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THATGIRL – BASELINES & BODYROLLS

My hip sister with no lip blisters is back just in time for you pinche cupcakers out there. ThatGirl always delivers. Always. If I could book her for every event I throw – I would (I try to). This mix may have some frosting on it… but the ingredients are indeed gangsta! Peep for yourself…

Track list & DL after the j…

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2010 GRAMMY NOMINEES

All year long we’ve been making our projections about who would be nabbing all the Grammy nominations. Now, The Recording Academy has revealed their list. Check it out and let us know what you think. Don’t you wonder who the Hell is actually on these voting committees?

Agree? Disagree? Which songs/albums made your personal soundtrack? Who was slept on? Over-hyped?

DO Tell.

List after the jump.

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A TRIBUTE TO YUKIMI NAGANO

Ya know we here @ Blind I are infatuated with some Little Dragon , let alone the beautiful voice of front woman Yukimi Nagano. (We are also working on a lil Blind I /Little Dragon collabo… hold tight). Well, The Couch Sessions has released their first mixtape in honor of Yukimi. It features some unreleased material, guest appearances & rarities . We’ll let them tell you the scoop…

More info, tracklist & DL after the jizzy…

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VIDEO: MAXWELL – PRETTY WINGS

4.The.Ladies!

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SUPA QOOL DJ UNCLE Q – THE MAXWELL MIX

Shouts to Filthyspeakeraddict for the look! Supa Qool DJ Uncle Q compiled a stellar mix of plenty of the Maxwell favorites to piggyback Maxwell’s latest effort, Blacksummers’night. This joint is as smooth as you need it to be, so get on it! Partake!

Download Supa Qool DJ Uncle Q – The Maxwell Mix (Sharebee)

Tracklisting After The Jump.
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BLIND I SAYS GO! JULY 2009

Well it’s been a somber June but July is here to get everybody back & poppin! So you KNOW I had to go in and give ya’ll a dope Blind I Says Go to ride to in your whips. This month’s selections are superb, eclectic, and what I like to call “automatic thumbs up” tracks. It’s featuring everyone from newcomers like John Robinson, D. Black, Project Mayhem, X.O……, to current faves like Drake, Wale, and Naledge, and new sounds from classic contributors like Camp Lo, The Roots, Maxwell, and more. So without further ado, partake!

Download Blind I Says GO! July 2009 (Sharebee)

Tracklisting & Imeem stream after the jump.
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MAXWELL – BAD HABITS

For the ladiessssssss (& the gentlemen who get the ladiesssssss). New Maxwell. Blacksummersnight coming soon! Indulge.

Maxwell – Bad Habits

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Foreclosure

By this age, we’ve all been hurt. We’ve run into that person that transcended our common sense; made us move into an out of body experience and just flat out lose our marbles. Like when you were young and folks said you got the wind knocked out of you if you fell down. That soul cry.That chest heave. Those wet pillows. Those experiences make an imprint on your heart and hopefully by the time you come up for air you feel better, not bitter. That’s why I called it foreclosure because when that happens shit shuts down and you lose everything.

These songs are some that take me there. The album that got me through the toughest breakup and only heartbreak I’ve ever experienced was Feist’s Let it Die. Rather than hit you with a slew of Alicia Keys or something you have I tried to go outside the realm and snatch songs like In A Sentimental Mood (i.e. Love Jones). So since folks requested breakup tunes, here they are. If you are struggling, I hope they are fitting to the moment.No matter the circumstance never settle, because you end up settling for less than what you settled for!

And as always, feedback and theme suggestions do the body good like milk. I have so many more breakup tunes that I may revisit this one later. Props to The Talented Mr. Shabazz aka $ for the art.

Enjoy!
-M

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1. Isaac Hayes-Walk on By
2. Pete Kumza f/ Bilal-High and Dry
3. Vikter Duplaix f/ Esthero- Another Great Love Gone
4. Cody Chestnutt- No One Will
5. Madonna f/ Babyface-Take A Bow
6. Coldplay-Fix You
7. Glenn Lewis-It’s Not Fair
8. Amy Winehouse-Take The Box
9. Feist- Let It Die
10. Nelly Furtado-Try
11. Marvin Gaye-Too Late
12. Vivian Green-What Is Love
13. A Tribe Called Quest-Stressed Out
14. The Guess Who-These Eyes
15. Teedra Moses- Take My Love Away

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1.Duke Ellington f/ John Coltrane-In A Sentimental Mood
2.Maxwell- Lonely’s The Only Company
3. Deneice Williams-Gonna Take A Miracle
4. Dionne Warwick-Anyone Who Had A Heart
5. Jodeci-Lately
6.Deneice Williams-Silly
7. Al Green-Still In Love With You
8.Brandy-Brokenhearted
9. Donnell Jones-Where I Wanna Be
10.Lucy Pearl-Without You
11. Lauryn Hill- When It Hurts So Bad
12.702-Get It Together
13. Diana Ross-Missing You

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$ IS FEELIN’ SOME KINDA WAY…

Let’s face it. The hopeless romancer with the dopest flow stanzas has a liking for the ladies. So much in these past 15 years or so that my affinity for music has grown with my affinity for the female essence and what have you. Music has (and I KNOW ya’ll feel me on this one) always had a way of giving the perfect words for times when I myself sat speechless. I decided, upon much thorough recollection, to compile a mix of those memorable songs that had me feelin’ some kinda way. I don’t think there’s a more perfect way to describe it. I WAS gonna suplement the song names with the names of the girls….but I felt that was a bit over the top Partake if you will…

Tracklisting:

01.    D’Angelo – One Mo’gin

02.    Jon B – Are U Still Down (feat. 2pac)

03.    Donell Jones – All Her Love

04.    Bilal – When Will You Call

05.    John Legend – Another Again

06.    Mos Def – U R The One

07.    Musiq Soulchild – Mary Go Round

08.    Incubus – Stellar

09.    Andre 3000 – Prototype

10.    Isley Brothers – For The Love Of You

11.    Usher – Seduction

12.    Justin Timberlake – Take It From Here

13.    Maxwell – Drowndeep:Hula

14.    Eric Roberson – Pretty Girl

15.    Dwele – Subject

01.19.08 – Download HERE. (Mediafire)

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So, I Could’ve Been Wrong. Whatever.

See, I have the unfortunate burden of being one of the smartest people in the world (it’s true!!!!) and I would have to say that about 98% of the time, I am right about everything (except for when it comes to my personal life). However, even the world’s second smartest woman (Michele Obama got me beat) can a) be wrong and b) have a change of heart.

Sooooo, I gave $uli’s arguement for the digital music revolution a LOT of thought. And while I am still in favor of saving the national treasure that are our mom and pop CD and vinyl shops, I do realize that the buisness of music has changed in a potentially good way. Musicans need to get down or lay down for real.

Building off what $ said, a lot of musicians are lazy these days, or so fucked up on drugs they can’t squeeze out more than one record every 7 years (hey D’Angelo, Maxwell). If regular folks can get up and do the 45 hour work week, why in the hell should you be jet setting and snorting coke off a hooker’s thigh when you should be touring your butt off and consistently rolling with new material? It’s not that we want the quality of the music to change- shit, Rihanna put out three albulms in the past three years and they were trash (well, I never heard them, but I doubt I’m wrong about that). But we can’t give up our dough to these people if they aren’t gonna grind for it.

One big issue is that a lot of these cats (especially the mainstream ones) are not musicians, they’re entertainers. They don’t have the artistry to record constantly because they can’t even do shit on their own. They need the producer, the vocal arrainger, the vocal coach, the ghostwriter. Cats like Miles and Trane lived in the studio because they lived and breathed music. If you are just recording to get rich, you better do it fast because your days are numbered. People will download your record for free and use the $15 they saved to go buy some product you name checked or an I-Phone to listen to your words for free!

Hopefully the folks who deserve to be in this bidness will get it and maintain long, fruitful careers. And the garbage will take itself out. And as for me- yes, treated I was. But I learned something and I hope you did too.

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