Yet another reason why we love Kev Brown. This has been floating around for while, but has been a bit hard to find lately. Kev plays instrumentals straight out of his MPC while giving production insight and commentary into how the beat was made and which techniques were used to obtain his sound. Major respect … Read more
In case you forgot how talented they were Just Blaze, Swizz Beatz, Marley Marl come together live onstage and run down a medley of hits from each of their arsenals.
Movement TV presents an exclusive interview with producer Rockwilder where he reveals frustration with boring Hip-Hop and his decision to move onto the new ground of Christian Hip-Hop. While denying that he’s left secular music altogether, Rockwilder states that his primary focus will be on creating music that has a positive message for younger generations … Read more
9th Wonder talks about Hip-Hop and the influence of Southern acts on the state of the culture.
Here’s your chance to cop a 3 million dollar studio on the cheap. The diabolical production genius behind New Jack Swing is selling his Virginia Beach recording studio in order to pay creditors. I’ve always had a hard time understanding how superstars get into such bad financial shape when they clearly have so much going … Read more
Some great footage of 88 Keys at the Beat Society producer showcase. I love how the sample starts off and all of a sudden the instrumental for "Love" by Mos Def drops in out of the blue!
It will never cease to baffle me why anyone still has faith in the Grammy’s. I actually completely gave up watching award shows at the tender age of 13 when Young MC edged out groups such as De La Soul and Public Enemy for Best Rap Performance. It’s not that most, if not all, of … Read more
Berklee College faculty member Erik Hawkins gives simple sage advice on how to become a great producer. He addresses some of the issues that tend to plague aspring producers and offers the most simple solution to get it done! Check the article
The rule for learning about Hip-Hop production is pretty much this: When Pete Rock speaks, you better listen. In this interview with Remix Magazine, Pete Rock talks about the importance of harmonics, the overuse of compression, and reveals a few tricks such as pre-eq’ing audio before sampling. Read The Interview I’d also like to mention … Read more
9th Wonder starts it off by chopping up a "Pretty Brown Eyes" by Mint Condition, then takes us on a digging excursion to Cue Records located in Philadelphia. Store owner DJ Botany 500 offers up some unknown joints while 9th wonder talks about receiving a Grammy shout out from Mary J. Blige and sampling records. … Read more