Our Saturday Matinée feature presentation is PressPausePlay, a documentary asking whether our digital culture is producing better art or whether raw natural talent is getting phased out.
SATURDAY MATINÉE: PressPausePlay
Month: January 2014
Phife Dawg – #DearDilla
Phife Dawg throws up the first single from his WIP album “MUTTYmorPHosis”.
WUBU2: High Focus Records
In the latest edition of WUBU2, we take a look at High Focus Records, who in the space of 4 years have become one of the most respected labels in the UK hip hop scene.
Sampleface Five: Marvin Gaye Samples
Blurred Lines might be the most popular and controversial Marvin Gaye sampled-track but there have been plenty more. We picked five.
MF Doom – Operation Doomsday Cassette Boxset
Rappcat’s have announced the reissue of MF Doom’s Operation Doomsday on two cassettes in a special metal case. Obviously.
Four Tet Makes A Beat Out Of Michael Jackson Samples In Ten Minutes
So Four Tet made a beat out of samples from Michael Jackson’s Thriller. In ten minutes.
Are Roland Set To Reissue The TR-808?
Will we see the return of the classic TR-808? According to leaked details, Roland may well be bringing it back in an updated form.
SATURDAY MATINÉE: What Ever Happened to Hip Hop?
Producer and cinematographer Sonali Aggarwal asks the question “What Ever Happened to Hip Hop?” in his 2009 documentary.
WUBU2: Lunatick Records
Nestled amongst the cluster of burgeoning UK labels are Lunatick Records and in our second edition of WUBU2.
THROWBACK THURSDAY: Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis In The Studio With Donnie Simpson
Back in 1987, legendary producers Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis spoke about their production techniques with Donnie Simpson and showed him around their mixing desk.
How Did I Miss That: Edward Scissortongue – Spastic Max
In our latest How Did I Miss That, we shine a light on Edward Scissortongue and his dark tale of Spastic Max.
Question – Favela EP
Grab a taste of Brazil via South California with Question’s latest bossanova-infused Favela EP.
CULTURE: Graffiti As Mass Communication
Sampleface’s woman of culture Bee looks at graffiti and its use as a form of mass communication. Hip hop as an identity is articulated in several ways. It is of course expressed musically and lyrically through the production of beats and rap music and expressed physically by breakdancers. For the visual artists there is graffiti, …
Put Yourself On Classic Blue Note Album Covers For Their 75th Anniversary
To celebrate the iconic label’s 75th anniversary, you can put your face on classic Blue Note album covers with their Facebook app. Cover art just isn’t what it used to be. Whether it’s Kanye trying to make a statement by supposedly not making a statement or Wiz Khalifa in questionable attire, album covers don’t really …
SATURDAY MATINÉE: Madlib At Radio France’s Vinyl Library
Madlib spoke to Laura Leishman about his favourite records and why Dilla is one of the greatest at Radio France’s vinyl record library. For a man who keeps himself to himself, Madlib interviews are like gold dust and this is no exception. At Radio France’s vinyl archive in Paris, presenter Laura Leishman “unleashed” the West …
Italdred – The Beginning (Compilation)
The London label release their first compilation starring class acts such as Handbook, All These Fingers and Doc Heller.
INTERVIEW: League of Extraordinary Gz
We interviewed League of Extraordinary Gz about the recording process for their latest album and who they’d most like to collaborate with and their musical idols.
Interview: Phife Dawg
We interviewed the legend that is Phife Dawg of A Tribe Called Quest about his achievements, his thoughts on the NBA season and his voice appearance on The Rugrats Movie. One of the first hip hop groups I discovered during my own “instinctive travels” through hip hop were A Tribe Called Quest and they have remained …