The new year always brings massive periods of reflection for me. Not only do we all start a new chapter, but I have a January birthday, so I'm looking ahead and acknowledging my past simultaneously. I assess where I want to be, areas of life to improve and lessons to keep in my back pocket. I've always been an extremely deep thinker, and music significantly marks and highlights different seasons on my life. Blind I is making some exciting changes this year and it's beginning with revamping the way we approach our compilations. I [...]
When Nina Simone sang "To Be Young Black and Gifted", she inspired the civil rights anthem of the 1970's. The lyrics were simple, yet the empowering nature of the message resonated with a Black... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
If you're a fan of Brooklyn-based group The Stuyvesants , then chances are you're familiar with Darien Birks a.k.a. Flwrpt . Every now and then he drops these really cool mixes with rare gems and impeccable song choices! Sample Food Vol. 2 kicks off appropriately with the Otis Redding classic "Try A Little Tenderness" which Watch The Throne has recently revived. I happen to enjoy discovering the origins of samples and many of you Blind I Faithfuls are music historians, critics and even producers. So this one is for you. [...]
I was at a cookout yesterday and Will Smith and Jazzy Jeff's "Summertime" came on. There really is no such thing as having an event during the season without hearing this and other classic summertime songs. So, right on time for the 4th, Mick Boogie Undrcrwn and Jeff teamed up to create this mixtape with almost 50 hits from De la Soul to Quincy Jones. Audible goodness for days. Check out the tracklist after the jump. Faze-O-Riding High Download audio [...]
"Cause we've been together like Nike Airs and crisp tees." This morning, I picked up my Zune, a glass of Red Bull and a half empty pack of Newports then proceeded to sit on my front steps waiting for the sun to rise. Summer was now officially over. Children and parents alike were all clasping at their sheets praying today would never come. Soon their alarm clocks would prove them wrong with a choir of buzzing, beeping and deafening ringing. But for now, it was silent. Only the pungent [...]
illVibes Joe Kay comes at it again with traveling mix of the meticulously selected few. Pressing: Joe Kay 54 "Perspectives" illVibes Mix Tracklist 01.KenLO Craqnuques - No Vembre (Orange) 02.fL∆ko - Hump 03.J Todd - Tempo-Xy 04.Duktus - c64 05.KenLo Craqnuques - untitled 06.Kev Brown - Struggla's Theme (Instrumental) 07.Ad Bourke - TT 08.KenLo Craqnuques -Fils de Flute (Muave) 09.Simo - w o r L d ! 10.fL∆ko - Knots 11.Mr Beatnick - I know All [...]
Emily, Michael, and Randy Brecker being good Jews, circa 1950. by Ben Greenberg This is supposed to be a fun little piece to celebrate my two uncles, (not unlike My Two Dads ), a pair of highly distinguished horn players, a toast to the holidays and to ring in the new year. Yet it's almost impossible for me to write about The Brecker Brothers without soon being blindsided by a deep sadness and a pervasive emptiness that seems intent on blocking out the good old memories. It's a downer, I know. [...]
It's 5 am after another night in the club and I'm posting one fine piece of jazz from Weldon Irvine's 1979 compilation, The Sisters . Reminiscing the early summer of 2005, when Dear Summer was in heavy rotation on Hot 97. Weldon Irvine - Morning Sunrise [divshare] Weldon Irvine - Morning Sunrise [zshare]
Willie Hutch on Soul Train doing 'Slick' from 1973. Awesome footage of the main man responsible for the soundtracks for 'The Mack' and 'Foxy Brown' - early seventies blaxploitation in all it's pomp. 'Brother's Gonna Work It Out' available below... Willie Hutch - Brother's Gonna Work It Out Weldon Irvine - We Gettin' Down Bumblebee Unlimited - Funk For Days (Underdog Edit)
Torrill - Over and Over Black Science Orchestra - Philadelphia Weldon Irvine - We Gettin' Down
Weldon Irvine - Watergate (Nodlew 1973) Weldon Irvine – Time Capsule / Nodlew Weldon Irvine is a hard figure to ignore when exploring underground/socially-conscious rap music in the 90s and the very beginning of the 00s. You may not see his name directly, though perhaps his rap moniker Master-Wel pops up on occasion, but he's there. Snippets of his music have been flipped effortlessly by Ali Shaheed Muhammad and Boogie Down Productions on many occasions; that's him playing organ on Black Star's "Astronomy (8th Light)" and arranging Mos Def's [...]
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