Our sincere condolences go out the the West family for the passing of Kanye West’s mother. Donda West 58 passed away suddenly on Sunday under circumtances currently unknown. A statement has been issued by his label Island/Def Jam stating that "the family respectfully asks for privacy during this time of grief."
Apparently cell phone customers are on the run nowadays. Last week I received a personal call from a Sprint rep asking me to re-up my contract for another 2 years in exchange for a $10 monthly billing credit. Being naturally afraid of commitment, I rejected the offer and immediately began pondering what other ego boosting … Read more
While in the studio working on an upcoming Sean Price/Guilty Simpson album, Black Milk discusses EQ, filters, drums and chopping popular samples to disguise them. Sean Price also explains the concept of rappety rap and his hatred of composition books.
Big Shout to RTC Shogun for giving us the scoop… The previous claim by Wu-Tang that the upcoming 8 Diagrams album will feature the first legally cleared Beatle sample was incorrect. According to Randall Wixen, of Wixen Publishing which handles publishing for the Harrison estate, “In this case, the Beatles’ master sample is not being … Read more
All hands on deck! The outlook for the future of sampling has greatly improved since Wu-Tang recently obtained clearance for the first Beatles song ever legally sampled! According to XXL and the Wu-Tang Myspace blog, the sample of The Beatles “My Guitar Gently Weeps” from the self titled White Album will appear as a remade … Read more
Digidesign is playing with my emotions! It looks like my tap dance and ball change between two laptops will not end anytime soon. Seeing that the company originally stated ProTools LE and M-Powered would be Vista compatible by the end of the summer, I figured Digidesign would actually stick to that statement. Instead, while checking … Read more
Peter Rosenberg drops a dope segment with Q-Tip speaking about Common, Dilla, and A Tribe Called Quest. If you can remember the name of Tribe’s second album, you may also qualify to win a Mitchell & Ness jacket from Altrap and VH1 Hip-Hop Honors. Spine Magazine gives us a taste of Large Professor’s upcoming … Read more
Coming straight from the Scratch Magazine website… Issue #20 featuring 50 Cent & Timbaland will be the last ever published! Announcing the news In a post today, Eskay over at Nah Right says “I hope all you purist snobs are happy. You didn’t buy it when it targeted you, then you screamed bloody murder when … Read more
We all know that producer Timbaland can come off a little arrogant at times, but that’s sort of expected after making such a long string of hits. Recently, according to Gigwise.com, Timbaland states that “Music is boring right now. I’m too innovative for the world" and that he’ll be leaving the music business.
Needless to say… TGIF and I managed to make it through another week working for The Man. Thank god for the some of more interesting things happening around the net and entertainment that helped ease the pain of sacrificing 1/3 of my days for a bi-weekly paycheck. Alchemist Interview About Prodigy’s (of Mobb Deep) Return … Read more