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NO KNOWS DOPE | AUGUST 20X

Okay so, thus far we have had NKD’s on some str8 up heat to kick start it all, then Dilla, then Beats, then Love , then Stereolab, then Portishead, then we had last months double NKD for Stevie & for this month I had to go with my man Busa Busss!! So many people sleep on Busta Rhymes! I never see him any ANNNNNNNNNNNYBODYS top 10 or top 20 for that matter. I had to dead that by doing a No Knows Busta. 60 pinche tracks! & even THAT was narrowed down. These are just my all time favorite Busta songs of all time. The others will be saved for a sequel somewhere down the road, but for now I think these will suffice. If you’ve always thought like me… then this is FOR YOU! If you sittin’ there reading this like… “really No? Busta?” then stick yo’self Pretty Tony & hit the jump to DL like yesterday!! (my bad for the 1 day delay)

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Tags: A TRIBE CALLED QUEST, Artifacts, Black Moon, BUSSA BUSS, Busta, BUSTA RHYMES, CRAIG MACK, Flipmode Squad, FUGEES, GUILTY SIMPSON, HI-TEK, J DILLA, JAY DEE, Jill Scott, JOHN FORTE, Leaders of the New School, LL Cool J, M.O.P., MARIAH CAREY, MEKA, Mobb Deep, Mos Def, NKD, NO KNOWS DOPE, ODB, P DIDDY, PHAROAHE MONCH, Q-TIP, RAMPAGE, RAS KASS, Redman, REMY MARTIN, ROYCE DA 5'9, SLUM VILLAGE, SWIZZ BEATZ, TALIB KWELI, TEPHLON, THE NOTORIOUS B.I.G.

*PBBT!’S SMORGASBORD – AUGUST 2010

Yes folks. It has been a long time. And no, I should not have ever left you. And please allow me to publicly ‘pologize for being a slackass for so long and neglecting to share the randomness that is me with you good people. Just a few tracks I’ve been rocking to for the last couple, wrapped up in 2 big ass burritos of download. Hope you enjoy listening to it as much as I enjoyed making it. Yitidee!

Lookadowndere for the Tracklisting & Download

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Tags: *PBBT! SMORGASBORD, 5-Elementz, ANDRE 3000, AUGUST 2010, BIG KRIT, BLACK MILK, BLACK SPADE, BLIND I, BOYS NOIZE, CRYSTAL CASTLES, Currensy, De La Soul, El-P, FANTASY THREE, Freddie Gibbs, Freeway, GLC, GUILTY SIMPSON, J.COLE, Kenna, Killer Mike, LAMONT DOZIER, Mikey Rocks, ODB, RZA, SKILLZ, SMOKEY ROBINSON, STARDUST, Styles P, VIC MENSAH, VISIONARIES

MUSIC2SKATE2 VOLUME 1

Yesterday the homie Contraband King blessed me with a craaaaaaaaaaazzyy compilation he put together. I HAD to post this and spread the wealth to the masses. Don’t know how many skaters we have amongst the Blind I Faithful, but I predict you will enjoy this comp thoroughly regardless of whether you push wood or not.

Hit the jump for the playlist.

DOWNLOAD: MUSIC2SKATE2vol1 (Megaupload….its a big ass file)

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Tags: CANNIBAL OX, J DILLA, Kid Cudi, Lupe Fiasco, MADLIB, MF DOOM, Murs, MUSIC TO SKATE TO, ODB, RZA

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