Many Crate Kings readers have spent a substantial portion of their lives behind a pair of Technics turntables. Whether jumping around looking for samples, putting together a battle routine, or keeping party goers occupied, it’s always been comforting to know that these gems could be relied upon in even the most challenging environments.
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As many of you already know, we receive a ton of submissions for beattapes, videos, and other projects. Unfortunately, there is simply not enough time to review each of them. To make things simple and fair, individual projects such as albums, mixtapes, or beattapes just haven’t been featured for quite some time.
DJ Premier talks about growing up in Texas, discovering hip-hop, forming Gangstarr, “Mass Appeal”, founding Year Round Records, and more. [Respect to Eskay]
FLüD Watches has announced the release of a limited edition watch honoring the late DJ Grandmaster Roc Raida. The cost of the watch is $90 with all proceeds going to support Roc Raida’s family. You can only obtain the watch by directly e-mailing FLüD.
In the company’s latest promotional effort, DJ case manufacturer Odyssey Cases features DJ Etronik, 2010 U.S. DMC Champion and 4th place DMC World Finalist, demonstrating his world class skills behind the turntables.
(Above: DJ LigOne of France) The world’s most talented battle DJ’s competed against each other this past Sunday and Monday in the DMC World DJ Championships. Congratulations to DJ’s LigOne, Switch, and Kireek for the winning the World DJ Finals, Battle for World Supremacy, and World Team Battle, respectively. 2010 DMC World DJ Finals LigOne … Read more
Producer/DJ Battlecat steps away from the mixing board to showcase his live turntable skills during an small gathering at the Crewest gallery located in downtown Los Angeles. [via LA Stereo]
Get another peak inside the Headquarterz Studios as DJ Premier talks about some of the expected upcoming projects from Year Round Records. Among some of the notable projects are KRS-One & DJ Premier – Return of The Boom Bip, a Pete Rock vs. DJ Premier collaboration, and a long lost Teflon album.
Congratulations to producers Nicademus and Gmo for winning the Minneapolis round of the 2010 Red Bull Big Tune Beat Battle. The competition was stiff with Young Federal, Nascent, Lex Luther, PC, Sinister Grinch, Nicademus, Medium Zac, and Gmo all putting in outstanding performances.
Nigel D. of Real Talk NY interviews Boi1da to talk about how the producer learned production using only FL Studio and a natural passion to have fun with music. During the interview Boi1da reveals that he was terrible musician and how, against the advice of others, he quit working a day job to pursue music … Read more