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FAT BEATS IN-STORE PERFORMANCE SCHEDULES [LA]

So you already know the deal & how we feel about the whole departure of the Fat Beats stores. Sucks. But not really cuz they still are going to be doing big thangs in various formats, so I guess it’s cool & growth & all that other jazz. Anyways, the NYC farewell jump off was filled to the brim of dope artists who had made Fat Beat NYC their home so it is only fitting that they mirror the same for the LA farewell & as you can see to the right (click pic to enlarge), that they are NOT playin! I mean DAMN!!! I know the NBA will be playing the All Star game @ Staples this season but this schitt right here my ninja? This is LA’s All Star Hip Hop fest for the ages! You got OG spitters from LA’s underground elite from Erule to Volume 10,  to LA’s G’d up from the chucks up spitters MC Eiht to Kurupt, a face melt of beats from LA producers Dibiase to Exile as well as a performace from the Gawdz of LA style Freestyle Fellowship! That aint even scratching the surface tho! Peep the line up for each day & plan accordingly. You’re welcome. Below is my favorite song from Erule  & still in my top 10 all time Hip Hop songs ever.

Erule – Listen Up

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Oh how I love that song. Anyways… if you in LA you know what to do! & if you aint you know what you NEED to do. Peep the official statement after the jump. & once again major Jedi Respecognition to the entire Fat Beats staff!

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Tags: Affion Crockett, AYOMARI, Bambu, BISHOP LAMONT, Danny Brown, Dilated Peoples, DJ Revolution, EM Eiht, Exile, FAT BEATS, FREESTYLE FELLOWSHIP, Funkdoobiest, Houseshoes, J ROCC, KURUPT, L.A., MED, Mellow Man Ace, PERCEE P, PLANET ASIA, RAS KASS, RHETTMATIC, Shafiyq, STRONG ARM STEADY, TiRon, TREK LIFE, TUNJI

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.

RAS KASS | ROYCE DA 5’9″ – ATTITUDES 2012 [HEX MURDA TRIBUTE]

Naw it ain’t a tribute like that! Chillax… this is for the big homie Hex Murda who defied death when he was hit with a Pontine stroke. It partially paralyzed his right side where he can’t walk or talk like he does, but that don’t stop the man from getting his voice heard via his Twitter or any other outlet through the fam bam holding him down. Ras & Royce are the true spitters choice & they come correct as always on this one!

GET WELL SOON HEX!

Tags: HEX MURDA, RAS KASS, ROYCE DA 5'9

RAS KASS | RHETTMATIC

A.D.I.D.A.S. is on its way… peep the single Release Yourself produced by none other than World Famous Beat Junkie Rhettmatic. I see you Rhett!! Doing the most these daze for the game!!! Appreciate your work ethic brotha! Oh  & Kazzy… you’ve been missed. Welcome back like u neva left!

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BLINDIFORTHEKIDS | WERDUPSUN | ELDOTAYEDOT 2

So nice we had to hit em twice! Watts up, Watts up faithfuls! Trusting you all had a great New Year & a day after to not do anything but recoup back to G status! I felt it necessary to come with the sequel to the compilation my cuzzo Killa Cam & I dropped back in July of last year, where we highlight the artists & music coming out of our lovely city. We went further in on this one & you can judge for yourself on the Track list & DL which is after the jump…

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Tags: 2PAC, AB RUDE, BAD LUCC, BISHOP LAMONT, BLEU COLLAR, blu, BOKEY, BUTCH CASSIDY, CHEVY JONES, CROOKED I, Dam Funk, DAZ, DERT, DEVONWHO, DJ QUIK, dr dre, FLYING LOTUS, FOOTSOLIDERS, FREESTYLE FELLOWSHIP, GLASSES MALONE, GUILTY SIMPSON, HORSE SHOE GANG, J*DAVEY, JURNY BIG, KURUPT, LPG, MADLIB, MR.DIBIASE, MYKA 9, NEMO, NIPSEY HU$$LE, NOSAJ THING, PAC DIV, PLAYA HAMM, PROPAGANDA, QDIII, RAPHI, RAS KASS, ROSCOE, SEVEN DAVIS JR., SHAMES WORTHY, SLIM THE MOBSTER, SNOOP DOGG, SPONTANEOUS, STRONG ARM STEADY, Suga Free, TERRACE MARTIN, THE DOGG POUND, THE NONCE, TIRUNE

MEEZY LISTENIN’ VOL 1

Awww My first Blind-I-pilation! I’ve titled this  MEEZY Listenin Vol.1 the first capture of my musical reflection.
My mind travels infinitely through sound and as you will see, I’m everywhere on this one! So pop this is ya ipod and let me compliment your life soundtrack…As we take this Journey as Souls.

Track listing after leap
devour it!

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Tags: Afro Omega, AMANDA BLANK, Beanie Sigel, BLACK SPADE, DERT, DEVONWHO, Djinji Brown, drake, DWELE, Eric Bennet, fat ray & black milk, GEORGIA ANNE MULDROW, GHOSTFACE KILLAH, Groundation, Kenzo Digital, Kid Cudi, Know:Juander, Latte Green, LITTLE DRAGON, Mayer Hawthorne, MEEZY, MEEZY LISTENING, MEEZYART, Meshell N'degeocello, Nacha Pop, OUTKAST, Povo Povo, Quadron, Raheem Devaughn Ft. Ludacris, RAS KASS, Redman, Rel, Shin-Ski, Silhouette Brown, SLAUGHTERHOUSE, The Souljazz Orchestra, WALE

MAIYA AND NO PRESENT…GRIMEY VOL. 1

Organized Konfusion – Bring It On

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What’s good Blind I Faithful? It’s your girl Maiya and your boy NO coming to you with our first joint compilation…GRIMEY! We’ve talked about doing one for ages and finally made it happen. You’d think between our typical comps, it might be pretty eclectic or soulful. THINK AGAIN! Most men assume the ladies have to act/look rough to appreciate some old La the Darkman or N.W.A. (a stereotype I proudly defy).   So, NO and I got our hands dirty in the crates to deliver a gritty, grimy, hardcore mix unlike anything you’ll see on the other blogs.

We literally birthed the idea yesterday morning and completed it in an hour last night. Beginning with my Raekwon “Penitentiary” (The new Rae is ill BTW) we tag teamed track for track throughout the entire thing. Between Gravediggaz, Organized Konfusion and O.C., we got something in store for rap fans that frequent Blind I.

Special thanks to $uli for delivering the artwork via NO’s idea.

Tracks/links after the drop.

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Tags: Big Pun, BIGGIE SMALLS, BLACK MILK, Black Sheep, BLIND I FOR THE KIDS, CAMP LO, Compilation, ERIK B., FAT RAY, Ghostface, Goodie Mob, GRAVEDIGGAZ, GRIMEY VOL. 1, GUILTY SIMPSON, MADVILLAIN, MAIYA, NO, NOAHDEEAKILI, OC, Ol' Dirty Bastard, ONYX, ORGANIZED KONFUSION, PASH A TRUNK SPECIALIST, PERCEE P, RAEKWON, Rakim, RAS KASS, Redman, VINNIE PAZ

NO KNOWS DOPE – AUGUST 2009

This month has been a circus like no other for your boy. I always speak through the music I love & this month’s NKD tells the whole story from beginning to end. Special shout out to the fake, the exposed, the trill, the lilypads & the truth. This ones for you.

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DOWNLOAD NO KNOWS DOPE – AUGUST 2009 [MEDIAFIRE]

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Tags: A TRIBE CALLED QUEST, ADAM LEVINE, BABY HUEY & THE BABYSITTERS, COULTRAIN, DJ PREMIER, DUG INFI, DUG INFINITE, DWELE, FAITH EVANS, FIRST DOWN, GINO VANELLI, HI-TEK, J DILLA, JAY DEE, JAYLIB, Kanye West, LITTLE BROTHER, MADLIB, No I.D., NORMAN CONNERS, OMARION, OWUSU & HANNIBAL, PACIFIC DIVISION, PERCEE P, PETE ROCK, PHAT KAT, PHONTE, PPP, QUASIMOTO, RAPPER BIG POOH, RAS KASS, REFELECTION ETERNAL, SCIPIO, SLUM VILLAGE, SOL+10, SOULS OF MISCHIEF, TALIB KWELI, THE NEPTUNES, THE O'JAYS, THE PHARCYDE, Thenativesoul, WHODINI, Will.i.am

BLINDIFORTHEKIDS | WERDUPSUN | ELDOTAYEDOT

Whattup my loc’s & loc’ettes!! As you know my hometown is Los Dangerous & I now reside in San Hostile. I love the bay, it is my second home, but my first love & hometown will always have my heart & with that being said, I felt it necessary to pay homage to my city by putting together this compilation with my lil cuz Killa Cam who runs Werd Up Sun & STAYS on his West Coast game. We give you eLdotAyedot. This isnt your typical L.A. schitt… this has a lil bit of errry’thang for errrrry’body! Kazzy comes with a dope trib to the King of Pop, Blu & Flying Lo claim royalty & Warren G comes back with some HEAT!!! You will rewind it and be like… WORD? THATS WARREN G?? hahahaha TRUST… this is flava & you will throw on some red chucks and crip walk to the local bodega tellin the eses & vatos WAATS UP!?!

TRACKLIST & DL AFTER THE J…

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Tags: BATTLECAT, BISHOP LAMONT, BLEU COLLAR, blu, DERT, DJ QUIK, FLYING LOTUS, HI-C, http://werdupsun.blogspot.com/, Jadakiss, KILLA CAM, KNOC-TURN'AL, KURUPT, MAUSBERG, MR.J, MR.J.MEDEIROS, NIPSEY HU$$LE, NO, PACIFIC DIVISION, RAS KASS, SNOOP DOGG, Suga Free, TERRACE MARTIN, THA DOGG POUND, WARREN G, XZIBIT

WHO DID IT BETTER?

That’s right kids it’s time to play Our favorite lil’ game We here @ BLIND I like to call, “Who Did It Better?”

Now the following is nothing new. The material has been out for some time now, but do You know the history?

So check it… Our contestants on this episode are producer extrodinaire The Alchemist, Ras Kass & The Lox.

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Tags: RAS KASS, THE ALCHEMIST, THE LOX