Dub MD Presents: Illmind - Blaps, Rhymes & Life Vol. 4

Here it folks. This was "supposed" to be released last Monday, but I'm not complaining! This is sure to be yet another super dope compilation from one of the top producers doing it today. Enjoy!

As the festive season grows closer and closer, Illmind and Dub MD are back with an early Christmas present for everyone following the movement, with the fourth installment of the "Blaps, Rhymes & Life" compilation series. This edition is a little special, and the first of its kind, comprising of 2 Discs with double the dose of classic !llmind production. Volume 4 showcases the usual mixture of mainstream/upcoming artists: KRS-One, Keith Murray, Erykah Badu, Big Pooh, Skyzoo, Jared Evan, Reef The Lost Cauze, D-Black, Thoth and many more.

As always Illmind, aka the hardest working producer in the game, continues showcasing his versatility as he works on multiple studio albums with Fortilive, D-Black and Jared Evan, as well as some major artists (we'll keep that quiet for now) and his new producer showcases "B.L.A.P." stay tuned to www.illmind.biz for daily dose of everything !llmeezy including upcoming showcases.

Disc 1: Blaps, Rhymes & Life
01. Thoth - Get Your Game Right (Prod. by Illmind)
02. Clap Cognac - I'm Gonna Do It (Prod. by Illmind)
03. Fortilive (!llmind, Mushmouf & Slo-Mo) - Gimme (Prod. by Illmind)
04. Mistah F.A.B. - Follow Me (Prod. by Illmind)
05. Brooklyn Academy - Hide feat. Fresh Jones & Keith Murray (Prod. by Illmind)
06. Seer - Ill Mind (Prod. by Illmind)
07. KNGDM - Gazillion (Prod. by Illmind)
08. KRS-One & Buckshot - Survival Skills feat. DJ Revolution (Produced By Illmind)
09. Contra - Fall Back (Produced By Illmind)
10. Skyzoo - Say What You Say feat. Rapper Big Pooh & Naledge (Prod. by Illmind)
11. Verbal Kent - Examples feat. Lance Ambu (Prod. by Illmind)
12. Truck North - Hot! (Prod. by Illmind)
13. BURNTmd - Let's Get ILL feat. Reef The Lost Cauze, Copywrite, Phil Da Agony & Reks (Prod. by Illmind)
14. Naps N Dreds - Call It Quits feat. Thirstin Howl III (Prod. by Illmind)
15. Roscoe Umali - Blow Your Mind (Prod. by Illmind)

Disc 2: Blaps, Soul & Life
01. D-Black - No Ordinary Love (Prod. by Illmind)
02. Gliffics - Call Me Crazy feat. Chanj (Prod. by Illmind)
03. Strange Fruit Project - Get Live feat. Erykah Badu (Prod. by Illmind)
04. Jared Evan - They Don't Know (Prod. by Illmind)
05. Eric Roberson - Remember When (Prod. by Illmind)
06. Daria Jones - Stay (Prod. by Illmind)
07. Rae - So Sexy (Prod. by Illmind)
08. Grynch - The Right Way (Prod. by Illmind)
09. 3D - If I Want To (Prod. by Illmind)
10. Naeem Oba - Julia feat. BrikAbrak (Prod. by Illmind)
11. Hydroponikz - The Blues feat. Jay Legaspi (Prod. by Illmind)
12. Sleek - We Rock The Mic (Prod. by Illmind)
13. Last Days Fam - What You Doin It For (Prod. by Illmind)
14. Naturel - We Don't Play (Prod. by Illmind)
15. Black Irish - Kick Rocks (Prod. by Illmind)

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Grynch - The Right Way (Prod. by Illmind)

As we patiently wait for Illmind's newest Blaps, Rhymes, & Life project, releasing later today, here is another leak to get us through the wait. This time around Illmind enlists the talents of Seattle emcee Grynch whose made quite a name for himself this year.

Download: Grynch - "The Right Way" (Prod. by Illmind)
Bonus: Grynch feat. C-Nik & Macklemore - "If Only"

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D-Black - No Ordinary Love (Prod. by Illmind)

The fourth installment of Illmind's Blaps, Rhymes, & Life series is set to drop this coming Monday and here is the first leak from the project titled "No Ordinary Love" featuring Bronx spitter D-Black.

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Jern Eye - Beautiful x Something's Wrong (Prod. by Illmind) (Music Video)

Jern Eye's first official video from his new album, Vision available now everywhere. Dual concept video, with Lorenzo Escalante directing the "Beautiful" part of the video and Charles Barcelona providing direction for "Something's Wrong." Shouts to Illmind on the production for both tracks.

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Jern Eye feat. Rakaa Iriscience, Nightlcubber Lang & Noelle Scaggs - Champion (Prod. by Illmind)

Jern Eye has been steadily building his buzz with a slew of releases off his upcoming sophomore release Vision. With response to the new album remains strong from fans and critics alike, Jern hasn't been resting on his laurels, soaking in the accolades. Instead, Jern has put in serious work, creating a 20 track pre-album mixtape titled The Eye Exam featuring a number of unreleased, rare, and remixed tracks with a few joints from the album thrown in for good measure.

With the mixtape's first release, "Champion," Jern sets things off right. !llmind is at the helm, and his masterfully produced strings and hard drums lay down a perfect backdrop for the three emcees to get to work. Rakaa Iriscience from Dilated Peoples sets the pace, stepping up to the plate first and delivering as usual. Jern Eye spits next, continuing to display a lyrical prowess, with lines like "Persevere through the elements / Rain homey, killing sh*t / Visualize the pinnacle, see myself living it." Add Noelle Scaggs for a flavorful hook, round out the song with a stellar verse from Nightclubber Lang of Boom Bap Project and the formula for a head-nodding track is complete. Jern Eye's newest album, Vision, will be available October 13th via MYX Music Label.

Download: Jern Eye feat. Rakaa Iriscience, Nightclubber Lang, & Noelle Scaggs - "Champion" (Prod. by Illmind) | Sharebee

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Fresh Daily - Wildlife (Prod. by Illmind)

Fresh Daily released his newest LP, The Gorgeous Killer in Crimes of Passion, yesterday on iTunes via High Water Music. In celebration, he decided to let loose of the Illmind produced intro, "Wildlife", which perfectly sets the tone for the rest of the album. If you haven't visited your iTunes store and purchased this yet, I highly suggest you do so now.

Download: Fresh Daily - "Wildlife" (Prod. by Illmind)

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MYX Music Label Presents: The Official !llmind Remix Album

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MYX Music Label, along with the good folks from Okayplayer, 2dopeboyz, Audible Treats & NahRight present to us the Official !llmind Remix Album which is mixed by DJ Icewater (of The Pharcyde). The album features eighteen remixes plus four exclusive bonus joints from Fortilive (!llmind x MushMouf x Slo-Mo) that will be featured on their upcoming 2010 debut LP.

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Monsters Ink: Dynas - Get Ya Mind Right (Prod. by Illmind)

Monsters Ink consists of Dynas, Lex One, Mike Beatz and Streets Buchanan. Their upcoming mixtape, "Ink Made Me A Monster" is presented by Akademiks, The Press Play Show, illRoots and Xclusiveszone and boasts an incredible lineup of accompanying MC's and producers. With features from Little Brother, Freeway, U-N-I and production from Streetrunner, 9th Wonder and Illmind. Monsters Ink showcases what’s great about hip hop and sheds new light on these emerging artists.

Download: Dynas - "Get Ya Mind Right" (Prod. by Illmind)

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Illmind Presents: Blaps, Rhymes, & Life v.3 (Mixed By DJ Dub MD)

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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.

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Bambu - Quit (Prod. by Illmind) (Music Video)

Video from Bambu off his latest album, Exact Change. The song "Quit" was produced by and the video was directed by IllmindAndrew Graziuso, produced by Roger Jimenez, and edited by P. "PG" Graziuso.

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Completion - Freedom's Journal (The First African-American Newspaper)

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"Freedom's Journal" which was established in NY by Samuel E. Cornish & John B. Russwurm in 1827-1829. The name of this collective is Completion which is a Hip-Hop group that consist of two members, Trance The MC & Mr. Emphatic! This group displays a wide range of vocabulary concepts accompanied by a politically charged analysis of the Black experience, complimented by a solid array of beats and rhymes. These two wordsmiths do not have a problem w/waving the flag of the conscious rapper as they aspiss. With a true respect for the art form, Completion stands firm in maintaining their artistic integrity while promoting hip-hop's ability to educate as well as entertain. Angela Y. Davis was quoted in the Essence Magazine as saying, music can be utilized as a vehicle of consciousness. This statement soundly exemplifies Completion.

All songs produced by Illmind except, "Acknowledgement" & "Game Plan (First Installment)" produced by Algorythm, "The Ambiance" produced by Zo! & "Lets Ride" produced by Best 21.

01. Acknowledgement (Intro)
02. We're On Our Way feat. Darien Brockington
03. Certified
04. We Got It! / Lets Ride
05. What Do You Stand For?
06. Game Plan (First Installment)
07. The Proposal
08. Under Pressure
09. Rock To The Rhythm (Don't Stop!)
10. Warrior's Code feat. True Allah & O.G. DASU
11. One Night
12. I Wanna Get To Know You (Stand & Deliver)
13. The Ambiance feat. Karim Shabazz / Don't Make Me Wait
14. The Appreciation Tour (of Duty)
15. Ride Or Die Chick
16. So Beautiful (Warrior Queens Anthem)
17. Freedom's Journal: 2nd Journal Entry feat. True Allah
18. Acknowledgement (Outro)
19. Days Of Our Lives (In These Times)

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Producer Spotlight: Illmind

Illmind (born Ramon Ibanga, Jr.) is a Filipino American hip hop producer from Bloomfield, New Jersey. He participated in Beat Society, competing against well-known acts like Kanye West and Just Blaze. Illmind has created music for underground artists such as Little Brother, Boot Camp Clik, Akrobatik, Supastition, and El Da Sensei. At Sha Money XL's Money Management production company he has produced tracks for 50 Cent, Eminem, Redman, Scarface, LL Cool J, Talib Kweli and others.

In 2005 Illmind collaborated with producer Symbolyc One, releasing an album entitled The Art of OneMind on the BBE imprint. The album features Wu-Tang Clan member Ghostface Killah, Little Brother and several other notable artists. The single from the album was "The Broke Song", featuring Strange Fruit Project.

In 2006 Illmind produced tracks from Boot Camp Clik's album The Last Stand and Kenn Starr's Starr Status. He was responsible for "Cardiac" from Sean Price's 2007 album Jesus Price Superstar and produced four tracks on the 2007 Little Brother album, Getback. In 2008 he produced on the Absolute Value album by Akrobatik.

Illmind released a mixtape project featuring some of the artists he produced for throughout 2008 entitled Blaps, Rhymes & Life. It was followed by a second volume in early 2009.

He has been featured in multiple publications, such as Scratch ("Top 20 Best Producers"), Mass Appeal, The Source, XXL, HipHopGame and HipHopDX.

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Symbolyc One & Illmind - The Art Of Onemind

01. AoOM Intro
02. Been Gone feat. Strange Fruit Project, Proh Mic and S'ence
03. Neva Gone Change feat. Supastition
04. Club Aquarius feat. Tree and Dow Jones
05. Hush feat. Deloach, Myone and Kay
06. Right Here feat. Little Brother and Median
07. Blue Notes feat. Free Agents, Oneself and Myone
08. Hands Off feat. K-Otix and Deloach
09. Night Like This feat. Darien Brockington and Big Pooh
10. The Broke Song feat. Strange Fruit Project
11. The Groove feat. Organic Thoughts
12. Milk'em feat. Ghostface Killah, Trife and Myone
13. Day After Day feat. Moon Cricket and Verbal Seed
14. Onemind feat. El Da Sensei and Chip-Fu
15. We Three Kings feat. Myth Bavu, and Chucky Sly
16. Guilty Pleasures feat. Kenn Starr and Thesis
17. High Powered feat. The Procussions

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DJ Dub MD Presents: Illmind - Blaps, Rhymes, & Life

01. Get Ya Ass Up! (Intro)
02. Heltah Skeltah - Everything Is Heltah Skeltah
03. Brooklyn Academy - Raise Ya Hands (feat. Jean Grae)
04. Fresh Daily - Get Over
05. D. Black - The Come Up (feat. Skyzoo)
06. 50 Cent - Make A Movie
07. Supastition - Thankful (feat. Kil Ripkin)
08. Naturel - The Bullets
09. K.O. (K-Otix) - 48 Seasons
10. Torae - New Blood (feat. Skyzoo, Emilio Rojas & Fresh Daily)
11. Fortilive - The Come Up
12. Broken English - Different World
13. Skyzoo - Lyrically Inclined (feat. Wale)
14. Naps N Dreds - Do What I Should (feat. Copywrite)
15. Quan - Geez Like Deez (feat. Rapper Big Pooh)
16. Naturel - Resurrect
17. 8th W1 - A Fool's Lullaby
18. Faro-Z - Clap Ya Hands
19. A.P.E.X. - One More Time
20. LL Cool J - Queens (feat. Prodigy, 50 Cent, Kool G Rap, & Tony Yayo)
21. Wannabe? (Outro)

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