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[RUMORED] TRACKLISTING/ PRODUCTION CREDITS FOR KANYE WEST’S ‘GOOD ASS JOB’ [OMG]

According to the good folks of TeamSupreme. The noteables are so vast…I definitely need to hear Holding Me Back, Monster, and Chain Heavy. Kanye never lets me down.

Hell Of a Life (feat. Lil’ Wayne) [Kanye West x DJ Toomp]
Dark Fantasy [RZA]
Power [S1]
Chain Heavy (feat. Eminem x Jay-Z) [Kanye West]
Ghetto University (feat. T.I.) [Kanye West x DJ Toomp]
That’s My Girl (feat. Katy Perry x Kid Cudi) [Kanye West x Jon Brion]
Runaway [Kanye West x Q-Tip]
Lost In The World (feat. Nicki Minaj x Rick Ross) [Kanye West x No I.D.]
Gorgeous (Ode To Kardashians) (feat. Drake x Game x Ludacris) [Kanye West]
Monster [Kanye West x DJ Premier]
Holding Me Back (feat. Mos Def x Talib Kweli x Phonte) [Kanye West x Madlib]
Devil In a New Dress [Pete Rock]
The Joy (feat. Common x John Legend) [Kanye West]
So Appalled (feat. Drake x Jamie Foxx) [Kanye West x No I.D.]
Blame Game [DJ Toomp]
Sweat On My Face [DJ Premier]

Tags: DJ PREMIER, DJ Toomp, drake, EMINEM, Game, Jay-z, Jon Brion, Kanye West, Katy Perry, Kid Cudi, LUDACRIS, Mos Def, nicki Minaj, No I.D., PETE ROCK, PHONTE, Q-TIP, Rick Ross, RZA, S1, T.I., TALIB KWELI

ARTHUR VEROCAI – FLYING TO L.A. [VIDEO+MP3]

“I could listen to the (Arthur Verocai) album everyday for the rest of my life” – Madlib

Arthur Verocai is a mysterious figure even in his native Brasil.  He has composed and arranged for such giants as Jorge Ben, Gal Costa and Leny Andrade.  But hip hop heads know him for his often sampled (see Ludacris, MF Doom and Little Brother) self-titled solo album.  The album came out at the height of the Brasilian dictatorship and was a commercial failure.  His performance of this seminal 1972 record complete brought the sold out crowd at the Luckman Theater to a stand still.  According to Verocai, he had never played the record “alive or dead!”  His delight at the opportunity to play this music in it’s complete form can be seen on the Timeless DVD box set.

This song, “Flying to LA” was written specifically for the concert at the Luckman.  It starts with open drums by Mamao from the famed Brasilian trio Azymuth, and then goes on a beautiful harmonic journey.  Enjoy, share and turn it up.

Keep it here as next week we’ll be dropping the exclusive Verocai remix, shortly followed by the amazing special mix by none other than DJ Nuts.  Don’t sleep.

Tags: ARTHUR VEROCAI, AZYMUTH, DJ NUTS, LITTLE BROTHER, LUDACRIS, MAMAO, MF DOOM, Miguel Atwood-Ferguson, MOCHILLA, TIMELESS, VTECH

HUDSON MOHAWKE – BBC RADIO 1 ESSENTIAL MIX + DEC. US TOUR DATES

This slipped right under my radar! On November 28th, BBC Radio 1 opened the decks for one of Blind I’s favorite producers – Mr. Hudson Mohawke – to do his thing and put together a superb, stellar, fantastic Essential Mix. This thing is CRAZY man, I’m talking 57 tracks of complete BANGERS! I’ve included a MP3 download along with the stream so you can check it out however you please, but whatever you do, indulge!

Tags: American Men, Apple, BBC RADIO 1, Becoming Real, Carl COx, CLOUD ONE, Damfunk, DIMLITE, DJ Seduction, DORIAN CONCEPT, Fatima Yamaha, FLYING LOTUS, Free School, HUDSON MOHAWKE, James Pants, Jjak Hogan, Joy Orbison, KGB Man, Krystal Klear, Lazer S, LAZER SWORD, Lil Wayne, Lone, Loops Haunt, LUDACRIS, MACHINE DRUM, MADLIB, Manix, Markis Sage, Midnight Star & Usher, MIKE SLOTT, Mwéslee, Nacho Patrol, Patchwork Pirates, Ply Girls, Princess, Red, Redinho, RUSTIE, SciFi Stu, SLUM VILLAGE, Starkey, Terror Danjah, THE PHARCYDE, Tiago

BLAKROC & DD172….

As the recent publicity surrounding Mos Def, Jay Electronica and Curren$y‘s collaborative-side-group Center Edge Territory reached a feverish pitch in the viral music world, questions arose around the studio where said collaboration and countless other secret musical rendezvous are rumored to have occurred. Alas, Mr. Damon Dash, a very familiar face in the trend-setting music mogul world has been behind it all, providing artists with the DD172 space in Tribeca. DD172 seems to be a new hot-spot for brainstorming sessions, musical vanguard, and almost certainly a long, raucous line of eager artists wanting in to create their own masterpieces. For this is how musicians work. We are historians at heart, purists of our art form, and suckers for atmospheres where our creativity can flow at ease. Dash and DD172 have recently partnered up with rock group The Black Keys and artists like Mos Def, Zoe Kravitz, Raekwon, ODB, RZA, Ludacris, Pharoahe Monch, Billy Danze of M.O.P., Om’Mas Keith of Sa-Ra, Tash and more, to create the BlakRoc project, of which we recently posted a video clip on the site. Chicago-bred video mavens Coodie & Chike have spearheaded the coverage of the project as well as Creative Control. Pretty much a creative mash of great proportions! We’ll see what fruitful creations come from this space in the future, but one thing is presently sure: the future is bright for ideas of this magnitude, and I hope it spurs more individuals to create workspaces and projects similar to this one. Great music!

Tags: Billy Danze of M.O.P., blakroc, Center Edge Territory, Coodie & Chike, Curren$y, Damon Dash, DD172, Jay Electronica, LUDACRIS, Mos Def, ODB, Om'Mas Keith, PHAROAHE MONCH, RAEKWON, RZA, Tash, Zoe Kravitz

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)
(Disc 1 Sharebee)   |   (Disc 2 Sharebee)

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

VIDEO: LUDA’S “NASTY GIRL” CASTING VIDEO

yup.

Tags: HOES, LUDACRIS, VIDEO VIXENS

3 MIXTAPES I NEVER POSTED

Aight…My muh’fuckin bad! Sorry! It’s not that I was holding out… Okay maybe a lil bit, naw but on the real, I’m just thinking of schitt that I have bumped the fuck out of that I never posted on here, & I was talking with one of my friends about mixtapes & which ones I thought were actually pretty damn good. So I mentioned 4 of them (one of them $ posted already being Wale’s 100 Miles. So I wanted to share (& I’m sure allot of you have these already & are like pssssssssssh LATE!!! but for those that are NOT as tight as YOU, have NO fear… NO is here!

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Tags: DJ DRAMA, EMILE, IZZA KIZZA, Kid Cudi, LUDACRIS, NICK CATCHDUBS, Plain Pat