In spirit of the One Stop Shop producer conference that took place this past weekend, we present this oldie, but goodie. Hopefully, some of you were able to divert your attention away from the U.S. presidential primaries and head on down to Sha Money XL’s conference in Arizona for a little networking. For those like … Read more
Congrats to the winners of the most recent beat battle judged by none other than producer Ski Beatz (Jay Z, Camp Lo, and many others). As usual, it was a tough competition with a ridiculous amount of talent and high quality production. However, in the end, three producers were able to distinguish themselves from the … Read more
“In 1997, they accused me of being the queen of neo-soul … but the only thing neo-soul about me is the guy who made up the name.” – Erykah Badu, Remix magazine, March 2008 “Hip-hop is bigger than religion.” – Erykah Badu, “The Healer” One of the most impressive things about Erykah Badu has always … Read more
Figured we’d start things back off with a quick Madlib interview. It’s been around for a while, but for those who missed it the first time around, Talib Kweli interviews Stones Throw artist and producer Madlib as he talks about multiple music genres, his beat CD series Raw Cake, and working with Erykah Badu.
I want to apologize to everyone about the site being down for the past few days. On Saturday, March 1st our hosting provider Hostican suffered a catastrophic hard drive failure and completely lost all data for a number of clients. After having the drives sent to a data lab for recovery, I was finally notified … Read more
Another beat making banger from my man Su-Preme from Sunz of Man! Always delivering the perfect balance of instruction and entertainment, every time he drops a video, I’m immediately inspired to go grab the MPC and get to work. This time around Preme rocks the MPC 2500 and shows everyone the ins and outs of … Read more
Fake Shore Drive treats us to an in depth interview with producer No I.D. as he talks the importance of an artist having their own sound, pioneering Chicago Hip-Hop, and upcoming projects including work with Bump J, The Clipse, Rhymefest, in addition to a solo release. No I.D. also runs down some of his history … Read more
45 King serves up a little production advice along with insight into how he made the beats for Eminem’s “Stan”, Jay Z’s “Hard Knock Life”, Queen Latifah’s “Ladies First”, Latee’s “This Cuts Got Flavor, and his own “The 900 Number”. Perhaps the best advice was that “sometimes it’s just luck”… after all, the beat for … Read more
This one is long, but it’s worth it. DJ Mpact breaks down just about everything having to do with the talkbox including recommended equipment, usage, plus a breakdown of the style and playing techniques used by Roger Troutman. Also visit The Talkbox FAQ and pic up a few notes about how to get the authentic … Read more
Eight years after the album was release of their album De Stijl, The White Stripes are now being sued by a Canadian talk show host for $70,000 over the use of a 10 second sample allegedly taken from her radio show. To add insult to injury, the plaintiff claims that by using the sampling voice … Read more