Producers
9th Wonder’s ‘Rhythm Roulette’ Beat Was So Dope Rapsody Had To Have It…NOW! (Video)
January 5, 2016
Rhythm Roulette with a new episode featuring the North Carolina super-producer 9th Wonder. Blindfolded crate-digging at The Record Krate in Raleigh, the back to his studio to watch a master craftsman at work – using Charly McClain, Jermaine Jackson, and The Temprees.
Then… Rapsody stepped to the mic to record to the resulting track! Tested and blessed it. Yes she did! Check it out.
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Monday/Friday – “Right On” (Video)
December 26, 2015
Yamin Semali & Illastrate a dope emcee and a dope producer and together they make up the group Monday/Friday. They have brought us another video from their current self titled album Monday/Friday. The track is “Right On” where Yamin delivers meaningful lyrics over Illastrate’s quality production. Directed by Dazzell Matthews follow Yamin around WestView Atlanta draped in regal gear representing for East Point, GA. CLICK HERE to Download the Monday/Friday Album
PREVIOUS POST: MONDAY/FRIDAY SUGAR & SALT VIDEO
–ArtByOdell Twitter/SoundCloud
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Araabmuzik – “King” (EP)
December 8, 2015
Brand new project that Araabmuzik dropped in conjunction with AKAI & Muzik Headphones. Take a listen
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Araabmuzik – “Goon Loops” (Instrumental EP)
December 8, 2015
I can listen to Araabmuzik beats all day. Peep 1 of the latest instrumental EP’s he recently dropped appropriately titled “Goon loops”. Niiiiiice!
PREVIOUS: ARAABMUZIK – TIME FOR WORK
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DJ Khaled Speaks On The Music Industry, His Fiancé And More (Video)
November 30, 2015
DJ Khaled. The Best… in-studio guest on Sway In The Morning. At least, he is one of them. Here he is talking about his restaurant, his headphone line, his production company and label… oh and that new album (“I Changed A Lot”) he has out now.
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Tall Black Guy – “Boiler Room London DJ Set”
November 29, 2015
Sunday easy listening grooving brought to you from Tall Black Guy on his Boiler Room London set. Lovely mix. Sounds like a nice crowd in attendance, too. Enjoy the music and vibes…and the FREE download.
DOWNLOAD: TALL BLACK GUY BOILER ROOM LONDON DJ SET
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George Lucas Has Advice For J.J. Abrams & Any Future ‘Star Wars’ Directors (Video)
November 28, 2015
Of course, we all know that the “Star Wars” franchise is George Lucas’ baby from before the cradle; but for “The Force Awakens” J.J. Abrams is the new dad. Ready for it to hit theaters December 18, 2015? So are George and J.J. we bet. Check out the short clip with Lucas.
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Large Professor Takes His ‘Rhythm Roulette’ Challenge Seriously (Video)
November 27, 2015
Large Pro… They caught up with me… We gone do this Rhythm Roulette…
Amazing that this epic episode has not happened sooner. Large Professor has done legendary work for legendary emcees and singers. And now that it has happened, Large Pro declares several times in the clip above that he is “not just gone make some ol’ bullsh!t” – which he does NOT!
Yooo… if you are a spitter, you will WANT this beat for yourself!! Ha! You slept! Tragedy is already jumping the track. WOOOOOOO!
For this installment of Rhythm Roulette, we connected with Extra P, aka Large Professor. We took the legendary Queens producer to Human Head Records in Brooklyn, where he picked three random records to begin a game of Rhythm Roulette. He ended up grabbing an Instant Funk record, Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes’ Black and Blue album, and Shirley Scott’s On A Clear Day. From there, Extra P began to go through the records and create some new heat from what he picked.
Shout out to Tragedy Khadafi for the cameo.
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MMM (Documentary)
November 21, 2015
I ain’t come here to die. I came here to live… I need more…
– Diddy
I’m digging several songs off of this project. And the video above provides a behind-the-scenes look at the construction of Puff Daddy & The Family’s album “MMM.” Studio WORK! Inspirational snips and quips captured during Diddy mini-rants. Plenty, plenty studio guests. Diddy musing and laboring over the board. Driving every part of the creative process… Feel that 90s Bad Boy energy!
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Exploring Kingston, Jamaica: Dre Skull x Popcaan Highlight The Roots & Culture (Video)
November 20, 2015
There it is. Music doing what it is supposed to do… The music entered his soul and spoke… made him a dancehall producer and bade him come to its home. Now it feels like his home. Watch the above vignette of producer Dre Skull traveling (once again) to Kingston; to immerse himself in the culture AND to link up with artist Popcaan to do work!
Aaaaah, back to Tuff Gong Studios. Others we’ve posted on have been there. See here.
Scoop DeVille ‘Blindly’ Accepts The ‘Rhythm Roulette’ Challenge (Video)
November 19, 2015
For the latest installment of Rhythm Roulette, we tap Scoop DeVille to chop up some random records and conjure fire. We caught up with him in New Jersey as he thumbed through the crates at Scotty’s Record Shop, picked three random joints, sparked some herb, and flipped the records in the stu.
– Mass Appeal
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Dam-Funk Digs Into His Crates To Pull Off A ‘Boiler Room’ Party Mix (Video)
November 19, 2015
Funk, boogie, breaks… LPs and 45s… Dam-Funk is taking us on a near hour-and-a-half musical genre journey. With very little intro (by a cute little slimmie), we get right into the needle-dropping. What is pretty much an intimate listening party doesn’t stop until the end; only pausing for commentary or spontaneous crooning. Check out the video above. Nice!
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Rhythm Roulette: Blindfolded Beat-Making With Organized Noize? Can’t Wait. Can’t Wait! (Video)
November 12, 2015
Ray Murray, Rico Wade and Sleepy Brown (collectivized as production team Organized Noize) had a heckuva blind record pull for their go at Rhythm Roulette. Grabbed wax from Four Tops, Thin Lizzy and Millie Jackson. Then back to Stankonia Studios to bang out a winner! How’d it turn out? Watch.
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Kendrick Lamar Has A Conversation With The Legendary Quincy Jones (Video)
October 9, 2015
A great song could make the worst singer a star.
And a bad song cannot be saved by the two best singers in the world.
– Quincy Jones
Truth. See? Stuff like that makes it easy to understand why Kendrick Lamar seemed overwhelmed (at first) at the prospect of a sit-down conversation with Quincy Jones. The two talk about where they are from, where their music came from, working with Michael Jackson back in the “Thriller” days and more.
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Apollo Brown – “Grandeur” (Album Stream)
October 2, 2015
The Motown music-maker Apollo Brown has dropped it – his 19-track album, “Grandeur.” Featuring the likes of Freddie Gibbs, Sean Price, Evidence, Oddisee, M.O.P., Rapper Big Pooh, Ras Kass, Your Old Droog, you can stream for FREE and cop via the link below.
Rapsody Drops “Lost Ones” Freestyle On Dr. Dre’s Beats 1 Radio Show (Video)
September 30, 2015
So official! You see and hear it above. Rapsody in the studio with Dr. Dre, who declares her his “new favorite female MC. Check for her!” Maaaan, if 9th Wonder (with Jamla) has your back AND Dr. Dre is giving you massive respect (no fronting)… you got both coasts locked down! You have the game on SMASH harder than The Hulk. So shiiid, there is nothing left but to listen to Rapsody turn green (literarily) and go BEAST MODE; emceeing over one of the BEAST MODE tracks (Lauryn Hill’s “Lost Ones”) ever!! Listen.
RAPSODY X LAURYN HILL – LOST ONES (FREESTYLE) [BEATS 1 DR. DRE DROP]
– @ojones1
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Rhythm Roulette: New Beat From Old Vinyl? Marco Polo Can Do That Blindfolded (Video)
September 29, 2015
One day I will spruce this b!tch up and a song will be born from it but for now enjoy the raw version I made that day.
– Marco Polo
Watch him make the “Music VS Gunz” beat from blindly selected records below in the Rhythm Roulette episode above.
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Georgia Anne Muldrow Picking And Flipping Vinyl On ‘Rhythm Roulette’ (Video)
September 25, 2015
Man, not even sure if we need to hear the finished product, the way Georgia Anne Muldrow (and the audience behind her) was nodding and bopping to the beat she was banging out from those blindly chosen records. Check out the magical music making above.
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Just Blaze Chopping Up Beats In His Head And Playing Them In ‘Rhythm Roulette’ Live (Video)
September 22, 2015
That’s pretty much it… I can make another one…
– Just Blaze
Creating album-worthy joints on the fly; it’s what Just Blaze does. Easy work!
After listening through three randomly selected records and deciding only one of them was good enough to use, Just began to create a soulful and hard-hitting beat with sped-up choir vocals weaving in and out of the track. In the end, he thought the beat sounded so good he wanted to dip from The Sprite Corner to finish it up at his studio.
Mannie Fresh Digs Deep on “Rhythm Roulette” Creating Beats For A Live Audience (Video)
September 17, 2015
Ha! Is Mannie Fresh showing off? Smooth picking his three records blindfolded (like everyone else). Then he builds a beat to rep the NOLA like no one else can… at the record shop… with an audience!
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