It’s that time of the month yet again! Frequency continues to bring the freshness to our ears & this time they are bringing the legendary Ali Shaheed Muhammad got me doing calisthenics of A Tribe Called Quest & Lucy Pearl to rock the 1′s & 2′s. If that ain’t enough you got The Mighty Sa-Ra all together fresh off their solo efforts to bring that grown sexy next level funk schitt we all know & love. Blind I in association with V-Tech Phones & Frequency are providing you a chance as always to win you a pair of tickets! Hit the jump for more details on how…

Simply send your first & last name before 5pm Thursday 16th to submit@blindiforthekids.com with the title FREE FREAKIN’ TIX FOR FREQUENCY PLEASE! & We will announce the winner the night before the show.

Peep their latest song entitled “Blast Off” which can be found on the Potholes In My Blog summer sampler.

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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 fam bam known as Art Don’t Sleep stay active in their hustle which is delivering new & unique goodness that is going on within our divine culture. This time around they bring us the Skid Row Sessions with Blind I faves Pharoahe, SA-RA affiliates Shafiq & Om’Mas, The brilliant Miguel Atwood Ferguson, & many more.

ALL STAR CAST :

Miguel Atwood Ferguson – Viola
Gene Coye – drums
Ommas Keith of Sa-Ra – drums and keys
STephen “thundercat” Bruner – bass
Shafiq Husayn – keys, ambient
Alla Koi – percussion
AinJoy – Sax
Brook D’leau – keys
Special Gues – Pharoahe Monch
Special thanks – Blu

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You know one of Blind I’s faves are the ever so brilliant and boundary pushing Sa-Ra Creative Partners. Two thirds of the crew Om’Mas Keith & Shafiq Husayn, who is droppin’ his solo schitt on the 6th and NOT to be slept on, will be in the house like an appliance droppin that next level science! Ungrammar does it again by bringing out only the illest to the bay. Your presence is required if you live on that other side of the musical fence where the soundtrack TO THAT side of the fence is Shafiq & Om’Mas.

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See you there.

This is great music! A recent music session with the likes of Pharoahe Monch, Shafiq Husayn, Om’Mas Keith, Brook d’Leau, and others….crazy!