The other day it was hip hop producer Just Blaze, running down some of his most anticipated gadget releases during a recent interview with HipHopGame.com. Today’s hip hop producer engaging in gadget talk is none other than Pharrell Williams–1/2 of The Neptunes/N.E.R.D. frontman/’Hypester’ Icon. Recently he sat down with The Boy Genius and talked about everything from his cell phone of choice (peep his solid gold iPhone), to his current production setup, to the possibility of making a splash into the mobile phone market in the near future.
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Whats goin on folks! Didn’t get around to posting yesterday, I got thrown off my game while working on some background issues here on the site. Massive changes coming your way soon. In the meantime, check out these new videos by a couple of my favorite groups, that I’ve been rocking hard these past few days. First up, a homemade video by none other than ?uestlove of The Roots, leaking the second single off of Gnarls Barkley’s upcoming album “The Odd Couple’…it’s straight goodness! [via Okayplayer]
After the jump: The Roots - ‘Blacks Reconstruction’ and Gnarls Barkley ‘Run’. April can’t get here soon enough! Read the rest of this entry »
And she’s grinding hard in ‘08…
One album down, two more plus a lifestyle magazine on the way:
After a public bout of writer’s block that led to her “Frustrated Artist” tour in 2003 and 2004, Ms. Badu is eager to promote what she calls her magnum opus. “New AmErykah” is part of a creative torrent that includes a sequel record, due in the summer, and an unrelated retro-minded album, “Lowdown Loretta Brown,” scheduled for the fall, both on Universal Motown. Ms. Badu also plans to start a lifestyle magazine, The Freaq, this summer; the first issue will come with a copy of “New AmErykah: Part Two.” Both records will also be available on a U.S.B. stick for fans to plug into their computers; for added value Ms. Badu wants to record a U.S.B. commentary track to explain her references and inspiration. A tour will start in May.
In the latest installment of Hip Hop Game’s 3-part interview series, Just talks about some of the gadgets that he’s looking forward to seeing this year–high capacity storage drives seem to be at the top of his list. Peep the full excerpt after the jump, along with a clip of Just and Pete Rock battling it out on the Xbox 360. Read the rest of this entry »
When most producers release beat compilations over the web, they usually go to great lengths to protect their material from unauthorized use. Sometimes using air horns, voice drops, and other clever and sometimes annoying effects to make it difficult for beat thieves to record vocals. Fortunately, Algorythm isn’t like most producers. For his new project, “First”, he’s inviting singers, MC’s and fellow producers to use the tracks and sounds on the compilation anyway they please…just as long as he’s given the proper credit.
This is the FIRST in a quarterly series of short instrumental projects that I’ll be putting out through this site as digital downloads. Each project will be approached in a different way and have a completely different direction in sound — although, this ‘First’ installment is more of an introduction to my sound. Everything is made in either Reason 3.0, 4.0 or a combination of both. I then bring the separate beats together with Cool Edit(Yes, Cool Edit; not Adobe Audition) and bounce out an mp3.
Ideally what I’d like to do with this project is to keep everything as FREE as possible, which means if you’re a vocalist, or an MC, and would like to use any of the music you hear on these projects, by all means, go right ahead. Use them on mixtapes, albums, ringtones whatever. My only small request is that you credit me whenever possible — That’s it. Also if you’re a producer, and you hear some open drums go ahead and chop’em and use them on your next track. Just don’t be a loser and try and pass any of this stuff off as your own creations. Be True.
Definitely an innovative approach. Check out the beats here.
Aside from being two very unique subcultures that spawn their own internal trends and movements, Skateboarding and Go-Go share very little in common. Recently, however, Kickballers DC and Shut NYC blended the two together to create these limited edition skate decks that feature none other than “The Godfather of Go-Go” himself, Chuck Brown. This is definitely a first for go-go and skate culture. Get familiar with Chuck after the jump.
Given the fact that music and MySpace go hand-in-hand these days, it should come as no surprise that the insanely popular social networking site is now looking to launch its very own online music service. As part of a joint venture that would include the record industry’s ‘big four’ (Universal Music Group, Warner Music Group, EMI Group, and Sony BMG Music Entertainment ), the music service, currently dubbed ‘MySpace Music’, would not only allow users to purchase music through the site, but also listen to copyrighted music for free (a featured which will be suppported by ad revenue). Peep: Read the rest of this entry »
Paul Mawhinney’s music collection is pretty ill. Insane even. So much so, that those two shots pictured above only display a fraction of his entire stash. Over the years he’s collected 300,000 cd’s, and a whopping 3 millions records (3 million, fam!), half of which he says are new and have never been played. Now he’s putting it all up for sale. For a little over $3 million (considering the current eBay price) the entire collection, along with a few of his other prize musical possessions (including 8 indie record labels) can be yours. Peep: Read the rest of this entry »
Kweli traveled all the way to the motherland to bring this one to life. Excellent track, dope video. If you still don’t have his latest album, ‘Eardrum’, you’re losing…get it!
Based on outward appearance and reputation alone, most people wouldn’t normally associate Mobb Deep’s Prodigy with a “fine institution of higher leaning” like Morehouse College. Not to say that rappers and college don’t mix (don’t let the dropouts fool you), but in this particular case, the two are worlds apart. For starters, Prodigy, born Albert Johnson, has painted himself as a, well, “thug” for much of his career (cut it out, I can hear you laughing from here), while most Morehouse students and alumni are anything but. Seriously. Recently, while reading an article in the Village Voice documenting the rapper’s final days before beginning a 3 year prison sentence, I stumbled across a shocking bit of info that links P to ‘The House’ in a major way:
Prodigy carries a gun. It’s how he was raised. Though Albert Johnson comes from a long line of influential men–his great-great-grandfather, William Jefferson White, founded Morehouse College in the basement of his Baptist church in Augusta, Georgia
It’s almost unbelievable, I know. But imagine, in this age of bizarre hip-hop pairings, Morehouse officials jumping at the opportunity to align themselves with Prodigy based on this fact. Might we hear about young P receiving an honoray degree form the institution in the future? Or maybe delivering the keynote speech at one of their graduations? I seriously doubt it. But hey, these days you never know.
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