Crate Digging
103 posts- CK·0072J Dilla Interview: Beats, MC'ing, & Style01.17.2007 · I was just bumping around and wasting a little time when I ran across this interview where J Dilla discusses the use of beats and ID tags. Of course there are
- CK·0071Kanye West Making A Beat On The MPC 2000 & ASR 1001.17.2007 · Kanye West making a beat on the Akai MPC 2000 and Ensoniq ASR-10, talking through his production philosophy and technique.
- CK·0068More Gems and Treats For The Kiddies...01.06.2007 · After much thought, I've decided to take a bit of a break from giving my isolated commentary about what music should sound like in an ideal world and figured
- CK·0066Happy New Year Sample Drop!01.01.2007 · Happy New Year Everyone! 2006 has definitely been an interesting and exciting year all around, especially musically. We saw the return of Jay Z,
- CK·0065Smack DVD Beat Making Videos - D.R. Period, Arsonist of Heatmakerz, Just Blaze,12.31.2006 · I went ahead and gathered every Smack DVD beat making video that I could find. It just so happens that I hold a lot of respect for D.R. Period and it's pretty
- CK·0064Crate Digging and Sampling Ethics... Who Heard of Such A Thing???12.29.2006 · They let me out of my gig a little early today so I took the opportunity to do a little crate digging on my way home from work. It's tough when you walk into
- CK·0063Kev Brown Making Beats On The MPC12.23.2006 · I really like this video of Kev Brown making a beat on his trusty MPC 2000XL. This is a great video because he goes farther than just looping a beat and takes
- CK·0062Who Stole My MPC Sucka???... How's That???12.23.2006 · Life is good… life is grand… My apologies for the lack of updates lately, but I’ve been doing my best to climb the corporate ladder and
- CK·0061Unique Places to Dig For Records12.12.2006 · I’m constantly racking my brain through my head in an attempt to more fresh and creative ways to find records and today on the rush hour drive home I
- CK·0059Mobb Deep - The Infamous Samples & Breaks Case Study11.26.2006 · A case study of the samples and breaks behind Mobb Deep's The Infamous (1995): the records Havoc flipped and how the album's dark sound was built.