February 2009

Introducing… Tony J

by Kevin February 23, 2009 Artist Spotlight

We’ve been slowly covering more and more R&B on the site, and this guy right here caught my ear last week. For more than 10 years, Tony Jacobs has proven that he is more than just a former intern at Music World Entertainment (home of Destiny’s Child). Working under the music mogul Mathew Knowles provided [...]

Propain Campain vs. Led Zeppelin

by Kevin February 23, 2009 Mixtapes

Not sure when this mixtape was released, but it recently got some shine over at Rolling Stone… Alarmingly successful mixtape mashes up thumping Zeppelin samples with breathless verses from indie rappers like Sean Price and Agallah under the moniker “Propain Campain.” It is the one album that will bring together potheads on both sides of [...]

The Real Frequency: Canadian Classix Vol. 1

by Kevin February 23, 2009 Hot Download

If you stop into our site from time to time, you’d probably think we were based in Canada. Well, that’s all thanks to my partner in crime Sean Deez up in Toronto. He has turned me onto so much great Canadian Hip Hop and introduced me to so many great people up there. One of [...]

Illmatic Beat Contest Week 8:The Entries

by Kevin February 22, 2009 Contests

Here they are, Week 8′s beats. 23 beats submitted. That’s probably our lowest number this whole contest. That’s cool though, makes things easier on us. I explained in my last post what up with the judging, so let’s just keep banging out them beats! Check out Week 8 via the streaming player or download the [...]

Ariel Borujow: Secrets of a Record Engineer

by Kevin February 22, 2009 Industry Insider

This is the first in an exclusive new series that we plan on running here at KevinNottingham.com. Ariel Borujow, world renowned engineer and mixer, has agreed to step in and and give us a few words about what it is that he does and why his job is important in the music industry.. He has [...]

Illmatic Beat Contest: Week 9

by Kevin February 22, 2009 Contests

As I’m downloading and compiling all the beats submitted from last week, here’s thing week’s sample. Before we get into it, just a heads up. We’ve had some issues as far as scheduling conflits and time constraints that have really thrown the judges off from getting winners picked for weeks 6 and on. Instead of [...]

JizzaPro & Ms. JeyLah: Tha New Amerika

by Kevin February 22, 2009 Singles

Here’s a brand new instrumental project from JizzaPro & Ms. JeyLah. These instrumentals are actually the workings of another project they were working on until their computer’s hard drive crashed and they lost everything. What we have here is what they were able to recover. Hit the jump for a word from Ms. JeyLah, a [...]

Tanya Morgan Preps New Album for May

by Kevin February 22, 2009 News

So I walk down to the mailbox yesterday to pick up the normal junk, magazines, and bills. To my surprise, I got a postcard from Donwill, Von Pea, and Ilyas from the group Tanya Morgan. The postcard just simply said, “Wish you were here!“, but it’s a great marketing strategy to get me to blog [...]

Allow Me To Introduce Myself…

by Baron Von Alias February 22, 2009 Music

Welcome one and all, my name is Baron Von Alias, a time traveler sent from the year 1830. Born and raised in the North of England. To cut a long story short I was basically handed down an old family heirloom, a Timepiece. Said to hold the powers of time travel within its mechanism, of [...]

The Game: Live @ The House of Blues [San Diego]

by Freddie C February 21, 2009 The Show

We here in Cali love our West Coast rappers. So naturally, I jumped at the chance to see The Game, Clyde Carson, and one of my favorite up-and-comers, Nipsey Hussle perform at the San Diego House of Blues. House of Blues is my favorite concert spot in San Diego. After seeing Mos Def, Talib Kweli, [...]

The Cactus Album: Original Samples

by Kevin February 21, 2009 Diggin' In Da Crates

The debut album from 3rd Bass, The Cactus Album (or The Cee/D), is arguably one of the top hip hop albums of all time. Released on Def Jam in 1989, the album received positive reviews and 3rd Bass received popularity by being the second white group to achieve hip hop credibility, after the Beastie Boys. [...]

The Inbox: Week 4

by Kevin February 21, 2009 The Inbox

The Inbox series has been a great stress reliever for me as it allows me to catch up and post all the stuff that I’ve received in the past week. There is just too much music out there to listen to and too many artists that need their shine. Here’s some of the stuff I’ve [...]

Murs: Everything Is Presidential Remix Contest

by Kevin February 21, 2009 Around The Net

Fresh from his 2008 Hip-Hop Presidential campaign, rap stalwart Murs is proud to present this exclusive remix contest, courtesy of Warner Bros. Records, Loud.com and Zune. Murs is looking for the most talented up and coming producer to remix “Everything”, which is Murs’ latest single from Murs For President.

50 Cent: The Undertaker [Motion Picture Mixtape Vol III]

by Kevin February 21, 2009 Hot Download

Well it’s finally here! Exclusively on the Diggers Union word press first, here is 50 Cent: The Undertaker for free download. DJ Unexpected, MKW, and Hevehitta put a lot of work into this CD and upon first listen, it really shows. A nyone who listens to this CD should play it all the way through [...]

Bru Lei Loves Jean Grae

by Kevin February 21, 2009 Singles

Off his new EP, titled Shroom Crumbs, Blu Lei dedicates a whole track to the talented Jean Grae. The EP, released last week, is produced entirely by the late DJ Przm (Blueprint, Camu Tao, Copywrite). Bru has toured with Atmosphere and Blueprint as well as being part of underground crew Spitball. The EP tackles a [...]

Wax: Mary [prod by Nobody Famous]

by Kevin February 20, 2009 Singles

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NiuPAhkuSuo”

After I heard “Famous’ Laboratory” last year, I had hoped these two would collaborate again on another track. Hot off of his latest album, Liquid Courage, Wax jumps on a brand new Nobody Famous beat! If there’s any new producer out that I think is on the verge of big things, it’s Nobody Famous. Word [...]

Friday Hip Hop Report [2/20]

by Kevin February 20, 2009 News

Here’s your weekly hip hop report, courtesy of Jumpoff.tv. Hit the jump for the details, or just watch the damn video.

Making The Beat: “My President Is Black”

by Kevin February 20, 2009 Producers Only

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqarOY5hYvk&eurl=http://nahright.com/news/&feature=player_embedded”

Would love to see more videos like this… producers take notes!

Theo & Ced Hughes: Class of 2009

by Kevin February 20, 2009 Singles

Ced Hughes and Theo collab on this new track called “Class of 2009″. Ced takes the first verse while Theo comes to close shop on the second verse. Grab it after the cut…

Tona: U Know It (feat Skyzoo)

by Kevin February 20, 2009 Singles

Hot new track from Canadian emcee Tona. Tona teamed up with Skyzoo for this track when Sky was in Toronto performing recently. The track is a warm up for his Direct Deposit album coming early April, produced entirely by his Canadian co-hort Lyve. Download link after the cut…

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