Hip Hop Sampling

Languid - Bay.Bey.Dnt.Stp (Bonus)

This guy Languid is a problem.  It’s one thing flipping samples. It’s another thing entirely when you flip the sample so hard, you have to consider getting listeners to sign waivers before getting hit with lawsuits for severe cases of whiplash. If you haven’t heard yet, Languid and SoulStarr teamed up again to bring music …

Music

THROWBACK THURSDAY: Breakdancing On Graffiti Rock (1984)

We have some funky fresh breakdancing from Graffiti Rock in today’s Throwback Thursday. I wonder what it was like to live in the 80s, with Prince, Madonna and Michael Jackson being the pop star elite of the decade. Hip hop was growing with a plethora of names and styles. Then there were the clothes, vernacular …

Hip Hop Sampling

Motel Eola - Kids Looking For Gold

The wait is finally over for us but not for Kids Looking For Gold, the new album from Motel Eola. Along this Journey for our “Gold” we may forget who we once were, conform to the norm, submit to defeat or accept “reality”. As “Kids” we were forever optimistic, imaginative & experimental. The more we …

Jazz Sampling Video

DJ Premier Remixes Louis Jordan's 1946 Classic

I’m convinced that if you don’t know who DJ Premier is by now, you’ve got to be in a coma. No one can sleep on this guy for that long and still have their consciousness in tact. About two years ago, I got into the game L.A. Noire and absolutely fell in love with everything …

Video

VIDEO: Motel Eola - Kids Looking For Gold "Final Session"

We get a glimpse of Motel Eola’s Final Session before he drops Kids Looking For Gold. Kids Looking For Gold. Isn’t that a great title for an album? London beat master Motel Eola has released his “Final Session” promo video, filmed and edited by Amir Mekkaoui, for his upcoming beat tape out on 13th December. It shows …

Electronic Video

ONE TO WATCH: Wize The Producer

Wize the Producer, Rapper, Singer is set to drop his new track Oxymoronical over the Rick Ross “Amsterdam” beat and gives you more than you bargain for… Wize sets the tone of nicely from start to finish with a great flow that matches the beat to a T. Wize is a North London artist that has been …

Video

SATURDAY MATINÉE: J Dilla In The Studio

A short Saturday Matinée featuring J Dilla, Common and Frank-N-Dank. Something a little shorter for your Saturday Matinée but by no means poor. Filmed a few years before his unfortunate death, this five and a half minute piece of footage shows J Dilla in his basement studio, working with rapper Common and hip hop duo …