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MAIYA PRESENTS…SEASONS

Sometimes we’ve done seasonal compilations that have been more literal, but to me these songs just take me to that place. The leaves are falling and the temperature is lowering. Old memories are phasing out to create room for new experiences.

Tracks/link next door.

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Tags: ALEX GOOSE, BLIND I, CAMP LO, Compilation, DAMU THE FUDGEMUNK, FAT JON, KAMELEON BEATS, LONNIE LISTON SMITH, MAIYA PRESENTS...SEASONS, MF DOOM, OUTKAST, PHAT KAT, PPP, SHAFIQ HUSAYN, SHAUNISE, THE ASTRONOTES, The Randy Watson Experience, Theophilus London, Tiombe Lockhart

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

PUT ME ON IT PRESENTS…WE LOVE VOL. 1 & 2

Our good friends over at Put Me on It compiled a dope mix with new music from our favorite artists.  As you can see from the tracklisting, this will make a great addition to your iPod as you usher the Winter in. Be on the lookout for more from Amelia, since she will be contributing and the bringing the London flavor to Blind I. Cheers!

Links after the jump.

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Tags: Big Pooh, Bilal, BLIND I, BREAKSTRA, BUG, CAM'RON, Clipse, COMPILATIONS, DABYRE, Dam Funk, DEE DEE SHARP GAMBLE, Diamond District, Exile, FLAKO F/ AMENTA, HUDSON MOHAWKE, HYPNOTIC BRASS ENSEMBLE, Janelle Monae, NNEKA, ORCHESTRE POLY RYTHMO, PUT ME ON IT, SHAFIQ HUSAYN, VOL. 2, VOL.1, WE LOVE

HOUSE SHOES – THE SHIMMY

Blind I Fam & fave House Shoes brings us another flyer than insects rockin’ pants with the zipper down type of mix for that ass. Along with the good folks over @ The Find Magazine (peep if u sleepin!) they present The Shimmy!

DL & Track List after the Va J-J…

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Tags: 14KT, 9th Wonder, Alchemist, BLACK MILK, BRENK, drake, ELZHI, Exile, FABOLOUS, FASHAWN, GHOSTFACE KILLAH, HELTAH SKELTAH, HEX MURDA, HOUSE SHOES, JACK SAMPLE PROS, M-PHAZES, MADLIB, NOTTZ, OH NO, PETE ROCK, PHONTE, QUELLE, ROC MARCIANO, ROYACE DA 5'9, SEAN PRICE, SELFSAYS, SHAFIQ HUSAYN, SHAWN JACKSON, SOULQUARIANS, STRONG ARM STEADY, THE FIND MAGAZINE, TY, WAAJEED

SHAFIQ HUSAYN EPKS 1+2: VIDEO

The first video hit the blogs some time ago but the latest  is now making its rounds. These interviews provide insight into Shafiq’s musical career/credits and the thought process behind his album, Shafiq En’ A-Free-Ka. The L.A. cats are definitely bringing a unique collaborative energy to the table. Looking forward to the rest of the 7 videos. More after the drop.

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Tags: BLIND I, EPK, Interview, SHAFIQ EN' A-FREE-KA, SHAFIQ HUSAYN, THUNDERCAT, Video

NO KNOWS DOPE – OCTOBER 2009

…& ya just don’t stop… back like a bad dream like I never left…Ya kNOw what time it cuz you iz da faithful… why I am typing “ghett-right”? I have no idea.  Anyways, this one goes out to all the purists of sound & the respecognition of listening to an album from beginning to end. If a track had to much damn dead space @ the end of a track I took that batch out. If a song was dope as fuck in a mix that I loved I got that schitt up in this piece! You don’t play when it comes to your NKD & therefore I vow to never play either.

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I send no apologies for this months edition of NKD. It is – what it is (male quote of the century) “of course my goons is astounding, niqqa I used the Auto-Tune™ because I’m clownin’!”

Track List & DL after the bounce, rock, roller-sk8…

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Tags: 88 Keys, 9th Wonder, ANDRE 3000, ATTICA BLUES, Bilal, Bullion, Cee-lo, Colin Munroe, COMMON, De La Soul, DERT, DEVONWHO, DIMLITE, DIVERSE, DR. WHO DAT?, ELZHI, Exile, FINALE, GEORGIA ANNE MULDROW, GUILTY SIMPSON, HI-TEK, INVINCIBLE, J DILLA, J MITCHELL, JAKE ONE, JAY DEE, JNEIRO JAREL, JOE SAMPLE, Karriem Riggins, LITTLE BROTHER, MADLIB, Mick Boogie, NO KNOWS DOPE, NOTTZ, OH NO, ROYAL FLUSH, ROYCE DA 5'9, ROZZI DAME, Sa Ra, SHAFIQ HUSAYN, SHAWN JACKSON, SOJOURN, SPANK POPS, STEREOLAB, THE AB'S, THE PROCUSSIONS, THES ONE, ty & kory

SHAFIQ | GARTH TRINIDAD

Last Wed I had the pleasure of catching the brilliant Shafiq Husayn along side his 2/3 SA-RA member Om’Mas Keith @ The Lounge & all I can say was it was like hearing a soundtrack to my moods. Shafiq seems to always bring a certain mood to each track he either spins or creates. You should really get his album if you havnt already. Music aficionado Garth Trinidad mixes the brilliance of Mr.Husayn lovely in this podcast brought to you by the good folks over @ Plug research.

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Tags: GARTH TRINIDAD, Om'Mas Keith, PLUG RESEARCH, Sa-Ra Creative Partners, SHAFIQ HUSAYN, Taz Arnold

SHAFIQ HUSAYN | OM’MAS KEITH | SA-RA | LIVE [SJ]

You know one of Blind I’s faves are the ever so brilliant and boundary pushing Sa-Ra Creative Partners. Two thirds of the crew Om’Mas Keith & Shafiq Husayn, who is droppin’ his solo schitt on the 6th and NOT to be slept on, will be in the house like an appliance droppin that next level science! Ungrammar does it again by bringing out only the illest to the bay. Your presence is required if you live on that other side of the musical fence where the soundtrack TO THAT side of the fence is Shafiq & Om’Mas.

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See you there.

Tags: D1ME, FAHRENHEIT, MERK, MUSIC THAT WILL CHANGE YOUR PINCHE LIFE, Om'Mas Keith, PLUG RESEARCH, Sa Ra, Sa-Ra Creative Partners, SAN JOSE, SHAFIQ HUSAYN, THE LOUNGE, THE SLAPNASTIES, UNGRAMMAR

FOOTAGE: SKID ROW SESSIONS

This is great music! A recent music session with the likes of Pharoahe Monch, Shafiq Husayn, Om’Mas Keith, Brook d’Leau, and others….crazy!

Tags: Brook d'Leau, Om'Mas Keith, PHAROAHE MONCH, SHAFIQ HUSAYN

SHAFIQ HUSAYN-EN’ A-FREE KAH

It takes a certain kind of ear to really appreciate the kind of music Sa-Ra creates. It’s a  neo-psychedelic mash-up, often paired with very smooth vocals from singers like Noni Limar. I was delighted to get my hands on Shafiq Husayn’s En’ A-Free Kah teaser. Sa-Ra fans will appreciate the familiarity, but he tweaks it to reflect his own style. I enjoy this more from the middle to the end of the sampler. Peep for yourself. Album drops in Oct.

Shafiq Husayn-Nirvana

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