Respect to The Audacity of Dope for serving up a 2 part interview with producer Jake One and Brother Ali as they discuss the goals behind releasing White Van Music, beginning the project in 2006, and backstories relating to specific tracks. There’s really no beating the track by track analysis.
Part 2 after the jump.
A little bit of an older interview… Black Milk takes a seat on the Red Bull Music Academy couch to talk about his influences, soul music, using improvised production equipment, and making the move to the MPC 2000XL. He also discusses sampling vs. live instrumentation and what he considers to be the holy trinity of … Read more
Producer DJ Toomp talks upcoming projects, the Atlanta music Hip-Hop scene, working with T.I, and plays some older production work.
Producer Ty Fyffe and Mims provide a beat listening session and interview. Mims also talks about working with Bangladesh, motivation, hard work, and encourages all producers to submit their work.
Dallas Penn takes us inside Statik Selektah’s recording studio as he previews "Talk About You" and talks about the state of sampling.
The Ragged Road series features five students traveling around the country while meeting various recording industry pros. DJ Don P, Blackout, and Styles of production crew Blackout Movement (UGK, Omarion, Mims) are featured in the Miami episode as they give thoughts on production and hook construction.
Has anyone else had "Cannon… Cannon" echoing in their head at some point? Producer Don Cannon talks about the source of his signature voice tag and dares anybody to figure out the source (rumors place the source at NFL announcer Pat Summerall). He also gives and update about the status of his mixtape legal issues, … Read more
In part 2 of his interview with K-Salaam, Just Blaze talks about getting started in production and his respect for skilled DJ’s. Important lessons are learned about networking and pushing past career related boundaries. Part 1: Just Blaze Interview K-Salaam & Beatnick
Bad Boy production master Deric "D-Dot" Angelettie sits with Sean C and LV to tell stories of Notorious B.I.G., unreleased tracks, and the trust that Biggie had in his producers.
Atlanta producer DJ Toomp talks about how he started using Propellerhead Reason as a free demo and how it changed the way he made music. Toomp emphasizes the speed of sketching ideas, ability to experimentation, and favorite features.