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MIMS Forgotten Treasures
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Forgotten Treasure: Sun Ra “The Heliocentric Worlds of Sun Ra” (1965)

Heliocentrism is the astronomical model where all planets revolve around the sun and was a moment in history where the world shifted from a vision of Earth as the center of the universe. The same can be said for multi-instrumen...
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MIMS Forgotten Treasures
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Forgotten Treasure: Three 6 Mafia

Much like my earlier post on Dipset, Three-6-Mafia was a group I had to learn to fully grasp before i could truly embrace its music. I remember seeing Hypnotize Minds Records’ ads in The Source magazine and being dumbfounded ...
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MIMS Forgotten Treasures
Oliver Nelson “The Blues and the Abstract Truth”

Forgotten Treasure: Oliver Nelson “The Blues and the Abstract Truth” (1961)

Oliver Nelson is a legendary jazz arranger with a strong playing pedigree (he played tenox sax with Quincy Jones in the early 60s) that really came into his own on his timeless and most revered record ”The Blues and the A...
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An Introduction to WAAJEED (Bling47, Detroit)

Waajeed is a jack of all trades as a graphic artist, labelhead and producer. The latter is his most prolific persona and his dazzling array of futuristic boombap soundscapes will be on display on april 19th as part of the Artbe...
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Don Blackman

Don Blackman – RIP (1953 – 2013)

Don Blackman is an enigmatic figure in the musical realm. He has rubbed elbows with the best and produced a masterpiece solo record, yet he has never gotten the recognition he fully deserved. Indeed his resume reads like a Rock...
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MIMS Forgotten Treasures
Dipset "More than Music"

Forgotten Treasure: Dipset “More than Music” (2005)

Dipset is synonymous with the last great crew takeover from NYC’s rap scene. Led by veteran KillaCam, the Dipset movement spread quickly through mixtapes and huge hits fueled by montrous beats from Just Blaze and  then n...
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A Montreal native with West-African roots, Antoine started developping a love for records when his father passed his collection of French, African, Caribbean and Brasilian classics onto him. Ever since, the collector turned selector has spent countless hours in musky basements both here and abroad (Dakar,Lima,Paris,Quito,Rio) in the neverending search for the perfect beat!

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