Pound Magazine caught up with Black Milk to talk about his first equipment, early beats, snatching open drums from J Dilla, and first hearing his music on the radio. He also talks about pursuing music production while working in stock rooms and restaurants, then finally receiving his break into the music business. Interesting Fact: Black … Read more
Joshua Pablo Rosenstock offers up his personal, slightly odd Shrine To The Funky Drummer, an experimental film documenting all aspects of James Brown’s classic drum break. From personal interpretations of the break to its use in DJ’ing & turntablism, production, and crate digging, the film features clips of prominent producers, artists, and DJ’s such as Rob … Read more
A focus on veteran Seattle producer and engineer Vitamin D covers his heavy involvement the local hip-hop scene and the city’s unique incorporation of both west coast and east coast elements into its sound. Locally I’ve mixed and engineered a big percentage of what kinda comes out.
What crate digger doesn’t like a video of The Thing, a thrift store in Brooklyn, NY that’s renowned for it’s dusty cavern of $2 vinyl. It’s even better when the footage is put to music. Crate Kings forum member GLF takes us on a tour through the store that features a self created backing track … Read more
DJ Revolution goes to work at The Bridge Tour, a worldwide Ableton and Serato sponsored tour aimed at promoting the DJ/producer software collaboration.
iKeepIt100 returns with part 2 of 21 questions with DJ Premier as the producer talks about his preferences Rane vs Vestax, Pete Rock vs Dr. Dre, sampling vs non-sampling, and terrestrial vs satellite radio. Pete Rock is funky. Dre is the ultimate producer… period.
Alchemist, Oh No, Goldwatch, and Hector The Corrector play a bunch of beats while waiting out a sandstorm at The Salton Sea. Somebody’s gonna get killed to this beat! — Alchemist
Imflashy interviewed DJ Premier while he was in town for the Red Bull Big Tune National Finals. Primo discusses his involvement with BET Cyphers, some of the different personality dynamics of the participants, upcoming projects, his desire to hear more ruggedness in music. You don’t hear a lot of ruggedness anymore. That screw your face … Read more
Chicago producer The Legendary Traxster runs down his work Twista, E-40, Mystikal, Mariah Carey, Ludacris, Chris Brown before explaining his motivation to begin making music and the challenges that he faced when attempting to redefine his sound.
Hip-Hop Chronicles and Pete Rock get together to discuss how the self-described soulful producer first met DJ Premier while working at WBLS and the friendly musical competition that the two producers have between them. Pete Rock also goes on to discuss the five upcoming releases that he has for next year and his favorite DJ … Read more