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BLING47 BREAKS DILLA EDITION: WAAJEED F. PHAT KAT

Our good homie Waajeed recently relaunched his Bling47.com site & it’s better, faster, stronger, fresher! We encourage all of you to add it to your bookmarks or homepage it if you havn’t already!

Bling47 Breaks takes you on a journey into samples used by J Dilla.  This original series is directed, filmed and edited by Waajeed himself. The 3^rd episode features him speaking about samples used in, “Featuring Phat Kat” from the BBE release, “Welcome To Detroit”. “This time marks an important phase in the relationship of our crew.  When the opportunity for a solo project came from Peter of BBE – it was another crack in the widening gap between Dilla and Slum Village.  J took the leap and made one of his most comprehensive projects to date.  “Featuring Phat Kat” is just one of the many hidden jewels on the album that would become, “Welcome 2 Detroit.”

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TA’RAACH – LEMONADE [GURU MIX]

All City Records continues their excellent LA Producers 10″ Series this time featuring Detroit native, Ta’Raach, and Mochilla co-founder Coleman for their 9th edition.  The limited edition 10″ vinyl is out now and will be hitting digital outlets on March 15th.

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Today enjoy the free mp3 download from Ta’Raach for the track “Lemonade (Guru Mix)”. Many maybe familiar with Ta’Raach’s work with J Dilla on “Welcome to Detroit”, his work with Waajeed on the first Platinum Pied Pipers album, his collaborative album with Blu for the group C.R.A.C., and his various solo work including his album “The Fevers.”

TA’RAACH – LEMONADE [GURU MIX] | DOWNLOAD

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Tags: ALL CITY RECORDS, Beats, blu, C.R.A.C., GURU, J DILLA, PLATINUM, TA'RAACH, WAAJEED

NO KNOWS DOPE | NO KNOWS BEATS 2 | JANUARY 20XI

This year marks the 5th anniversary of my No Knows Dope series (HOLY MEGABYTES BATMAN THE FIF’ YEAR!)… blessed! Thank you all for your continuous support of the NKD franchise as well as all the other $tunta$tic original compilations that the rest of the Blind I staff offers. Last years NKD concept was fun being able to do each month dedicated to one of my all time favorite artists or themes. This years method to the NKD madness is simple. Genres & sub-genres (according to me that is) all mixed & glitched by my good friend/brother & DJ W1shOne. This months edition is a sequel to last years No Knows Beats & this one is str8 up exclusive thruout! FIAH! All purpose music right here! 110% skip proof! I want to send some special Jedi respecognition to all my friends (I, Ced & Black Spade of Hawthorne Headhunters, SquareWeezy of The Bangerz, Haz Solo, Max Kane, Teeko, Malaguti & Colin Brown of 4OneFunk/F.A.M.E., Seven Davis Jr., DJ Dskrybe of Trademark, REL of D2S, Hayling, Waajeed and W1shOne & Sol Plus 10 of Sub Ren who came thru for me by blessing me with never before heard or released beats. I hope you enjoy this mix as much as W1sh & I had putting it together. This is only the beginning… 11 more to go! Stay TUNEd.

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Tags: 4ONEFUNK, 84 SKILLS, BLACK SPADE, COLIN BROWN, DEVONWHO, DISTORTION 2 STATIC, DJ DSKRYBE, F.A.M.E, FINESE, HAWTHORNE HEADHUNTERS, HAYLING, I CED, JNEIRO JAREL, JOOB, KLIPMODE, KNXWLEDGE, MALAGUTI, MAX JANE, NKD, NO KNOWS DOPE, Oriol, Rel, SAUCE81, SEVEN DAVIS JR., Sol Plus 10, SQUARE WEEZY, SUB REN, TEEKO, THE BANGERZ, TRADEMARK, W1SHONE, WAAJEED

MED | GUILTY SIMPSON | WAAJEED

The Ox & the D are back @ it again with this one! The homie ‘Jeed sent this heat they made for VTech over for us to bless y’all with. Med & Guilty go in on this one, they ain’t bragging or anything, but this IS fiah! DJ Romes on the mix. Jeedo on the artwork. You for the taking!

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MED x GUILTY SIMPSON x WAAJEED – AIN’T BRAGGING | DOWNLOAD

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DETROIT SUMMER / EMERGENCE – INVINCIBLE + WAAJEED

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NO KNOWS DOPE | APRIL 20X

1st… Muthafuck a bitch… Oh my bad.. It’s that love thang… © Like I told y’all before… I’m coming with a theme every NKD this year. Jan was on some o.g. NKD steez, Feb was No Knows Dilla, March was No Knows Beats & this month is dedicated to “love” thus, No Knows Love.  I kinda went in on this one. Forgive me, but I do it because you love it.

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Tags: ?uestlove, A TRIBE CALLED QUEST, AHMAD JAMAL, Amerie, BDP, Bilal, BLACK SPADE, BLU(E)., BOBBI HUMPHREY, CODY CHESNUTT, COMMON, Daru Jones, DERT, diana ross, DJ SPINNA, DONNY HATHAWAY, DONWILL, DUTCHMASSIVE, DWELE, ELUCID, Erykah Badu, GB, HOLLYWEERD, ILWIL, ILYAS, INTIMATE STRANGERS, Isley Brothers, J DILLA, James Poyser, Jazzanova, Jose Gonzales, Jose James, LITTLE BROTHER, LITTLE DRAGON, LMNO, MADLIB, MARK DE CLIVE-LOWE, Marvin Gaye, Median, MIKA ARISAKA, MR.J. MEDEIROS, n.e.r.d., Nas, NICOLAY, NKD, NO KNOWS DOPE, PETE ROCK & C.L. SMOOTH, PETER BROWN, PHAROAHE MONCH, PHONTE, PLATIN PIED PIPERS, PPP, PRINCE PAUL, PRROF, Q-TIP, Raphael Saadiq, RELL, ROB VIKTUM, SLUM VILLAGE, STRONG ARM STEADY, SUBLIMINAL RENAISSANCE, Tanya Morgan, TARA ELLIS, TEDDY PENDERGRASS, TEEDRA MOSES, TERRACE MARTIN, TETTORYBAD, The Beatles, THE BLACKBYRDS, THE FORIEGN EXCHANGE, THE GAP BAND, The Randy Watson Experience, VIKTER DUPLAIX, VON PEA, WAAJEED, YESTERDAY'S NEW QUINTET, YUNGUN AKA ESSA, YUTI, ZZ HILL

NO KNOWS DOPE | MARCH 20X

This month I decided to flip the script & keep it off this NKD. Get it? No scripts… just beats. Thus, No Knows Beats! From my favorite producers past, present & future. This cover is quite special to me as well because it is a painting of me done by my brother like no other Dee Jae Pa’este of Konscious Klothing & he was kind enough to let me use it for this months NKD art. (I mean… IT IS ME tho hahahaha). I have been bumping this all day while I was working on the back cover & it is damn good designing music… or work music… or whatever you use it for. Burn a CD, drop it on your mp3 players & cypher with your homies while you cruise the block or BBQ it up… or just stfu & listen.

A list of who’s on this batch & the DL after the J…

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Tags: 88 Keys, ALEX B, BENGA, BLACK MILK, Bullion, CASPA, CHIMPANZINAUTS, Daru Jones, DERT, DEVONWHO, DIMLITE, EDIT, ETURNAL DAWN, Exile, F.A.M.E., FLYING LOTUS, Gaslamp Killer, HI-TEK, J DILLA, JOOB, MADLIB, MAX KANE, MR.DIBIASE, MR.DJ, NKD, NO KNOWS DOPE, NOSAJ THING, PASHA BROWN, PHONOSAPIENS, RADIO RANDONE, RUSKO, Sa Ra, SAMIYAM, SHINY'S FOOD, SQUARE WEEZY, SWIZZ BEATS, TAPE MASTAH STEPH, WAAJEED

DANNY BROWN – DETROIT STATE OF MIND 4 (MIXTAPE)

Yeah Mon , Rappers I Know presents the new mixtape from Motown emcee  Danny Brown whose album” The Hybrid”  is dropping on March 16th. With features from Guilty Simpson, Trick Trick, T3 (Slum Village) and production from Black Milk, Waajeed, DJ Babu, Danny! and more this is worth the download. spotted @ 2dbz

Tracklist + Download link after the jump…

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Tags: Apollo Brown, BLACK MILK, Caz 1, Danny Brown, Denmark Vessey, Detroit Hip Hop, Detroit State of Mind 4, DJ Babu, EXCLUSIVE, Exclusive's that matter, GUILTY SIMPSON, Mosel, QUELLE, Trick Trick, WAAJEED

NO KNOWS DOPE | JAN 20X

New month. New year. New decade. New NKD. New cover scheme. New sounds. Knew sounds. It’s what you’ve come to expect & then some. List of tracks & DL after the bounce, rock, sk8…

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Tags: ALEX B, BLACK MILK, BRENDAN PHILIP, CARLITTA DURRAND, Chromeo, Don Cannon, F.A.M.E., FLYING LOTUS, Ghostface, Gucci Mane, GUILTY SIMPSON, HOUSE SHOES, INSPECTAH DECK, IRON CHIEF, J DILLA, J Period, J*DAVEY, J.COLE, JAY DEE, Jay Electronica, JIMIJAMES, Joy Orbison, LAZER SWORD, MADLIB, Mayer Hawthorne, Method Man, MF DOOM, Mos Def, NAOKI KENJI, NEMO, NNEKA, NOSAJ THING, OWUSU & HANNIBAL, PLASTIC LITTLE, RAEKWON, REFLECTION ETERNAL, SLUM VILLAGE, Sonnymoon, STRANGE FRUIT PROJECT, STS9, Tanya Morgan, The 3rd, The Cool Kids, THE MOMENTS, THE WHATNAUTS, TRACKADEMICKS, TREASURE FINGERS, VIKTER DUPLAIX, WAAJEED, WALE, WEENSEY, YOUNG RJ

FOOTAGE: THE MAKING OF WAAJEED’S REMIX OF MAYER HAWTHORNE’S “GREEN EYED LOVE”

The good folks at Bling47 drop by some video footage of the construction of Waajeed x Mayer Hawthorne’s “Green Eyed Love” remix. And if you haven’t heard it yet, check out the stream below…

I’ll let them tell it:

Waajeed takes you into the production process for his remix of Mayer Hawthorne’s latest single, “Green Eyed Love”. Filmed and edited by Waajeed himself, he takes us on a personal trip to uncover how the bright lights and crowded streets in New York City’s own Times Square served as inspiration. Track by track, instrument by instrument we watch how the music unfolds to a final composition.

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