Did Will.I.am Jack Homer Simpson For “OMG”?
December 31, 2010
Is Will.i.am drawing inspiration from The Simpsons cartoon? Some jocks at the Y101 Showgram are alleging that the hit “OMG” that he wrote for Usher bares more than a close resemblance to a Christmas song that Homer Simpson performed on an episode of The Simpsons in 2003, “Dude Where’s My Ranch?”
Take a listen and tell us what you think.
Thisis50 Interview With Nick Speed [Producer Of Lloyd Banks' "Home Sweet Home"]
December 30, 2010
Thisis50 recently sat down with Nick Speed, Producer of Lloyd Banks’ “Home Sweet Home” off of HFM2.
He talks about his upbringing and where he is from, how he got into music production, making tracks for 50 Cent and Lloyd Banks, songs he produced and who else he produced for, how he felt when Pusha T and Lloyd Banks spit to his beat, his album “This Side Of The Speaker” & much more!
10 Most Slept-On Albums Of 2010
December 30, 2010
There is so much music that comes out per year that it’s almost impossible to keep track. While we’ve been chiming in on some releases over at the day job that most folks at least heard about, I think there are some CDs that tragically went unnoticed in 2010.
I pinched this list from TheUrbandaily because it’s so producer heavy and that influenced my thought process.
Billboard Ranks Hip Hop’s Top-Charting Producers of 2010
December 30, 2010
Billboard magazine released it’s annual top R&B/Hip Hop producers list comprised of both input from critics and how many singles each producer landed in the “Hot 100” chart.
As HipHopDX observes, the list may signal a change of the guard in the hip-hop production landscape as names like Polow Da Don, Kane Beatz and Drumma Boy dominated the list while more established names like Timbaland, Kanye West and T-Pain took a back seat this go around. Take a look at their top 25.
Bangladesh Talks To Vibe About Pusha T [VIDEO]
December 30, 2010
Bangladesh and his scarf talk to Vibe about making beats for Pusha T’s new solo album that is “totally different” from what he does.
Kanye West Unleashes “Monster” Video
December 30, 2010
When was the last time you saw a rap video that started with woman hanging from a ceiling by a rope? Bon Iver’s chant at the end of “Monster” “I crossed the line…I’ll let God decide…” takes on a whole new meaning after watching this macabre video from Kanye West’s appropriately titled Dark Twisted Fantasy. The clip for “Monster” features all of his co-conspirators (Rick Ross, Jay-Z and Nicki Minaj) in this b-boy remix of the grisly slasher flick “Hostel.”
(props to SlangRapDemocracy)
Cookin Soul & Don Cannon, Nas – The Lost Tapes 1.5
December 28, 2010
There is nothing like a dope remix project and since Def Jam may never let the Lost Tapes 2 see the light of day we’ll take this dope 1.5 from Don Cannon and Cookin Soul.
NAS – THE LOST TAPES 1.5 REMIXTAPE
DOWNLOAD HERE
LINK 1 – LINK 2
Nottz x Asher Roth – Rawth EP | Free DL
December 27, 2010
Dr. Dre’s favorite producer Nottz is cranking out even more craziness for 2010. After putting out You Need This Music (BUY IT!!) he is giving away an EP with Asher Roth for Download. (props to SoulCulture)
DJ Just Dizle presents The Foodchain [From Denver 2 Paris]
December 27, 2010
I hope my man Just Dizle is getting a check from these guys because he has been going in Don King style on folks promoting them. The music is dope though.
“This past October, i was @ S.O.B’s in NYC for Statik Selektah’s album release party, so thats when i heard for the first time this Hip-Hop group, performing live and coming straight out of Denver called “The Foodchain” and i was extremly impressed, dope beats, rhymes and flows so i had to hook up with them and do this mixtape…thanks to MR 3DEEP!!! A lot of dope songs and plus features by Talib Kweli, Joe Scudda, Chaundon, Rapper Big Pooh and more…cut and mixed by truly yours DJ Just Dizle aka Le Champion, representing Paris – Franc”
EPOD backwards!!!
DJ Just Dizle presents The Foodchain
Download Here : http://bit.ly/jdfoodchain
Drinks With DJ Scratch [VIDEO]
December 27, 2010
A few weeks before the end of the Master Of The Mix competition I had a chance to get slightly inebriated (not really) with the legendary DJ Scratch. In this first part we talk about the challenges on Smirnoff’s “Master Of The Mix” reality show and why he chose to do it in the first place. Later on I get him to retell the story of how he met Jam Master Jay as well as how he reunited with EPMD.
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