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Southern Hospitality Presents No I.D. On The Track Let The Story Begin [Mixtape]

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Download: Southern Hospitality Presents No I.D. On The Track Let The Story Begin Hearing first Kanye, and then of course Jigga, reference No I.D. in recent years was a truly heartwarming moment for all those who’d been such rabid fans in the 90s of both his early production work for Common and of course his own criminally slept on album with Dug Infinite ‘Accept Your Own And Be Yourself (The Black Album)’. However, that was nothing compared to him recently being named Vice President of Def Jam, a worthy position for someone who never stopped working and has had, and is clearly still yet to have a massive influence on hip-hop music. In fact despite various dope production credits dotted throughout the last decade, it would seem that he’s having more than a minor renaissance with his stellar work on much of the Big Sean album, records with others from the new generation J. Cole, Ed Sheeran, Wale etc. and perhaps most significantly his re-uniting with Common on the killer new records he’s been releasing; not to mention that new Nas album. This therefore, much like our other producer mixes for the likes of Rick Rock, Droop-E, The Dream, Mr. Lee, Ryan Leslie, Teddy Riley etc, is our dedication to No I.D. Featuring his production (and some co-production) work from back when he began using the name (previously Immenslope for Common’s first album) it includes jams from the 90s, 00s and now – including album tracks, singles – a few

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No I.D. – D.I. On Classics ‘92 – ‘11 [Mixtape]

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Download: No I.D. – D.I. On Classics ‘92 – ‘11 When the announcement was made that Def Jam was hiring No I.D. as the VP of A&R, it was a moment of personal satisfaction. For starters, like No I.D., I am from the Chicagoland area and it’s refreshing to see an often forgotten city in the three coast (East, West and Gulf) Hip Hop sphere have one of its most enduring and brightest stars get some much-deserved shine. Aside from my apparent bias, No I.D. is a producer from an era -and ideology, for that matter- long gone in Hip Hop; but, he’s making commercially viable music and is arguably busier than ever in his career. He started at a time where a producer produced all or at least a vast majority of an artist’s album (see Common’s first three albums No I.D. produced for a reference). Similar to how DJ Muggs influenced Alchemist and bridged a gap between “old” and “new,” it was partly his mentoring, tutelage and talent that inspired No I.D.’s student, Kanye West, who took what No I.D. had been doing and introduced it to a global audience. Not letting his ego hamper the development of Kanye, Mr. West’s career took off! Don’t get it confused, though, No I.D. was not off the radar at this time as he teamed up with Jermaine Dupri and was co-producing records for Bow Wow and Jay-Z. After the American Gangster project, Kanye and No I.D. have joined forces once

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Common Talks New Album, No I.D., Kanye, Album w/ Nas, Acting & More [Video]

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Exclusive in-depth interview with Common. In part 1 Common talks to Nick Huff Barili about his new album “The Dreamer, The Believer” which he says is produced by No I.D, who handled the production of Common’s early albums. Common states that although the new album is not coming out through Kanye’s Good Music label, he still considers himself part of Good Music because he and Kanye are like brothers. Common address the rumors that him and Nas are working on an album, stating that they were originally going to put out a mixtape together called Nas (dot) Com but that they are now going to make an album together after both of them put our there solo albums. In his book “One Day It Will All Make Sense” Common mentions that early in his acting career he had a hard time getting non-stereotypical roles. In this interview with Hard Knock TV he mentions that his ideal role would be to play a character like James Bond. Common goes on to explain how acting has helped his music. Common ends part 1 of this interview by sharing his thoughts on the possibility that there will ever be a Soulquarians album.

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