While we always head to the record store to go crate digging, you can always find some gems digging online. Here are 26 great “spots” courtesy of Hip Hop Rally (RIP).
Another Throwback Thursday but this time from our own BigGroove and it’s a free track called Sunrise for Breakfast. BigGroove likes to put tracks up on Soundcloud every now and again as most users do. They might be quick drafts or full tracks but they all have an element of soul and feeling in them. …
Parisian producer FKJ (French Kiwi Juice) has dropped his new EP, Time For A Change. First of all, shout out to Shawn Sanderson for sending me this and correctly guessing I’d love it. FKJ (short for French Kiwi Juice) is a Parisian producer with a love of funk, as we all should have. Much like …
We miss Michael Jackson and his music but remember all those Pepsi commercials? Well, here they all are in one video.
Not too keen on Yeezus? Maybe you’ll enjoy Exile’s live MPC flip of I Am A God. We did. We can always count on Exile to serve up something hot on his MPC, especially when it’s live. So when we heard he did a live remake of Kanye’s I Am A God on his trust …
We’ve found another Flying Lotus flip, this time from Kaligraph E who’s remixed See Thru To U. The more popular you become as an artist, the more you lend yourself to reinterpretations. People like your style and want to put their own slant on things. Kaligraph E is someone we know about already having picked …
Jamiroquai members Jay Kay and Paul Turner don “helmets” for a unique take on Daft Punk’s Get Lucky.
Oh dear. Geoff Barrow of Portishead accuses The Weeknd of using an uncleared sample. Yep, another one.
The place is Zurich, Switzerland. The person in question is beatsmith Wodoo Wolcan. What you are about to witness is an education in how to teach an old dog a brand new trick. Wodoo Wolcan is a brilliant producer but he might actually be a sorcerer, for all we know. How else can you explain …
I do love harmonic samples. You could catch a riff and transform it into an instrument or use it as a counter melody. The possibilities are endless. For our latest edition of Sampleface Five, we look at five quality examples of what can be done with harmonic samples by some of the best producers around. …