The Look of Love is one of Slum Villages most well know songs. It’s live intro was recorded by yours truly from my handheld tape recorder at the well respected Alvins in Detroit.

It was about the time we’d just finished recording Fantastic Volume 1 in Dilla’s basement in Conant Gardens. On this unseen footage you can see Dilla in the white hat in the center, Baatin in the white shirt and T3 sitting on the far right. The crowd explodes as the beat drops to this instant cult classic. Truly amazing moments only brought to you by Bling47. Big shout to Que D.

LISTEN: MED – “Ain’t Bragging” (ft. Guilty Simpson; Prod. by Waajeed)

MED – “Ain’t Bragging” (ft. Guilty Simpson; Prod. by Waajeed)

Invincible + Waajeed – “Detroit Summer”/”Emergence” from EMERGENCE Media on Vimeo.

Invincible and Waajeed deliver this double video from their forthcoming collaborative album.

The two-song “Detroit Summer” single will drop digitally and as a 7” vinyl, August 10 on Invincible’s EMERGENCE imprint. Invincible + Waajeed toured the legendary Archer Record Pressing plant in Detroit where the vinyl is being pressed and made short video of the tour. Watch as Invincible and Waajeed get a lesson in how vinyl records are made.

Invincible + Waajeed: Manufacturing “Detroit Summer” 7″ @ Archer Record Pressing from EMERGENCE Media on Vimeo.

Unreleased track from Jazmine Sullivan’s Fearless, produced by Waajeed, featuring additional help from Senor Kaos and Coultrain. [Source: TKE]

Jazmine Sullivan + Señor Kaos + Coultrain – “Jumpoff (Waajeed Remix)” (MP3)

Waajeed and his productive brilliance is on full display here. Mixing a plethora of songs and instrumentals to create an organized cluster of an album that is so gritty and polished at the same time that it mindfucks the listener into euphoria.

With ultra smooth offerings such as Tiombe Lockheart’s “O Bloody Days, O Starry Night” providing a dynamic groove behind Lockheart’s vocals, War provides a much needed lift to the staleness of the industry today. The smattering drums of the “W-A-A-J-E-E-D” instrumental are beautifully layered across some blaring horns and a crisp vocal sample.

While the guest list consists of mostly Detroit’s upcoming artists, it really doesn’t matter if you have heard of them or not. The end result is still an enjoyable piece of work that melts together wonderfully. The sheer viciousness of femme fatale Invincible on “Pick Your Poison” and “Place Where We Dwell” is eyebrow raising to say the least. Her sharp delivery fits well with Waajeed’s sonic backdrops.

The War LP is quite a beautiful attack on your eardrums. Unfortunately, offerings such as these are too ahead of their time for mainstream radio. It’s likely there won’t be any Waajeed on your radio or television in the near future. But that’s okay, sometimes offerings like these are better kept to yourself. – Andreas Hale