This week’s Saturday Matinée features Kanye West and Eminem collaborator Emile Haynie talking about his sampling process when making a track. NYC producer Emile Haynie, aka Emile has worked with some of the best in the business: Kanye West, Eminem, Raekwon and Kid Cudi and a couple of weeks go, he kicked it with Future …
J Dilla instrumental covers aren’t rare but this one on piano is pretty special. Tributes, covers, remakes – you name it, someone has done some kind of alteration of Dilla’s work and we’re here for most of them (we’ll bypass Rebirth Of Detroit). This one, however, takes the essence of the beat and reforms it …
Ever wanted to hear those GTA radio stations on your iPod? Well, Rockstar Games have a little surprise for you. I remember the first time I got GTA. I was underage so I had to get my mum to buy it (I was mature enough to know that carjacking, murder and sleeping with hookers was …
The epitome of cool, Miles Davis was also a bit of a joker as this piece of footage shows. There was a heightened sense of devil-may-care in Miles Davis’ music towards the end of his life, more so than when he ushered in the era of jazz fusion with Bitches Brew in 1970. In this …
Jay-Z addresses his life over the past few months and some political views in Open Letter. His trip to Cuba may have caused controversy for some (okay, just Stacey Dash) but that hasn’t stopped Jay-Z from making music and this unexpected track found its way onto Soundcloud earlier today. Open Letter, produced by Timbaland and …
It’s been out of print for a while but Madvillainy on vinyl is back on the Stones Throw website.
Q-Tip of A Tribe Called Quest and the Soulquarians celebrates his 43rd birthday. It’d be hard to imagine hip hop without Q-Tip and his influence on not only the music but the culture as a whole, being a member of the Zulu Nation. He’s one of the few people in the game to be held …
Wu-Tang will be back in the UK for their 20th Anniversary, so if you’re in the UK or can get here, it’s one not to be missed.
Labels and artists have become the subject of a lawsuit for illegal use of the Bumpin’ Bus Stop sample. And the uncleared sample stories just keep on coming. After the lawsuit filed against RZA comes another, with a much wider reach. According to numerous sources, Kanye West (amongst others) is being “sued by the family …
BINKBEATS returns with another beat reconstruction, this time Flying Lotus’ “Getting There” featuring Niki Randa. About a month ago, you may remember we told you about a Dutch producer called BINKBEATS who reassembled Erykah Badu’s ‘The Healer’ (produced by Madlib). Well, he’s back with another video and this one is even more spectacular. His port …