Add another name to the list of producer directed albums coming this fall. Ayatollah (Most Def, Rakim, Wu-Tang, Pharoahe Monch, Talib Kweli) is dropping his digital only 22 track release entitled Drum Machine on September 30th, 2008. Check the single "Brolic" and look for the album when it drops. Ayatollah – Brolic
Recently there’s been a lot of controversy surrounding the MF Doom, his questionable ethics, and faked concert appearances. Now apparently Doom is dropping the MF prefix, switching up labels, and aggressively pursuing magazine features and covers in preparation for the October 21st release of "Born Into This."
Turntable prodigy DJ A-Trak breaks out footage from the archives as he talks about coming up through the turntablist ranks and tells the story of becoming Kanye West’s DJ.
Producer Ty Fyffe takes us inside a G-Unit listening session with Sha Money XL as he runs through a solid beat demo for a possible 50 Cent track entitled "Before I Self Destruct".
The Raw Report DVD serves up a documentary about history of The Source Magazine, its ups, downs, and everything in between.
More live Serato goodness… Real Live and Lords of the Underground producer K-Def spins classic original instrumentals during a Fat Beats in store appearance.
Numark has announce the latest edition to their line of tabletop CD players for DJ’s. The ARC 3 plays standard CDs as well as MP3-CDs and features including pitch, five-ince scratch wheel, two loop banks, and an onboard fader. There has yet to be any mention of price, but the unit is being marketed as … Read more
Finally, an established producer openly admits to ghostproducing and financing a label through its revenues. Without specifcally naming names, PPP producer Waajeed says, "Of course I do… I got tons of fans from ghost producing. I’ll tell you one thing, underground records can’t afford this nice ass jacket I’ve got on, and this leather hat, … Read more
Film Music Magazine presents The Composer Expo. With events taking place in New York and Los Angeles, this could be the perfect introduction for aspiring producers to get involved and learn about a variety of business issues specific to composing for movies and video games.
Prince Paul talks about the flack he received for making The Gravediggaz album, delayed acclaim, all time favorite rap skits, and pushing musical boundaries.