About a year back we posted the trailer for a movie entitled Battle, which was based around the story of a producer’s journey through music and beat battles. The movie has been acquired by Lionsgate, renamed Step Off, and set for a March 15th release date. According to Step Off’s producer Martin Kelly, the movie will be available on DVD through Redbox, Netflix, and more.
Updated trailer after the break!
Here’s complete footage from the DJ Premier vs Pete Rock battle that took place in Japan not too long ago. It’s over 2 hours long, so it’s good to throw on in the background while doing something else. [via 2db]
See what happens when you throw 3 DMC champions into a room with 4 turntables, a Traktor Scratch Pro 2 system, and Maschine. The three-way jam session features DJ’s Qbert, Shiftee, and Rafik ripping apart and reconstructing sound. There’s even a small guest appearance from Scratchy Seal!
Lazy Afternoon and I’m Dat Digga have joined forces to put together to put on the next Vinyl Exchange event entitled Lazy Digga. Judging from video of the last event, this is definitely something to consider if you’re in the Orlando, FL area.
Special Guest DJ Kon of (Kon & Amir) and hosts Cooterman, Spreadsheets, and DJ Ynot.
Sunday March 6th
Free Admission (3-10pm)
Eye Spy
54 North Orange Avenue
Orlando, FL 32801
Event flyer after the break.
Producer Easy Mo Bee talks about working with Bad Boy early in the careers of Notorious B.I.G. and Craig Mack, the influence of Marley Marl, and his favorite personal productions. He also reveals that, amazingly, Busta Rhymes’ “Everything Remains Raw” contained no loops and that each sound purposefully and meticulously placed. Easy Mo Bee’s Top … Read more
Now here’s something that may interest crate diggers and record fiends who are looking for a new piece of technology. The iCrate iPhone app, which bills itself as the ultimate search tool for record collectors and crate diggers, provides mobile crate diggers with such features as a barcode scanner, record rarity, average selling prices, current offers, audio samples, location tagging, and guides to the best record stores around the world.
The iCrates app gives instant access to the biggest music databases and marketplaces such as Discogs, eBay, Amazon and iTunes. Users find detailed information on releases, artists and labels while searching for music in record stores or on flea markets.
At $1.99 iCrates may be worth grabbing.
Visit iCrates for more info or grab the app.
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Producers DJ Khalil and Chin Injeti talk about working on the soundtrack for Fight Night Championship from EA Sports. Khalil and Chin Injeti also lay down a challenge to fellow producer 9th Wonder stating that he’ll get “whooped!” We were going through this phase where we wanted everything to sound like Apocalypse Now
NBC Nitecap w/ Peter Bailey to talk with Cool & Dre about how the two producer met and originally formed an R&B group, current projects, and the duo’s chemistry when working together. Cool & Dre also talk about working with Fat Joe, Ja Rule, and Jadakiss, Cash Money, and The Game. You can never dictate … Read more
The team over at Image-Line has announced the imminent release of FL Studio Mobile, which will be available for iOS and includes support for the iPhone and iPad. I know that FL Studio fans have been waiting for something like this for a while.
Visit Image-Line for more info.
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And so begins the great debate. The question of the greatest hip-hop beats of all time plagued each one us at some point. It’s a question that hip-hop producers, beat makers, MC’s, and fans have asked and argued since the beginning of time (or at least hip-hop history). Unfortunately, most people when confronted with the … Read more