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Nothin But A G Thang – Leon Haywood / I Want Do Something Freaky To You

You might think that Dr. Dre and made the beat for Nothin’ But A G Thang himeself, but you’d be dead wrong on that one. What he DID do is have the ear for an amazing hook and the foresight to add a little more instrumentation and sample the shit out of it. The original [...]

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DJ Quik Talks About Making Hip Hop Beats

I was hyped to see this interview with DJ Quick on Pitchfork.tv. Right from the start he talks about producing beats and songs for Jay Z and even Whitney Houston (?! I had no idea). Interesting to hear him talk about styling himself as a “hands on” producer after the techniques of the great Quincy Jones. [...]

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Make Your Own Beats With Your iPhone On The Akai Synthstation

It has literally never been easier to be a hip hop beats maker with all of the new tochnology coming out so fast. Everyone has a computer and everyone seems to have an iPhone to Ipod touch. These two things by themselves have made it so simple and obvious to people that want to make [...]

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Orchestre Poly Rythmo de Cotonou – Noude Ma Gnin Tche De Me

If you can’t hear hip hop in this song, there’s nothing anybody can do for you to help you understand what great music is and where it comes from. My friends and I have all been listening to a lot of afrobeat and highlife compilations like Ghana Soundz and Nigeria Rock Special for the past [...]

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Dr. Dre’s Detox is showing some results – Kush

I know I talk a lot of about him on this site, but there’s a lotta buzz everywhere about Dr. Dre right now with his new single, Kush (video below), out now, and with good reason. The internet’s sound bytes go like this: we’re waiting on Detox, we’re still waiting on Detox, here’s some leaked [...]

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Dr. Dre Beats Pro Headphones By Monster Are Here And They ROCK

Of course just in time for the holidays, Dr. Dre’s Beats Pro Headphones are in stores and ready to go. I wrote a brief review of the Monster Beats Studio By Dr. Dre a while back, and at that time the Beats Pro had not been released. I recently had the opportunity to check out the [...]

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David Axelrod, David McCallum – ‘The Edge’ Sampled By Dr. Dre For ‘The Next Episode’

Dr. Dre’s The Next Episode is one of those instantly recognizable, classic hip hop songs that has that kind of universal, iconic appeal. Dre shines as producer, rapper, and all around great musician on this track, and the sample is used masterfully. The song is one of those ubiquitous rap anthems which it makes everybody [...]

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das racist “who’s that broooown” 8 bit video game

Check out this video by Das Racist which portrays the group attempting to maneuver their way through the perils of New York City on their way to their show. Pretty funny video, and the song contains a nice, annoying De La Soul sample running through it. Even cooler than all of that is that you [...]

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Where’s Your Talent For Hip Hop Beat Making? Reggie Watts Ain’t No Joke!

I recently ran across this interview with Reggie Watts in The Onion. For one thing, you can’t classify the dude, which is a huge plus in my book because when you can strictly classify something non-concrete like music it has a tendency to get booooring and shitty. Not always shitty and boring, but we all [...]

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Rap Samples Done Right: Oh No Samples Selda Bagcan’s “Ince Ince” For Mos Def’s Supermagic

This is how sampling is done, kiddies. Proper repsect due to Oh No for having the ear and the forethought to snap up this amazing sample from a great song. Now, I know Selda’s singing is not for everyone, and that’s cool. I dig it, personally, but what I dig even more is that bad [...]

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