DJ Premier Discusses Unreleased Jay-Z Diss Record
December 9, 2010
DJ Premier recently spoke with The Well Versed for their “Dropping Gems Series” and during their sit down he did just dat. Regarding records that never saw the light of day this is what Premier had to say.
DJ Premier: There was a record I did with Sinead O’ Connor –a remix to “Famine,” about the potato famine. But right before it came out she went through her breakdown and controversy and she shut down completely. We were label mates at the time so that’s the reason why I got the gig. She was also a Gang Starr fan, and a fan of my production. It never came out and I really, really wanted it to. It was a really good record. There was also a record with MOP. We did one for their last album. We should have talked about maybe revamping it and doing it, but that record was so raw. It never came out and I don’t know if it ever will, but hopefully one day it will see the light of day.
There’s a Jay-Z one where he was getting a little slick at a lot of people. I won’t even say their names. He said a lot of slick shit about a lot of people from the era he was coming through when he was just coming out with Reasonable Doubt. He was airing them out and doing it properly. If he had done it, he would have been respected for it. He did it so dope, and so cleverly, and he was so witty with it. But he erased it, so it’s going to be a memory I take to the grave. But it’s all gravy because Jay and I are good friends so I would never violate him like that.
For both parts of the interviews click below.
Dropping Gems Part 1
Dropping Gems Part 2
DR. Jay’s “Salute The DJ” With Just Blaze, Premier, Tony Touch & More
December 9, 2010
Dr. Jays is doing a holiday fashion campaign entitled “Salute The DJ”. Check the video as Boss Lady interview’s all 26 dj’s about their idols and influences.
Ski Beatz: “I definitely wanna do a song with J. Cole” (Video)
December 8, 2010
“I definitely wanna do a song with J. Cole…” legendary Hip Hop producer Ski Beatz told SoulCulture.TV in this snippet from their interview in New York during CMJ week, admiring the Roc Nation signed rapper and producer hailing from their shared hometown of North Carolina.
“He can rap. That’s that NC shit – that’s what we do – we rap and produce ourselves,” he comments, having also originally began his musical journey rapping before production took priority.
Producers, Songwriters Join New One-Stop Service For Buying Production
December 6, 2010
A variety of independent producers and songwriters are taking part BeatKings.com’s new service aimed at providing a variety of production/songwriting services to the music community.
Producers like Stat Quo, !LLMIND, Domingo Padilla, Soul Diggaz and others are part of BeatKings.com’s new Digital Producer Marketplace that is being rolled out, where music compositions can be licensed from a variety of aritsts, writers and producers in the music industry
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The website has agreements with a variety of clients, who have written or produced hits for acts like Eminem, Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs, Lil Wayne, Beyonce, T.I., Justin Bieber, 50 Cent, Mary J. Blige, Fantasia, Jennifer Hudson and others.
READ MORE AT ALLHIPHOP.COM
The Mad Violinist Takes On J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League’s “Ashton Martin Music”
December 1, 2010
Producer/composer Ashanti The Mad Violinist returns with another one this time adding his strings to the J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League produced “Ashton Martin Music“. I know Ashanti is signed to Kane Beatz‘ imprint “The Building” but I really hope in the new year he takes his talents to work with other producers, one can only imagine the outcome of a JL x The Mad Violinist original. For more from Ashanti The Mad Violinist and his group Symphony Crack check his youtube page here.
Edit: Apparently JL and Ashanti have worked together, previous tracks collaborated on include Jeezy’s “Done It” & “Word Play” along with Rick Ross’s “Maybach Music 2 Remix”.
Rico Love Talks To Billboard About Working With Dre & T.I.
December 1, 2010
Producer/song writer/artist, Rico Love recently sat down with Billboard to disucss his work with Dr. Dre on “Detox” and T.I. on his soon to be released album. Here’s a small excerpt of that conversation.
“I just went in the studio with Dre,” he says. “We worked on a few records and he played me some music. We worked on maybe two or three ideas. I’m supposed to go back in the studio with him soon.”
As per T.I., Rico Love says, amidst all of the drama in his life, the two worked on an upbeat, party record with “lots of energy and I’m on the hook,” he says. “It’s a good, fun song for the clubs — it’s something he was missing. When he came home, he was focusing on those tough records. But people want to hear him having fun, so Jim Jonsin and I gave him a radio-friendly record.”
For the full Billboard article click here.
Will Algorddim’s DJ App For iPad Kill Serato? [VIDEO]
November 23, 2010
Spotted at MacRumors
Since Serato debuted there has been an atomic count down clock for the death of vinyl and traditional turntables. Now there be a legit threat to the popular DJ software in the consumer market.
“With the imminent release of iOS 4.2, at least one developer is going to finally deliver a full featured iPad DJ app. We’ve learned that Algoriddim, the makers of the popular djay application for Mac, has ported djay over to the iPad, taking full advantage of the new iOS 4.2 audio features.
These iOS 4.2-specific are features coming in djay for iPad include:
- Full access to iPod library
- Multi-tasking: you can run djay in Automix mode and listen to a continuous, seamless mix running in the background while you surf the web, play games, etc.
- AirPlay: you can wirelessly stream your mix to your Apple TV or AirPort Express station in real-time.
- Fully leverages accelerated CPU extensions (SSE-like) for high-quality audio processing and analysis
- Very low latency (< 3 msec)
- Background audio playback (multi-tasking support)
- Pre-Cueing (via mono/stereo adapter)
The following exclusive video shows the iPad app in action:
We’ll be getting some DJs to test this out to see if it’s the real deal or another bad toy. Hit us with your thoughts on Twitter @Nodfactor @JLBarrow
Bei Maejor-Wife U Up Prod. By Kane Beatz
November 22, 2010
Bei Maejor is back with a new release from his forthcoming project, Upside Down 2. “Wife U Up” features production from fellow hit maker Kane Beatz. USD 2 is the follow up to his previously released first solo project Upside Down and it will be available for free download this coming Friday.
14kt Wins Red Bull Big Tune 2010
November 22, 2010
Red Bull finally wrapped up it’s final competition of 2010 ending this past week in Chicago. 14kt was crowned the winner beating out Nospeakerz in the final round. Stay tuned for the announcement of who 14kt will be going into the studio with.
Large Professor Talks Jay-Z Having The Tech On Tour, First Meeting Nas, & Working With Joell Ortiz
November 18, 2010
“I showed you your first tech on tour with Large Professor” apparently Jay wasn’t lying bout that. After sharing that brief story Large Pro goes on to talk about his first encounters with Nas, working with him on Illmatic, and them having recently recorded several joints together. He also speaks about the newer artists of today that he digs and wants to work with, Joell Ortiz is no surprise but Soulja Boy definitely is.
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