I’m sure that by now everyone reading this knows who the Neptunes are and what types of crazy compositions they’re capable of creating. So with Tuesday’s release of N.E.R.D.’s latest album entitled Seeing Sounds, you know there had to be a giveaway, right? Up for grabs are 3 copies of the full length N.E.R.D. Seeing … Read more
A quick interview with producer J.R. Rotem (Destiny’s Child, Chamillionaire, Sean Kingston, Rick Ross) discussing his approach to working with artists and the philosophy of producing a sound around the individual rather than attempting to emboss his own sound on the client.
For those with a passion for graphs, Jesse Kriss drops a Java based visual history of Hip-Hop sampling. Both significant original works and their Hip-Hop versions are represented in the application. By no means is it a complete history, but it still does a nice job of touching on some of the more important moments … Read more
Superstar artists still haven’t learned the importance of paying their bills. Scott Storch is currently in trouble with the law for owing a total of $511,839.16 in back property taxes. To make matters worse, because of his failure to pay child support, a Miami-Dade Circuit Judge has issued a pick-up order for authorities to arrest … Read more
DJ Strong interviews Aftermath producer DJ Khalil as he talks about upcoming projects with The Game, Nas, Busta Rhymes, and Self Scientific. In addition to discussing the importance of remaining consistent, authentic, and true to your music, Khalil also goes into the Aftermath process of making great records and the philosophy of making music … Read more
Isn’t it about time the video game industry made a decent Hip-Hop music game? Until the time comes for a good DJ inspired title, we’ll just have make due with Guitar Hero. Luckily a vinyl fan has hacked his way to make a Numark PT01 portable turntable work as a controller instead of the customary … Read more
Platinum Pied Pipers producer Waajeed stopped by KCRW for an interview to talk production and upcoming releases, but that’s only the half. While stopping by the show he was given the chance to play guest DJ and decided to hit us off with new joints straight from his beat tape! Unfortunately, you’ll have to stream … Read more
Round 3 in Jermaine Dupri’s "The DJ Is Dead" backlash leaves us with Trapp (The Mic DVD) attacking DJ Greg Street for bashing JD. Trapp says that both of them are putting out garbage records, that the public can’t be fooled and, "You are not as big as you think you are."
I knew there had to be a secret reason why I like the wacked out sounds of Flying Lotus… turns out his aunt is Alice Coltrane! In this interview with XLR8R he talks about the crazy sounds of video games, his involvement in filmmaking, getting track placement with Adult Swim, and his latest release Los … Read more
Get ready for an onslaught of iPhone music devices now that Apple has opened up software development. Chances are we can look forward to many more iPhone music apps in the near future. "Beatmaker" by Intua is another one of those grown man toys that sample crazy technophiles won’t be able to resist. Features include: … Read more