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VANGUARD:NOVEM

It’s been a minute, but now I’m back in it. Truthfully, I went away from the compilation game for selfish reasons. If you’ve browsed around Blind I in the past year or so, you’ll know that I do my artistic thing. The deeper I got into my craft, I found myself with less & less time to check out new artists. But your hunger was strong for a staple that we’ve been known for since 2006, and we weren’t about to let that just drop so quickly. So I decided to smack myself in the face a few hundred times, sift through some of the wack new developments in this hip-hop shit, some of the over-saturated others, and give you guys a cool crop of fresh records encompassed in my NEW compilation continuation – Vanguard. So from here on out, only shit I’m fucking with in the flesh will make this comp. If it’s short, you know why. If you got dope shit, keep sending it. You too may very well be a part of the Vanguard moment in music. For my inaugural piece, I’ve got features from legends DJ Premier, Nas, Common, and The Roots…..some new-age heavyweights like Black Milk, Thom Yorke, DOOM, Pac Div, Asher Roth, Freddie Gibbs and Big K.R.I.T….and dope newcomers like Casey Veggies, YP, Rockie Fresh, Chance the Rapper, D2G, Vic Spencer, Schoolboy Q, ASAP Rocky, L.E.P. Bogus Boys, Mathien and yours truly. The future is now…partake!

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Tags: ASAP Rocky, Asher Roth, Big K.R.I.T., BLACK MILK, CASEY VEGGIES, Chance the Rapper, COMMON, D2G, DJ PREMIER, DOOM, Freddie Gibbs, L.E.P. Bogus Boys, Mathien, Nas, PAC DIV, Rockie Fresh, SCHOOLBOY Q, Sulaiman, THE ROOTS, Thom Yorke, VANGUARD, Vic Spencer, YP

VIDEO: COMMON & NAS – GHETTO DREAMS

Rashid and Nasir connect for the visual for their new collab. These are 2 of my top 5 of all time, so needless to say I’m in STAN mode.

Tags: Cocaine 80s, COMMON, Nas

I, CED – ALL IN MY MIND

So the homie I, Ced has been busy lately! Recently dropped another mixtape on his site, Move Next Media a completely different mixtape for the homie KNNY FRSH‘s site FRSH SLCTS  & today his solo album, All In My Mind debuted on Record Breakin’ Music.  Peep Angel (She’s Like Magic), a bonus track that is not on the album & that you can DL on the strenf’…

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Yeah, so you already know that All In My Mind is THAT album & you must cop that imeeeeeeeeeeeejiatley! & hit the jump for the other two free mixtapes I was tellin you about.

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Tags: 14KT, AB, BLACK SPADE, BUCKWILD, COLEMAN, COULTRAIN, DONALD BYRD, ELZHI, Erykah Badu, FRSH SLCTS, Funkdoobiest, HAWTHORNE HEADHUNTERS, HOUSE SHOES, I CED, J1, JADA AVENUE, Kenautis Smith, KNNY FRSH, LE PAMPLEMOUSSE, MOVE NEXT MEDIA, N'DAMBI, Nas, PACEWON, Primeridian, PUDGE, RAN MEGA, RECORD BREAKIN' MUSIC, ROGER, SHAFIQ HUSAYN, SLAVE, STOPHA VASQUEZ, TAI ALLEN, TALL BLACK GUY, Te'luv, THE ACOLYTES, THE DEER

COMMON – GHETTO DREAMS (FEATURING NAS) / #COCAINE80S

SO MOGS JUST WANNA DROP CLASSIC JOINTS AT 2AM ON THE WORLD! Yo. Common, Nas, and No I.D. jumped in the studio under the #Cocaine80s act to produce “Ghetto Dreams”, a RIDICULOUS banger than I’m not gonna turn off anytime soon. Enough talking from me….please PARTAKE! and hit the jump to check out more about #Cocaine80s…

Tags: Cocaine80s, COMMON, Nas, No I.D.

10 YEARS ON THE ROAD WITH MOCHILLA

On Thursday, June 2nd, 2011, Peek Gallery in association with Noise Pop proudly presents an exclusive photo gallery IF IT FITS IN THE BACKPACK…10 Years On the Road with MOCHILLA. Between B+ and Coleman, Mochilla’s co-founders, the two have photographed some of music’s biggest icons, including Eminem, Lauryn Hill, Black Eyed Peas, DJ Shadow, MF Doom, Dilated Peoples, Blackalicious, David Axelrod, Mulatu Astatke, J.Dilla, EPMD, Snoop Dogg, Black Star (Mos Def & Talib Kweli), Damian Marley, Nas, A Tribe Called Quest, Madlib, Jay Electronica, and many others. Outside of their photography work, Mochilla developed into a full service production company, producing 3 groundbreaking music films which include KEEPINTIME, BRASILINTIME, and TIMELESS, all exploring the connection between Jazz/Soul/Funk/Brasilian music and the latter generation of DJs and producers who were so influenced by the previous generation’s music and aesthetic. Recent video projects include Eric Coleman’s video work w/ Jay Electronica in South Africa; B+’s travels w/ Nas & Damian Marley in Jamaica; an interview with the legendary Jose Maria “Curro” Fuentes (producer of some of Colombia’s most important musicians and orchestras on his own Discos Curro imprint); and their combined work on Banksy’s film, “Exit Through The Gift Shop.”

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Tags: A TRIBE CALLED QUEST, B+, BLACK EYED PEAS, Black Star (Mos Def & Talib Kweli), Blackalicious, COLEMAN, DAMIAN MARLEY, DAVID AXELROD, Dilated Peoples, DJ Shadow, EMINEM, EPMD, J DILLA, Jay Electronica, LAURYN HILL, MADLIB, MF DOOM, MOCHILLA, MULATU ASTATKE, Nas, SNOOP DOGG

*PBBT!’S SMORGASBORD MAY 2011

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Tags: *PBBT!, 2011, ACTUAL PROOF, ANDY BEY, BILL COSBY, blu, CAGE AND CAMU TAU, DECLAIME, EPMD, FRANK OCEAN, GERALD WALKER, Karriem Riggins, MADLIB, MAY, Mayer Hawthorne, MF DOOM, Mos Def, Nas, PRODIGY, SMORGASBORD

BEASTIE BOYS – HOT SAUCE COMMITTEE PART TWO

I don’t have to say a COT damn thang!

Tags: Beastie Boys, Nas, Santigold

SILENT JOHN – COACHHELLA 2011

The homie Silent John is gearing up for Palm Springs & has made a mix via the 2011 Coachella artist lineup. He calls it CoachHELLA. We call it HELLA fresh dot com. Get the mix. Go to the festival. Enjoy yourself. Tell us all about it.

TL & DL after the jump…

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Tags: A-Trak, ARCADE FIRE, CEE-LO GREEN, Chromeo, COACHELLA, CoachHELLA, CRYSTAL CASTLES, CSS, DAMIAN MARLEY, DEATH FROM ABOVE1979, DUCK SAUCE, DURAN DURAN, ELLIE GOULDING, EMPIRE OF THE SUN, Erykah Badu, FREDDE LA GRANDE, INTERPOOL, Kanye West, Kings Of Leon, Klaxons, M.I.A., MONARCHY, Nas, ONE DAY AS A LION, Raphael Saadiq, RATATAT, RIVA STARR, Robyn, Rye Rye, SILENT JOHN, SKRILLEX, SLEIGH BELLS, THE BLACK KEYS, The Chemical Brothers, THE KILLS, THE STROKES, Tinie Tempah, TITUS ANDRONICUS, TRENTEMOLLER, TWO DOOR CINEMA CLUB, Wiz Khalifa, YELLE

BLIND I SAYS GO! JANUARY 2011

20-motherfucking-11! Man this new year came so fast I looked up and it was the 3rd already. Blame it on the NYE champagne diet. Oh well. Better late than never to kick of this new year with a new slew of ill shit from Asher Roth & Nottz, D.A. of Chester French, Chip Tha Ripper, Ghostface Killah, Raekwon, Method Man, Redman,  CurT@!N$, Mark Ronson, Saigon, Rhymefest, Blu, Tennille, Supreme Team, Chris Brown, Jazmine Sullivan, Gorillaz, David Banner & 9th Wonder, The Kickdrums, Kanye West & Jay-Z, Lil Wayne, Fashawn, Common, John Legend, Self-Scientific, Freddie Gibbs, Krondon, and Nas! Whooo! If you didn’t see at least one artist on that list that you like then you’re on the wrong site buddy. Without further ado to those in the know, partake!

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Tags: Asher Roth & Nottz, blu, CHIP THA RIPPER, Chris Brown, COMMON, Curt@!n$, D.A. of Chester French, David Banner & 9th Wonder, FASHAWN, Freddie Gibbs, GHOSTFACE KILLAH, GORILLAZ, Jazmine Sullivan, john legend, Kanye West & Jay-Z, Krondon, Lil Wayne, MARK RONSON, Method Man, Nas, RAEKWON, Redman, Rhymefest, Saigon, Self Scientific, Supreme Team, Tennille, The Kickdrums

BLIND I SAYS GO! SEPTEMBER 2010

Happy Friday people! Sorry I’m late but sometimes dopeness requires you put a little EXTRA time on the clock to win the game. Luckily I put up the J at the buzzer and came up with a dope tracklist for this month’s Blind I Says GO!, chocked full of dope shit from the likes of The Wellington Papers, Wiz Khalifa, Tennille, Nas, Hollywood Holt, Rah Diggah, L.E., Slim Thug, Bump J, Jamiroquai, The Foreign Exchange, Cee-Lo, Naledge, Chip Tha Ripper, M.E.D., Snoop Dog, Lupe Fiasco, Twista, Big Sean, Kavinsky, and even yours truly. Quite masterful if I do say so myself. You already know what to do….PARTAKE! — [DOWNLOAD] — hit the jump for the track listing…
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Tags: Big Sean, Bump J, Cee-lo, CHIP THA RIPPER, Hollywood Holt, JAMIROQUAI, Kavinsky, L.E., Lupe Fiasco, M.E.D., Naledge, Nas, Rah Diggah, Slim Thug, Snoop Dog, Sulaiman, Tennille, THE FOREIGN EXCHANGE, The Wellington Papers, Twista, Wiz Khalifa