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HAYLING – TAKE COVER

Another album that I have been grooving to for quite some time & have been an asshole for not posting has been Hayling‘s Take Cover project. An album where he flips some of his favorite cuts of all time from Stevie/Michael to Prince to Sade. All originally remixed beautifully by one of today’s lowkey super musicians.  I keep trying to tell y’all… watch out for Hayling.

Now get on with the git!

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Tags: FRANKIE BEVERLY, HAYLING, KOOL & THE GANG, MAZE, MICHAEL JACKSON, PRINCE, Roberta Flack, SADE, STEVIE WONDER

DJ CUZZIN B & JAY*CLIPP – SOUL 4 SALE

My brotha I-Ced put me on to this dope mix from the good homies DJ Cuzzin B & Jay*Clipp who basically, made a seriously dope mix of all the artists I love & will love. You’ll see a plethora of Blind I faves from Full Crate to Kendrick Lamar to Jneiro Jarel to HNRL to Robin Hannibal to Marvin Gaye & more! Heres a taste…

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TL & DL to follow…

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Tags: 1-O.A.K., BADD LUCC, CANYA REIAL, CARMEN RODGERS, D'ANGELO, DIE & INTERFACE, DION, DIVAGEEK, DJ CUZZIN B, ERIC LAU, FULL CRATE, GENO YOUNG, HI-TEK, HNRL, HONOR ROLL, JAMIE WOON, JAY*CLIPP, JNEIRO JAREL, JOYA MOOI, Kendrick Lamar, KESHIA SHONTELLE, KURUPT, LOVEY JEAN, LUX DEVILLE, MADDSLINKY, MARC DE CLIVE LOWE, Marvin Gaye, muhsinah, Murs, ODDISEE, OLIVER DAYSOUL, OMAR, PRINCE, Q-TIP, Reggie B, ROBIN HANNIBAL, ROCQUE WUN, SANEYES, STRAY, TAWAIAH, TERRACE MARTIN, THA BOOGIE, TYLER WOODS, WILLIAM CARTWRIGHT

*PBBT!’S SMORGASBORD SEPTEMBER 2010

Oh yeah. That just happened. If you think there is any rhyme or reason to this month’s Smorg you’ve lost a little more than you’re marbles. BUT that’s what makes it awesome. This one kinda rides like those random mixtapes/mix cd’s you used to make with whatever song came on the radio/popped up in your head at the time. Fun to make and even more fun to listen to. Now go on down there below the jump and wretch around and wrench it off.

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Tags: *PBBT!, A TRIBE CALLED QUEST, BRANDUN DESHAY, CHIP THA RIPPER, DR BUZZARDS ORIGINAL SAVANNAH BAND, E-40, GANGSTA PAT, Kanye West, KILO ALI, MR. T, PRINCE, ROY AYERS, SEPTEMBER 2010, SKYZOO, SMORGASBORD, THE SOURCE, YEAH I SAID IT MR T

COLIN MUNROE – I WOULD DIE 4 U (PRINCE COVER)

My main man Colin Munroe returns with a dope cover of Prince’s classic hit “I Would Die 4 U” and he doesn’t disappoint. Even puts a dope spin on it that really makes it his own. I’ll let the man tell it himself: “I’ve been gone for a little while, but I’m still here. There were some things that needed dealing with and that dealing is almost done. I was intentionally not releasing any new solo material during that period, but that period is about to end. The story continues and so will the music. I hope you enjoy this small taste of what is to come. Don’t look away. Don’t think less of me.”

Tags: Colin Munroe, PRINCE

THE CARLTON – DJ STYLUS

I live in the land of nerds Silicon Valley, CA! I would consider myself a nerd!!. Since NERDS are the new black and the 90s are back, I’m dropping this cool lil gem for the KING OF NERDS. A mix dedicated to CARLTON mixed by Dj STYLUS.

“The Carlton” is an ode to the King of All ’90s Sitcom Nerds, Carlton Banks, and the sounds that he would likely be grooving to if were still around in 2010.

This is a fresh lil mix with a lil bit of everyone from Stevie Wonder to J Davey to Hall & Oats. All the songs have that CARLTON feel to it to definitely get you Bouncing…peep the vid I found to go with it after the jump SUPER CLASSIC.

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The video, tracklisting and download is after the bounce.

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Tags: Blackalicious, CARLTON BANKS, DJ STYLUS, Donald Fagen, Gang Starr, GNARLS BARKLEY, J DAVEY, JAMIROQUAI, LAURYN HILL, MEEZY, MEEZYART, PIGEON JOHN, Pink, PPP, PRINCE, soulbounce, STEVIE WONDER, ZO!

VIDEO: TRACKADEMICKS – SPEND THE NIGHT

Our homie Trackademicks just sent us over the visuals to Spend The Night off the new [Re]Mix Tape Vol.3, which Honor Roll is having a major release for tomorrow night @ Sake 1′s PST along with Mayer Hawthorne & DonWill of Tanya Morgan. Deets after the after…

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Tags: APOLLONIA, DONWILL, HONOR ROLL, Mayer Hawthorne, PACIFIC STANDARD TIME, PRINCE, PST, SAKE 1, Tanya Morgan, TAP 10, TRACKADEMICKS

RAPPER BIG POOH | BLACK MILK – THE PURPLE TAPE EP

You already know the time cuz we done told y’all. Now get the EP. Black Milk approved, Rapper Big Pooh on the upward move. Great to see him get his individual shine! Peep my fave of the beat tape done Justice (no pun intended) Say Something Feat. DJ Flash

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Tags: BLACK MILK, PRINCE, RAPPER BIG POOH, THE PURPLE TAPE

VIDEO: INCUBUS & THE ROOTS ON FALLON

Incubus & The Roots recently performed a live version of Prince’s”Let’s Go Crazy” on Fallon. Anyone who knows me knows that both Incubus and The Roots are HUGE favorites of mine. The Incubus cover of Let’s Go Crazy is featured on their new greatest hits album Monuments & Melodies, which you should go cop to hear dope music! Shouts to OKP for the video.

Tags: Incubus, JIMMY FALLON, PRINCE, THE ROOTS

?UESTLOVE | ZO! | CARLITTA DURAND | THE FOREIGN EXCHANGE | PRINCE

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The Foreign Exchange | ?uestlove | Zo! | Carlitta Durand – Take Me With You [Prince Cover]

Ahmir “?uestlove” Thompson- Drums, Samples
Nicolay- Fender Rhodes, acoustic piano
Zo!- Korg synth, additional rhodes
Phonte and Carlitta Durand- Vocals

I am blessed. Blessed to have recieved some goodness in our Blind I mailbox for YOU to peep 1st hand… In their own words…

We recorded this over a month ago specifically for a ?uestlove tribute party dedicated to The Purple One himself. Other than passing it off to a few DJ friends who vowed to keep it on some secret squirrel, “bet you aint up on THIS!” status, no one has ever heard it. In the wake of the incredible loss we suffered on June 25 however, this joint took on somewhat of a deeper meaning.

We decided to share it with our fans not only as a token of appreciation, but also as a way of paying respect to one of our last living musical geniuses.

Let’s not wait until tragedy strikes before we show love and gratitude to our heroes, people. Give them their flowers while they live.

This one’s for you, Mr. Nelson. You are loved and appreciated.

Enjoy!

One Love,
‘Tay and Nic

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Tags: ?uestlove, CARLITTA DURAND, PRINCE, THE FOREIGN EXCHANGE, ZO!

NO KNOWS DOPE::APRIL 2009

Whattup Blind I faithful! I truly apologize for not droppin this on the 15th (the day NKD’s are scheduled to drop) but the truth of the matter is that (in the words of my momz) ‘I am burning the candle @ both ends’ by doing ’4 much’ these daze! But ya know what I say… I’ll rest when I’m dead. So with that being said, let’s get to it! I had 5 songs that I had previously selected a month ago for this months edition. The rest was compiled all damn day today. There were songs I had in mind for this comp but needed a lil help in obtaining so with that I say a SPECIAL JEDI THANK YOU TO: J Peepz, Platurn, Pickster,  Dandiggity, G-Wrex & Goldenchyld. G-Wrex & Goldenchyld of The Bangerz were in the lab yesterday & created a blend of Pharrell’s That Girl to Dert’s Venus Morning (featured on his last project Talk Strange) . Peep the track…

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Tags: 1O.A.K., BLACK EYED PEAS, BLACK THOUGHT, BLEU COLLAR, blu, Chester French, DANNY BREAKS, DERT, DIZ GIBRAN, drake, EXPRESS RISING, FAME, Francis and the Lights, G-WREX, GOLDENCHYLD, HAWTHORNE HEADHUNTERS, J DILLA, J*DAVEY, KAY, Keri Hilson, KRADDY, KUDDY ROC, MAX KANE, MR.DIBIASE, Musiq Soulchild, NKD, NO KNOWS DOPE, OAKLAND FADERS, PACIFIC DIVISION, Pharrell, PHONTE, PLANTLIFE, PLATURN, PPP, PRINCE, SOL+10, STEREOLAB, SUB REN, SUBLIMINAL RENAISSANCE, The 87 Stick Up Kids, THE BANGERZ, THE FOREIGN EXCHANGE, THE JACKSONS, THE PHARCYDE, THE ROOTS, TUGBOAT, UCB, WALE