Crate Kings
2345 posts- CK·0073R.I.P to Hip Hop Producer Disco D01.24.2007 · I'd like to say R.I.P. to Disco D who passed away from suicide on January 22nd. I wasn't fortunate enough to meet him, but to this day I am still awestruck
- 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·0070Ratings01.08.2007 · You know that after writing and overanalyzing Hip Hop samples, breaks, records and mixes that I had to eventually start doing a few ratings. Ever since
- CK·0069Beat Heads Have Lost Their Minds!01.06.2007 · I've been staying away from alot of breaks sites just because many cats have a tendency to go off the deep end with their record tastes. In recent years
- 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·0067Nas - Hip Hop Is Dead Samples01.05.2007 · The request has been made for a full album of samplese and Crate Kings has answered the call. We now present the original samples and breaks for Nas'
- 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