Don’t know how I missed this one, but thankfully the fine folks at ChannelAPA caught this one a few weeks back. This is some footage from an event at Columbia Univeristy where a panel was held on Asian American’s in the media. They got a truly influential group of people to participate including Jin, Miss […]
Read More Just ‘Cause: Inside The Craft – “T.A.S.A. Columbia University: Asian Americans In Media”BeatKings.com has posted up a phone interview with famed producer extraordinaire Illmind. They get pretty in depth to when he started (the genesis of the interview era back in the early 2000’s) to his earliest influences (J. Dilla) and what he’s been using to craft his signature sound over the years (it’s a ton of different […]
Read More Illmind Interviews w/ Beat KingsWelcome to another edition of Weekly Thursday Freebie! Back in 2004 the hip-hop group Organic Thoughts released the album The Purest Form and helped become one of the first Asian rap groups to get major distribution (I picked up my copy from the local Best Buy). The group has gone through some member changes and […]
Read More WTF: Organic Thoughts – The Purest FormYou may remember Illmind droping BR&L Vol. 3 back in July of this year but he’s back at it again, this time with a double disc release! You can tell the guy has been grinding hard as he’s put together 30 tracks with a whole slew of artists in cluding Mistah Fab, KRS-One, Buckshot, DJ […]
Read More Illmind Releases ‘Blaps, Rhymes & Life Vol. 4’Waddup world. It’s another Weekly Thursday Freebie and this time we’re bringing you a classic Chan track… arguably his most famous – Lonely Road. The video was shot by Todd Angkasuwan and the track produced by illmind so you know everything came together nicely. If this isn’t Asian American collaboration at it’s best then I […]
Read More WTF: Chan – Lonely RoadPeep the interview on illmind & his ‘Blaps, Rhymes & Life’ mixtape series.
Read More illmind interview w/ MixtapeMonster.comAznRaps reports that producer illmind has released a free sampler album filled with remixes of commercial songs. Below is the post from AR. It seems like nowadays instead of selling music, artists and producers are giving away their music for free. It makes a lot of sense since there are so many options out there […]
Read More illmind Releases Free Sampler AlbumThe List (a running collection of Asian American artists worth checking out) has finally been updated. Here are some of the recent additions: Acoustic & Rock: Paul Dateh, Vienna Teng, Zee Avi, Kina Grannis, Tim Te Told, Jennifer Chung, the Nehemiah Band, Susie Suh, Willie Moon Hip Hop: dumbfoundead, illmind, jimmyboi, Deep Foundation, J Reyez, Bambu, […]
Read More a-Tunes News: The List has been updatedChannelAPA & Miss Info both recently featured posts on producer Illmind. The first couple of videos deal with Illmind as a musician and as a businessman. The next videos shows another side of Illmind as he works closely with youth in his community. Real people doing real things. Big ups to Illmind.
Read More Just ‘Cause: Illmind behind the musicProducer Illmind, in conjunction w/ DUB MD has just released the third volume in his mixtape series ‘Blaps, Rhymes & Life”. The compilation also features a collab with Vox Merger & the Far East Movement. I could have been lazy and announced this tomorrow for the weekly thursday freebie but no worries, I’ll prepare […]
Read More DUB MD x Illmind present Blaps, Rhymes & Life Vol III
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