The Unused Word is a singer, producer and instrumentalist from Vienna. Here is her cover of Erykah Badu’s The Healer. We’ve shown you BINKBEATS reconstruct the beat from scratch, now hear Erykah Badu’s The Healer in a minimalist acoustic form. The cover artist in question is The Unused Word (real name Anna), a singer, producer …
Madlib the Bad Kid took some time to talk about his Medicine Show, when he’ll be putting out his future projects and why Dilla is still king.
This summer’s Adult Swim Singles Series (try saying that three times fast) is gonna be one to remember as Madlib, Captain Murphy and Viktor Vaughn make appearances.
Knx(wledge) releases Anthology, a grand collection of beats from 2009-2013 available through Stones Throw.
In another Funk Archaeology article for RBMA, Egon remembers the time when he went digging down under with Madlib (sort of) and J Rocc.
Music man Dave Waller aka “diagonaldave” decided to rework Unexpected Guests’ Line in the Sand by added vocals and oddities from his record collection. Collabs, remixes and reworks. Where would the current musical landscape be without them? Dave Waller, co-creator of live monthly hip hop jam Excursions, reworked his Line in the Sand, the newest …
Get yourself a neck brace quick because LAKIM’s Left Coast G-Mix of Daft Punk and Panda Bear’s Doin’ It Right will knock your head clean off your shoulders. Whether you loved or hated Daft Punk’s Random Access Memories, the potential for remixes can’t be denied. Of course, that idea lends itself to a million different …
Hip hop hasn’t always had a harmonious relationship with the F word – feminism – but where does it stand now and is it any better in other genres? Taytula Burke ponders on the subject. I’ve been a fan of hip hop ever since I made my debut on this planet. No other genre of …
All These Fingers and Doc Heller play the roles of Sucker/Sinner in this split 20-track beat tape. Lo-fi beats are the name of the game for All These Fingers and Doc Heller in their own territories but combined? Now, wouldn’t that be something. Their collaborative beat tape so the pair split responsibilities in half as …
When it comes to hip hop sampling you can sample absolutely anything, even the sounds of people in a Senegalese hospital. That’s what happened when Beat Making Lab made a hip hop beat in Senegal. Getting tired of hearing the same kind of soul samples flipped the same way in hip hop beats? Well, Beat …