Producer Alchemist Releasing New Album
Per allhiphop.com Alchemist will be releasing his third album soon. Check out the interview.
?uestlove’s (Roots) Record Collection and Library
?uestlove of the Roots and his sister give us a glimpse into his infamous record vault. Trust me… this collection is no joke!
Deep Crates Part 2 Trailor f/ Pete Rock, Marley Marl, K Def, Domingo
One of my favorite videos/DVD’s for record diggin has been Deep Crates, produced by Beat Dawg. It really touches on real down and dirty digging from a producers perspective and I’m glad to see that Beat Dawg has slated to release Deep Crate Part 2 for Spring of 07. Hopefully we will have review for … Read more
Producer Black Milk Making Beats
I’ve been seeing this cat around for a while now, but I must admit that I haven’t really taken the time to listen to hear what he was doing. Damn that was a big mistake! Black Milk is bringing production heat like I haven’t heard in a long while. His style reminds me of J … Read more
Interview w/ The Alchemist and His ASR-10
I want to give a huge shout out to all the cats supporting the Crate Kings forums and let them know that I’ve been listening to all of the requests. This interview with The Alchemist is one of those that was lost in my now infamous harddrive cleaning a few months ago. Luckily, someone had … Read more
More Hip Hop Samples For Your Ears
Now that we have become acclimated to the New Year and I’ve finally established the habit of consistently writing ’07 on my car payment checks, it seemed like an appropriate time to do another sample drop. Here are a few now classic Hip Hop samples that I’ve been rockin lately and the groups that have … Read more
Hip Hop Breaks and Sample Website Roundup 2-9-06
I just discovered a great digging mixtapes blog. Unfortunately it’s writen in Japanese, so I have no idea what is being said, but it’s still nice to look at the pictures. Orgy In Rhythm is a great little Jazz album blog. You’ll definately get excited if you are a crate digger with an appreciation for … Read more
The Amen Break – The Winstons “Amen Brother”
The masses have spoken and it seems as if I left a few gems out of the greatest hip hop drum samples and breaks list. I can’t ignore the significance of this classic and influential drum break, so here ya go folks. Hope that you enjoy this little history lesson about the masterful reworkings of … Read more
The 30 Greatest Hip Hop Drum Breaks & Samples of All Time!
I absolutely love lists. I make lists for things that I need to do when at home, on my way to work, at work, and even while I’m at the movies. There’s one list that I’ve been thinking of for the past three weeks and has caused me agony beyond reasonable comprehension… The top 10 … Read more
Favorite Techniques To Program Drum Kits & Loops
Last night I tried my hardest to come up with what I thought to be the 10 greatest drum breaks of all time. I should just say that I failed miserable at that endeavor. Right now the list is at about 28 and will take me all week to encode the audio. It?s coming though, … Read more