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LLOYD – PUSHA (PRODUCED BY THE RUNNERS)

Who’da though that Lloyd would be the only artist to make it out unscathed from Murder Inc? Me, that’s who, cause Ja Rule and Ashanti sucked ass! Anyways, I fuck with Lloyd, no pause necessary, and this is his new joint entitled “Pusha” that’s produced by The Runners. Partake!

Lloyd – Pusha

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CHICAGO | SKYHIGH’S CHAMPAGNE HOUR!

First and foremost, thanks to everybody who’s been coming out and rocking with us for the past few weeks as we build this thing up to become legendary! On our first month of partying we’ve brought in over 1200 people, names like Million $ Mano, Ray Protege, Vic Lloyd of LEADERS, the Heavy Hitter Timbuck2, Castlerock, and Izzo the People’s Champ. It’s been a great time,  and with this week being Lollapalooza week in Chicago we want to keep the ball rolling and do a few things to show our appreciation for your support. We’ve got free champagne from 10-11PM as Castlerock plays some of our favorite joints from the golden era of the 90′s, and then we flip into Skyhigh mode and tear it down until 2AM. You can catch more info about the event here and more info about Skyhigh in general here. Those who’ve already come through, partake, and bring your homies with you so they can indulge thine selves in splendor. Skyhigh!

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COOL SHIT OF THE DAY: CHICAGO! SKYHIGH!

Peace peoples! If you’re not already in the know, Blind I hosts a weekly Thursday night event here in Chicago featuring some of the illest DJs around and the dopest drink specials around. We call this gem Skyhigh Thursdays and we do it in conjunction with the good folks of Statutory Fresh and American Dream. This week we’re getting it in strong with my man Vic Lloyd from Leaders1354 as well as the Thursday Night threats Izzo and Castle. We’re offering $5 Patron shots, $3 Mixed drinks, $3 Domestic beers, $20 wristbands so you can drink to your heart’s content from 9-midnight, and it’s Free.99 to get in! We rock till 2AM so come early and stumble late! Add in the most diverse new crowd in Chicago and you’ve got an ILL ass Thursday night! So come out and kick it with us and show love! Hit the Facebook Event Page to RSVP and tell your friends! This is the ONLY spot on Thursdays for people who like REAL music and REAL shit! Indulge thine selves!

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Weekly Tweets for 2009-04-26

• Blind I For The Kids Weekly Tweets for 2009-04-19 http://tinyurl.com/crks9t #
• Blind I For The Kids CLIPSE x KANYE WEST – KINDA LIKE A BIG DEAL (CDQ) http://tinyurl.com/dgwwam #
• Happy 420!!! http://ow.ly/3lnr #
• Blind I For The Kids HISTORY: CHICAGO HIP HOUSE DOCUMENTARY 1989 http://tinyurl.com/d9gtdd #
• Blind I For The Kids NO KNOWS DOPE::APRIL 2009 http://tinyurl.com/d67cpu #
• http://twitpic.com/3o3di – The homie @DJIzzo went hard on his birthday tattoo..it’s only right we document! #
• Twitter-ers!! TwitPic your 420 celebrations and @ them to us!!!! #
• @lynnetteastaire http://twitpic.com/3o4l2 – *dead* #
• @fakeshoredrive Figured you’d appreciate this…http://tinyurl.com/d9gtdd in reply to fakeshoredrive #
• @meeshthesinger …This is $ of the crew and I’m officially making you my Twitter boo…haha!! in reply to meeshthesinger #
• #musicmonday FOR THE ARCHIVES: De La Soul 3 Feet High & Rising (Reissue) (2001) (2CD) http://tinyurl.com/cpwk6u | http://tinyurl.com/dep44y #
• #musicmonday FOR THE ARCHIVES: De La Soul – De La Soul Is Dead http://tinyurl.com/d22jqv #
• #musicmonday FOR THE ARCHIVES: De La Soul – Buhloone Mindstate (1993) http://tinyurl.com/czwuej #
• #musicmonday FOR THE ARCHIVES: De La Soul – Stakes Is High (1996) http://tinyurl.com/chjstk #
• #musicmonday FOR THE ARCHIVES: De La Soul – AOI: Mosaic Thump http://tinyurl.com/c5cs4x #
• #musicmonday FOR THE ARCHIVES: De La Soul – AOI: Intelligence Bionix http://tinyurl.com/d6d9tn #
• #musicmonday FOR THE ARCHIVES: De La Soul – The Grind Date http://tinyurl.com/dmegcg #
• Blind I For The Kids VIDEO: NYLE – LET THE BEAT BUILD http://tinyurl.com/d7lyzy #
• My goal tonight is to induce a Buhloone Mindstate with De La. #
• Chicago Blind I faithuful….make sure to check out @WaleDC @colinmunroe @micdaterrible @VICLLOYD @chaisemarcel UCB and BBU tomorrow @ Abbey #
• @fakeshoredrive this weak ass Lollapalooza lineup is making me think that we should do that MFMW concert to pick up the slack! #
• Blind I For The Kids FOOTAGE: SPRITE GREEN X DE LA SOUL IN CHICAGO http://tinyurl.com/djk6y8 #
• Blind I For The Kids EMINEM’S RELAPSE ALBUM COVER http://tinyurl.com/dmcymt #
• Blind I For The Kids JACK BLACK + MICHAEL CERA = ANDY SAMBERG http://tinyurl.com/ck75nx #
• Blind I For The Kids RECORD SLEEVE ART SERIES BY TEEBS http://tinyurl.com/csenqs #
• Blind I For The Kids DJ EKO – ELECTRO YUM TURBO! http://tinyurl.com/dyovs2 #
• Blind I For The Kids ALBE BLACK – HI http://tinyurl.com/cgvr85 #
• Blind I For The Kids MORE THAN A GAME [OFFICIAL TRAILER] http://tinyurl.com/dkw22u #
• Blind I For The Kids COMPILATION: WALE IN CHICAGO http://tinyurl.com/ctrcsn #
• OMG you’re the B-E-st if you’re trynna have sex I’m the best at it… – Asher Roth #
• Blind I For The Kids VIDEO: FOREIGN EXCHANGE – TAKE OFF THE BLUES http://tinyurl.com/dbu3ax #
• Blind I For The Kids NEW SCHITT!! DERT – CMYK http://tinyurl.com/dkz8pf #
• I’ma make it clear Derrick Rose is a peer (how’s that?) We the Windy City Rookies of the Year @DJizzo #
• Blind I For The Kids DANDIGGITY PRESENTS: ECLECTICUTS VOL.8 http://tinyurl.com/czspn9 #
• Blind I For The Kids PROOF EMINEM HAS NOT LOST A STEP http://tinyurl.com/cewjnf #
• @likepacdiv what were ya’ll doing here last night? #
• Blind I For The Kids VIDEO: KANYE WEST – AMAZING (FEAT. YOUNG JEEZY) http://tinyurl.com/c2p5cr #
• Blind I For The Kids MORE COOL PEOPLE YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT: J.COLE http://tinyurl.com/cqlj4y #
• @LikePacDiv Yeah I’ma be up there we’ll put something in the air in reply to LikePacDiv #
• @LikePacDiv DM me your #…we’ll get out tonight long as mogs ain’t rocking shorts lol in reply to LikePacDiv #
• Blind I For The Kids CHICAGO | STONES THROW X STUSSY TIX & TEE GIVEAWAY http://tinyurl.com/dfebyl #
• Blind I For The Kids NEW DILLA ALBUM TO COME OUT THIS SUMMER! http://tinyurl.com/cmx5gk #
• In a room with greats and future greats…all from Chicago!! Shouts to @fakeshoredrive @NextByRaphael @EndangeredPeace @Leaders #
• Blind I For The Kids TIRON – KETCHUP http://tinyurl.com/chne54 #
• Blind I For The Kids JAMAICAN ME CHEAT MON! http://tinyurl.com/dd5jru #

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COMPILATION: WALE IN CHICAGO

Tonight the DMV meets the CHI. The Attention Deficit Disorder Tour hits Chicago tonight at the Abbey Pub with performances from Wale, Colin Munroe, Mic Terror, Bin Laden Blowin Up, Dave Coresh, Vic Lloyd, Chaise Marcel, and 1993. If you haven’t heard about it yet, check the event section in the the sidebar and get acquainted! To commemorate the event, and since Blind I is a sponsor for it all, I took the liberty of compiling some of my favorites and some of the most recent Wale joints out there so you can get acquainted with him if you haven’t already, or just to provide you with a refresher course. Wale’s star is definitely on the rise and he without doubt gets a slot in my top 10 upcoming acts to pop off. So without further ado, make sure to download the comp and check out the tracklisting after the jump! Download Blind I Presents: Wale In Chicago (Sharebee)

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CHICAGO | WALE & COLIN MUNROE LIVE 4.22.09

Wale’s ‘Attention Deficit’ Tour w/ UCB, Colin Munroe
Featuring: Mic Terror, Bin Laden Blowin’ Up, Dave Coresh, Vic Lloyd, Chaise Marcel, 1993

Wednesday April 22nd, 2009 @ Abbey Pub  3240 W. Grace, Chicago, IL

17+, $12 presale (www.abbeypub.com), $15 door

In an era when critics and rappers themselves jump to declare the death of Hip-Hop, Wale Folarin has been breathing new life into the genre through dazzling wordplay, a fresh sound steeped in DC?s legendary go-go scene, and boundless on-stage energy. 2006 saw Wale conquer DC, Maryland and Virginia with a slew of original radio hits and electrifying shows that solidified his buzz in the Mid-Atlantic. 2008 was even brighter, with Wale garnering press in The Fader, The New York Times, The Boston Globe, XXL, VIBE, Complex, Entertainment Weekly, The Washington Post, The Source, HipHopGame.com, AllHipHop.com, a piece on MTV and an URB cover, all without a major label deal. With heavy radio rotation in DC, Maryland and Virginia, along with mixshow spins on both coasts, Wale has sold out shows in LA, New York, San Francisco, Philly and Atlanta. Wale has also taken the European music festival circuit by storm, touring with world-famous DJ and superproducer Mark Ronson (Amy Winehouse, Lily Allen). Ronson was so impressed with Wale, he ended up signing Wale to a production deal with his boutique label, Allido Records. With well over 2 million plays on MySpace, Wale is an organic Hip-Hop and lifestyle phenomenon, and the release of his third and most widely-distributed mixtape, 100 MILES AND RUNNING (30,000+ downloads since July), has taken his global buzz to new heights. *BONUS – Video footage of Wale & Bun B in ATL after the jump!
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MICK BOOGIE X TERRY URBAN – THE BEST OF 2008 MIXTAPE

Mick & Terry got busy and made a Best Of 2008 mixtape in conjunction with Cornerstone for the holiday season. You know we had to post this, cause Mick Boogie will be DJ’ing at Blind I’s NYE PROM 09 party here in Chicago! Download link & tracklisting after the jump.

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NEW SCHITT (DOWNLOADS AND SCHITT)

We know it’s tempting to take and not ask any questions, but think about this. If a crackhead can pay for crack, why can’t you pay for proverbial crack? We’re gonna hit you with consistent shit, but please, don’t come here and expect to get the new Lil Boosie album or any shit like that. That’s just not our steez. But on the flipside, it would be silly for us to fuck around on the artists we love and post their entire jawns for free too. So we’ll hit you with crack, archival shit, new singles, fresh finds and the like, but don’t expect full joints like that. It’s just not sensible. Now the messageboard and the email lists….well, that’s a different story. You just gotta gain access to those, and who KNOWS what you’ll get But on to the dope shit after the jump…

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Andre 3000 Is The King Of Hip-Hop. Here’s Why.

Lowkey. Consistent. Sells millions of records. Grammy awards. And sicker on the mic than anyone else ever. Yes, I said EVER. Walk with me…

As quoted from Wikipedia:
“OutKast is one of the most successful hip-hop groups of all time, having sold over 20 million copies of its eight releases: six studio albums, a greatest hits release, and Speakerboxxx/The Love Below, a double album containing a solo album from each member of the duo. Speakerboxxx/The Love Below is one of only four hip-hop albums to be certified diamond in the US for shipping over 10 million units. Despite the group’s commercial success, it has maintained an experimental approach in its music and is widely praised for its originality and artistic content.”

Six Grammy Awards:
2002 Best Rap Performance By a Duo or Group “Ms. Jackson”
2002 Best Rap Album Stankonia
2003 Best Rap Performance By a Duo or Group “The Whole World”
2004 Album of the Year Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
2004 Best Urban/Alternative Performance “Hey Ya!”
2004 Best Rap Album Speakerboxxx/The Love Below

But there’s more.

Besides the Geto Boys and UGK, Outkast was the first MAJOR group to emerge out of the south and actually get love in places like New York. This was due largely in part to their subject matter, which mixed the laid back style of the south with often politically-charged verses from both Dre and Big Boi. Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik, their first album, was dope enough for them to get acclaim from the then-influential media The Source to be the best new group of 1995. Aquemini, their second release, got 5 mics and was deemed an instant classic.

So let’s see, that’s already put them in the same category as these greats:
Run-D.M.C. – Run DMC (1984)
LL Cool J – Radio (1985)
Beastie Boys – Licensed To Ill (1986)
Run-D.M.C. – Raising Hell (1986)
Boogie Down Productions – Criminal Minded (1987)
Eric B. & Rakim – Paid In Full (1987)
Big Daddy Kane – Long Live The Kane (1988)
Boogie Down Productions – By All Means Necessary (1988)
EPMD – Strictly Business (1988)
Jungle Brothers – Straight Out the Jungle (1988)
N.W.A – Straight Outta Compton (1988)
Public Enemy- It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back(1988
Slick Rick – The Great Adventures of Slick Rick (1988)
Ultramagnetic Mc’s – Critical Beatdown (1988)
The D.O.C. – No One Can Do It Better (1989)
A Tribe Called Quest – People’s Instinctive Travels and Paths of Rhythm (1990)
Brand Nubian – One for All (1990)
Eric B. & Rakim – Let the Rhythm Hit ‘Em (1990)
Geto Boys – Grip it on That Other Level (1990)
Ice Cube – Amerikkka’s Most Wanted (1990)
Main Source – Breaking Atoms (1990)
A Tribe Called Quest – The Low End Theory (1991)
De La Soul – De La Soul Is Dead (1991)
Ice Cube – Death Certificate (1991)
Dr Dre – The Chronic (1992)
Snoop Dogg – Doggystyle (1993)
Wu-Tang Clan – Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) (1993)
Nas – Illmatic (1994)
The Notorious B.I.G. – Ready To Die (1994)
Scarface – The Diary (1994)
Mobb Deep – The Infamous… (1995)
Raekwon – Only Built 4 Cuban Linx… (1995)
2Pac – Me Against The World (1995)
The Fugees – The Score (1996)
Jay-Z – Reasonable Doubt (1996)
2Pac – All Eyez On Me (1996)
The Notorious B.I.G. – Life After Death (1997)
Dr Dre – 2001 (1999)
Nas – Stillmatic (2001)
Jay-Z – The Blueprint (2001)
Scarface – The Fix (2002)

On ATLiens, they were able to produce some of their own tracks, and that opened up the door for the freshness we here from them now. With Both Dre and Big Boi able to actually make beats and structure the songs as they saw fit, it was clear to alot of people after listening to ATLiens that they were something really special.

Thinks about all the producers, emcees, etc. that have come after Outkast and used a bit of their style in some sense. See any connections between the ATLiens and the Neptunes? J Dilla? I digress.

No disrespect to Big Boi, but Andre 3000 has simply catapulted his lyrics to a higher plateau by somehow NOT RHYMING. Crazy right? Ingenious. The Love Below was really the reason that their last album sold as much as it did, even though so many people were pissed that Dre barely dropped a 16 on it. It was the musical integrity that made it hot. Now he’s been dropping verses in the most unlikeliest of places — remixes to Walk It Out? Lloyd Remixes? — somehow he makes it 10x cracker than any of those songs were by themseves.

Now I KNOW people are like WHAT? Andre 3000? Greatest MC? What about Jay-Z? Lil Wayne? (lmfao) Lupe Fiasco even? Nas? The first three are very similar because they use the same style in varying degrees. Jay-Z can be hailed as the first to use what I call the run-on sentence flow. It’s basically using the last word of a bar to connect to the following bar in a different way. Follow me…

Jay-Z:
“You can’t rain dance on his picnic
No Haitian voodoo, no headless chickens can dead his sickness (whoo)
No Ouija board, you can’t see me dog, nigga you +CB4+
This ain’t +Chris Rock+ bitch, it’s the ROC bitch
And I’m the +franchise+ like a Houston Rocket
Nawimean (Yao Ming)…”

CB4 – Chris Rock – The Roc – Franchise (Steve Francis) – Houston Rockets – Yao Ming

It’s all quite simple really.

Now Lil Wayne (lmfao):
“I come through the lane like dargent
Learn from me niggaz is lame they call charging
I have no brain I’m retarded
We are not the same I’ma Martian
You can’t be my chain I’m your target
I’m from the jungle where the snakes is all poison
I am magnificent like Marcus
You might wanna fall back like August
Or late september whatever you call it
I hit niggaz in the head like Vonage
I am talking to no particular audience
But understand I’m the guardian
And understand there won’t be no guardin him
You will just get played like an accordion
I don’t give a damn if she’s bossy
I keep pussy running like a faucet
She better catch like she Steve Largent
Because I’m “What’s up” like “Martin”

Realistically, I don’t see how Wayne comes into this category besides the fact that he has a shitload of swagger to his verses. But his wordplay is simple. “You might wanna fall back like August, or late September whatever you call it”??
Fall back Wayne, Fall back.

Ok, so Lupe:
“Welcome all of y’all to my dark recesses
This is where I keep the bars like bathtub edges
My Ivories and my Doves my Levers and my Zests
It takes half of your bubble bath to match the freshness
The belly of the beast you know I’m from it
I wrap it in a towel here go my pal in the stomach
And I be on my green like Irish Spring and I coast
Fudge wit it and get a mouth full of soap”

Now I personally love Lupe, he’s a smart listeners’ best friend. But alot of his stuff goes over people’s heads. You kinda have to know something about the inner workings of subcultures to get his lyrics. In that sense he’s kinda the opposite of Lil’ Wayne. Definitely the future of where this flow can go though. Wish he had a more general subject matter though.

And last but definitely not least, Andre 3000:
“Aint a Hood Nigga but a Nigga from the hood,
See momma stayed on me so I turned out pretty good,
but if u wanna try, sucka now yeah we can do it
(ha ha) sleep… tynenol PM if I pull it
Sh sh sheep, Count em for the rest of his life,
yea yea ur partna got away but now he’s vegetable-like
So I sent his mom and dad a whole case of V8
He could die any second, how much long its gone take
Gone get it over with
Oh what if
u were in my loafers then
u might be the dope and I would flush it down the toliet
like the boys in blue, when they come thru wit the boots
and they kickin’ down the door
and they don’t care who they shoot
but we do care who they shoot
so we do what we must do
so we act like we run track
and we run straight to the back
but they comin’ from the back
so we run back to the front
they say get down on ur knees
we say what the fuck u want
they want cheese
they want bread
they want dough
they want mo
than I wanna give’em but if I keep talkin’ they wont know
that my cousin in the back
and we call him roto-rooter slash plumber, cash runna and he fire on the computer
Log-Out..”

Consistent throughout with the content. Something everyone can relate to. Smart. Incorporates his flow with the wordplay (i.e. ha-ha sleep, tylenol pm if i pull it, sh-sh-sheep, count em for the rest of your life…)

If this doesn’t convince you, I’ve posted 6 Of The Newest joints I could find that feature Dre 3000 (+ Kelis’ Millionaire cause that shit is hot!) There’s been an Outkast Gangsta Grillz mixtape in the works since October of ’06, so let’s keep our fingers crossed and hope that this recent burst of verses from Dre snowballs into a mixtape or album by the dude. Enjoy!

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