Producers
Making The Beat: Mark the 45 King Speaks with Diamond D (Video)
December 15, 2011
The legendary Mark The 45 King builds with the Bronx’s finest & equally as legendary Diamond D on the 45 King’s new online radio show. Two producers speak on everything in this segment from Diamond’s rise in the game to production techniques. Diamond also talks about working with Atlanta emcee BIGREC for upcoming projects…
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Studio Sessions: Freddie Joachim (Video)
December 15, 2011
Producer Freddie Joachim gives us a tour of his studio & his creative process…
DOWNLOAD: FREDDIE JOACHIM – PATIENTLY EP
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The Ghostface Beat Tape Project (Artwork)
December 15, 2011
The beat tape featuring some of the DMV’s best producers is on its way. this tape pays homage to Ghostface Killah and here is the preview of the artwork for the project.
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Producer Spotlight: Ritchcraft On The Beat Vol. 3 – You’re Alright (Video)
December 15, 2011
Richcraft is a producer up top in Canada with some definite talent. Check him out making a beat in FL Studio.
Julien Dyne – ‘Creebin’
December 14, 2011
I love songs that have nonsensical titles, well at least I have no idea what Creebin means! Julien’s 2nd album, Glimpse is scheduled for a January release and this single sounds like he’s been “creepin” around the studio with Sa-Ra! Guess we’ll find out when the credits drop. Enjoy! – Bama
Julien Dyne – Creebin by BamaLoveSoul
J. Period First Time In Tokyo Japan
December 13, 2011
While checking out my homegirl Daisha Hunter’s new hosting gig over at Future Sounds TV in Japan, I ran across this interview with DJ J. Period. Producer & remixer J. Period made his first trip to Japan recently & spoke about the creative mixtapes he put together for Nas, Lauryn Hill, The Roots, Q-Tip, Kanye West, Mary J. Blige, & more. Whenever he’s not crafting mixtapes, J. Period is the official DJ for Black Thought of the Legendary Roots crew when Mr. Tariq Trotter is on solo missions doing those live mixtape shows.
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14kt – ‘Pick Up Sticks’
December 13, 2011
Michigan producer 14kt has a new LP out full of more dope beats. Here is the first leak from the project.
Kaimbr Plays Beat from the Ghostface Beattape (Video)
December 8, 2011
Behind The Beats caught up with Kaimbr to check out his beat for the Ghostface Beat Tape. He also discusses his favorite Ghostface tracks, Kev Brown getting his MPC stolen, how he passed on a beat and it ended up on a Ghostface album, and he threatens some South Africans.
Behind The Beats Presents: The Ghostface Beattape
December 5, 2011
This is a preview of what you can expect from this Behind the Beats mixtape which features beats from Kev Brown, Roddy Rod, Kaimbr, Grussle, Soulful!, and J-Scrilla.
Flying Lotus – ‘Mister Murky Socks’
December 1, 2011
New Flying Lotus from his Los Angeles LP available on iTunes. This beat couldn’t be named any better. GRIMEY!
Flying Lotus – mister murky socks ///// LOS ANGELES ALT take mix2 by Flyinglotus
Prince: A Purple Reign (Documentary)
November 30, 2011
“Many have rated Prince Rogers Nelson, the diminutive musician, as the greatest of his generation. Rhodri Huw’s well-structured film looks at the career of the boy from Minneapolis and how he came to revolutionize black music in the 1980s and beyond. Via albums such as 1999 and Purple Rain through to his explicit lyrics and spectacular stage shows, Prince has rarely lacked ambition or imagination. Huw’s film captures the highs and lows of Prince’s career and also his battle for control of his music.”
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21 Questions with Pete Rock
November 28, 2011
Get to know Pete Rock a little bit better through this 21 questions segment.
The Elevation Of Rashad Thomas (Video)
November 22, 2011
Rashad Thomas is a talented producer, singer, & songwriter from Ohio who people maybe familiar with his work with fellow Ohio rap artist & Maybach Music Group signee Stalley. Rashad produced Stalley’s critically acclaimed project “Lincoln Way Nights (Intelligent Trunk Music)” project. One of the homies I’ve known for several years by the name of Super Mario manages Rashad & Stalley & I was fortunate enough to get an advance copy of Rashad’s dope R&B album entitled “Museum” that’s dropping late December or January of 2012. Make sure y’all check for that when it drops because I’m still playing key songs off of that joint like “The Return”, “Headphones”, & the Jodeci inspired “I Wanna Love You” since I received a copy of the project. Not able to post any of those joints yet so y’all will have to wait. In this particular interview above Rashad speaks on his creative process & plans to be an all around force in the music game….
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Evidence ‘Digging In The Crates’ In Hamburg Germany (Video)
November 19, 2011
I’ve been to the beautiful city of Hamburg, Germany about two times in my life. It’s really a very clean city, but while on tour Evidence went to get his fingers dusty digging int he crates to find good records for those dope ass beats he often creates. He also brought along Minneapolis emcee Brother Ali for the ride as well…
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The Tanning Effect: Steve Stoute Interviews Pharrell (Video)
November 18, 2011
Steve Stoute interviews music producer, artist, & fashion guy Pharrell Williams on everything from music, how he’s influenced some fashion trends, Michael Jackson, & damn near everything else…
Part 2 & 3 under the hood…
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yU – ‘A Garbage Beat Tape’ (Instrumentals)
November 17, 2011
Diamond District’s “yU” is known for being a dope MC and I think his production skills are slept on. He has some dope beats he produced on his last project. Check out this beat tape showing off his skills behind the boards.
Yamin Semali (AmDex) – The 7 Scrolls (Instrumentals)
November 16, 2011
“This body of work consists of the instrumentals taken from the premiere EP, The 7 Scrolls, by Yamin Semali, then only known as AmDex. When asked about the original project recently, Yamin exclaimed,”I loved where I was while making this project, and respect the circumstances responsible for its creation. Though I’ve changed in many ways, the truth of it is still unwavering.”
What Yamin holds closest from this project is the production that fueled the song topics. Here, we present to you the texture behind the vocals and the distant lights that cast the shadows of Yamin’s past work. Allow it to be the soundtrack to your own daily missions involving self-discovery, self-accomplishment and self-love.
Private Listening Session: Focus… – “Music Of The Misinterpreted” (Video)
November 16, 2011
Grammy Award winning producer Focus… held a private listening session with The New Content to play a few tracks from the album & provide detailed insight on the project last Saturday night. The album “Music Of The Misinterpreted” is available now!
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Hi-Tek Shows His Teklab Studios (Video)
November 14, 2011
Hi-Tek sits down with Dynamic Producer to show off his studio and talk music.
