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NO KNOWS DOPE | NO KNOWS NOSTALGIA | MAY 20XI

So this was an idea I had back in 2007. $ even made me a cover & everything & I never put it out. I decided to pull from that & make this to give y’all for this months edition of NKD, thus we going back in time, to a place where I was coming up as a MC I bumped the schitt outta everything on this edition. Broken tape decks & everythang! This past Saturday I was up @ my DJ W1shOne’s Audio Playground all day working on a mix of this for y’all but was not able to complete it the way I wanted to within such a short time, thus, expect a mix with songs that are not on this to be intertwined with some of these songs & more a lil down the road this year. Ill drop it randomly so stay TUNEd for that. Until then, go inside my mind/ears & enjoy some NOstalgia.

TL & DL after the after…

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Tags: A TRIBE CALLED QUEST, A.T.B.A.N. KLANN, ANOTHA LEVEL, Black Moon, Black Sheep, BRAND NUBIAN, CAMP LO, Canibus, COMMON, CRU, DERELIKS, Digable Planets, ERULE, FREESTYLE FELLOWSHIP, Group Home, HELTAH SKELTAH, Jeru The Damaja, Keith Murray, KWEST THA MADD LADD, LPG, MADLIB, Mobb Deep, PETE ROCK & C.L. SMOOTH, SOULS OF MISCHIEF, THE NONCE, THE NOTORIOUS B.I.G., THE PHARCYDE, THE ROOTS, THE TUNNEL RATS, TRACEY LEE, Y'ALL SO STUPID, YAGGFU FRONT

HIEROGLYPHICS – REPUTATION

Bay-Area super group Hieroglyphics are back in a big way, releasing a new song “Reputation” in conjunction with a series of paintings inspired by the group from When Art Imitates Life (W.A.I.L.) – Hiero served as the guiding creative force behind the Hieroglyphics Legacy and Monument Series paintings. From music to art to clothing collaborations, and more, the legendary Hiero crew has certainly earned quite a “Reputation,” and the aptly named song celebrates the Hiero legacy. This no-frills track is all about the flow; synthy guitar riffs and bare bones beats leave the listener free to focus on the killer verses – these seasoned veterans need no embellishment. “Sorry that we kept you waiting… sort of like a test of patience/had to come up with the best arrangement,” A-Plus tells fans, who definitely won’t hold the group’s absence against them with a new track out and their upcoming West Coast tour to look forward to.

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Tour dates & DL after the jump…

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Tags: A-PLUS, casual, DEL THA FUNKY HOMOSAPIEN, DOMINO, Hieroglyphics, OPIO, SOULS OF MISCHIEF, TAJAI

LUKE VIBERT – BONAFIDE BEATS

Luke muthafunkin’ Vibert! The doode who made one of my favorite tracks that I ever put on a NKD…

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Well the good folks over @ Bonafide Magazine have been putting out a series entitled Bonafied Beats, and for Vol.6 they called on the talents of Luke Vibert. The schitt is like hoppin in a DeLorean of 1.21 gigawatts to late 98/early 99. In Bonafide’s words…

Fresh from carbonite, the next mix in the Bonafide Beats series is certified vintage, having been in storage since Prince was partying in 1999. Washing up on the silicon shores of Luke Vibert’s hard drive some ten or more years since it was made, this mix captures the vibrancy of underground hip-hop on the cusp of the new millennium. With the ‘golden-era’ fast disappearing in the rear-view mirror, here we see one-time independent outfits such as Company Flow and Slum Village take a breath and prepare to dive deeper, making way for Fiddy and co. to lurch in and plunder all that glamour and gold offered up to the new millennium ‘gangster’ rappers.

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Tags: A TRIBE CALLED QUEST, Company Flow, DJ SPINNA, Doug E. Fresh, Gang Starr, GRAND PUBA, HMM, J-TREDS, KOOL KEITH, LUKE VIBERT, NKD, ORGANIZED KONFUSION, PACEWON, PHAROAHE MONCH, POLYRHYTHM ADDICTS, Q-TIP, RAHZEL, SCREWBALL, SIR MENELIK, SLUM VILLAGE, SOULS OF MISCHIEF, THE BROTHERS, TRUCK TURNER

VIDEO: SOULS OF MISCHIEF – WON ONE

Hiero’s 4 man tag team brings the visuals to the Prince Paul produced Won One.

Tags: Hieroglyphics, PRINCE PAUL, SOULS OF MISCHIEF

LIVE @ THE GOOD LIFE CAFE

Yup. All Cali heads already know. Whether The Bay or L.A. respecognition has been given to the O.G.’s from L.A.’s underground who birthed many styles worldwide. This is a collection of tapes… yes… tapes. Tapes that have been digitally transfered for our listening pleasures. All live sessions from the health cafe called “The Good Life” where MC’s gathered together on Thursday nights to flex their skills in front of their peers & current torch holders of style. There is actually a very dope documentary that was made on The Good Life that you should peep as well to get a lil more insight.I mean everyone from Freestyle Fellowship, Abstract Rude, Volume 10, Ganjah K, Chali 2NA, Born Allah, Funky Trend, Big Al, Medusa, NgaFshMedusa, Riddlore, & so many more. Peep…

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TL & DL after the jump…

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Tags: 2MEX, A-TEAM, Abstract Rude, ACEYALONE, ALL CULTURE, Big Al, BIZ MARKIE, Born Allah, CHALI 2NA, CHU CHU, ELLAY KHULE, FREESTYLE FELLOWSHIP, Funky Trend, Ganjah K, HIP HOP KCLAN, MC SERCH, Medusa, MIKAH 9, MISAI, NgaFshMedusa, O.G. L.A. SCHITT, P.E.A.C.E., PROJECT BLOWED, Riddlore, RIFLEMAN, SELF JUPITER, SESQUAPADILLION, SOULS OF MISCHIEF, the good life, TRAY LOC, Volume 10

MEEZY’S NECK BRACE [BIRTHDAY EDITION]

Man, 34 years on this planet. So in honer of my mom and pops getting down 34 years ago,  I had to enlist the help of my “brother -like-no-other” NO to bring you 34 tracks of that “Break ya neck , can’t understand why I’m bobbin’ my head so much  good music” .
So even though it’s my B-Day , you are the one who gets the gift!

Warning: This Compilations hits so hard  you will be bobbin’ your head so much you might need a NECK BRACE!

Track List & DL after the jump…

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Tags: 1-O.A.K., BLACK THOUGHT, CHIP THA RIPPER, Clipse, CORY GUNZ, Curren$y, DERT FLOYD, DJ Krush, DON PRAHFIT, EMINEM, HAWTHORNE HEADHUNTERS, HUDSON MOHAWKE, ILLMIND, J*DAVEY, Juvenile, Kid Cudi, MADLIB THE BEAT KONDUCTA, Mary J. Blige, MEEZY, MEEZYART, MEL, NAMETAG, NKD, NO, NOSAJ THING, Obie Trice, PAC DIV, PROH MIC, R.O.D., RAEKWON, Redman, SADE, SAREEM POEMS, SOULS OF MISCHIEF, STRONG ARM STEADY, Sulaiman, T-BOZ, TAKE

NO KNOWS DOPE – DECEMBER 2009

The last of the mohicans… or shall I say NKD’s for oh nina! I wanna say thank you to my brother like no other $ulaiman for not only droppin’ one of the illest mix/albums in a minute but for making good on our bet. Which was, had he lost (& he did) then he would have to make all the covers for NKD for 2009 & he did just that. So… thank you $ir. Never bet against my Lakers again hahahaha Anyways y’all.. it’s Christmastime & I come through with the come thru bearing gifts.

Tracks & DL after after…

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Tags: AYOMARI, Az, blakroc, BRAINWASH PROJECTS, Clipse, CRU, DERELIKS, Diamond District, DIBIASE, DIMLITE, DRES, Erykah Badu, FABOLOUS, FLYING LOTUS, GABY HERNANDEZ, GEORGIA ANNE MULDROW, Hieroglyphics, HUBERT LAWS, HUD MO, J DILLA, James Pants, KAY O1O, KEV CHOICE, Marvin Gaye, MERRY CHRISTMAS PINCHES!, MF DOOM, Mos Def, NICOLE HURST, NKD, NO KNOWS DOPE, NOSAJ THING, O.C., PAC DIV, PHONTE, PIGEON JOHN, PLASTIC LITTLE, PRINCE PAUL, RED CAFE, SLUM VILLAGE, SOL+10, SOULS OF MISCHIEF, STEVIE WONDER, STRONG ARM STEADY, Sulaiman, Tanya Morgan, TARIKA BLUE, TiRon, TOUGH JUNKIE, YOUNG RJ, YU

DEL | EL MICHELS AFFAIR

So it goes like this… El Michels Affair dropped their Enter The 37th Chamber which consisted of them playing out live instrumatation versions of some of the Wu Classics. NOW… they Enter The 38th Chamber. A chamber that invites MC’s such as Diamond District, Del The Funky Homosapien, A-Plus of Souls of Mischief, Kam Moye, Nightclubber Lang of Boom Bap Project, Sandpeople, Von Pea of Tanya Morgan & much more. This is Bay Areas own Del The Funky Homosapien‘s take on Bring Da Ruckus

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DOWNLOAD DEL | EL – BRING DA RUCKUS [AUDIBLE TREATS]

Peep Diamond District’s PJ’s Remix & DL after the J…

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Tags: A-PLUS, AUDIBLE TREATS, BOOM BAP PROJECT, Del The Funky Homosapien, Diamond District, EL MICHELS AFFAIR, FAT BEATS, Hieroglyphics, KAM MOYE, NIGHTCLUBBER LANG, ODDISEE, SANDPEOPLE, SOULS OF MISCHIEF, Tanya Morgan, URB.COM, VON PEA, X.O., YU

CHOSEN FEW | OPIO | PEP LOVE

Dope song from Chosen Few’s upcoming  Hiero-backed album featuring Hiero’s own Opio & Pep Love entitled Girl’s Gone Wild.

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[AUDIBLE TREATS]

eNjOy!

Tags: AUDIBLE TREATS, CHOSEN FEW, Hieroglyphics, OPIO, PEP LOVE, SOULS OF MISCHIEF

VIDEO: SOULS OF MISCHIEF – PROPER AIM

Souls Of Mischief! Enough Said! Montezuma’s Revenge is available today via Hiero Imperium Records.

Tags: SOULS OF MISCHIEF