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2009 Blind I Award Winners

Thank you all for participating in the voting for the 2009 Blind I year-end awards! It was fun to come up with the categories and see nominated artists push their campaigns quite heavily through their own outlets. We had a bunch of nominees on long lists when we started this process, and as we dwindled them all down to the best we knew we had something dope on our hands. We put up the polls, you voted, and now we present to you the 2009 Blind I End Of The Year Award Winners!

Foreign Exchange came and shut it down, winning our Album Of The Year category with 40% of the vote!

Foreign Exchange also picked up the award for the Best Collaboration, with Muhsinah for “Daykeeper“, which received 28% of the vote!

The Best Compilation award went to *Pbbt!’s “Jay.F*cking.Elec” compilation, showcasing some of the best from Mr. Electronica, with 33% of the vote!

The award for Best Live Act went to Mrs. Electronica, the incomparable Erykah Badu, who smashed with 35% of the vote!

The Best New Artist award went to San Jose’s own Don Prahfit, who came away with 33% of the vote!

The award for Best Post actually went to 2 posts – both Maiya & Meezy’s Jay-Z/J Dilla Mashupposts, which came in with 36% of the vote!

The Video Of The Year award went to Don Prafit’s cover of Kanye’s “I Wonder” with 39% of the vote!

The award for Most Improved went to – but of course - Pacific Division, with 31% of the vote!

Foreign Exchange swept every category they were in, including the award for Song Of The Yearwith “Daykeeper” getting 35% of the vote!

This was a tight one, but the Tweak Of The Year with 32% of the vote went to Kanye West at the 2009 VMA’s! *kanyeshrug*

NEXT YEAR we go bigger with MORE categories, MORE nominees, and MORE people to vote! Thanks for participating in this fun little exercise…now let’s see what 2010 has to offer!

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2009 BLIND I AWARD WINNERS!

Thank you all for participating in the voting for the 2009 Blind I year-end awards! It was fun to come up with the categories and see nominated artists push their campaigns quite heavily through their own outlets. We had a bunch of nominees on long lists when we started this process, and as we dwindled them all down to the best we knew we had something dope on our hands. We put up the polls, you voted, and now we present to you the 2009 Blind I End Of The Year Award Winners!
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MUHSINAH-REDISCOVERED VIDEO

I really like the approach Muhsinah has taken to her music videos. On the vimeo page,  the tagline for this said, “Home is where the heart is. So happy to find it again. So I’m no longer stuck.” While this one is short, it can be interpreted many ways.

If you haven’t gotten The Oscillations: Triangle yet get into it!

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Song Of The Year

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>> …on to Tweak Of The Year

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Best Collaboration

Jay-Z & Alicia Keys – “Empire State Of Mind”

Kid Cudi, Kanye West & Common – “Make Her Say”

Clipse & Pharrell – “I’m Good”

Foreign Exchange & Muhsinah – “Daykeeper”

Mos Def, Black Thought & Eminem – “BET Cypher”

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>> …on to Best Compilation

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MUHSINAH INTERVIEW

The fine folks at MOOVMNT shot us an interview they’ve conducted with the ever so awesome Musinah. Tell me what’s not to like about this girl? I remember my boy Tommy bringing her out one night in San Jose and meeting her for the first time. Believe me folks, she is one cool girl. Super laid back and tal-ent-ed! Hear her speak on the new album, life, and her hometown of D.C. 

Can you dig it?

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MUHSINAH – LOSE MY FUSE (PRODUCED BY FLYING LOTUS)

Here’s a brand new Muhsinah joint off Oscillations:Triangle entitled “Lose My Fuse“, produced by L.A.’s Flying Lotus. Defintely a dope chill track. Muhsinah murders everything she touches musically I do believe 2010 should be her year. Somebody major should stop BS’ing and put her out forreal! The world needs to hear the little % of good music actually out here! Partake.

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NOSAJ THING | LOW LIMIT | SQUARE WEEZY [[[TONIGHT]]]

December 4th, 2009, San Jose once again will be host to The Changing Same Music and Arts Series at the Agenda Lounge This will be The Changing Same’s 2 year anniversary, which was launched in 2007 at San Francisco’s club Mighty. Co-founded by Ungrammar, The Changing Same’s headlining artists that night for the launch were Prince prodigies J DaVeY along with Platinum Pied Pipers. Since then, Ungrammar has stayed the course with the mission of what The Changing Same is all about – presenting emerging artists that are at the forefront in the future realm of Soul, Electronica, Latin and post Hip Hop sounds – or can we say new sh!t!

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VIDEO: MUHSINAH – ALWAYS

One of my favorite Muhsinah tracks gets an amazing video to go along with it. Reminds me of the Lego binges my brother and I used to go on when we were lil’ tots.

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PAUL PRE X MOOVMNT

Here’s another ILL mix from our homie Paul Pre, this time collaborating with MOOVMNT to bring us a flavorful mix for the autumntime action going on outside. Stream/DL that schitt here and hit the jump for a tracklist! Indulge!

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