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CLOUDEATER – GREATEST TRAGEDY EP [DOWNLOAD]

Jade – Beautiful Problems
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As taken from her Myspace:

“Jade is passionate about her music. She lives and breathes it.” Jade’s father replies when asked about his daughter’s chosen career. “She was born to sing. She’ll die doing it.” Nepotism aside, after hearing her voice it doesn’t take long to see what he’s talking about. Jade has a giant spirit to match her giant voice and the ability to transport her listener to a transcendent state of head bobbing and lip sync-ing very few artists can do.

Born and raised in Brooklyn, a pastors daughter, Jade grew up in a non-traditional Puerto Rican household, “I wish I knew more Spanish and how to cook rice. Mom made Chinese food and blasted Gloria Gaynor.” Music is something that came very naturally to Jade early on, “especially in the shower…at the top of my lungs.” Soon, she began to sing in places outside the confines of her bathroom, and it wasn’t long after that, she began to write her own songs and create her own soundtrack. “It is the process of telling stories,” which she says, “is one of the most amazing gifts anyone can have.”

More info, the poll, and Jade’s “It’s My Heart, Cookie: EP after the jump.

Following her musical ambitions, Jade attended the prestigious La Guardia High School for Performing Arts, majoring in vocals and graduating in 2003. Shortly thereafter, she was signed to a production company and was given the opportunity to flex her songwriting muscles. This was short lived as she was then signed to Pharrell’s “Star Trak” label. Ultimately, Jade parted ways after a year, “I felt like a benchwarmer…No, I was a benchwarmer. I expected more from myself.”

Starting fresh, Jade is writing the songs she wants to write. Jade’s songs focus on the human condition. With each song she manages to tap into a different facet of herself to express multiple perspectives on love, growth, change, faith, and “everything else that makes us human. I like to focus on emotion: visceral and raw. That’s what life is about. But good music is good music, right? Right!?”

It’s safe to say Jade knows what she wants and she appears to be getting it: playing regularly all over the city to an exploding fan base at venues such as BB Kings, SOB’s, the Knitting Factory, Europa, Club Element, and city wide music events such as the Brooklyn Hip Hop festival and Howl festival, as well as having opened for notables Lupe Fiasco and Slick Rick. Along with her many shows, she has just wrapped up her EP entitled, “It’s my heart, cookie.” with production from J. Carmelli, Precize (GFCNY), and Inglish (The Cool Kids) and features Theophilus London.

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The homie Roosevelt Treasurechest sent this over to me today, and I’ve been on the fence about Dave Coresh for awhile now. He’s a young cat from Chicago who’s been doing his thing in terms of projects and performances, and as you know Blind I is for the Kids, so I had to give him a shot on the site. This is his 2nd installement of the Boy Wonder mixtape series, and I wanted to get the opinion of the Blind I family with this jawn. One thing that is refreshing about this young cat is, he’s not rhyming over other people’s beats! I’m gonna drop a standout stream for you guys to peep, and you can vote Hot Or Not after the jump, plus peep the tracklisting & download the entire mixtape for the free.

Dave Coresh – Beat Box III
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This pic is laffs. So first let’s refresh your memory. I had to let it sit for a few days so people could digest it and give a better opinion on his new joint. Video, Audio, and Poll after the jump:

Here’s the video of the performance:

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And the Audio:

Kanye West – Love LockDown (Live At The 2008 MTV Video Music Awards)
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The Poll:

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The Rocketeers – “Artist From The Start”

We’re gonna start something new around here! Blind I has set itself apart from other music sites by allowing the people to submit joints from acts that THEY think are the next big thing. Having fully embraced this quality, we have decided to hit you guys with the new YAY or NAY category of posts where we introduce acts you may not have seen or heard and let you be the judge. No maybe so’s or things of that nature, just simply is it ILL or is it in need of some work. Hopefully we’ll have some fun with this and also encourage people to submit their music and get a good idea of what the good people with GREAT ears that visit Blind I have to say about it.

First up is the new group hailing from Chicago, IL. that rocks under the name The Rocketeers (Myspace). The group is comprised of lead MC D-Win and producer Johnny Rocket, and their music is inspired by groups such as N.E.R.D., CRS, Outkast, and Gnarls Barkley to name a few. The Rocketeers are currently working on their EP, “Blue Clouds, White Skies“, scheduled for release in ’09.

Check the poll after the jump to let us know, YAY OR NAY?????…….

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