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ILLROOTS/OKAYPLAYER-THE REMIX PROJECT MIXTAPE

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illRoots and Okayplayer have teamed up to present a dope remix collection.  This set includes live covers of artists to include OutKast, Ol’ Dirty Bastard  and The Foreign Exchange.  Way to breathe new life into some of the classics! I have personally fallen in love with the “Prototype” remix. Check out the tracklist and download after the jump!

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THE BEST OF BAD BOY RADIO FREESTYLES (1997-2007)

Kanye & Common Freestyle (2005)

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Yeah, it’s that serious. A few days ago, I took my quest to find the elusive All About The Bad Boys track to Twitter in efforts to try and find it for my catalogue and the world’s pleasure. I was directed to Mr. Mike Love, who was one-half of the Bad Boys on WGCI during their heyday,and he threw me the oop of all oops with the record. I, being the gentleman that I am, threw it to my homie Andrew over at FSD and let him run wild with it. A few days later, Mike hits me with THIS gem. Ridiculous collection of freestyles recorded on the radio show from artists like Common, Crucial Conflict, Lord Tariq & Peter Gunz, Fat Joe & Big Pun, Flipmode Squad, Twista, Juvenile, Brand Nubian, Outkast, Juice, Profound, Q-Tip, Da Brat, Shyne, 50 Cent, Kanye West, Lupe Fiasco, and the list goes on. Basically it’s classic material and a must to have on your computer if you love hip-hop music in any sense. I should really start charging for connectin the dots like this, I’m a motherfuckin music blog wordsmith motherfucking lyrical genius! Mr Mike Love has some more to say on the topic after the jump, along with a link to download The Best Of Bad Boy Radio Freestyles. Don’t act like I never gave you nothing, internet!
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HIP-HOP ALBUM COVERS WITH LEGOS

Format magazine recreated 20 hip-hop album covers by using Legos! They’re dope and creative. Here are a few of my favorites but you can check their site to see them all.

More covers after the jump.

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DJ JAYCEEOH PRESENTS: SUPER 7 VOL.1

DAMN! This mix is pretty damn ill and the best part: IT’S FREE!

Props to my boy Platurn and his homies for dropping this little piece of freshness.

Hey can’t complain on anything that’s free. Especially this!

The download and DJ links after the drizzzzzzop!

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CLASSIC VIDEO OF THE DAY: OUTKAST & RAEKWON – SKEW IT ON THE BAR-B

Am I the only one who can’t wait for Only Built For Cuban Linx 2?

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ILLPOETIC – NIN & OUTKAST: NINE INCH NALIENS

Where did this cat come from? Man this was one left-field project. I give it up to my dude and partner Mark from PLSTK for upping me on Illpoetic. The dude combined two groundbreaking bands into a whole new project. I implore you, listen to this project with new ears because you will not listen to these Outkast tracks the same way again. › Read More…

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DRUNK DIAL

When the liquor settles in your system and shadows start dancing on the walls in your blurry periphery, who creeps into your mind? Whether it’s fueled by hurt, sexual energy or fondness, everyone has a person lingering in their subconscious that would complete the perfect Champagne Chronic Nightcap. By drunken default or with inhibitions suppressed, John or Jane Doe is only a Blackberry key away from your sensual sweet nothings.

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YAY OR NAY: THE ROCKETEERS – “ARTIST FROM THE START”

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The Rocketeers – “Artist From The Start”

We’re gonna start something new around here! Blind I has set itself apart from other music sites by allowing the people to submit joints from acts that THEY think are the next big thing. Having fully embraced this quality, we have decided to hit you guys with the new YAY or NAY category of posts where we introduce acts you may not have seen or heard and let you be the judge. No maybe so’s or things of that nature, just simply is it ILL or is it in need of some work. Hopefully we’ll have some fun with this and also encourage people to submit their music and get a good idea of what the good people with GREAT ears that visit Blind I have to say about it.

First up is the new group hailing from Chicago, IL. that rocks under the name The Rocketeers (Myspace). The group is comprised of lead MC D-Win and producer Johnny Rocket, and their music is inspired by groups such as N.E.R.D., CRS, Outkast, and Gnarls Barkley to name a few. The Rocketeers are currently working on their EP, “Blue Clouds, White Skies“, scheduled for release in ‘09.

Check the poll after the jump to let us know, YAY OR NAY?????…….

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LET’S PLAY A GAME CALLED “JUST THE TIP”. OUTKAST X RAEKWON PT. 2

First leaked single from Big Boi’s “Sir Lucious Leftfoot” Album….featuring Andre 3000 & Raekwon, called “Royal Flush”

Indeed.

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Blind I For The Lover In You

I appreciate the love and feedback on Good Morning. When it comes to these compilations, I try to pick songs that are bit off the radar or lost in the throwback vault so you don’t get a slew of Mp3s that you already play everyday. I want it to be a grab bag of sorts, unpredictable and refreshing. Clearly I have quite the library so I hit you as I see fit from here on out! Here’s a bevy of tunes for the lover in you since it’s February. I have a soul comp en route for the end of the month with nothing but pure R&B, but I mixed this up a bit. What kind of lover are you? Street? Soul? Sultry? Bet you can’t guess mine.

*And BTW I recently discovered Apollo Nove (see “Inexplicata” in Sultry) and dammit if that doesn’t sound like love what does? Makes me want to attempt a slow samba, though I’d be so black with it. The layers of the harp, organ and background vocals are orgasmic. I can visualize myself on a cloud with a lover. I’m such a hippie.

Enjoy your Hearts Day. You could never be lonely cus Maiya Loves You!
XOXO
-M

Street

1. OutKast –Infatuation Interlude
2. Pete Rock N CL Smooth-I Got a Love
3. A Tribe Called Quest-Common Ground
4. Amy Winehouse- In My Bed
5. Busta Rhymes f. Erykah Badu-One
6. Gravediggaz-Never Gonna Come Back
7. Beenie Man f/ Mya-Girls Dem Suga
8. The Roots- You Got Me (live)
9. Hi-Tek-All I Need is You
10. Hezekiah-Let’s Get Involved
11. OutKast-Spottieottiedopaliscious
12. Kameleon-Migraine
13. Mobb Deep- Hey Love
14. RZA-Love Jones
15. Nas f/ Aaliyah- You Won’t See Me Tonight
16. Gangstarr- Nice Girl Wrong Place
17. Method Man f/D’Angelo-Break Ups to Make Ups

http://www.mediafire.com/?9e1dw5zv2dg

Soul

1. Jazzyfatnastees-Unconventional Ways
2. Sylvia- Pillow Talk
3. Norman Connors- You Are My Starship
4. Van Hunt- Down Here in Hell With You
5. Dwele- One Day at a Time
6. Erykah Badu- Kiss Me on My Neck
7. Lauryn Hill-I Gotta Find Piece of Mind
8. Jill Scott-Slowly Surely
9. Jonz-Situation 1
10. Minnie Ripperton- Close Your Eyes and Remember
11. Sylk 140 f/Vikter Duplaix- I’ll Do it For You
12. Erykah Badu-Green Eyes
13. Ginuwine-Only When You’re Lonely
14. Marvin Gaye-After the Dance
15. D’Angelo- Feel Like Making Love

http://www.mediafire.com/?ebiknbzvdnq

Sultry

1. Apollo Nove- Inexplicata
2. Dolphin Boy-Don’t Stop
3. Kylie Minogue-Chocolate
4. JDavey- No More
5. Babyface- There She Goes
6. Max and Sedgley- Slowly
7. Mama’s Gun-Finger On It
8. NERD-The Way She Dances
9. International Pony-Blow Your Mind
10. Kelis-Suspended
11. Kenna Static
12. Gnarls Barkley- St. Elsewhere
13. Total-I Tried
14. Annie- I Will Get On
15. Keane-Untitled 1
16. Sargasso Trio-She’s a Woman
17. OutKast-Stankonia (Stank Love)

http://www.mediafire.com/?8tmi1ijdxyx

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