KPLtv CHOP SUEY the beat conductor series featuring 88-keys
February 9, 2010
From sample to fully constructed beat, producer 88-Keys runs through a collection of vinyl then begins chopping on his trusty Akai MPC3000, which he’s owned since age 15.
KPLtv CHOP SUEY the beat conductor series featuring 88-keys from KPLtv on Vimeo.
Copyright Criminals Sampling Timeline
January 20, 2010
The Copyright Criminals documentary debuted on PBS last night and the folks at Rap Radar have posted the segments on their site. You can watch them HERE.
I found this sampling time line at the Independent lens website and wanted to share. (the code would not play nicely with the youtube HTML so I prioritized).
VIDEO: 9th Wonder Rocking The MPC 2500, Teaching Class On Sampling
December 9, 2009
Spotted@Onsmash
9th Wonder shows off some of his MPC2500 work and cooks up a beat for his friend blogger Maestro.
Maestro Knows – Episode 1 (9th Wonder) from Maestro Knows on Vimeo.
Bloggin 4 Breaks:M.O.P’s “Blow The Horns”
November 29, 2009
As soon as I heard M.O.P.’s “Blow The Horns” I went “son-of-a-bitch!” I’m a huge fan of Bob James and the break in question is from James’ cover of George Bizet’s “Farandole (L’Arlesienne Suite #2)”
It originally appeared on Bob James’ Two, made famous for “Take Me To The Mardis Gras,” but I’ve been listening to it from Restoration, his best-of double-disc.
Take a listen below (the horns come in at around 19 seconds.)
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And this is the original that James made over…
I even sampled this song for a beat and completely went over the horns, instead going to the funky wa-wa guitar and ethereal intro. Props to Fizzy Womack.
T-3 Of Slum Village Goes Through Beat Submissions
November 21, 2009
T-3 of Slum Village goes through submissions from producers for his next album and Young RJ gives some REAL sound advice. No pun intended. (ROTFL@ The Stewie Griffin slippers.)
And Billy Beats? You know Bink! done flipped that the same way for GZA YEARS ago, C’Mon SON!
VIDEO: Sampling From Logan’s Run
August 11, 2009
Love this guy’s video blogs. Subscribe to him. Nuff said.
This Is The Remix: Pete Rock & Green Lantern
July 31, 2009
Nodfactor.com caught up with the legendary Pete Rock and DJ Green Lantern to discuss their song from NY’s Finest, “Don’t Be Mad.” In the process I got them to share their views on samples, remixing, filtering, and everything under the sun. Watch parts 1,2, and 3 below.
JLB
Part 1, The Making of “Don’t Be Mad,” Classic Drum breaks and When to clear samples
Part 2, Making “We Roll,” Truncation, TR-808s and new sounds
Part 3, What makes a remix great and the influence of “Shut ‘Em Down”
Digga On Sampling With Software
June 4, 2009
In this lesson from Online Beat Tutor.com, Digga talks about chopping samples using software.
Jermaine Dupri In The Studio
May 18, 2009
Replay Value:Why You Should Clear Your Samples
January 13, 2009
I love a great break as much the next guy but it’s not worth losing your shirt over. Rich Isaacson, one-half of Fuerte Music Group (and responsible for the success of early Loud Records artists like Big Pun, Mobb, Wu, Xzibit, Funk Flex and 36 Mafia) with his partner Jerry Blair talks here about how replaying samples won’t get you around a lawsuit. You have to make something completely new. Ask Easy Mo Bee.
Grabbed from Kevin Nottingham via Loud.com
