Posts Tagged ‘Crate Diggers’
Crate Diggers: RJD2 Shows Off His Vinyl Collection (Video)
November 4, 2013
RJD2 digging back in the day with a simple mission: Find something to sample that hadn’t been sampled before. Simple. Understandable. Worthwhile. Just like this episode of Fuse TV’s Crate Diggers. RJD2 talks about the other things that make him pick a particular record, and why he thinks vinyl digging is doomed to die out soon.
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Crate Diggers: Evidence Shows Off His Vinyl Collection (Video)
September 23, 2013
Newcleus?! What’chu know about Newcleus y’all? Wow. Well, in this episode of Fuse’s Crate Diggers, emcee/DJ Evidence talks about working with Kanye West, trying to work with Jay Z (on “The Black Album”)… and about Newcleus.
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Crate Diggers: Tony Touch (Video)
August 8, 2013
In this episode of Crate Diggers, DJ Tony Touch chats about his early gigs, channeling Afrika Bambaataa for his cover art for “The PieceMaker 3: Return of the 50 MC’s,†and shows off a DEEP archive of alphabetized Hip-Hop, comedy records and more.
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Crate Diggers: Kid Capri (Video)
May 10, 2013
Show the skills at the start. Like that! In this episode of Fuse TV’s Crate Diggers, the legendary Kid Capri speaks on his funk and soul days (the 1970s, when he came up, including his love of James Brown and Michael Jackson, his break and sample sources, and shows us the first record he scored back in 6th grade. Kid Capri… aka ‘Poochie’ rocked the house way back then, too… Hahaa!
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Crate Diggers: DJ Babu (Video)
April 19, 2013
“It’s like all the records got up and died and went to Japan.” – DJ Babu
Whatchu talkin’ ’bout Babu? Watch this episode of Crate Diggers and see.
‘In this episode, Dilated Peoples and World Famous Beat Junkies member DJ Babu talks about his love of country western music and hitting up flea markets in Brazil with Cut Chemist and J. Rocc.’ – Crate Diggers
And he shows us the vinyl collection. It’s D.I.T.C. TV!
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Crate Diggers: House Shoes (Video)
April 8, 2013
Detroit DJ House Shoes talks Eminem, J Dilla, and of course his prized musical gems. Good look and a great book for the FUSE series. A must watch!
Crate Diggers: J Dilla (Video)
March 21, 2013
“In this episode, we celebrate legendary producer J Dilla, who has worked with The Roots, Common, Erykah Badu, Janet Jackson and A Tribe Called Quest. Then we join musician friends J. Rocc, DJ Spinna, Frank Nitt and Grap Luva in Detroit to open Dilla’s storage locker, never-before-seen to the public. Crate Diggers profiles people with extraordinary vinyl record collections, with owners displaying and telling the stories behind their collections.” – Fuse TV
WATCH: PREVIOUS CRATE DIGGER EPISODES (VIDEOS)
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Crate Diggers: DJ Rhettmatic Shows Off His Vinyl Collection (Video)
February 8, 2013
In this episode of Fuse TV’s Crate Diggers, DJ Rhettmatic shows off his favorite records, including a rare promotional copy of Prince’s “The Family.” He also shares the history of the Beat Junkie crew wearing Green Lantern rings.
[WOW! The ONLY way I got a a piece of a copy of “The Family” was holding a micro-cassette recorder up to the TV speakers to record off BET! – @ojones1]
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Crate Diggers: Lord Finesse Shows Off His Vinyl Collection (Video)
January 25, 2013
D.I.T.C.! Digging In The Crates, man! In this episode of Fuse TV’s Crate Diggers, that’s just what Lord Finesse is doing. The producer/emcee speaks on early beats he produced for Notorious B.I.G., Fat Joe, Large Professor and more. The talk continues… about acquiring his collection of vinyl… and PM Dawn? Yep! Very interesting interview above.
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Crate Diggers: Diamond D Shows Off His Vinyl Collection (Video)
January 7, 2013
Crate Diggers (of Fuse TV) features people with extraordinary vinyl record collections. On the show, the owners tell the stories behind their collections. On this episode, guest Diamond D shares his favorite breakbeat records and talks about how everyone – from Afrika Bambaataa to The J.B.’s – inspired him.
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Just Blaze Digs Into His Crates of Classics (Video)
October 25, 2012
Just Blaze takes us into his vinyl collection – the source for samples he put on tracks he made history with – like Jay-Z’s “Public Service Announcement” and “December 4th” and Kanye West’s “Touch the Sky.” Damn! The rare wax he has in his stacks… well he may as well call it a vault.
Crate Diggers: DJ Jazzy Jeff (Video)
May 30, 2012
“DJ Jazzy Jeff takes us through his vinyl collection while telling us how he first teamed up with Will Smith. Crate Diggers profiles people with extraordinary vinyl record collections, with owners displaying and telling the stories behind their collections. In this episode, DJ Jazzy Jeff shows off his record collection and tells us about going on record hunting expeditions with Kenny Dope and J Dilla and how he first ended up DJing with Will Smith.” – Fuse TV
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Crate Diggers: Pete Rock (Video)
May 30, 2012
“Crate Diggers profiles people with extraordinary vinyl record collections, with owners displaying and telling the stories behind their collections. In this episode Pete Rock, the legendary DJ and producer for rappers like Nas, Notorious B.I.G, and members of the Wu-Tang Clan, talks about his early days with cousin Heavy D, his love of funk, and a rare Marvin Gaye record.” – Fuse TV
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Crate Diggers: Da Beatminerz (Video)
May 29, 2012
“DJ Evil Dee and Mr. Walt of Brooklyn Hip-Hop production crew Da Beatminerz take us through their three floors full of vinyl records. Crate Diggers profiles people with extraordinary vinyl record collections, with owners displaying and telling the stories behind their collections. In this episode, Da Beatminerz show off the first record they ever bought, their most valuable record and talk about their days DJing at Hot 97.” – Fuse TV
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