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Best Of 2007: AaronM’s Dope Producers of 2007.

My own personal list for 2007 consists of the producers who put in amazing work this year and deserve some props. Listed in no particular order, with the artists they did the best work with this year. Alchemist (Prodigy, Pharoahe Monch, Evidence, Styles P) The Hitmen (Jay-Z, Ghostface, Pharoahe Monch)..

Free Music: Killer Mike-Ghetto Extraordinary.

Via Cocaine Blunts I’ve posted about Killer’s label woes before that led to his followup to his debut Monster, Ghetto Extraordinary, being shelved indefinitely. Now that’s been signed to SMC (home of Wu-Tang, Pharaohe Monch, and others), Killer Mike is teaming up with Hip Hop DX to offer the album..

Red Bull Music Academy: Tutor Lectures.

At the Red Bull Music Academy website, there are lectures in the form of interviews with a variety of hip hop luminaries, mostly producers. The lecture series started in 1998 in Berlin, with its most recent lecture in Toronto earlier last year The interviewers consistently ask great questions, and Jeff..


Rhymefest: Man In The Mirror.

One of my favourite and sorely unappreciated rappers is Chi-town’s own Rhymefest. Currently signed to producer Mark Ronson’s Allido Records, he is set to release his 2nd album, El Che, at some point this year (Wikipedia has it set for this spring. We’ll see.) In anticipation, he’s put another excellent..


Fake No Limit Album Covers

Something Awful has an amazing collection of No Limit style album covers made for seemingly unlikely artists like They Might Be Giants, Elton John & the Wiggles. It’s done for their weekly Photoshop feature, Photoshop Phriday. Absolutely frickin’ brilliant, well worth a look. Pictured above, the Mamas & the Papas...

Future "WTF?" Guest Appearance: Kool G Rap & Haylie Duff?

  Damn, I haven’t done one of these in a minute! I missed Remix Tuesdays too this week, I’m sorry y’all. I’m in Florida chilling right now and I get a bit lazy. Anyway, I was checking for places to listen to DJ Premier’s Sirius radio show, Live at HeadQCourterz..