Independent Hip Hop

First track from the EP of the same title that is currently being put together in the studio.

Download MP3: Bamm Tronics - Jungle of Ones & Zeros

This volume of Blaps, Rhymes & Life is dedicated to Eli Matthew Ibanga R.I.P.
Sunrise - 05.27.08 | Sunset - 06.23.09

The Blaps, Rhymes & Life compilation series continues, as the blapmaster Illmind and Dub MD bring you Volume 3 as yet another exclusive free download. Blaps, Rhymes & Life Vol. 3 is jam packed full of more classic !llmind production as he showcases his music with a mix of mainstream and underground artists, in this volume he collaborates with mainstream artists like 50 Cent, Scarface, Young Buck, and Marsha from Floetry, and keeps the balance with underground artists and rising stars such as Termanology, Wale, D-Black, Skyzoo and Torae to name a few. Also included is an official remake of 88 Keys’ single “Stay Up!” featuring Alchemist, Evidence and 88 Keys himself on the rhymes. Master Shake from Adult Swim’s hit TV show Aqua Teen Hunger Force also makes an appearance!

As always Illmind is working on multiple projects, as he hits the studio to put the finishing touches to the debut album with his group Fortilive consisting of Illmind, Slo-Mo and Mushmouf, which is due out sometime later next year through Myx Music, aswell as executive producing albums for Pumpkinhead, D-Black and Naturel. For more information and updates on him and the series, check out the new launch of the official Blaps, Rhymes & Life website at www.blapsrhymesandlife.com, www.illmind.biz, and follow him on twitter at www.twitter.com/illmindproducer.

In addition to that lookout for Dub MD as he presents projects from various artists including the likes of Junclassic with “Southside’s Savior” out July 13th, the Nametag follow-up “Classic Cadence Vol. 2″ out August 10th and a whole host of others including Judah, Karniege, Dominique Larue and more. For more information and updates follow him on twitter at www.twitter.com/dubmd84.

01.) Intro (feat. The Real “Master Shake”) (Aqua Teen Hunger Force)
02.) D-Black - Superbad (Produced By Illmind)
03.) Young Buck - Hold On (feat. 50 Cent) (Produced By Illmind)
04.) Skyzoo & Wale - Freshfest (Produced By Illmind)
05.) Rapper Big Pooh - Problems (feat. Jozeemo) (Produced By Illmind)
06.) Cres - Restless (feat. Termanology) (Produced By Illmind)
07.) Kaze - Dusk Til’ Dawn (Produced By Illmind)
08.) Scarface - Who Are They (feat. K-Rino & Slim Thug) (Produced By Illmind)
09.) Kida - We Made It (feat. Marsha Ambrosius) (Produced By Illmind)
10.) Dominique Larue - Okay (feat. Kim Joyce) (Produced By Illmind)
11.) Kids Incorporated (88 Keys, Evidence & Alchemist) - Stay Up! (Viagra) (Produced By Illmind)
12.) Common - I Want U (Shmoove Mix) (Produced By Illmind)
13.) MindsOne - Instinct (Produced By Illmind)
14.) Thoth - On My Terminator Shit (feat. Terminology) (Produced By Illmind)
15.) Edo. G - Wishin’ (feat. Masta Ace) (Produced By Illmind)
16.) Fortilive (Illmind, Mushmouf & Slo-Mo) - Cowboys (feat. 84) (Produced By Illmind)
17.) C.B. News - Bumrush The Show (feat. Torae) (Produced By Illmind)
18.) Deep Foundation - Girls (Produced By Illmind)
19.) AP - All I’ve Seen (Produced By Illmind)
20.) Vox Merger - Do Or Die (feat. The Far East Movement) (Produced By Illmind)

I’m sure I speak for the Illamental fam when I say that we have lost an inspiration and a giant that will never be replaced or surpassed. Every musician looks up to you Michael. You are the pinnacle. You are the legend.

I’m sure I speak for my father, mother, sister, and brother when I say we have lost a member of our family. I can’t explain how much the music of you and your family was a part of our lives. The Jacksons are in our blood. Your music will live but it still hurts to lose you.

I don’t know how we can continue with you gone. The world will miss you endlessly.

New music from The Vox Merger f/ Far East Movement: The Catch. An ode to the city we represent, Los Angeles, just in time for the kick off of the Western Conference finals! Bump this on your way to the Staples Center for the game, yo!

Produced by Illmind. Cuts by DJ Jabaone

Download MP3: The Vox Merger f/ Far East Movement - The Catch

If you’re in the San Diego area, check the Vox Merger out at UCSD at 5pm. DJ Jabaone of Homegrown Blendz on the 1s and 2s.

With a midterm the following Saturday and Sunday, I’ll still be making a mid-week trip up to LA on Thursday. Why? Cause I’m a fuckin champion. Hope to see you there.

Taken from blackfacts.com

1. 1999 - White supremacist John King, one of three white men accused of chaining James Byrd to a pickup and dragging him along a Texas road until he was decapitated, was sentenced to death by lethal injection. If his death penalty is carried out, he will be the first white Texan executed for killing a black since slavery ended….

2. 1991 - Adrienne Mitchell, first African American woman to die in combat in the Persian Gulf War is killed in her military barracks in Dharan, Saudi Arabia

3. 1987 - Edward Daniel Nixon, former president of the Georgia NAACP, died at age 87.

4. 1978 - Death of Daniel (”Chappie”) James Jr. (58), retired Air Force general and the first Black promoted to four-star rank, at the Air Force Academy, Colorado.

5. 1975 - Death of Elijah Muhammad (77), leader of the Nation of Islam, in Chicago. He was succeeded by his son, Wallace D. Muhammad.

6. 1971 - President Nixon met with members of the Congressional Black Caucus and appointed a White House panel to study a list of recommendations made by the group.

7. 1964 -Cassius Clay becomes world heavyweight boxing champion.

8. 1948 - Martin Luther King ordained as a Baptist minister

9. 1870 - Hirman R. Revels of Mississippi sworn in as first Black U.S. senator and first Black representative in Congress.

10. 1839 - Seminoles and their Black allies shipped from Tampa Bay, Florida, to the West.

From blackfacts.com

1. 2/24/1966 - Elected leader and first president of Ghana, Kwame Nkrumah, ousted in military coup while he is away on a peace mission to Vietnam.

2. 2/24/1940 - Former world heavyweight boxing champion Jimmy Ellis was born James Albert Ellis in Louisville, Kentucky. Ellis won the World Boxing Association title after beating Jerry Quarry in April 1968.

3. 2/24/1868 - House of Representatives voted, 126 to 47, to
House of Representatives voted, 126 to 47, to impeach President Andrew Johnson.

4. 2/24/1864: Rebecca Lee Crumpler becomes the first black woman to receive an M.D. degree. She graduated from the New England Female Medical College. Rebecca Lee Crumpler was born in 1833. She worked from 1852-1860 as a nurse in Massachusetts.

5. 2/24/1811 - Bishop of AME Church Daniel Payne born

from erwin's iphone

last week was a crazy week for me. aside from preparing for midterms, my financial aid check has yet to come in, so i’m literally living off of change and the dollar menu at the carl’s jr down the street from my apt. to top it off, a very close relative has been sick in the hospital for over a month. needless to say, i needed a break on the weekend. so on friday, i went to check out the Far East Movement in whittier. Aside from being dope performers, these cats are some of the most humble dudes i’ve encountered. big ups to them for always holding me down (Vox Merger/FM collabo coming soon). On Saturday, convinced my uncle to buy me into a poker tourney and headed out with some of the homies. I finished 7th, winning some lunch money for the week. Noreen won 3rd and bought Korean bbq for everybody. on sunday, i was gettin ready to drive back down to san diego when some folks convinced me to hit downtown LB to celebrate president’s day. ended up at a wack 18 n over spot and left within an hour. it’s all good though cause we polished off a bottle of JB’s in the car. on monday, passed out at 8pm and woke up at 8am today, drove down to san diego, and now i’m here waiting for my 11:30 class to start. i probably should’ve studied this weekend but fuck it, i had a good time with some good folks. i’ll hit the books hard this week and get my focus back on.