Music

SATURDAY MATINÉE: KRS-One Talks About The Origins Of Hip Hop

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 …

Sampling

Sampleface Five: SP-303 Albums

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 …

Video

VIDEO: "Rhythm Roulette" With El-P

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 …

Hip Hop

Darko The Super - Chances Are (Prod. Starchild)

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 …

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FREE DL: RKZ - Favourite Song (Prod. Handbook)

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 …