Skillz Confesses To Passing On Three Classic J-Dilla Beats
June 15, 2010
In episode 6 of Hip-Hop Confessions Skillz sat down with Stonesthrow Records founder/DJ/Producer Peanut Butter Wolf and The Abstract Poetic, Q-Tip.
Among other Dilla memories Skillz (re) tells the story of passing on three classic J-Dilla beats.
“I’m still kicking myself over that,”- Skillz
Skillz presents: Hip-Hop Confessions ep. 6 from Visually Inklined on Vimeo.
Q-Tip Producing For Kanye, Talib…Maybe Jigga
March 31, 2010
In an interview with Brooklyn Bodega Q-Tip revealed some of his future production plans and aspirations to get Hova in the studio:
BB: You seem to be very selective when it comes to picking artists to produce for. So how do you go about choosing projects?
Q-Tip: I just try to work with people who I admire or whom I think has got it. So right now I’m working on Nas’ shit, about to work with Kanye on his shit. Just trying to keep up my momentum. I’m about to work with Talib on his project. I been trying to work with Hova for a while so hopefully he’ll realize the heat I got and come with it [laughs].
Ayatollah’s Top 5 Beats From Queens
March 24, 2010
Ayatollah, producer of Mos Def’s “Ms. Fat Booty” Styles and Pharoahe Monch’s “My Life” and many others, picks his Top 5 Beats from his hometown of Queens, NY.
Statik Selektah 100 Proof Promo
January 14, 2010
Heres some promo for Statik Selektah’s upcoming 100 Proof project. For this presentation he enlists Tip, Kweli, Tekzilla, and Primo, not a bad list of co-signers. 100 Proof features all new music from acts such as Saigon, Novel, Talib Kweli, Kool G Rap and more all of course produced by Show Off Records honcho, Statik Selektah.
Bloggin 4 Beats: Breathe & Stop Remix
July 21, 2009
How many producers can say they’ve had their own voice used in a beat? That’s exactly what I did with this remix of Q-Tip’s “Breathe & Stop.” I took his heavy breathing from “Find A Way” and his “inhale” from “Sucka Nigga” and put them over some chopped Impeach drums and other goodies.
NOTE: I’m just mad at whoever ripped this acapella cuz it skips around 49 seconds. Had to work around it.
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Q-Tip Honored At One Stop Shop Conference
June 17, 2009
Q-Tip Talks J-Dilla/Miles Davis @ Noisemakers
April 16, 2009
Grandmaster Flash dropping “The Bridge” on March 3rd
January 20, 2009
Grandmaster Flash dropping “The Bridge” LP March 3rd on Strut Records.
Nodfactor CD Reviews Round-Up
November 30, 2008
Christmas is coming early so go and cop the latest collections that are worth your hard-earned chips. [Read more]
New Video: Q-Tip’s “Renaissance Rap”
November 19, 2008
New video from The Renaissance directed by Rik Cordero:
