Billing itself as the world’s first fully featured hand held recording studio, Indamixx is a Samsung Q1 Ultra featuring a 800 mhz cpu, 1 GB RAM, 40 GB harddrive, powered by Linux OS and bundled with a bunch of preinstalled open source audio software including: Ardourino DAW Mixxx 1.6 260 Plugins Audacity (jack version with … Read more
Not directly related to Hip-Hop, but nonetheless a concern to all producers concerned with sound quality. We all know that hypercompression is the current trend in mastering and that lossy codecs such as mp3 are inferior, but has it gotten out of control? Neil Young, Trent Reznor, John Mellencamp, and T Bone Burnett are uniting … Read more
Just wanna say congrats to the Rafferty & Shaun, winners of the Supreme The Beatmaker Vol./Get Rite DVD package. Also, congrats to J2G & Haroon who won the KRS-One, Common, Q-Tip Vinyl Givaway. There were so many great responses that it became very hard to choose. Stay tuned for the upcoming givaway, especially if you … Read more
Here’s a clip of producer Illmind at the recent Attack of The Blaps producer showcase that took place last week. In this segment Illmind flips a sample of Sade’s "No Ordinary Love" straight from the sampler while giving the crowd a little surprise at the end. Respect to Illmind
We were lucky enough to get blessed with the audio from the Attack of The Blaps Producer Showcase featuring producers Illmind, Amplive, DJ Babu, Traxamillion, and was hosted by Rakaa Iriscience. With each producer playing their productions live on stage get ready for a few surprises… the 125 minutes of audio is essential to your … Read more
Grammy award winning producer Bryan Michael Cox and DJ Wonder create a beat live on the air. Nothing fancy, just some quick piano playing, but the combination of turntables and live playing was damn entertaining.
Just Blaze talks about how he started in music as a DJ, his mother singing, and father being a Jazz musician. He also talks about keeping his ear to the streets and the need for producers to unite as allies. Most interestingly, he goes into technology, working on the road, reasons for purchasing Bassline Studios, … Read more
Chicago board legend No I.D. tells aspiring producers and rappers to "you have to have a life plan that makes sense for real life and not a fantasy music plan." He goes on to address the issues of studying for whatever career you intend to pursue, including music. Read the complete story.
Kidz In The hall give some valuable insight into the construction of "Let Your Hair Down". Producer Double O has bring bringing the heat for a while, so it’s nice to get a feel for how the duo works.
Crate digging pro The Purist hits us off with a top notch 36 minute dusty mix entitled "No Fat Chicks". The CD was originally a limited Japan only press, but he’s decided to share it with the rest of us and features rare joints by female soul artists such as Barbara Mason, Mary Love, vicky … Read more