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*EXCLUSIVE* BLIND I & BEV MO PRESENTS “8BITOFSOUL”

Our good friend & comrade DJ R-Cade of BevMo recently hand crafted this mix of old, new & future soulful sounds of everything we love. I have bumped this mix out like no other since he shot us the final. This is the first of many more to come. Hit the jump for the track list. & Jedi respecognition to R-Cade & the entire BevMo posse extraordinaire!

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Tags: BEATSOFREEN, BENNY TONES, BEVMO, blu, choklate, Darondo, DIGITAL BUTTER, DJ QUIK, DJ R-CADE, Fat Freddy's Drop, FAVORITE FLAVA, KINNY, MARK DE CLIVE-LOWE, MUGPUSH, NE-YO, NICOLAY, ODDISEE, Sa Ra, SOUNDSPECIES, STIK FIGA, TA-KU AND ROUGHSOUL, The Weeknd, YUNGMARS

*PBBT!’S SMORGASBORD FEBRUARY 2011

Sigh…right…so I was sitting…making the comp…and I kept thinking…man…what would I want the.er…ideal…woman to sound like if I had to describe her musically….and this happened. I feel incredibly fluffy making this and I’ll more than likely overcompensate this feeling by making an outlandishly ignorant comp for March. Playlist and shit under the covers. Stop laughing at me.

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Tags: *PBBT!, 2000F & JKMATA, 2011, A TRIBE CALLED QUEST, ALTHEA & DONNA, ANDREYA TRIANA, BLACKBYRDS, CAM'RON, DAFT PUNK, Erykah Badu, FEBRUARY, FLYING LOTIS, GHOSTFACE KILLAH, Janelle Monae, Kanye West, MADLIB, PIERO UMILIANI, PINK FLOYD, PROBABLY THE SOFTEST THING YOU'LL EVER SEE ME DO ON HERE, Rick Ross, Sa Ra, SLUM VILLAGE, SMORGASBORD, STEVE SPACEK, STEVIE WONDER, The Cool Kids, TODD EDWARDS

TAZ ARNOLD | DAVINCI | SAKE ONE | THE JEALOUS GUYS LIVE THIS SAT [SF]

The legendary venue known as 330 Ritch in the heart of beautiful San Francisco in association with yours truly will be putting down like no other this coming Saturday December 11th. Taz Arnold of the mighty Sa-Ra will performing his solo schitt; supreme hustler DaVinci will be rocking along side Oakland Fader DJ Ambush, the kick/pushers known as The Jealous guys will be on the mic as well & then you got the illustrious Sake One who will be providing the sounds throughout the night! Schitts finna fitz to go down son! Be there!

Get your tickets now!

Tags: 330 RITCH, BLIND I FOR THE KIDS, DAVINCI, DJ AMBUSH, LOCAL 1200, OAKLAND FADERS, Sa Ra, SAKE ONE, SAN FRANCISCO, SWTBRDS, Taz Arnold, THE JEALOUS GUYS

BLIND I SAYS GO! AUGUST 2010 • THE INTERLUDE

I really outdid myself with this one. This…..right here….is my…..most fluid, themed, consistent BISG compilation yet! August’s edition of Blind I Says GO! is giving love to the joints you love but forget to revisit….the Yin to the typical Yang of selections that jump out at us on out favorite records….yes that’s right, the INTERLUDE! When I came up with this concept I had a few special ones in mind that I’d always loved, but I had no idea I’d be able to pick 40 tracks that combined into an hour-long mindgasm of sonic delicacy. You like my wordplay I know you do. All the greats are here along for the ride too — 112, Little Brother, Hi-Tek, Usher, Talib Kweli, Sa-Ra, Brand New Funk, Justin Timberlake, Sonnymoon, I, CED, Common, Bilal, The Neptunes, N.E.R.D., Group Home, Outkast, SWV, Dwele, Drake, Missy Elliott, Kelis, Timbaland & Magoo, John Legend, Mayer Hawthorne, Yesterday’s New Quintet, Erykah Badu, Diddy, B.I.G., Madlib, Jay-Z, Janelle Monaé, Jake One, Dilla, Gang Starr, Dimlite, Dert, Constrobuz, Beat Maker Beat, Sol+10….I mean C’MON SON! You already know what you need to do.

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Track listing after the jump!

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Tags: 112, B.I.G., Beat Maker Beat, Bilal, Brand New Funk, CED, COMMON, Constrobuz, DERT, Diddy, DILLA, DIMLITE, drake, DWELE, Erykah Badu, Gang Starr, Group Home, HI-TEK, I, JAKE ONE, Janelle Monae, Jay-z, john legend, Justin Timberlake, Kelis, LITTLE BROTHER, MADLIB, Mayer Hawthorne, Missy Elliott, n.e.r.d., OUTKAST, Sa Ra, SOL+10, Sonnymoon, SWV, TALIB KWELI, THE NEPTUNES, Timbaland & Magoo, USHER, YESTERDAY'S NEW QUINTET

MEEZY LISTENIN’ VOL 10

AWWW FRESHLY BACK FROM a Fresh trip to New York ! BIG CITY , BIG LIGHTS, THE GAME IS TIGHT OUT THERE
so you know i had to keep it tight on Vol. 10 for all you lovely Blind I Kids.

Keep it love, Keep it You, Keep it connected, Keep YOU true!

Tracklisting and DL on the other side

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Tags: Anan Ryoko, BIG BOI, BLITZ THE AMBASSADOR, blu, BONOBO, Cee-lo, Curren$y, Cut Copy, Danny Brown, Donwill & Von Pea, drake, FLYING LOTUS, Grupo Batuque, J Period, JESSE BOYKINS III, Keys N Krates, mainframe, Martin Parks, MEEZY, MEEZYART, MELO X, NNEKA, ONRA, PROH MIC, Pugs Atomz, Q-TIP, REFLECTION ETERNAL, Sa Ra, SNOOP DOGG, STEVIE WONDER, THE ROOTS, ZO!

VIDEO: TAZ ARNOLD AKA TISA – SOUTHSIDE BLOOD CUZN FT. MAJOR

I have no clue how any of us here at Blind I missed this but just in case you all tweaked like we did here are the visuals so you, too, can get down with the get down.

Spotted at CreativeControl

Tags: HOOD LOVE, MAJOR, Sa Ra, SOUTHSIDE BLOOD CUZN, Taz Arnold, Tisa, Video

SA-RA LIVE AT THE ROXY 5/26

If you’re going to be in L.A. next week, make it happen!

Tags: L.A., Sa Ra, Shawn Chrystopher, THE ROXY

SHAFIQ | BILAL – CHEEBA [VIDEO]

Brand new video for Shafiq Husayn‘s “Cheeba” ft. Bilal, off of the critically acclaimed album “Shafiq En’ A-Free-Ka” released via Plug Research.  Directed by Kahlil Joseph, the video features a rare video appearance and performance from Bilal, who is also scheduled to release his long awaited full length album via Plug Research in the upcoming months.

Tags: Bilal, PLUG RESEARCH, Sa Ra, SHAFIQ HUSAYN

NO KNOWS DOPE | MARCH 20X

This month I decided to flip the script & keep it off this NKD. Get it? No scripts… just beats. Thus, No Knows Beats! From my favorite producers past, present & future. This cover is quite special to me as well because it is a painting of me done by my brother like no other Dee Jae Pa’este of Konscious Klothing & he was kind enough to let me use it for this months NKD art. (I mean… IT IS ME tho hahahaha). I have been bumping this all day while I was working on the back cover & it is damn good designing music… or work music… or whatever you use it for. Burn a CD, drop it on your mp3 players & cypher with your homies while you cruise the block or BBQ it up… or just stfu & listen.

A list of who’s on this batch & the DL after the J…

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Tags: 88 Keys, ALEX B, BENGA, BLACK MILK, Bullion, CASPA, CHIMPANZINAUTS, Daru Jones, DERT, DEVONWHO, DIMLITE, EDIT, ETURNAL DAWN, Exile, F.A.M.E., FLYING LOTUS, Gaslamp Killer, HI-TEK, J DILLA, JOOB, MADLIB, MAX KANE, MR.DIBIASE, MR.DJ, NKD, NO KNOWS DOPE, NOSAJ THING, PASHA BROWN, PHONOSAPIENS, RADIO RANDONE, RUSKO, Sa Ra, SAMIYAM, SHINY'S FOOD, SQUARE WEEZY, SWIZZ BEATS, TAPE MASTAH STEPH, WAAJEED

PHAROAHE MONCH | SHAFIQ HUSAYN | OM’MAS KEITH | SKID ROW SESSIONS (AUDIO FOOTAGE)

Ayo! So we had flubbed up a bit and posted the Art Don’t Sleep Skid Row Sessions on the double (which is understandable because it’s SO ill), but we just Voltroned and figured it out. Only difference in this post and the old one is that NO got ahold of the audio footage from the sessions! So indulge in that here, and hit the jump for the all-star lineup featured and the video if you haven’t already seen it!

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Tags: AINJOY, ALLA KOI, ART DONT SLEEP, blu, Brook d'Leau, GENE COYE, Miguel Atwood-Ferguson, Om'Mas Keith, PHAROAHE MONCH, Sa Ra, SHAFIQ HUSAYN, SKID ROW SESSIONS, STEPHEN "THUNDERCAT" BRUNER