I hit a beat and swing a note as if my name was David Ruffin/ quick to toast an mc just like an english muffin
Juan Ep’s 25th episode.
Bonus: MCA interviewed by Pete & Cipha Sounds
Congrats to Pete & Ciph for making the move to a morning show as well
For those who slept: Juan Epstein 24.
Don’t forget all the podcasts I recommended to you a minute ago either.
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In an interview the rapper said: “That record is real it’s coming. You know me, I was starting to doubt it myself and then I went up in there and he played so much music for me it knocked my head off.”
Via MTV UK
Well, I hope he means done as in complete, not done as [...]
Some footage of Talib live and talking about a few things including who he’d like to collaborate with in the future.
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Does it frustrate you how the face of popular music and its accompanied art has evolved and lost most artistic credibility? Is it a product of disinterest by the fans or just the commercialization of the whole industry?
JJ: Not really. The classic days of the album cover ended with CDs and videos, [...]
It’s the summertime, and Pete Rock’s production has never sounded better. All I feel like doing these days is breaking out The Main Ingredient and chilling in the sun. So I’ve compiled a list of links related to the great producer.
Flood has a dope mix of Pete instrumentals, ‘92-’94, which he rightfully proclaims as [...]
Via Killah Beast
I remember reading about these tapes a while ago but never got to hear them. Shouts to KB for uploading them, since we at ML are suckers for Premier mixes.
Download Tape A of Crooklyn Cuts.
The first tape is actually missing the last three tracks on the b-side, which I’ve bolded. I’ve upped [...]
“Drop” was a single released by the Pharcyde, in support of their second album, Labcabincalifornia. It was produced by J Dilla, still going by Jay Dee at the time. Dilla employs his soon-to-be signature crisp, neck-snapping snares and claps. He uses a haunting, spacey backwards sample and a scratched chorus of Ad-Rock from “The [...]
The legendary Brooklyn producer Easy Mo Bee, whose production credits most notably include a series of classics with The Notorious B.I.G. and the rest of the old Bad Boy Records camp, gives a great interview where he touches on moments from his long and storied career and talks about rap music today.
A wise and humble [...]
Great interview with Professor Griff over at Buffalo’s Artvoice paper. The part that really messed with me:
Griff: No, not at all. There’s a gentleman who wrote a book called Hip-Hop Decoded, and his name is The Black Dot, and it really opened my eyes. And then Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney pointed things out to me that [...]
I’m back from my hiatus to resume writing again and of course I needed to write a new instalment of the weekly Remix Tuesday. I had to take some time off from blogging. I had a huge amount of school work and just didn’t have the time. Shouts to Buhizzle for keeping this feature going [...]
