should all know on a first-name basis by now, joined by newcomers Jhene Aiko, Tree, and Action Bronson, compile a stellar collection that I must say has a bit of a Napoleon complex – short but packing a shitload of heat. So without further ado, partake! Track listing after the jump!

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Tags: Action Bronson, Adele, Big Rapper Pooh, Big Sean, CARLITTA DURAND, CHAD HUGO, CHIP THA RIPPER, Clipse, Curren$y, GHOSTFACE KILLAH, Jhene Aiko, Kenna, Lupe Fiasco, PETE ROCK, PUSHA T, RAEKWON, Rick Ross, Shimmy Hoffa, Sir Michael Rocks, TABI BONNEY, Trae, Tree, Wiz Khalifa

JOJO – PRETTY PLEASE (PRODUCED BY CHAD HUGO, KENNA)

OK before you go all “What the f*ck $! JoJo fam? You on that Disney Channel shit”…you should listen to the track. It’s obvious that JoJo‘s grown the fuck up, plus with Chad Hugo of The Neptunes producing & co-writing the song with Kenna, you know it’s something you should check out. Hell, it’s up on Blind I so you know it’s not wack. Indulge thine feeble minds!

Tags: CHAD HUGO, JoJo, Kenna, THE NEPTUNES

*PBBT!’S SMORGASBORD – AUGUST 2010

Yes folks. It has been a long time. And no, I should not have ever left you. And please allow me to publicly ‘pologize for being a slackass for so long and neglecting to share the randomness that is me with you good people. Just a few tracks I’ve been rocking to for the last couple, wrapped up in 2 big ass burritos of download. Hope you enjoy listening to it as much as I enjoyed making it. Yitidee!

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Tags: *PBBT! SMORGASBORD, 5-Elementz, ANDRE 3000, AUGUST 2010, BIG KRIT, BLACK MILK, BLACK SPADE, BLIND I, BOYS NOIZE, CRYSTAL CASTLES, Currensy, De La Soul, El-P, FANTASY THREE, Freddie Gibbs, Freeway, GLC, GUILTY SIMPSON, J.COLE, Kenna, Killer Mike, LAMONT DOZIER, Mikey Rocks, ODB, RZA, SKILLZ, SMOKEY ROBINSON, STARDUST, Styles P, VIC MENSAH, VISIONARIES

TRACKADEMICKS – THE [RE]MIXTAPE VOL. 3 

No & I  had the pleasure of getting a advance copy of 3rd installment of the [RE]MIxtape series in Austin, and let me go the books and say this is my new favorite mixtape of 2010. The 17 song mix includes remixes from the likes of Zero 7, Chromeo, Jazmine Sullivan, Janelle Monae, Little Dragon and more, along with a couple original Track joints. The entire mix was crafted together by fellow Honor Roller DJ TAP.10.

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Tags: 1O.A.K., chrom, Chromeo, DJ TAP.10, HONOR ROLL, Janelle Monae, Jazmine Sullivan, Kenna, LITTLE DRAGON, MEEZY, MEEZYART, PPP, TRACKADEMICKS, WALE, Zero 7, ZION I

VIDEO: LUPE FIASCO F/ KENNA – RESURRECTION

Just like post-Katrina, people think the struggle’s over once the media moves on to the next hot topic. People still need help. I hope you take the time to click that Help For Haiti button on our sidebar. Lupe & Kenna & Mike Shinoda are still pushing for the cause of Haiti’s restoration with visuals for their joint from the Download to Donate project. You should do the same!

Tags: HAITI, Kenna, Lupe Fiasco, Mike Shinoda

BLIND I SAYS GO! MARCH 2010

It’s March already! Truthfully I couldn’t be happier…the outlook on this year is bright, there’s a ton of work being done so the results are sure to be beautiful, and the phrase Blind I Says GO! has never meant so much as it does right now. You wake up one day, decide to start dreaming and just start DOING. I used to sit back with my philosophical thoughts and say like Kanye did in the chorus to Common’s “The Corner” – I wish I could GIVE you this feeling…but alas this platform that we’ve created of outstanding musical compilations has given me a medium by which I can hopefully inspire our listeners to get up and GO! because thinking is overrated! Ha! With all that being said, I’ve compiled what I’ll honestly say is my favorite – if not Top 5 – Blind I Says GO! compilations, and trust, I now have 42 in total to choose from! Everything flows, everything’s masterful, everything should give you the steam you need to power your engine. So F*CK a groundhog, we’re starting Springtime right now. Ready….set….GO!

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Track listing after the jump.
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Tags: Amanda Diva, BLACK SPADE, blu, Consequence, Corinne Bailey Rae, Four Tet, Gonjasufi, GORILLAZ, HOLLYWEERD, Hope Sandoval, J*DAVEY, Johnny Polygon, Johnson&Jonson, Jose James, Kenna, Lupe Fiasco, mainframe, MASSIVE ATTACK, MIKE SLOTT, Mos Def, NNEKA, Overdoz, Ryan Leslie, Sulaiman, TEEDRA MOSES

DOWNLOAD TO DONATE CAMPAIGN (LUPE FIASCO, KENNA, MIKE SHINODA…)

Kinda tardy, but you can never be too tardy for a good cause. MusicForRelief.org amassed a great team of donors and celebrities to contribute to create the Download To Donate campaign, with names like Linkin Park, Dave Matthews Band, Peter Gabriel, Alanis Morissette, Slash, The All-American Rejects, Hoobastank, Kenna, Enrique Iglesias and Lupe Fiasco contributing tracks to support the effort. Clearly the standout track for most Blind I enthusiasts is the Mike Shinoda-produced Resurrection, featuring Lupe Fiasco and Kenna. You can check out all the songs in the stream and follow the link to download the compilation after the jump!
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Tags: Alanis Morissette, Dave Matthews Band, Enrique Iglesias, Hoobastank, Kenna, Linkin Park, Lupe Fiasco, Peter Gabriel, Slash, The All-American Rejects

BLIND I SAYS GO! JANUARY 2010

Hi.

My name is $, and I’m an Aquarius. And I owe you one right? Don’t think I’ve forgotten you. Hopefully you stayed Empowered in the interim. Today I’m feeling the love that everybody sends our way for what we do, how we do it with dignity, with appeal, never force, just encourage…and I said to myself, the thing that makes love LOVE, is reciprocity! So, seeing as how I owe the Blind I faithful, seeing as how Haiti needs our help, seeing as how Teddy Pendergrass just passed…We need love, yo. So I’ma give a gift that’ll keep on giving. It was Maiya’s birthday yesterday and she’s the greatest ever so this tastefully-delayed Blind I Says GO! For January of 2010…is all about the love, baby.

Give it and get it.

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Track listing after the jump.
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Tags: Charlie Wilson, D’ANGELO, Francis and the Lights, GEORGIA ANNE MULDROW, GINUWINE, JIMIJAMES, Justin Timberlake, Kanye West, Kenna, Lykke Li, Missy Elliott, Mos Def, Nelly, NIKKIYA, PACIFIC DIVISION, PHARRELL WILLIAMS, Robin Thicke, SADE, SNOOP DOGG, TEDDY PENDERGRASS, TiRon, YELAWOLF

KENNA – TURN

Kenna promised a new song to release on the day of his Summit To The Summit trip up Mt. Kilimanjaro and he does not disspoint. The new joint is called “Turn” and it’s just what we’ve come to expect from him. Enough talking, partake.

Tags: Kenna

KENNA – THAT’S G (LOCK IT UP)(PRODUCTION BY CHAD HUGO)

Kenna and Chad Hugo worked on some new music for a Gatorade campaign and of course, it’s the shit that I had no idea was some Neptunes production. I mean let’s be real, it’s Kenna and Chad Hugo, I should’ve known. Partake in both versions.

Tags: CHAD HUGO, GATORADE, Kenna