To promote the release of 8 Diagrams, Guitar Center will offer for sale 8 Roland MV-8800’s customized by Bruce Forat. In addition to owning a one of a kind production workstation, all eight owners will have to opportunity to attend an intimate beatmaking class with Rza himself. Each Forat/Rza customized MV-8800 will feature one of … Read more
There is now a solution for those of you that don’t want to drop the significant cash investment on a Pro Tools control surface such as the Command 8. Programmer Alex le Lievre of Far Out Labs has created a pretty amazing program that enables users to control Mac OS X enabled Pro Tools LE, … Read more
A Crate Kings favorite, Damu The Fudgemunk drops an interview conducted in the basement lab where he discusses how he started producing, digging for vinyl, filtering, and even shows off an original copy of The Honeydrippers “Impeach The President”.
Get ready for a nother severe case of gear lust… DJ Ave give a a thorough tour of the Organzed Noize recording studio along with equipment commentary, descriptions, and a cameo appearance by Rico Wade.
Bump Hip-Hop Interviews Pete Rock about his upcoming release NY’s Finest, discusses his influence on younger sample based producers, and the state of New York Hip-Hop. Check The Story
Congrats to forum member Nik Nak as he once again proves that he has skills and talent for days! Officially chosen by our guest producer judge K-Salaam, Nik Nak, a member of the Three Kings production crew, came through and became the first Crate Kings beat battle champion to hold multiple titles! Since winning his … Read more
Producers Sean C and LV break down "Roc Boys", discuss making the transition from DJ to producer, and using live instrumentation alongside the MPC 4000.
2008 is looking to be a great year full of promise and opportunity. To kick things off we’re happy to announce that legendary producer Ski Beatz has agreed to judge the January Crate Kings Beat Battle. The same producer responsible for classic hits from Original Flavor, Jay Z’s, Camp Lo, and most recently Pittsburgh Slim … Read more
Producer Boon Doc does a great job showing how to chop a 3/4 sample time and change it to 4/4. Also shown are some creative uses for a hand clap, imagine actually using it for clapping hands!?
Sha Money XL of G-Unit and Money Management present the One Stop Shop producer’s conference from March 8-9th in Phoenix Arizona. The event will feature a workshops/panels, beat battle, after parties,and influential industry heads such as: DJ Toomp, Swizz Beats, the legendary DJ Premier, Hi-Tek, DJ Quik, 9th Wonder, No ID, Trackboyz, and Nottz. At … Read more