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!

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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!

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THE BEST OF BAD BOY RADIO FREESTYLES (1997-2007)

Kanye & Common Freestyle (2005)

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Yeah, it’s that serious. A few days ago, I took my quest to find the elusive All About The Bad Boys track to Twitter in efforts to try and find it for my catalogue and the world’s pleasure. I was directed to Mr. Mike Love, who was one-half of the Bad Boys on WGCI during their heyday,and he threw me the oop of all oops with the record. I, being the gentleman that I am, threw it to my homie Andrew over at FSD and let him run wild with it. A few days later, Mike hits me with THIS gem. Ridiculous collection of freestyles recorded on the radio show from artists like Common, Crucial Conflict, Lord Tariq & Peter Gunz, Fat Joe & Big Pun, Flipmode Squad, Twista, Juvenile, Brand Nubian, Outkast, Juice, Profound, Q-Tip, Da Brat, Shyne, 50 Cent, Kanye West, Lupe Fiasco, and the list goes on. Basically it’s classic material and a must to have on your computer if you love hip-hop music in any sense. I should really start charging for connectin the dots like this, I’m a motherfuckin music blog wordsmith motherfucking lyrical genius! Mr Mike Love has some more to say on the topic after the jump, along with a link to download The Best Of Bad Boy Radio Freestyles. Don’t act like I never gave you nothing, internet!
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THE COOL KIDS X DON CANNON – GONE FISHING MIXTAPE

New Chuck & Mikey mixtape, in collaboration with Don Cannon. The album comes out soon, but until then, this mixtape should hold you over, Rover. Tracklisting after the jump, but check out the Pennies Remix right about now with guest spots from Ludacris & Bun B.  2K9 heads know the deal. Partake!

Pennies (Remix) (Feat. Ludacris & Bun B)

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J PERIOD X THE ISLEY BROTHERS – BEST OF MIXTAPE

The greatest mixtape DJ of all time makes a Best Of for one of the greatest groups in music, the honorable Isley Brothers, of course with a gang of other artists who’ve remixed, remade, and collaborated with the legends. Super crack! Partake!

Tracklisting after the jump!

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DJ JAYCEEOH PRESENTS: SUPER 7 VOL.1

DAMN! This mix is pretty damn ill and the best part: IT’S FREE!

Props to my boy Platurn and his homies for dropping this little piece of freshness.

Hey can’t complain on anything that’s free. Especially this!

The download and DJ links after the drizzzzzzop!

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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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NO KNOWS DOPE: AUGUST 2008

It’s time for your monthly dose of No Knows Dope. For those that have been with me since day one, You will know that there is a certain formula to the way I do it. For those that are new to this, let me get You familiar.

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THE CARE PACKAGE – 10.09.07

Get some singles up in ya!

Alicia Keys x Kanye West – No One (Remix)

Usher x Ludacris – Dat Girl Right There

Hi-Tek x Ghostface x Dion x Raekwon – My Piano

Erykah Badu x 9th Wonder – Honey

Saigon x Swizz x Jay-Z – Come On Baby (Remix)

Lil’ Wayne – One Night Only

Anthony Hamilton – Do You Feel Me [from American Gangster OST]
Cheri Dennis x Yung Joc x Gorilla Zoe – Portrait  [i know i know...my boy B. Howard wrote this though, and it's a party track. like it!]

Get it HERE.

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KAST (for the archives)

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