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MAGICAL PROPERTIES TOUR FEAT. DAEDELUS + THE GASLAMP KILLER

Oh hot damn. Someone get my helmut cause my heads about to explode from awesomeness. L.A. the land of smog and TRUE underground music is about to do it again. This lineup is about to terrorize the United States (and Canada) and I suggest any beat loving fool to book their tickets NOW. Check the official press release after the drop for more info on this spectacular event.

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VIDEO-DARIEN BROCKINGTON-RAIN

Cheers to Darien Brockington for bringing the afternoon sexy. “Rain” is one of those Ivebeenwaitingforyoutogethome type songs and the slightly NSFW video too. His album, The Cold Case Files is out now on Amazon. Add it to your collection STAT.

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EXILE’S “RADIO” OUT TODAY!

Radio is out today! Go cop down because you know it’s laden with enough heat rocks to last you until Exile‘s next project. Check out the links below to cop it whichever way you please:

Plug Research

iTunes

Amazon

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MY MIC SOUNDS NICE: A TRUTH ABOUT WOMEN IN HIP-HOP

A couple weeks ago, I attended a screening for BET’s first ever original music documentary, “My Mic Sounds Nice: A Truth About Women In Hip-Hop“. Directed by Ava DuVernay, the film takes a loving, yet critical look at the history of sisters in Rap music. It is equal parts celebration of pioneers and those carrying the torch and lamentation over the lack of estrogen in today’s Hip-Hop spaces.

Take a peek at the trailer:

Commentary is provided primarily by woman rappers, including MC Lyte, YoYo, Trina, Salt n’ Pepa, The Lady of Rage, Diamond, Eve, Missy, etc. Other heads weighing in include Kevin Lyles, Joan Morgan, Questlove, Glennisha Morgan of The Fembassy and Russell Simmons. I was really excited to hear the thoughts Jean Grae, Tiye Pheonix and a few other female rappers who aren’t as familiar to the BET audience (there is a great independent artist roll-call at the end as well).

Continue reading after the jump.

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THE FOREIGN EXCHANGE REVEALS NEW COVER AND TRACKLISTING

Yeah, I’m totally geekin’ off this news. Since we are diehard Foreign Exchange fans here at the Blind-I offices, this is BIG news. The subtlety of the cover suggest things are going to be all right after the band told us to “leave it all behind…”. Autumn brings newness and clarity, and anything Phonte and Nicolay has for us will be taken up with open arms.

Peep the tracklist after the drop and the official press release from the group. And stay tuned to further news folks!

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ZANE ONE – KINGDOM

My homegirl Zane One‘s L.A. WOMAN is now out in stores & MUST be copped… here’s another song off it to entice (as if you need any more enticement). It’s called “Kingdom” & is aiming @ all those males & females who compromise their integrity of their music  for the pursuit of wealth. Between the ALL NEW Freestyle Fellowship album or the ALL NEW Shames Worthy album  & Zane (ALL L.A. Vets!) L.A. is taking their styles back!

Zane One – Kingdom

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ZANE ONE – KINGDOM [DOWNLOAD]

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FOOTAGE: N.E.R.D. – PARTY PEOPLE (LIVE IN BROOKLYN)

N.E.R.D. recently rocked their second single off Nothing in Brooklyn for the people and dropped some HD footage on the YouTube for the people. Dope!

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VIDEO: ZO! – THIS COULD BE THE NIGHT

The visuals for the big homie ZO!‘s single This Could Be The Night Featuring the vocal stylings of Erro , D.Brock & Pooh just landed in my inbox. Matt Koza does it again for the FE team! Winning!! & if you have yet to get the song… then get the song.

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NPR INTERVIEW: LAURYN HILL SPEAKS

It was hard for me to not react dramatically when I began reading this. As a writer, sometimes I fear that the internet has grown into such a dominant force, that it will cause these kinds of stories to become obsolete. But, like a breath of fresh air, Zoe Chace interviewed people Lauryn Hill has worked with for context and she also got Ms. Hill to talk. Everyone knows this is no longer an easy thing to do.  She sounds like she’s ready revisit the music world. Listen here and hit the skip for the entire article. Major props to NPR. We’re waiting on you Lauryn.

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THE CARLTON – DJ STYLUS

I live in the land of nerds Silicon Valley, CA! I would consider myself a nerd!!. Since NERDS are the new black and the 90s are back, I’m dropping this cool lil gem for the KING OF NERDS. A mix dedicated to CARLTON mixed by Dj STYLUS.

“The Carlton” is an ode to the King of All ’90s Sitcom Nerds, Carlton Banks, and the sounds that he would likely be grooving to if were still around in 2010.

This is a fresh lil mix with a lil bit of everyone from Stevie Wonder to J Davey to Hall & Oats. All the songs have that CARLTON feel to it to definitely get you Bouncing…peep the vid I found to go with it after the jump SUPER CLASSIC.

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The video, tracklisting and download is after the bounce.

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