Ill Roots sat down with No ID to discuss the state of music, increased global access to music, new models for music distribution, and the opposing concepts of music vs. art. He also tells of his first meeting with Kanye West, celebrities as regular people, and the importance of maintaining proper manners. Read the complete … Read more
All the crate diggers out there should take not of how the real record ballers do it. Avid HiFi, no to be confused with Avid Technologies and parent company of Digidesign, has released the upgraded Acutus turntable along with a upgraded price tag of $24,000. The unit comes complete with a monster power supply, 22 … Read more
DJ Epik talks production, working with Mos Def on "True Magic", and gives a nice scratch demo. He goes on to talk about his first equipment setup with belt drive turntables (sound familiar anyone?), shows off a few records from his deep collection, and gives the MPC 2000 XL a quick workout. He also advises … Read more
Seeing that the weather is quickly becoming such that you’d want to spend much more time outside, here are some places that would have no problem keeping you voluntarily indoors for weeks at a time. Mix Magazine highlights some of the best new recording studios of 2008. Some of the facilities include Inner Machine, 2 … Read more
Seem like Eric Hudson has been ripping up the net for the past couple of days. This time he site down with XXL for another interview/Q&A session where he talks about the process of putting together the beat for Kanye West’s "Flashing Lights", newly found attention, producing other genres, and the benefits of playing an … Read more
In part 3 of a 5 part series, Dupri talks about only a few rappers being in the top 10 of the R&B charts and how no label has broken any new rap artists. He warns new artists not to get involved in the industry and says that rap looks like it’s over.
HHNLive treats us to an interview with "Flashing Lights" producer Eric Hudson as he talks about the growing up around the music industry, dumbing down music for the radio, and collaborating with writers. Hudson also talks about running to Kanye West by mere chance and the beat for "Flashing Lights" originally being intended for Beanie … Read more
Much respect to all of the producers & beatmakers who took the time to craft an entry for the Crate Kings Spring ’08 Beat Battle. Our highly respected judge Riggs Morales, Sr. Director of A&R Shady Records/Goliath Artists, Inc. has listened to all of your entries and made his final decision along with no holds … Read more
A little off topic… Rocka Iriscience of Dilated Peoples gives us the first glimpse of RZA’s WuChess.com, which is now open for business. Looks pretty interesting although truthfully I could do without the pieces in the shape of Wu symbols. However, it might be time to dust off my copy of CT-ART 3.0 and get … Read more
As part 2 of a 5 part series JD gives a rant about money corrupting and ruining music. He says that people paying attention to money, Soundscan, and charging too much money for tracks caused trouble for the industry. JD then declares that he’s in it for the love.