The biggest selling album of all time is 30. Happy birthday to Michael Jackson’s Thriller! In 1982, an album was released that changed the 80s in a big way. In fact, it changed music and pop culture in a big way too. That album was Michael Jackson’s Thriller. It was released on this day in 1982 …
We wish the late Roger Troutman a very happy birthday! Let’s get one thing straight before we proceed – a Talkbox is NOT the same as Autotune. The former is awesome, the latter is overused and contributes to 99% of all T-Pain sales. One of the most well known “Talkboxers” was a man named Roger …
Roots drummer Questlove drops a Dilla set at the Boiler Room in New York.
Our One To Watch, German producer Pawcut, likes to keep things real.
Our One To Watch, German producer Pawcut, likes to keep things real.
Coming soon to a box set near you: J Dilla’s Donuts.
Michael Jackson’s Dangerous is 21 today!
Oh No has remixed Strong Arm Steady’s album Stereotype.
Janet Jackson is in full Control on today’s Throwback Thursday.
NAMELESS remixes the living daylights out of Flying Lotus’ DMT Song.
Motel Eola brings us his third and final musical lecture. As the man himself says “It’s time to get re-educated; music class has now commenced” and your teacher for this week will be will Motel Eola. Through the final instalment of his three-part EP series Go to School the 3rd, he’ll be discussing the basics of …
At last, RKZ has dropped Jhené’s Song!
Our One To Watch is a jazz singer from New York called Aria Jay.
Check out the latest album UK producer Exibeo and his beat tape Extrumentals.
Beat Street takes us back to 1984 for today’s Saturday Matinée.
Fiona Apple gets the remix treatment from MeLo-X.
Janet Jackson gets the remix treatment from Kaytranada.
Yes, Bugseed has released the excellent and highly-anticipated Soundcraft via Cascade Records and it is excellent
You know the drill when it comes to hip-hop: someone’s got to spit those tales of street life and what it means to be a gangsta.
We managed to get hold of UK-based producer 12 Original Players and have a chat about his music and what drives his sampling.