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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…
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…
BeatTips Friday Freestyle: Sa’id – “The Flamingo Titty Bar Heist”
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: Pablo Gad
A gem from late 1970s/early 1908s reggae. Also, why dub proves to be useful for coming up with new drum…
Names on the Marquee: Bob James’s “Nautilus”
Oliver Wang remembers one of the most sampled and interpolated songs in history, and points out why…
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.…