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."
DJ Ian Head drops the September edition of his monthly mix series. This time he tackles the beloved CTI catalog and give us all a taste of that classic Creed Taylor/KUDU goodness. As a mix that will keep you busy with enough classic samples and breaks to cause massive inspiration, this comes with full fledged … Read more
Black Milk is another producer that we wholehearted support around here. Luckily he just announced via MySpace the tracklist for his latest album Tronic along with the October 28th release date on Fat Beats. Tronic Tracklist: 1. Long Story Short ft. Dwele 2. Bounce 3. Give the Drummer Sum 4. Without U ft. Colin Munroe … Read more
Hot off the presses… a quick preview of the upcoming Madlib release WLIB AM: King of The Wigflip… did you expect anything less than greatness!?
It’s about time our man Madlib dropped another installment on us. On September 30th, 2008 BBE will release WLIB AM: King of the Wigflip, which promises to live up to the high standards that we’ve come to expect from the obscure record king. Madlib – maverick, prolific, and tirelessly uninhibited. /W.L.I.B. AM. //King of the … Read more
After dropping A Hip-Hop Tribute To Isaac Hayes, Haroon went back to the lab and put together a supporting video with classic Wild Style scenes, archive footage, and some crazy editing work.
Much respect to long time Crate Kings reader and commenter Haroon. Besides regularly dropping insightful and intelligent commentary, Haroon also dishes out some serious audio and production of his own. Check out this complimentary 9 track 22 minute collection entitled A Hip-Hop Tribute To Isaac Hayes and pay homage to one of the original soul … Read more
Daily readers surely know by now that we have no problem playing favorites here at Crate Kings. Whether it’s the up and coming beatmakers, unrecognized producers, or just simply long time greats, we have no shame in politely beating you over the head with something that needs to be heard. That being said… we present … Read more
There’s no shortage of great producer material dropping lately. This Tuesday K-Def also released an updated version of Willie Boo Boo "The Fool" to digital retailers with the promise of a deluxe 4 piece vinyl available this winter. Bonus Download: K-Def on WNYU 89.1FM’s The Halftime Show. Grab Willie Boo Boo "The Fool" over at … Read more
Connoisseurs of turntable skills and authentic Hip-Hop will instantly recognize the name of DJ Revolution as the musical backbone behind "The World Famous Wake Up Show" with Sway & King Tech. Back a number of years ago I was actually fortunate enough to have Rev spin a guest set on weekly radio show that DJ … Read more