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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…
Should Millennials Skip the Canon of Hip Hop/Rap Because There’s Too Much Music?
As the number of new hip hop artists has grown drastically in the past decade, resulting in the explosion…
Check This: Carl Navy – “Can’t Hide Love” (Prod. by Laronisaloser)
Unearthing a quality sample is worth the pay off.
Flipping music from the '70s isn't an easy feat.…
Beat Breakdown: Prodigy – “Keep It Thoro” (Prod. by Alchemist)
A menacing apparatus, "Keep It Thoro" personifies how light and heavy textures co-mingle and combine,…
Names on the Marquee: Ahmad Jamal Trio – “Darn That Dream”
Genius and the Intimate Intensity of an After Hours Lounge.
The beatmaking community (and culture)…
Check This: Najjee – “Letters of Incarceration” (Prod. by Judah Hex)
Najjee and Hex release their first album together.
Najjee, formerly of The Krookz collective, has…
Check This: King Shampz – “Murder Art” (Prod. by Azzan)
Philly brothers turn paint brushes to hammers with "Murder Art."
King Shampz and his brother Azzan, a…
True Master: One of the Sharpest Masters of the Art of Beatmaking
True Master is a sharp dude. The type that calculates three moves ahead. The type that could have…
Names on the Marquee: Rhetta Hughes’s “You’re Doing With Her — When It Should Be…
Spotting new details in a classic Rhetta Hughes number.
It can be a fool’s errand to try to…
The Art of Beatmaking is Bigger than Any Piece of Gear
Concepts, themes, and theories over gear, equipment, and plug-ins — It’s about the beatmaker and his…