The Official Twerk Team adds their special touch to Luda’s new hit single “How Low”. Song available on Itunes now!!!
Yeah, this isn’t the official video, but I wouldn’t mind if it was.
Archive for December, 2009
Ludacris – How Low (Twerk Team Edition) [video]
Thursday, December 31st, 2009
Mike Posner Interview w/ Karmaloop TV
Wednesday, December 30th, 2009Mike Posner, who will be running LRG’s Spring/Summer Campaign Ad in 2010, sits down with Albie to discuss music and fashion. via KarmaLoop TV
HHIR presents 2009’s Samples of the Year
Wednesday, December 30th, 2009
Yo, much respect to Ivan for putting together a deep list of his favorite samples from songs that were released this year. Some are obvious where they came from some should make you respect the producer more (props to Swizz for the Justice chop on “On To The Next One”), overall just check out the mined gems that dropped this year.
“I’ve had plenty of time to rack up some of my favorite samples from the year (not to say that the past two or three days haven’t been stress-filled getting them compiled, edited etc.) In 2008, I gave you just under 30 samples. We had some innovative samples used this year, and I’d venture to say that we had better new music overall as well. This time I’ve got a total of 77 samples, over 5 hours worth of that goodness you’ve grown to love from HHIR (hopefully). As always, dig in, enjoy, and turn it up!!” via HHIR
Link: Samples of the Year 2009 Tracklisting
Download: HHIR – Samples of the Year 2009
Tash on West Coast Tour through January
Monday, December 28th, 2009
Riding high off the success of his 2009 Amalgam Digital album, Control Freek, Alkaholiks member Tash will be joined by Bay Area rising superstars The Bayliens and the innovators of the “town techno” sound, Clear Label Records recording artists League510.
Setting off from Sacramento, CA at The Blue Lamp (with host T-K.A.S.H. of Guerilla Funk) the Dope Winter Ball 2010 tour will stop in 12 key cities including Spokane & Seattle, Washington; Portland, Oregon; Reno, Nevada; and a special show in San Francisco, California with SF’s favored son, San Quinn.
For fans of underground Hip hop and avant-garde rap alike, the Dope Winter Ball shows will undoubtedly be the place to be in each city on the route.
Tour Dates after the jump (more…)
Chester French – C’Mon (Pance Party Remix) [video]
Monday, December 28th, 2009The official video for Pance Party’s remix of Chester French’s “C’mon (On My Own)”
The original version of C’Mon (On My Own) was on Chester French’s debut “Love The Future” out now.
Copyright Criminals (PBS) January Premier
Friday, December 18th, 2009Copyright Criminals, a new documentary that examines the creative and commercial value of musical sampling, including the related debates over artistic expression, copyright law, and (of course) money will air on the PBS series Independent Lens January 19 (check local listings).
This documentary traces the rise of hip-hop from the urban streets of New York to its current status as a multi billion-dollar industry. For more than thirty years, hip-hop performers and producers have been re-using portions of previously recorded music in new, otherwise original compositions. When lawyers and record companies got involved, what was once referred to as a “borrowed melody” became a “copyright infringement.
It also provides an in-depth look at artists who have been sampled, such as Clyde Stubblefield (James Brown’s drummer and the world’s most sampled musician), as well as commentary by another highly sampled musician, funk legend George Clinton.As artists find ever more inventive ways to insert old influences into new material, this documentary asks a critical question, on behalf of an entire creative community: Can you own a sound? – Via HypeBot
I am feeling this since its not often you get to hear how legends and contemporaries feel about a specific issue like this. – Enig
Eternia – Get Caught Up [mixtape]
Tuesday, December 15th, 2009
Femcee Eternia drops off this mixtape featuring selected cuts picked out herself and mixed by DJ Law spanning from 2003-2008. This is being released as a promo to her collaborative album “At Last” with producer moSS due 2010.
Download: Eternia – Get Caught Up
Harlem’s Cash Interview w/ Karmaloop
Monday, December 14th, 2009Harlem’s Cash talks to KarmaloopTV about his greatest inspirations. “You already know me… if you don’t, now’s your time to get familiar.” (no clinton sparks)
Link: Download Harlem’s Cash – CASHifornia
Another Wavy Crockett?!? GTFOH
Wednesday, December 9th, 2009
I usually leave my personal opinion out of my posts but this is really starting to get irritating. How many cats are going to steal Max’s wave while he’s away? We have had some suspect usage of the Wave before (I’m looking at you Jayceon) but this is one of the more flagrant Biggaveli biters of this year.
This is an example of a larger problem; more rappers are starting to rap as a means out of poverty than for a love of the music. I can say this because hip-hop seems to be the only genre where its contributors have no sense of history or sense of pride of its history.
I figure if you are going to be a musician and partake in a certain field, you would do some research and get acquainted with it, right? Lawyers have to know the history of law before they can practice right?
Even if this kid was to never have heard of Max B, he is a kid, right? he is probably more than computer literate, right? He’s never Google searched for his song or his friends never had to say “hey Johnny B, I was looking for your new single but when I did a search for Wavy Crockett the first items were all about Max B?”
So where was I going with all this? Oh yeah, fuck Johnny B.
Link: Johnny B – Wavy Crockett
Paten Locke Interview for One On Tres
Tuesday, December 8th, 2009“One On Tres” is a new mini interview series from Tres Records. To kick it off, we have Paten Locke who just released his first solo album “Super Ramen Rocketship,” and is currently on tour in Europe. P.Locke and Chikaramanga speak on production gear, upcoming projects, and artists that are influential to P today. Get a sneak peak look at some of the things that go on behind TRES
Also check out Paten Locke’s (aka Therapy of AB’s/Smile Ray’s: formerly Asamov) self-produced new album Super Ramen Rocketship.
Link: Paten Locke – Super Ramen Rocketship