Yameen

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Philly-bred, San Francisco-located producer Yameen has held several aliases, but one thing that has remained constant is his powerful fascination with all things music-related. Even as a child, he was sneaking tape recorders into school or onto the bus, always on the hunt for new sounds to capture. Then, as a teenager (and known as Stinke), he was the Webmaster for the Hieroglyphics.com site and essentially wrote the blueprint for indie hip-hop on the Web, garnering praise as one of URB magazine's Next 100. His music production debut came under the moniker SupremeEx, and his work with Tajai of Souls of Mischief garnered hefty critical praise for its high quality as well as its integration of multimedia to enhance the music's concept. Now — under his given name Yameen — he has a new album, Never Knows Best (dropping in June on Ropeadope Records), and he has further matured as an artist and producer, moving away from the highly conceptual work of the past and focusing more on creating great music with an impressive roster of guest stars. Drawing on past experience working with artists like Goapele, Shing02, and a pre-Hollertronix DJ Low Budget, Yameen corralled an impressive list of collaborators, including the legendary Shock G (Digital Underground), Azeem (OM Records), Lady Alma (4Hero, Black Lily), Georgia Anne Muldrow (Stones Throw), Casual (Hieroglyphics), DJ Icewater (Pharcyde, Quannum) and Maylay Sparks (K7!). While they all were artists Yameen had long been hoping to

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Never Knows Encore

Never Knows More

Never Knows Best

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Believe

NO QUESTIONS$$

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Blue Skies

Hawaii Afterburner

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Selector Series Guide To Lampin’ Presents: Summer Indie Hip-Hop Sampler 2008

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Drugoyhiphop.ru podcast #10 - 10

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Cosmosis (Mark de Clive-Lowe Remix) [feat. Amp Fiddler] - Single

Yameen - Never Knows Best

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Come On & Go Off

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