March 2014 entries - Sampleface

Prima Parte – vcr.plus

March 30, 2014• Free Download, Hip Hop

RKZ – Old School (IAMNOBODI DUB)

March 30, 2014• Free Download, Hip Hop

RKZ brings it back to the Old School over IAMNOBODI’s Inspiration/Motivation. The man we know as RKZ has been a busy bee these past...

Madvillainy: A Decade Later

March 29, 2014• Hip Hop

Ashton James Brown gives his own insights into what made Madvillainy so special, 10 years after its release. Hip hop’s underground is...

VIDEO: Black Milk On Mass Appeal’s Rhythm Roulette

March 27, 2014• Video

J-Live – Not Listening

March 26, 2014• Hip Hop

New York emcee J-Live tells it like it is with his latest track, Not Listening. We admire a rapper who can keep it real and tell the truth....

DarkoTheSuper – Wig Twisting Season (Beat by MF DOOM)

March 25, 2014• Free Download, Hip Hop

DarkoTheSuper marks the 15th anniversary of MF Doom’s Operation: Doomsday with a new tribute album, “Wig Twisting...

Crate Capers: Birmingham

March 24, 2014• Sampling

ONE TO WATCH: Lily McKenzie

March 19, 2014• R&B

South London’s own Lily McKenzie is our One To Watch. London is full to the brim with immense talent and one of those underground...

The Sampleface Museum: E-mu SP-1200

March 19, 2014• Technology

Ashton James Brown opens our new feature, “The Sampleface Museum”, with an examination of the influential E-mu SP-1200. Welcome...

Childhood Cassettes: Reggae Music From My Youth

March 18, 2014• Reggae

Childhood Cassettes looks at the tapes we listened to as young rapscallions. Here’s the lowdown on my childhood defined by reggae music before all that hip hop stuff kicked in.

SATURDAY MATINÉE: “Wu: The Story Of The Wu-Tang Clan”

March 15, 2014• Music

“Wu: The Story Of The Wu-Tang Clan” is our Saturday Matinée feature presentation this week. Wu-Tang Clan have not only been a...

Grace Jones – Me! I Disconnect From You (Cover)

March 14, 2014• Reggae

Jamaica Month continues as an unreleased Grace Jones cover of Gary Numan’s “Me! I Disconnect From You” is unearthed for...

THROWBACK THURSDAY: Shoreditch Experimental Music School (1969)

March 13, 2014• Music

VIDEO: Edward Scissortongue – Fluids (Greenwood Sharps Remix)

March 13, 2014• Video

London producer Greenwood Sharps teams up with Edward Scissortongue to provide some visuals for his remix of Fluids. High Focus’...

Moteleola – Hova Nasir, The Remix Tape

March 13, 2014• Hip Hop

London’s Moteleola is back with a remix tape centred around the songs of hip hop legends Jay Z and Nas. The relationship between Jay...

Review: Miraa May – The Beginning EP

March 9, 2014• Reviews

INTERVIEW: DarkoTheSuper

March 8, 2014• Interviews

We interviewed DarkoTheSuper. Or was it Doc Heller? Dwarf Nebula? Either way, we discussed his latest albums and who/what inspired his...

Reppatwa – 21st II MCMXCV

March 7, 2014• Hip Hop

Reppatwa is quickly showing us the true diverse nature of his “repertoire” with this birthday freestyle inspired track...

BBC Radio 4: The Art Of The Loop

March 7, 2014• Sampling

NEW MUSIC: Starchild – “Corona Coyote”

March 6, 2014• Instrumental Hip Hop

Starchild aka Simbrula Nox aka our editor-in-chief has blessed us with a new celestial embodiment called “Corona Coyote”. Yes,...

Month: March 2014