A random discovery while on YouTube produced something pretty cool, involving Flying Lotus and Gene Kelly on roller skates.
VIDEO: Flying Lotus meets Gene Kelly on roller skates
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Happy Birthday, Rakim!
Happy birthday to The God Emcee, Rakim! Today is the 45th birthday of William Michael Griffin Jr., better known by his stage name Rakim. Arguably one of the greatest emcees to ever rock the mic, his years with Eric B. gave us classic albums such as their critically acclaimed debut Paid in Full and the follow up Follow The Leader. It would be another …
How Did I Miss That: Top 10 Worst National Anthem Performances
With Alicia Keys singing the National Anthem for at the Superbowl next month, we take a look at the top 10 worst national anthem performances. To sing your country’s national anthem in front of millions is nerve wracking. It really sets the tone, whether it’s for the Superbowl in the USA or a football (soccer) match …
VIDEO: Motel Eola – Before Rap (The Visual Experience)
Motel Eola provides a video for Before Rap (The Visual Experience). Clips from Hey Arnold! are the best but when they’re in a beat video, that’s when you know someone has good taste in cartoons. Motel Eola is that someone, having chosen the visuals for Before Rap (The Visual Experience), a track of his last album Kids Looking …
THROWBACK THURSDAY: Jamiroquai Live on MTV Europe
We watch Jamiroquai keeping it live and funky in 1995 on this week’s Throwback Thursday. It was Jamiroquai front man Jay Kay’s birthday a couple of weeks ago and at the age of 43, he’s still going strong with the band who are currently working on a new album. For this week’s Throwback Thursday, we …
SATURDAY MATINÉE: Stray Phrases – J Dilla’s Donuts
New York trio Stray Phrases perform J Dilla’s Donuts live in its entirety on this week’s Saturday Matinée. Covers of hip hop tracks are commonplace in music and jazz covers of hip hop are getting more popular but this one may have a special place in the hearts of Dilla fans (maybe even alongside Suite …
VIDEO: RKZ – Superstars feat. Sian Sanderson
Sampleface favourite RKZ’s starts the new year off with a superb video for his track Superstars featuring the delectable Sian Sanderson. Happy new year to you all! We couldn’t think of anything better to kick 2013 off than the new video from RKZ. While his mixtape Words of Adrenaline is picking up steam, he dropped …
VIDEO: Languid – Somewhere In Amsterdam
Languid’s trip to Amsterdam produced a superb Dilla flip and an awesome video. Recently, UK-based producer Languid took a trip to Amsterdam for some much needed R&R (records and records) and as a souvenir, he brought back this beautiful Dilla flip and video to go with it. The best part is it features on the Pragmatic …
VIDEO: Yancey Boys ft. Frank Nitt – The Throwaway
Here’s the video for The Throwaway starring the Yancey Boys, Frank Nitt and the city of LA. We finally have some visuals to go with The Yancey Boys’ (Illa J and J Dilla) posthumous track, The Throwaway. If you haven’t heard the track already or don’t know about the background, it was an unreleased track …
THROWBACK THURSDAY: Hey Love – TV Commercial For R&B Album
Cheesy TV album commercials are the best is but it’s our Throwback Thursday this week. If you have cable, you may have seen a really long commercial with some black couples talking about their favourite love songs and selling this love songs box set (if anyone remembers it and can find the video somewhere, I …
VIDEO: The Broken Orchestra – In The Same Way
The Broken Orchestra recorded an acoustic version of their track In The Same Way. Since releasing Shibui, their debut album on Phonosaurus Records, The Broken Orchestra have been busy promoting. Fortunately, the Hull-based group found time to invite vocalist Lauren Jade and guitarist Jeff Parsons into the studio to record an acoustic version of In The Same …
VIDEO: Roc Marciano & Jason Rose – Arkansas Toothpick
Jason Rose on Man Bites Dog Records debuts his new video featuring Roc Marciano. Early this year, Man Bites Dog Records released a compilation called The Swashbuckler Vol. 1: The Viking Wars. With production predominately by Kount Fif and R.M.L., the feature list reads like the Who’s Who of underground hip hop talent: Copywrite, Roc …
DJ Premier Remixes Louis Jordan’s 1946 Classic
I’m convinced that if you don’t know who DJ Premier is by now, you’ve got to be in a coma. No one can sleep on this guy for that long and still have their consciousness in tact. About two years ago, I got into the game L.A. Noire and absolutely fell in love with everything …
VIDEO: Motel Eola – Kids Looking For Gold “Final Session”
We get a glimpse of Motel Eola’s Final Session before he drops Kids Looking For Gold. Kids Looking For Gold. Isn’t that a great title for an album? London beat master Motel Eola has released his “Final Session” promo video, filmed and edited by Amir Mekkaoui, for his upcoming beat tape out on 13th December. It shows …
ONE TO WATCH: Wize The Producer
Wize the Producer, Rapper, Singer is set to drop his new track Oxymoronical over the Rick Ross “Amsterdam” beat and gives you more than you bargain for… Wize sets the tone of nicely from start to finish with a great flow that matches the beat to a T. Wize is a North London artist that has been …
SATURDAY MATINÉE: J Dilla In The Studio
A short Saturday Matinée featuring J Dilla, Common and Frank-N-Dank. Something a little shorter for your Saturday Matinée but by no means poor. Filmed a few years before his unfortunate death, this five and a half minute piece of footage shows J Dilla in his basement studio, working with rapper Common and hip hop duo …
DMX Raps Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer
DMX + Rudolph = One of the funniest hip hop videos of the year. DMX doesn’t know anything about Google. That’s pretty messed up in itself but this is just pure hilarity. While he was in the Power 105.1 studio in New York, he decided to give his own cover of “Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer”. …
How Did I Miss That – Donuts: The Videos
In this instalment of “How Did I Miss That?”, we look at the videos for Dilla’s Donuts. Last week, we told you about the re-release of Donuts as a 45 box set. The wait for that isn’t too long (it comes out in January) but if a month is too long for the “new” audio, …
Happy Birthday, Roger Troutman!
We wish the late Roger Troutman a very happy birthday! Let’s get one thing straight before we proceed – a Talkbox is NOT the same as Autotune. The former is awesome, the latter is overused and contributes to 99% of all T-Pain sales. One of the most well known “Talkboxers” was a man named Roger …
Questlove: Live At The Boiler Room
Roots drummer Questlove drops a Dilla set at the Boiler Room in New York.