Master Of The Mix Talib Remix Battle [VIDEO]
December 23, 2010
Smirnoff’s Master of The Mix wrapped with DJ Scratch declared the winner. However, this was one of the coolest parts of the series, when the three DJ/producers had to remix a Talib Kweli acapella.
Viewers were given a sneak peak inside of their respective recording spaces, including Scratch’s lab Area-51.
See more videos and full episodes at MasterOfTheMix.com
Common F/ Talib Kweli & Marvin Gaye “The Light” (Remix)
September 29, 2010
Over the weekend I was out driving and Jill Scott’s “He Loves Me (Lizel In E Flat) came on the radio and the intro kept playing over in my head for the rest of the day. This happens to me about several times a day but I usually forget by the time I get home. This loop was stubborn though.
When I finally got home to the comp I clipped it off the end in Audition, ran it through the Fruity slicer, quantized it and chopped it. I played around with some drums and liked the way the Barry White kick and snare sounded but I wanted to play with the pattern some more. So I exported all of the parts using Slicex and placed them in the “pads” of the FPC to make a more unique pattern.
After that I made about 5 more different segments with various chops and drums and stashed them until I was ready to sequence. After playing the beat for about ten minutes I pitched up the sample and added some filters to differentiate it from Jill’s composition a little bit. Then I started hearing voices on the beat, so I went through my acapellas and Common’s “The Light” seemed to go with the whole thing so I matched two verses up to the beat and left it alone.
A few days later I came back to it and decided it needed a hook so I went hunting in my acapellas for someone professing their love to their woman and found the Marvin Gaye acapella to “Too Busy Thinking About My Baby.” I chopped it up and isolated the pieces I wanted to use to create a phrase and that became my hook.
From there the song felt short so I added Talib’s verse from “Hot Thing” (which was a pain in the ass to match up until I realized the acapella was fubar.) And that was it. I’ll dub this one the “Heaven On Earth” remix.
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Talib Kweli x Mick Boogie The Community Mixtape Contest
April 14, 2010
Talib is currently running a contest on his site, yearoftheblacksmith which is giving producers the opportunity to submit their music and be featured on the Mick Boogie hosted mixtape. It’s not everyday that one of the illest lyricists gives producers an opportunity to work with him so all of you out there that have ever made a beat and said Kweli would kill this, well here is your chance. For further details including the contest rules and regulations click the link below.
The Community Mixtape Contest
DJ Critical Hype Presents: The Art Of Kweli Blends
April 14, 2010
The homie Critical Hype has returned with another masterful blend tape, The Art of Kweli Blends hosted by the man himself, Talib Kweli. In case you’re not familiar with Hype, he’s one of the newest members of Team Invasion and also has a new radio show on Montreal’s 103.7 every Tuesday night from 1-2 am, check it out online. Congrats on that!
Download:
The Art of Kweli Blends
Reflection Eternal “In This World” (Video Preview)
March 2, 2010
The In This World music video drops THIS SUNDAY, March 7, 2010 only on MySpace Music. The single In This World available on iTunes on March 23, 2010.
“Revolutions Per Minute” coming this Spring 2010!
Okayplayer TV: Reflection Eternal
February 25, 2010
From OKP
Live from the set of RE’s upcoming video, “In This World,” OKP chops it up with Kweli and Hi-Tek about The RE:Union, why they took so long to come out with a new album, gettin’ props from Jay-Z (and turning it into a hook), and more. Look for the video “In This World” to drop next week. Reflection Eternal’s new album, Revolutions Per Minute will be out April 6th. Shout out to Sidik Fofana for the interview, episode filmed and edited by Noisemaker Media.
OkayplayerTV: Reflection Eternal from Okayplayer on Vimeo.
VIDEO: Reflection Eternal – TraceTV Interview
January 19, 2010
Spotted@2dopeboyz.com
Wasting no time for the New Year, hip-hop duo Reflection Eternal, composed of emcee Talib Kweli and DJ Hi-Tek, declares their return and prepare to finally drop their long-waited comeback album “Revolutions Per Minute.” To prove their sincerity and seriousness to fans, the two-man crew dropped a compilation of new tunes for fans just as we peaked into the new year.
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.
DOWNLOAD: Talib Kweli & Hi-Tek,The Reunion
January 1, 2010
Talib Kweli and Hi-Tek are back with the RE:Union mixtape, mixed by Statik Selektah ! !
1. Intro
2. Revolutions Per Minute
3. In This World ##
4. Hip-Hop (Unreleased)
5. Back Again ##
6. Wishing On A Black Star
7. Just Begun ft. Jay Electronica, J. Cole, & Mos Def ##
8. Come Around ft. Termanology & Royce da 5’9 (produced by Statik Selektah)
9. Internet Connection
10. Let It Go ft. Dion
11. Testify ft. Styles P
12. Time
13. The Thrill Is Gone ft. Styles P (produced by Statik Selektah)
14. Can We Go Back
The Reflection Eternal Classics:
15. Fortified Live ft. Mos Def & Mr Man
16. Chaos ft Bahamadia
17. The Express
18. Respiration ft. Common & Mos Def
19. Definition ft. Mos Def
20. RE:Defininition ft. Mos Def
21. Move Something
22. Ghetto Afterlife ft Kool G Rap
23. The Blast RMX ft. Erykah Badu
24. Good To You (produced by Kanye West)
25. Get By REMIX ft. Jay-Z, Mos Def, Kanye West, & Busta Rhymes
(produced by Kanye west)
26. Back Up Offa Me
27. Piano (Hi Tek ft. Ghostface)
28. Music is Life (Hi Tek ft. Nas)
29. Hang Ups (NEW Reflection Eternal not on album)
30. Outro
VIDEO: Reflection Eternal Move The Crowd
June 20, 2009
Talib Kweli and Hi-Tek “reflect” on the making of their debut, Train Of Thought and rock a stage together. (Is Talib REALLY DJing back there? Ha ha!) New album coming this year!
Props to PyramidWest.TV
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