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BLIND I SAYS GO! DECEMBER 2009

December? Already? Damn. 2009 has been pretty damn dope for us, I suppose that’s why it flew the fuck by! Anyways, today was a dope day for dope music and therefore, I shall bless you with my favorites to set your holiday season off right! I’m talking about new shit from Alicia Keys, Lupe Fiasco, Clipse……man I’m not even gonna go in like that I’ll just let you check out the track listing after the jump. But before you do all that, partake!

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Tags: ALICIA KEYS, Billy Stewart, Clipse, COMMON, Denmark, Esser, J*DAVEY, john legend, Kenna, Lupe Fiasco, Miike Snow, Mikkey Halsted, muhsinah, Paypa, QUELLE, R. Kelly, Rjd2, Small Eyez, SNOOP DOGG, Sulaiman, Wiz Khalifa

RJD2 – GAMES YOU CAN WIN (FEAT. KENNA)

Yesyesyesyesyesyesyesyes yes! New RJD2 track, “Games You Can Win” featuring Kenna, from his upcoming album The Colossus. I love it when two artists I love individually come together to make great music. Partake!

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BLIND I SAYS GO! NOVEMBER 2009

Wow, it’s really November already! Good thing I came through with a crazy compilation for you guys & girls to get ready for this temperature drop! We’re gearing up for a lot of cool shit in the next couple of months, so to hold you over I want to make sure you’re set with my favorite schitt out right now! I’ma cut all the chitter chatter and let ya’ll get to the illness! GO!!!!!

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Track listing after the jump!
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Tags: 50 Cent, Blind I Says Go, blu, CAM'RON, Clipse, Elan, FASHAWN, FLYING LOTUS, J. COLE, Jay Electronica, Kenna, Kings Of COnvenience, Last Emperor, Lupe Fiasco, Melanie Fiona, Mr. Hudson, n.e.r.d., Peter Hadar, Pharrell, Project Mayhem, Santigold, Sene, Sulaiman, The Kickdrums, WALE, Wordsworth

BLIND I PRESENTS THE NEPTUNES – DECEMVIR

Snoop Dogg – Pass It Pass It (Feat. Pharrell) (Advance Version)

I’ve been working on this for a LOOOONG time and I finally completed another masterpiece. For those not in the know, The Neptunes are a record production duo consisting of Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo, who are credited with contributing the sound for some successful Hip hop, R&B and Pop artists in the late-90s and 2000s. The Neptunes’ sound is a distinctive brand of off-kilter, stripped-down electronic funk. Along with Timbaland and Dr. Dre they were the driving force behind many of the musical characteristics of late-90s/2000s hip-hop, helping to re-introduce sci-fi style sounds into the hip-hop mainstream, along with sounds from Middle Eastern and Asian music including percussion and woodwind.

I decided a few months back to make a collection of my favorite rare, b-side, and unreleased Neptunes production, from 1999 to 2009, in order to create a dedication to over 10 years of next-level music that still stands the test of time. I swear listening to these tracks puts you in a state of mind where everything’s better around you. Decemvir, which is the latin term for “ten“, is used to describe this decade of incredible works from the stellar production duo. Their music can speak for itself more than anything I can say, so without further ado, I give you…

The Neptunes: Decemvir (A Decade Of Rare Gems & Unreleased Material)
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Tracklisting after the jump!
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Tags: 504 BOYZ, ALANA DAVIS, ARSENIK, CASSIE, Chris Brown, Fam Lay, Justin Timberlake, Kelis, Kenna, Kings Of Leon, LATRELLE, LIL JON & THE EAST SIDE BOYS, LUDACRIS, Lupe Fiasco, MUSALINY-N-MAZE, n.e.r.d., Pharrell, PHILLY’S MOST WANTED, Rosco P Coldchain, SEAN PAUL, Shyne, Slim Thug, SNOOP DOGG, Styles P, THE NEPTUNES, USHER

KENNA INSTRUMENTALS

A super dope find for all Kenna enthusiasts…a collection of instrumentals from the Ethiopian (thanks MiQL), most-underrated artist doing music right now in my opinion. Tracklisting after the jump. Partake! Kenna Instrumentals (download MU or SS)
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KENNA – IMITATION IS SUICIDE (PRODUCED BY RJD2)

Kenna is back, and he’s dropping a new album in September called Land 2 Air Chronicles with Chad Hugo and RJD2 based on Ralph Waldo Emerson’s essay on Self-Reliance. Might be too deep for most, but check out this joint just based on the fact that it’s from Kenna’s new project! Duh! No lyrics but if this is the musical quality we can expect coming from this project then Kenna’s got another classic on his hands. Partake, and thanks to theneptunes.org for the joint!

Kenna – Imitation Is Suicide

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BLIND I SAYS GO! MARCH & APRIL 2009

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Happy Friday! I told shorty, I said “Look shorty. Just download the Blind I Says GO! Double CD off Blind I and you’ll get all the education you need this year”. Truer shit has never been spoken. Yes, I was late on March’s BISG due to a restructuring of our compilation-posting schedule, but don’t worry, I made it up to you guys big time. And YES, I was supposed to post up April’s BISG on Wednesday but I was too busy plotting world domination. Luckily on Thursday I got around to compiling it and Voila! Two BISGs for everybody in one day, one post. March’s BISG hold a bunch of heat from a hip-hop standpoint, with new joints from Diamond District, Jadakiss, Fam-Lay aka Shark City Click, Cudi, Wale, Justin Timberlake, and others. Guaranteed to be something you can bump in the whip if you’re headed out tonight. Which leads me to April….

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BISG April goes hard. Lately I’ve been listening to a bunch of new artists as well as artists that are just new to me, and April was compiled as a shrine to the new ill shit. New One Chance shit starts it off, and that pretty much sets the tone as most of the joints on this BISG are from artists like Telepopmusik, Thievery Corporation, Metronomy, Justice, Prince, Ge-Ology and the like. Definitely for a more keen listener, but packing much heat like the summer do. I know you’re gonna love it cause I’m still playing all the joints on the tracklisting nonstop. All in all this double-drop should more than hold you down until the May installment of BISG, which is SURE to be ridiculous. Track listings after the jump my friends!
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Tags: Big Pooh, BLACK MILK, Bliss, Daniel Merriweather, Diamond District, DJ Krush, DOOM, Emilie Simon, Esthero, Fam Lay, Francis and the Lights, Ge-Ology, GEORGIA ANNE MULDROW, Jadakiss, Justice, Justin Timberlake, Kenna, Kid Cudi, Klaxons, Lady Gaga, Lil Wayne, Metronomy, Midnight Juggernauts, N.E.R.D., Notorious B.I.G., One Chance, Passion Pit, PETE ROCK, Pharrell, PRINCE, Project Mayhem, PROJECT PAT, Shark City Click, Styles P, Telepopmusik, Thenativesoul, Thievery Corporation, WALE, Yukimi Nagano

BRAINSTORM REMIXES VOL. 1

What’s up Blind I faithful? I wanted to drop a special project on you guys that I’ve been working on for the past couple of days for your enjoyment. I looked up one day at my iTunes and realized that alot of my favorite joints were remixes I’d compiled in my years of digging, so logically I decided to make up a dope mix of some of the iller tracks. Little did I know how many dope remixes there were, so I’ve decided to make this a Volume 1 of however many more to come. This one is pretty eclectic, but all of the tracks go pretty hard. I tried to eliminate any of the typical remixes that I feel everyone probably already has, and focus on the more obscure, banging ass joints that you know we at Blind I like to bring. So without further ado, partake of the greatness and then check the track listing after the jump!

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Tags: Ashanti, BARON ZEN, Beatnick & K-Salaam, Cha!se, CHAD HUGO, Chester French, Chuck Inglish, Constrobuz, Cottonbelly, Dam Funk, Destiny's Child, drake, FLYING LOTUS, Four Tet, Francis & The Lights, GB, Ghost Notes, Hey Champ DJs, HUDSON MOHAWKE, Jay-z, Kanye West, Kenna, Kings Of Leon, Lil Wayne, LITTLE DRAGON, Lykke Li, M.O.P., MADVILLAIN, MICHAEL JACKSON, Million Dollar Mano, Modjo, muhsinah, Nas, Nelly Furtado, NICOLAY, SADE, Scenario Rock, Thenativesoul, Timbaland, Zo! & Tiggalo

KENNA UK BONUS JOINTS

If I’m late to the party so be it. Pat yourself on the back and eat a cookie in celebration. Here’s two bonus tracks off Kenna’s UK release of Make Sure They See My Face, both produced by The Neptunes, and featuring Pharrell and Justin Timberlake. True, true.

Kenna – Big Lights (Feat. Pharrell)

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Kenna – Rockaway Life (Feat. Justin Timberlake)

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Tags: bonus tracks, Justin Timberlake, Kenna, Pharrell, THE NEPTUNES, UK

HOW ABOUT A LIL’ NEW KENNA

New shit from the most slept on guy EVER. Posers & Thieves Snippet, produced by Chad Hugo. Off the upcoming Songs For Flights in 2009. Partake!

Kenna | Posers & Thieves (Snippet)

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