Yeah, The Black Keys are producing a hip hop compilation album called Blakroc. I’m excited, because their production handled by Danger Mouse on their latest release Attack and Release was excellent, so they definitely have an ear for good production. It will be featuring Mos Def, Q-Tip, RZA, …
12 September 2009
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Graduation
Kanye West has released the tracklisting to his upcoming third album Graduation, set to drop on the 11th of September. It seems straight. The main thing that I noticed was that it is very slimmed down compared to his other two in regards of features and skits. …
8 August 2007
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Dj Premier has been a pioneer in hip hop since 1989, chopping up samples and constantly reminding listeners of what real hip hop is supposed to sound like. So when he takes somebody under his wing and co-signs them, I’m prepared to listened. On September 12th, 2007 NYG’s …
4 July 2007
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BeatDawg Films have recently released their follow-up to Deep Crates, surprisingly titled Deep Crates 2. This DVD is a rather promising documentary looking at the beat digging culture. Featuring interviews and behind the scenes footage with Pete Rock, Marley Marl, Domingo, J-Zone, and many, many more innovators and …
24 May 2007
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All of you Alchemist fans may be in for a treat as his new instrumental album “Rapper’s Best Friend” has hit the streets. (Or online if that’s your preference). For those that don’t know (although you should), Alchemist has been dropping hard hitting sampled beats for years now. …
25 April 2007
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Let the title speak for itself. I’m hyped. If you don’t know who Jazzy Jeff is then i’m not too sure why you’re on a site like this, but read this. Features on this cd include Method Man, Rhymefest, Big Daddy Kane, CL Smooth, Raheem DeVaughn, …
30 March 2007
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