Get some hip hop knowledge from this week’s Saturday Matinée where KRS One discusses philosophy and hip hop’s origins. New listeners to hip hop have the disadvantage of having a culture and its music forced down its throat by the media with little or no links to its past heritage. That’s not to say all …
Akai and their line of MPC’s have ruled the roost for the past couple of decades, with the SP-1200 the only real competition in that department. Now that we have the Maschine, things are a little different but back in 2001, Roland Corporation fused and improved upon the qualities of their Roland MS-1 Digital Sampler …
As we inch ever closer to autumn, Yancey Boys drop another Dilla-produced gem in Quicksand.
In arguably the funniest edition of Rhythm Roulette, El-P makes a beat from scratch out of three records and some broken equipment. Sometimes you just can’t trust your equipment when making a track; you have to make do with what you have – like in life. One such occasion occurred in the latest edition of …
Our Throwback Thursday this week is dedicated to the late great Michael Jackson on his 55th birthday. Here is his Grammy Awards Performance from 1988. First off, happy birthday Michael Jackson! The King Of Pop would have been 55 years old today and while he can’t be with us to celebrate we can sure as …
Kaly’s new track letting us know he “can’t stop and won’t stop” and to be honest we wouldn’t want him to either. I’ve been a fan of Kaly since I first heard his track with RKZ and this guy continues to go from strength to strength with his bars and flow. Kaly rhymes effortlessly over …
Darko The Super and Starchild are back with a fresh jam for us entitled “Chances Are”. The very talented Darko The Super is back this time lacing vocals on a sweet backing beat from our editor in chief himself Starchild. The beat was originally released on Starchild’s Meridian Falcon beat tape in February but picked …
It’s finally happening. J Dilla’s uncle is planning to open a donut shop in Detroit called Dilla’s Delights.
Turns out some of our favourite producers (LAKIM, Elaquent and Handbook) remixed The Robert Digweed Collective’s First Impressions. Remember we told you about The Robert Digweed Collective and their jazz fusion debut First Impressions? Well, it turns out Robert Digweed commissioned some producers to remix the album which was a brilliant idea. Upon further inspection, …
RKZ’s latest track, Favourite Song, is free to download and produced by fellow UK producer Handbook. While you prepare for the Notting Hill Carnival festivities today, you might want to consider throwing this track on to keep the vibe going. The multitalented RKZ (who recently became the Head of UK Content here at Sampleface) continued …
