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SHAFIQ HUSAYN – DNA (SPLICE MIX 3)

Shafiq Husayn of SA-RA drops this here gem as a part of All City Records final LA 10″ x 10 series. For those who have been keeping up with it, the series has produced some pretty dope records and this definitely follows suit. Download link and stream below, and click HERE to cop up on the final installment.

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SHAFIQ HUSAYN – DNA (SPLICE MIX 3) [DOWNLOAD]

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I, CED – ALL IN MY MIND

So the homie I, Ced has been busy lately! Recently dropped another mixtape on his site, Move Next Media a completely different mixtape for the homie KNNY FRSH‘s site FRSH SLCTS  & today his solo album, All In My Mind debuted on Record Breakin’ Music.  Peep Angel (She’s Like Magic), a bonus track that is not on the album & that you can DL on the strenf’…

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Yeah, so you already know that All In My Mind is THAT album & you must cop that imeeeeeeeeeeeejiatley! & hit the jump for the other two free mixtapes I was tellin you about.

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FREQUENCY | ALI SHAHEED MUHAMMAD & THE MIGHTY SA-RA LIVE! [TICKET GIVEAWAY]

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…

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Tags: A TRIBE CALLED QUEST, ALI SHAHEED MUHAMMAD, frequency, LUCY PEARL, MIGHTY, Om'Mas Keith, Sa-Ra Creative Partners, SHAFIQ HUSAYN, Taz Arnold, V-TECH

SONNYMOON SIGNS WITH PLUG RESEARCH

Congratulations to our good friends Dane & Anna, better known as Sonnymoon, for  signing to one of todays leading labels in future sound; Plug Research! Plug Research is home to artists such as Bilal, Exile, Flying Lotus, Om’Mas Keith & Shafiq Husayn of Sa-Ra Creative Partners & Quadron just to name a few. Since late 2009, it has been a roller coaster ride  for them as they have made a noise louder than bombs with their free debut album they asked us to drop on Christmas, to performing @ SXSW, to getting remixed by Melo-X, to J*Davey twitting their appreciation for witnessing the “whiter & trippier version” of them, to now signing with a label that pushes the envelope on creativity and delivers each artists vision with quality. We here @ Blind I are proud of our folks! Congrats & Jedi Respecognition & LET’S GOOOOOO!!!

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

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Tags: ANNA WISE, Bilal, DANE ORR, Exile, FLYING LOTUS, Om'Mas Keith, PLUG RESEARCH, Quadron, Sa-Ra Creative Partners, SHAFIQ HUSAYN, Sonnymoon

LABEL LOVE 001

Nowadays, labels get a bad wrap for clinging so tightly to their music, and understandably so. But, the folks in charge at Ubiquity, Fania, Plug Research, ESL, Now Again, Tru Thoughts and Bastard Jazz have all pitched in tracks for Label Love 001. It features music from folks like Quadron, Shafiq Husayn, Bilal, Quantic, Dimlite and other international acts.  Very jazzy. Check out their websites and browse through their artist rosters. We feature some of them on our monthly mixes.

Dibble dabble with the streams and see what you like.

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BLIND I FOR THE KIDS PRESENT… QUALITY>QUANTITY

QUALITY OVER QUANTITY: having preference to better things, as opposed to more things. – UrbanDictionary

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Late last year Blind I put action behind a dream which was to do an album with a handful of artists that we love. This was even before we went out to SXSW & did our Quality showcase. Our motto has always been “Quality Over Quantity,” & we take that very seriously around these parts. You can tell from each staff member’s individual comps to the posts we make. You can go to many sites & see the same thing. You come here & see something different. You have respecognized this since we stepped onto the scene 4 years ago and have become our beloved “faithful.” We appreciate you all. In honor of you all & for those who don’t know about the Blind I movement, we offer you Quality>Quantity The Album. This album features all brand new exclusive heat from 1-O.A.K., Black Spade, Brittany Street, Co$, Danny Brown, DaVinci, Dert, Devonwho, F.A.M.E, Haz Solo, House Shoes, iLL-Literacy, JimiJames, Joob, Joya Mooi, Noahdeeakili & Sulaiman (C’mon Son… like WE weren’t finna fitz to get on our own schitt), Onra, Penguin Prison, Peter Hadar, Shafiq Husayn, Shawn Jackson, Sonnymoon, Tabi Bonney, The Bangerz & The Primeridian.

On behalf of the entire Blind I staff… we are proud to present to you… QUALITY>QUANTITY THE ALBUM.

DOWNLOAD: BLIND I FOR THE KIDS PRESENT… QUALITY>QUANTITY THE ALBUM [BANDCAMP]

Tags: 1-O.A.K., BLACK SPADE, BLIND I, blindiforthekids, Brittany Street, Co$$, Danny Brown, DAVINCI, DERT, DEVONWHO, F.A.M.E, Haz Solo, HOUSE SHOES, Ill-Literacy, JIMIJAMES, JOOB, JOYA MOOI, Noahdeeakili & Sulaiman, ONRA, Penguin Prison, Peter Hadar, QUALITY OVER QUANTITY, QUALITY!, QUALITY>QUANTITY, SHAFIQ HUSAYN, SHAWN JACKSON, Sonnymoon, TABI BONNEY, THE BANGERZ, THE PRIMERIDIAN

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

SHAFIQ HUSAYN FEATURING FATIMA-LIL GIRL

Gotta love Shafiq for acknowledging the black queens. Fatima is a dope singer. Looking forward to hearing more from her.

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MEEZY LISTENIN’ VOL 3

Ahh it’s Thanksgiving.. and there is so much good music to be thankful for.
This month i have selected a array of artist that you may have heard before…but just not like this.
You know here at blind I we keeps it fresh.  So enough of the small talk… let’s get to the getttin.
Tracklisting and Link on the other side.
GOBBLE GOBBLE!

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Tags: ALBE BACK, Beanie Sigel, Beatropolis, blakroc, drake, Groundation, Idle Warship + Mick Boogie, Ivan Da Terrible, IZZA KIZZA, Jadakiss, Jae Millz, Kelis, LITTLE DRAGON, Marvin Gaye, MEEZY, MEEZYART, Mistah F.A.B, Mr Hudson, NE-YO, Quadron, RES, SHAFIQ HUSAYN, Silhouette Brown, TERRACE MARTIN, THA DOGG POUND, THE FOREIGN EXCHANGE, Timbaland, Timbaland & Magoo, WALE, Wiz Khalifa, Wyclef Jean

BILAL LIVE PERFORMANCE- “LEVELS”

I had the pleasure of catching this performance during CMJ week in NYC. Bilal was one of the most anticipated artists to hit the stage that night and as usual he tore it down. “Levels” is from his forthcoming album via Plug Research. I love the way it begins.

Shouts to VTech for the footage. If someone gives me this leak I’m not even going to cheat and download. Gotta support real artistry.

Enjoy!

Tags: Bilal, BLIND I, CMJ, LEVELS, PHAROAHE MONCH, PLUG RESEARCH, SHAFIQ HUSAYN, VTECH