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BeatTips MusicStudy: Bobby Boyd Congress – “Dig Deep In Your Soul”
Early Funk From Obscure, Little-Known Outfit
One of the things that makes digging for "new" music so…
BeatTips Beat Breakdown: The Game – “Old English” (Prod. by Hi-Tek)
Crafted Like a Horror Flick Score; "Old English" Is A Groove That Engages With Slow-Tempo Urgency
I…
John King and the Story of Chung King Studios
Pioneering Recording Studio and Its Owner Helped Give Hip Hop/Rap Music New Dimension
Chung King…
What The Music Taught Me: Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers Taught Me How To Shuffle
Listening To One Of Jazz's Most Prolific Groups, I Learned How To Add Natural Shuffle To My Beats
The…
Beat Breakdown: Main Source – “Looking At the Front Door”
Oliver Wang breaks down Main Source’s “Looking At the Front Door” and points out why Large Professor’s…
Sample Flips: 50 Cent – “Hustler’s Ambition” (Prod. by B-Money…
Vintage 50 flow and vocal-stabbing B-Money production carries film soundtrack.
50 Cent was unstoppable…
Sample Flips: Kendrick Lamar – “Celebration” (Prod. by Sounwave)
Kendrick displayed immense potential on his debut EP.
Debut projects tell you a lot about where an…
BeatTips Friday Freestyle: Sa’id – “Funny Politics”
Fridays are always a heavy day for me. It's usually the day that I have the most going on. So to help…
BeatTips Friday Freestyle: Sa’id – “High Top Fade”
Fridays are always a heavy day for me. It's usually the day that I have the most going on. So to help…
Names on the Marquee: The Knight Brothers – “Tried So Hard to Please Her”
Slow soul songs fill the bill.
Years of diggin' in the crates and studying different kinds of records…