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BLAKROC & DD172….

As the recent publicity surrounding Mos Def, Jay Electronica and Curren$y’s collaborative-side-group Center Edge Territory reached a feverish pitch in the viral music world, questions arose around the studio where said collaboration and countless other secret musical rendezvous are rumored to have occurred. Alas, Mr. Damon Dash, a very familiar face in the trend-setting music mogul world has been behind it all, providing artists with the DD172 space in Tribeca. DD172 seems to be a new hot-spot for brainstorming sessions, musical vanguard, and almost certainly a long, raucous line of eager artists wanting in to create their own masterpieces. For this is how musicians work. We are historians at heart, purists of our art form, and suckers for atmospheres where our creativity can flow at ease. Dash and DD172 have recently partnered up with rock group The Black Keys and artists like Mos Def, Zoe Kravitz, Raekwon, ODB, RZA, Ludacris, Pharoahe Monch, Billy Danze of M.O.P., Om’Mas Keith of Sa-Ra, Tash and more, to create the BlakRoc project, of which we recently posted a video clip on the site. Chicago-bred video mavens Coodie & Chike have spearheaded the coverage of the project as well as Creative Control. Pretty much a creative mash of great proportions! We’ll see what fruitful creations come from this space in the future, but one thing is presently sure: the future is bright for ideas of this magnitude, and I hope it spurs more individuals to create workspaces and projects similar to this one. Great music!

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MAIYA PRESENTS…RENDEZVOUS

Ay! Here I am again with another monthly installment.  Old joints +new ones+ weird ones=my formula. Lots of relationships have a curtain call once it gets warm right? But, the spring weather brings marvelous opportunities for fresh romance. Rendezvous. Sweet courtships. Walks in the park, you know? The good shit.

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MR. PAINT THE WHITE HOUSE BLACK

I JUST found out MC Breed past away on Nov 22nd & I feel like a fuckin piece of shit for not hearing about this sooner thus not tellin you all sooner, some of you right now are like WORD? WTF? HE DID? like me. The rest of you are like , yeah nigga u didnt know? We dropped the ball on this one… but I’m picking it back up and lettin it be known regardless!! Breed was that doode and his song Ain’t No Future In Your Frontin’ was my bro Tone & I’s schitt growin up in L dot A dot. Much respect to Breed & our deepest condolonces to his family, friends & fam.

As I just stated Ain’t No Future In Your Frontin’ was my schitt…

PEEP THE VID

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and about 4 years ago he was on a Dilla produced Slum Village track entitled Do You off SV’s Detroit Deli

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His fam released the following statement…

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FOR THE PRODUCERS – NAS ACAPELLAS

Had these stashed away for a rainy day and thought some producers could do interesting things with some classic Nas acapellas. The World Is Yours, Life’s A Bitch, Shootouts, Nas Is Like, You Know My Style, and The Setup. Partake!

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STEVIE!

So since $ & DIGGITY are killin it today with all this crack for Super Sunday…. i gotta get my stash out & put some in your pipe!

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LYRICIST LOUNGE SHOW!

God I wish they would bring this back. Wordsworth became one of my favorite MCs after this show. This episode is especially ill, Tash and Mos guest starring. I never could get right with Master Fuol though…  $

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From V.A. To P.A.

Before I get into this post I would like to introduce myself. Im JK and im the newest contributor here at Blind I. I used to have a blog called JBeMad and if your familiar with it, continue to expect similar things from me. For everyone else, expect things that are different from your standard blog fare. On with the show…

METHOD TO THE MADNESS: Philly + Virginia = Illmaticness

Certain things just go together. New York football teams playing in New Jersey, other things that don’t come to my mind, etc. Well, certain cities also go together. Philly and New York dislike each other when it comes to sporting events but the two cities came together musically to form the Rocafella dynasty. Detroit and L.A. hated each other before Isaiah Thomas needed saving and Magic Johnson peculiarly gained weight after being diagnosed with the HIV. Musically however, Detroit and L.A. formed Jaylib, Eminem and Dr.Dre’s gazillion dollar partnership and most recently, Black Milk and Bishop Lamont crafted a head nodder called Caltroit.

One partnership that is overlooked however is the one between Philly and Virginia. This combination created Philly’s Most Wanted’s “Get Down or Lay Down”, an album with great Neptunes beats and dull lyrics. But besides that, it created Star Trak. The Neptunes crew brought together Rosco P. Coldchain, a Philly rapper with an odd rhyme pattern and criminal background, Fam-Lay, a Virginian with a flow that leads one to believe that his blood pumps codeine, and the Clipse, a duo that is a personal favorite that formed a collective called The Re-Up Gang. Nevermind all this lead-in blah blah, these are artists that deserve more (enter anything) than they got. Enjoy the sounds.

Clipse: The Miscellaneous Collection Part 1

1) Goin’ Out – Faith Evans Ft. Pharrell & Clipse 2) Truth Or Dare – NERD Ft. Kelis & Pusha T 3) Am I High – NERD Ft. Malice 4) Stay With Me – Pharrell Ft. Pusha T 5) Loser – NERD Ft. Clipse 6) Hell Yeah Remix – Ginuwine Ft. R.Kelly, Baby & Clipse 7) Star – 702 Ft. Clipse Like I Love You – Justin Timberlake Ft. Clipse 9) Runaway – Nivea Ft. Clipse 10) Popular Thug – Kelis Ft. Clipse 11) Lose My Breath Remix – Destiny’s Child Ft. Clipse 12) So Sick – Natasha Ft. Clipse 13) The Call Remix – Backstreet Boys Ft. Clipse

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1) Operator – Ol’ Dirty Bastard Ft. Pharrell & Clipse 2) Hot – Rosco P. Coldchain Ft. Boo-Bonic & Pusha T 3) Im Serious – Clipse 4) Jokes On You – Fabolous Ft. Pusha T 5) Hot Damn Remix – Clipse Ft. Rosco P. Coldchain, Ab-Liva & Pharrell 6) What Happened To That Boy – Baby Ft. Clipse 7) One Blood Remix – The Game Ft. Clipse We Get Money – Clipse 9) Guns N Rose – Clipse 10) D’ Game – 504 Boyz Ft. Clipse 11) No Relief – Clipse Ft. Philly’s Most Wanted, Rosco P. Coldchain & Fam-Lay 12) Street Tax – Philly’s Most Wanted Ft. Clipse 13) Cross The Border Remix – Philly’s Most Wanted Ft. Pusha T & Fabolous 14) Click Clack – Slim Thug Ft. Pusha T

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Part 3

1) Blow – Notorious B.I.G. Ft. Clipse 2) Just A Memory – Notorious B.I.G. Ft. Clipse 3) Im A D-Boy – E-40 Ft. Clipse 4) Mr. Baller – Royce Da 5′9” Ft. Clipse 5) #1 Remix – Nelly Ft. Clipse & Postaboy 6) On My Shit – Clipse Ft. Stimuli, Kingpin Slim & Heron 7) Chevy Ridin’ High Remix – Clipse Show Her That You Got It – Clipse Ft. Fam-Lay & Mullyman 9) Come Go With Me – Pharrell Ft. Clipse 10) Where You At? – Freeway Ft. Clipse 11) No Time For No’s – Fam-Lay Ft. Clipse & Pharrell

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Part 4

1) B.L.O.W. – Rick Ross Ft. Clipse 2) Black Coffee Remix – All Saints Ft. Clipse 3) Everyday Remix – Angie Stone Ft. Clipse 4) Love Don’t Love Me Remix – Eric Benet Ft. Pharrell & Clipse 5) Milkshake Remix – Kelis Ft. Pharrell & Pusha T 6) Pussy – Clipse 7) Pussy Remix – Clipse Ft. Re-Up Gang Rock Your Body Remix – Justin Timberlake Ft. Pharrell, Clipse & Vanessa Marquez 9) Flashing Lights (Benzi Refix) – Clipse 10) Pass The Mic 11) The Hood Only – T-Hud Ft. Clipse 12) What Cha Wanna Do – Pras Ft. Kelis & Clipse 13) Cheers – Pharrell Ft. Clipse 14) Swag – Kardinal Offishal Ft. Pusha T & Lil’ Wayne

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Fam-Lay: The Shoulda Been Platinum Album

1) Rock N’ Roll
2) Rock N’ Roll Remix – Feat. Lil’ Flip
3) Famlay Freestyle (Bang Bang)
4) Bang Bang Part 2 – Feat. T.I. & Scarface
5) Da Beeper Record – Feat. Pharrell
6) Git Busy
7) Strung Out
Ambulance
9) No Time For No’s
10) This Is Living
11) Available
12) Fresh N’ Drivin’
13) Mr. Treat Your Nose (snippet)
14) Ain’t Heard Of That Freestyle
15) Head Bust
16) Hot Freestyle
17) No Relief

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Rosco P. Coldchain: The Shoulda Been Platinum Album Part 1

1) Delinquent
2) I Can’t Help
3) Hot Feat. Boo-Bonic & Pusha T
4) Give It Up
5) My Screws Loose
6) Box Of Bullets
7) Cot Damn – Clipse Feat. Rosco P Coldchain & Ab-Liva
Hot Damn – Clipse Feat. Rosco P Coldchain, Ab-Liva & Pharrell
9) One More Time
10) Digital World – Kelis Feat. Rosco P Coldchain
11) Pussy
12) Sick of Goin’ To War
13) Sun Will Shine

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Rosco P. Coldchain: The Shoulda Been Platinum Album Part 2

14) Welcome Back
15) Leave It Alone
16) Im Talkin’ To You
17) Itchin’ To Get Ya
18) Mask and Glove Style
19) Summer Breeze
20) What It’s All About
21) Don’t Take It Personal
22) Only God Can Judge Me
23) I’ma Kill This Nigga
24) I’m Not You – Clipse Feat. Rosco P Coldchain, Jadakiss & Styles P
25) Chinese New Year – Clipse Feat. Rosco P Coldchain
26) Trouble (Def Poetry)

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THE WU

01 Campfire 03:59
02 Take it back 04:12
03 get them out ya way pa 04:18
04 rushing elephants 03:01
05 unpredictable feat dexter wiggle 04:12
06 the heart gently weeps feat erykah badu dhani 05:37
harrison and john frusciante
07 wolves feat george clinton 04:16
08 gun will go feat sunny valentine 04:15
09 sunlight 03:22
10 stick me for my riches 06:08
11 starter feat sunny valentine and tashmahogany 04:13
12 windmill 04:31
13 weak spot 03:58
14 life changes 07:21
15 tar pit 04:57
16 16th chamber o.d.b special 02:45

Enjoy!

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THE ILLEST MIXTAPE OUT RIGHT NOW HANDS DOWN!!!

NO… Seriously. Cali’s Bishop Lamont & Detroit’s Black Milk

KILL THE FUCKIN MIXTAPE GAME WITH THIS RELEASE!!!

 It only seemed natural for this to happen, seeing it as the D & Cali have a very strong connection with the music.

This is all I’ve been playing since early Sat morning.

 1) Murda Hextro
2) CALTROiT ft Indef & Chevy Jones
3) I Need It ft. Tash & Ras Kass
4) Bang That Sh*t Out ft. Diverse
5) Mouth Music ft. Guilty Simpson & Busta Rhymes
6) On Top Now ft. Stat Quo & Dr. Dre
7) Juggernats Ft Young Dre, Glasses Malone, & 40 Glock
Goatit ft. Phat Kat, Elzhi (Slum Village)
9) Spectacular ft iLLa-J, Frank Nitty & Busta Rhymes
10) 4 All My Ni*%as ft. Planet Asia, Mista Fab & Ya Boy
11) Bad Girl

12) Inconvenient Truth

 13) Go Hard ft. Ras Kass & Royce Da 59
14) If You Ready ft. T3 (Slum Village) Kardanal Offishall & iLLa-J
15) Ret 2 Go ft. Ms Jade, Lady Of Rage & Peeps
16) Everything ft. Kardanal Offishall & Trek Life
17) Movie Star ft. Focus
18) Not The Way ft. Mike Ant
19) Bishop Lamont Outro

Enjoy!

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