MC turned producer T.I. has now stepped away from the mic towards the boards to do production work for Rick Ross’ upcoming album Deeper Than Rap. Rick Ross said "I was in the Grand Hustle studio. We sat down. [Tip] told me he wanted to produce five records for me," and went on to say, … Read more
Robbie over at Ukut drops an excellent 2 part interview with Keith Shocklee as he breaks down the early days of the Bomb Squad from their beginnings as the Spectrum City DJ’s, massive sound systems, and two hour setup times to for parties. In part 2 Keith goes into the growth of PE’s popularity, the … Read more
I almost fell out of my chair after seeing this one, but it looks like technology and audio sampling could take a huge leap. Melodyne has come up with Direct Note Access, which will allow you to be able to edit individual polyphonic audio material and will allow for simple correction of errors to … Read more
Oh man… the latest Juan Epstein Podcast is insane. Peter Rosenberg and Cypha Sounds interview porn star Sophie Dee and Pete Rock. Unless you wanna get your radio lust on, skip past the Sophie Dee portion to about 30 minutes where Pete Rock comes through and drops some lesser known production facts like producing Notorious … Read more
Enter for the chance to win a set of Percussa AudioCubes courtesy of the fine folks over at Propellerhead. These little controllers look damn cool, but they’re actually gonna put you to work to get your hands on them. Three lucky winners will be chosen at random and will receive: First Prize: One set … Read more
Pyrex Scholar takes us on tour of a seemingly endless digging cavern called The Thing, located in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. Apparently this spot is a thrift store with a basement holding what’s rumored to be the city’s largest collection of unsorted vinyl at dirt cheap prices. Another place I’ll have to hit up the next time … Read more
Producer 9th Wonder says Lil Wayne is the best MC alive. I’m a little shocked by this one, but the most interesting part was hearing him comment on the state of Hip-Hop and the changing definition of classic music. He makes a great point about how many songs need to be hot, especially considering … Read more
Those lucky enough to be in the New Orleans area on June 6-8, 2008 can head over to the PotLuckCon Audio Conference. Sponsored by Sweetwater, PreSonus, Universal Audio, Audio Technica, and Tape Op Magazine, this is one of those conferences that I’d make serious sacrifices to attend. There’s so much going on here it would … Read more
The word is out… Pharrell does not play around with whiney artists. Madonna admitted that he made her cry an unusually tough studio session when she couldn’t understand a rhythm. "Pharrell made me cry. You know when you get angry with someone and you’re spitting snot. I was in a sensitive mood in the studio … Read more
The volume of portable music software making the rounds lately is almost baffling. This time we’re handed a preview of the ProteinDS scratching application for the Nindendo DS. [via Boing Boing]