Producer: Illmind

Illmind (!llmind) is a Filipino-American hip hop producer from Bloomfield, New Jersey. He's been producing for artists like Hezekiah, Ghostface, Little Brother, Kenn Starr, Fresh Daily, Strange Fruit Project, Boot Camp Clik, Akrobatik, Sean Price, Supastition and El Da Sensei. In 2005, he collaborated with producer Symbolyc One, releasing an album entitled The Art of One Mind on the BBE label. The Dallas based duo created an underground buzz. Illmind released 4 mixtape projects featuring some of the artists he produced for throughout 2008-2009 entitled Blaps, Rhymes & Life.

October 5th 2010 Brooklyn rapper Skyzoo and Illmind are set to collab for a new album, 'Live From The Tape Deck', dropping via Duck Down Music. The first single 'Frisbees' is a heavy joint and you find it below accompanied by some other nice beats from Illmind.



Skyzoo & Illmind - Frisbees


Fresh Daily - Wildlife (prod. Illmind)


Kenn Starr - Against The Grain (prod. Illmind)

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Dilla documentary part 1-3

Here's a three part Dilla documentary produced by Stussy put out by Stones Throw interviewing some of the people he worked with. Especially interesting to learn that Donuts originally was only 20-minutes long and had to be edited/prolonged for the listener to be able to catch on to all the wizardry going on. Enjoy!

Part 1: Getting started
Part 2: Moving to L.A.

Part 3: Dilla at work: "Move the vocal back three baby hairs"

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Aloe Blacc - Good Things

As we mentioned before, Orange County, Cali native Aloe Blacc will be releasing his new LP 'Good Things' this fall. We felt it was time for a full post about the album. Because this is some really soulful stuff! From what we heard this is easily one of better soul releases in a long time! It's due out September 28th 2010 via Stones Throw.

In the clip below, Aloe Blacc & The Grand Scheme give us a live in-studio performance of one of the tracks off the album, 'Loving You Is Killing Me', as well as the second single 'Femme Fatale' where Aloe Blacc & Truth+Soul (Leon Michels & Jeff Silverman) production duo take on the Velvet Underground classic.



Aloe Blacc - Femme Fatale



Tracklist:

01. I Need A Dollar
02. Green Lights
03. Hey Brother
04. Miss Fortune
05. Life So Hard
06. Take Me Back
07. Femme Fatale
08. Loving You Is Killing Me
09. Good Things
10. You Make Me Smile
11. If I
12. Mama Hold My Hand
13. Politician (Reprise)

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Nottz - You Need This Music

Nottz (Dominick Lamb) is a music producer, writer and rapper from Norfolk, Virginia.

Nottz has produced for some of the biggest names in music including Snoop Dogg, Kanye West, Scarface, Busta Rhymes, J Dilla, Bilal and Dwele.

Nottz debut album 'You Need This Music' is currently scheduled for release the 12th of october 2010 on Raw Koncept and showcases Nottz ability as an MC and features guest appearances by Bilal, Black Milk, Mayer Hawthorne and Dwele.

On the first single 'Shine So Brite' Nottz pay tribute to the late J Dilla. We got the video below as well as the b-side 'Cars' where Nottz flips the classic tune 'Funky Worm'.



Nottz - Shine So Brite (128 kbps)



Nottz - Shine So Brite


Nottz - Cars

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Shawn Jackson - Brand New Old Me

Shawn Jackson is an emcee out of Los Angeles, Cali. In 2005 he released the collaborative project 'New Jack Hustle' with producer Newman of Giant Panda. That album received its fair share of critical acclaim and he followed it up with his first studio LP, 'First of All...' which came out in 2008 and featured artists such as Guilty Simpson, Ty of Ty & Kory, Double K (People Under the Stairs) and Ta'Raach. Shawn Jackson is one of the strongest MCs in the game to date. His rhyme play and well thought out content sets a high standard.

Shawn Jackson’s 2nd album 'Brand New Old Me' dropped yesterday, 27th of July on Tres Records. Shawn gets help from people like Co$$, Thurzday (U-N-I) and Jimi James. On the productional side look out for beatmakers like Cook Classics, Astronote, Tony Ozier, Knxwledge and Beat Maker Beat.



Shawn Jackson - Good Writtens (Introlude)


Shawn Jackson - Izichu feat. Thurzday & Jimi James

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