The second episode of RBMA’s “Sounds Like…” series, featuring TOKiMONSTA, is our Saturday Matinée feature presentation. Ever wanted to know what your favourite producers do to get their sound? RBMA have you covered. “Sounds Like” is a series from Red Bull Music Academy and AKG about innovative musicians and their musical processes. The first episode featured BADBADNOTGOOD and special guest …
Hip Hop Is Read have compiled another sample set, this time for Mobb Deep’s The Infamous.
Having remixed JJ DOOM’s Guv’nor, BadBadNotGood are back with a special mix from DOOM’s Lex Records back catalogue.
Benji B spoke to Madlib on his Exploring Future Beats show about the future of Madvillain’s next LP, sampling, and a fall out with Quasimoto as well as a mix featuring unreleased material. When we say you need to listen to this, YOU NEED TO LISTEN TO THIS. Madlib has been in and out of …
Rapper Joey Bada$$ collaborates with Akomplice on a Dilla-inspired fashion line this November. Anything involving Dilla and fashion and I’m there. What makes it even better is the fact that US fashion label Akomplice are involved and they’ve enlisted the help of Joey Bada$$ to sport their new clothing. The collection includes a T-shirt, crewneck …
Join Young Guru on a journey through Los Angeles as he hunts out inspiration for a new track using Google Glass.
Good and bad news: copyright law has been extended from 50 years to 70 years in the UK.
We wish A Tribe Called Quest and Wu-Tang a happy 20th birthday for their albums Midnight Marauders and 36 Chambers with everything you need to know about the seminal hip hop classics.
The Mack is our Saturday Matinée feature presentation this week, starring Max Julien as a drug dealer who later becomes a pimp lord.
Gizmo gives a unique and wonderful rendition of Cyndi Lauper’s Girls Just Want To Have Fun. Before Gizmo drops his new EP, “The Middle” on Okayplayer Records/Revive Music, the Boston musician has released his cover of Cyndi Lauper’s Girls Just Want To Have Fun. We loved his last album Red Balloon and having heard this cover, we’re excited …