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TALIB KWELI & RES as IDLE WARSHIP LIVE

Thats right, your favorite and ours will be performing live in SJ next Friday! This is a show NOT to be missed as they rarely come to our town.

Want tickets? Get the deets and tickets after the j.u.m.p.

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Tags: IDLE WARSHIP, LIVE @ THE PAGODA, RES, TALIB KWELI, UNGRAMMAR

MIXTAPE: EXILE – INTRO TO THE OUTRO

Saw the playlist for this and said WOOOOOOOOOOOO I GOTS ta post this one for yall. No seriously I did, especially since there’s an Emanon sighting. Exile and LRG went in on this one. Plenty of ‘sclusives for yall to boogie to. Soundcloud stream of the entire project below, and a Mediafire link for the entire project below that…and for you extra-difficult folks a back cover/tracklist even lower.

EXILE – INTRO TO THE OUTRO [DOWNLOAD]

Exile “Intro To The Outro” Mixtape by DIRTY SCIENCE

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Tags: ADaD, ALOE BLACC, Big Sean, blu, BUN B, Co$$, EMANON, Exile, FASHAWN, GUILTY SIMPSON, INTRO TO THE OUTRO, LRG, Lupe Fiasco, MED, MF DOOM, Mixtape, Mobb Deep, SEAN PRICE, TALIB KWELI

MEEZY LISTENIN’ VOL 18

Sup my people! Sorry for the delay on this one, I was in the lab cooking up a nice mix for you. Got alot of goodies on this Meezy Listening, it definitely rides nice. A nice mix to bring in the spring time with a bang! So enough of the small talk, lets get to the Music!! TL and DL on the other side! Enjoy!

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Tags: Curren$y & Alchemist, DICE RAW, DOM. Kennedy, ERK THA JERK, Francis and the Lights, FRANK OCEAN, FULL CRATE, Illmaculate x G_Force, Jean Grae, Kuddy LeBlanc & Sineo, Malik B., Miike Snow, PHAROAHE MONCH, Rockwell Knuckles, Roughsoul Beatz, taku, TALIB KWELI, THE ROOTS, The Weeknd, TV On The Radio

NO KNOWS DOPE | NO KNOWS BABIES | APRIL 20XI

Last Monday, April 11th at 10:43AM, my daughter Ajané arrived into the world. It was the most beautifulest thing in the world without a doubt. Being “on call” for the whole month of March & April kinda put a roadblock in my head as to what ‘theme’ I wanted to execute for Aprils NKD & as I pondered the thoughts I lowkey was already playing the soundtrack & not even knowing it. Playing songs that I felt related to what I was going through or have gone through or what I want to achieve as a man & as a father to my children. About a week before the 15th (sorry for the delay… been busy changing diapers n schitt. pun.) I finally decided to dedicate this months NKD to the babies. The children. The kids! But no… not on some Yo Gabba Gabba or Kids Sing Along schitt… naw… on some grown folks – grown biz – type of musical growth if you will. Whether you are a mother or a father, raising your sons or daughters, this edition goes harder to marauder & slaughter any biologicals that don’t bother. I breaks water! hahaha Naw pho trill tho… I’m on Cloud 9000 & 99! Blind I For The Kids… literally.

TL & DL after…

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Tags: Bilal, BRIAN MCKNIGHT, CHRIS ROCK, COMMON, CURTIS MAYFIELD, ED OG & DA BULLDOGS, Eric Roberson, GIL SCOTT-HERON, J DILLA, JAY DEE, JODECI, john mayer, Kanye West, Kelis, LAURYN HILL, LITTLE DRAGON, MARC DORSEY, Miguel Atwood-Ferguson, Musiq Soulchild, N.E.R.D, NEZ & RIO, NKD, ORGANIZED KONFUSION, SLICK RICK, SOJOURN, STEVIE WONDER, TALIB KWELI, TAPE MASTAH STEPH, THE BLACKBYRDS, THE TEMPTATIONS, Thenativesoul, TRACY MORGAN, XZIBIT, YAHZARAH, ZO!

KANYE WEST – CHAIN HEAVY FEAT. CONSEQUENCE & TALIB KWELI (PROD. BY Q-TIP)

Aw shit yesterday was Friday wasn’t it?

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KANYE WEST – CHAIN HEAVY [DOWNLOAD]

Tags: CHAIN HEAVY, Consequence, G.O.O.D. FRIDAY, Kanye West, Q-TIP, TALIB KWELI

MEEZY LISTENIN’ VOL 14

14 i mean the comp game is mean…
I cant believe there have been 14 of these beautiful babies spreading their musical wing in the world . There is alot of tasty joints on there. I know you will vibe out to this one. The cover represents not being afraid to chase your dreams, it’s kinda the whole vibe around our camp. Sometimes if you leap , the net will appear! Big up to fellow Blind I jedi’s & NO for putting me up on some heat. That guy knows his music. For now sit back and vibe out to MEEZY LISTENIN’ VOL 14 , TL on the other side….
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Tags: AB, Al Green ft John Legend, BAHAMADIA, BLACK MILK, CEE-LO GREEN, Colonel Red, DON PRAHFIT, Electric Wire Hustle, FULL CRATE, HARMONIZE, Haz Solo, HEZEKIAH, I CED, JESSE BOYKINS III, JIMIJAMES, KURL BOOGIE, LAZER SWORD, Mathien, Myka Nyne, N.E.R.D, NEMO, Reggie B, RUFIO, Saukrates, SLUM VILLAGE, SOSH, Stacy Epps, TABI BONNEY, TALIB KWELI, THE FOREIGN EXCHANGE, TheoMartins, Trijntje Oosterhuis, Wafeek

VIDEO: REFLECTION ETERNAL – LONG HOT SUMMER

Props to my homies Marco Bercasio and James McCloud for their work on Reflection Eternal‘s newest vid. Yeah it’s currently in the high 90′s here in San Jose. A long summer indeed.

Tags: DJ Hi-Tek, JAMES MCCLOUD, Marco Bercasio, REFLECTION ETERNAL, TALIB KWELI

SMKA PRESENTS: 2010 OFFICIAL A3C MIXTAPE

For those who don’t know A3C is an annual 3-day Hip Hop festival that takes place in the beginning of October here in Atlanta. And yes, it is as epic as it sounds. To help promote this year’s festival (taking place October 7th-9th) the good folks of SMKA have blessed the masses with this mixtape featuring some of the artist that will be performing. If you will be or can be somewhere in or around I-285 next weekend, do yourself a favor and cop a 3-day pass here so you, too, can partake in the awesomeness. Hit the jump for the tracklist and download link, and be sure to keep an eye out for Part 2, slated to drop October 5th.

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Tags: 2010, A3C, ALEON CRAFT, ANDRE NICKATINA, ATLANTA, BUN B, chaundon, CLOUDEATER, CROOKED I, CYMARSHALL LAW, Diamond District, EL DA SENSEI, Jean Grae, Joe Scudda, Killer Mike, LIL BOOSIE, Masspike Miles, Mistah Fab, PUNCHLINE, SENOR KAOS, SHA STIMULI, SMKA, SPECTAC, Styles P, TALIB KWELI, Termanology, Wordsworth, YO GOTTI

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.

PERAJOK & KANYE WEST PRESENTS: G.O.O.D ASS MIXTAPE

Here’s the complete mixtape that from Perajok and Kanye West that features the Kid Cudi track posted earlier in the week. Some pretty good tracks on here if I say so myself…no pun intended.

Tracklisting and download link down in the bomb shelter.

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Mr. Hudson – Love Never Dies

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Tags: AMBER ROSE, Big Sean, COMMON, Consequence, CYHI DA PRINCE, FONZWORTH BENTLEY, G.O.O.D. ASS MIXTAPE, GLC, john legend, Kanye West, Kid Cudi, Lil Wayne, Mr Hudson, PERAJOK, Really Doe, TALIB KWELI, Taz Arnold, Tony Williams