Music for Perfect People

From J.Period:

In anticipation of an award-winning evening for John Legend & The Roots’ WAKE UP! album (nominated for 5 Grammys at Sunday’s 2011 Grammy Awards), J.Period & Truelements Music are pleased to present WAKE UP! RADIO – a star-studded mixtape collaboration with Columbia Records’ multi-platinum singing sensation, and the hardest working Late Night band on the planet!

Hosted by The Roots’ own Black Thought, WAKE UP! RADIO pays tribute to the legacy of soul music that paved the way for WAKE UP! and imagines a world where mainstream radio transmits music with a message. Employing an all-star cast of musical contemporaries (including John Legend & The Roots themselves), J.Period dissects, remixes and rebuilds the original recording sessions from the WAKE UP! album in an unprecedented manner, defying the conventional wisdom of what a “mixtape” can be—producing a full-fledged remix album in the process. The result is a treasure trove of powerful new music, produced and remixed exclusively by J.Period for WAKE UP! RADIO …

Adding to the historic nature of this mixtape release, J.Period will also release an exclusive Digital 12” on Tuesday, February 15, featuring a history-making collaboration between John Legend, Black Thought of The Roots, and hip hop luminary, Rakim. The track, entitled “In the Ghetto (Wake Up!)”, produced by J.Period, is an homage to the Eric B. & Rakim classic “In The Ghetto”—which hearkens back to a time when hip hop and social messages went hand in hand.

Additional featured guests on WAKE UP! RADIO include Common, Q-Tip, Late Night host Jimmy Fallon, Nigerian songstress Nneka, Somali sensation K’NAAN, rising star Blu, Def Poet Mayda Del Valle and more, in addition to never-before-heard music from Black Thought and John Legend. Also look out for J.Period’s history-making “Our Generation” Remix, reuniting hip hop legends Pete Rock & CL Smooth, which was originally released online in November, and is also featured on WAKE UP! RADIO.

DOWNLOAD :: J.Period, John Legend & The Roots – Wake Up! Radio

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Check out the latest video from Blu for the track “Gng Bng,” which features the production of Flying Lotus. This track is rumored to be on Blu’s No York project.

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Check out the timelapse video of Blu painting the wall at Deitch studios in Long Island, New York.

You can see:

- See the finished piece here: http://blublu.org/sito/blog/?p=159
- Learn more about Blu here: http://www.blublu.org
- Read up on the gallery at: http://www.deitch.com

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• ART VIDEO :: COMBO a collaborative animation by Blu and David Ellis

Blu has always been an artist that has somewhat fascinated me. He has posted pictures of his building sized pieces of art that are all created in an urban environmetn on whatever canvas he can find (be it a building, a street floor, trash, etc ..) The video below is a collbaoration between Blu and David Ellis .. the amount of time and effort that goes must’ve gone into this art is amazing. Enjoy.

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• VIDEO :: Blu – “Gng Bng” [production by Flying Lotus]
• Timelapse Video :: Blu painting a mural!