Producer Interviews

DJ Clark Kent On Blogging, Politics, And Nike Consulting

"Think about the people who are sitting around with all of that time on their hands to get on a computer just to listen to songs instead of having something else to do…"

A pretty tough statement for all of the new artists looking to leverage new promotional tools and fans tired of having mediocre music shoved down their throats by radio and television.  I get the feeling that Clark Kent is forgetting that not everyone has access or even the desire to access traditional outlets.

It’s obvious from Clark Kent’s references to music theft and stealing that he alread holds a negative view of online music distribution and promotion.  However, the fact remains that the music industry is changing and desperately needs to adopt new revenue models.

Part 2 after the jump.

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T-Pain Talks Auto-Tune Haters And Pop Champagne Effect Misuse

T-Pain makes catchy songs, but are they any good?  The self proclaimed "ringleader of the game" discusses his initial use of Antares Auto-Tune and confesses,"It’s making me money so I ain’t got to stop."  He also talks about haters, Ron Browz’s misunderstanding of Auto-Tune, and the "T-Pain" effect. Here’s the question though… at what point … Read more

D-Dot On Founding The Hitmen, Bad Boy, And Ghost Production

Legendary Bad Boy producer Deric "D-Dot" Angelettie aka The Madd Rapper stopped by the Round Table to talk about Styles’ absence from "All About The Benjamins", meeting P Diddy at Howard University, getting involved with production, discovering Kanye West, ghost production, and whole lot more. 

The interview is in 4 Parts so grab a seat and get comfortable…. more after the jump!

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Black Milk Talks Tronic + J Dilla Comparisons.

Rhapsody just dropped an interview with Black Milk as talks about the goals behind Tronic, his style of mc’ing, influences of Electronic music, and maintaining balance with artistic growth.  He talks of first meeting J Dilla and addresses the many comparisons made between the two. Read the full interview here.