Crate Digging

Hip-Hop Drum Breaks Heaven

Check out this quick moving video mix of some famous and not so famous drum breaks. Warning: It can become damn hard to stop your head from nodding.

Classic Tupac Makavelli Original Samples

This video collection of original 2 Pac samples is enough to make even the most die hard east coast fan pump their fist in excitement. Note the heavy emphasis on Zapp & Roger (Troutman),  the origin of T-Pain’s painfully cheesy vocal stylings.

Beat Digging To The Brink of Insanity

It’s been a fun few days.  I’ve been doing my damndest to stay productive on the creative side while fighting the endless programming issues that popup on a daily basis.  My only relief has been to shut my laptop in frustration, grab the portable, and get my fingers dusty hitting up a total of nine … Read more

Fusion Ultd. Diggin For Coldfusion

In a promo for his upcoming album Coldfusion, Fusion Ultd. takes us on an excursion to an undisclosed record store.  Watching Fusion is always an education, but I actually feel sorry for his "digging partner" who spends most of the vid nodding off on a couple of crates.

Dealing Records Outta The Car Trunk!

True vinyl fiends get their product delivered to them directly.  I love how this dealer is selling funk staight outta the trunk… classic!  Who knows… record delivery could be the digging wave of the future.

Crate Digging With Mr. Supreme (Conmen)

Here’s another video to help you get motivated for a digging mission.  This time Mr. Supreme (formerly of the Conmen) takes us on a serious digging trip.  Not a whole lot of talking going on here, just a whole lot of beats and intense record porn.

Visions of Beat Digging

This morning I was jolted awake by visions of finding a mint copy of Skull Snaps deep in the back of a dusty flea market dealer’s stacks.  Something just clicked and I decided to take a break from the development of Crate Kings to blow everything off and go digging in the crates.  I grabbed … Read more