April 2009

Donny Goines + Ariel Borujow: Making of The Breakfast Club Part 1

by Kevin April 24, 2009 Industry Insider

Ariel Borujow has been doing his Industry Insider series for us on KevinNottingham.com and now he’s got something special exclusively for us! Check out Ariel in the studio with Donny Goines putting together Donny’s new album The Breakfast Club. They’ll be sending us videos up until they complete the album. Shouts to Donny and Ariel [...]

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DMC Champs Craze and Klever Battle on Traktor Scratch Duo

by Kevin April 24, 2009 Around The Net

Turntablist icons DJ Craze and DJ Klever showcase the new Traktor Scratch Duo in this demonstration video. Yeah, it’s more or less a commercial, but I love this shit. If I bought one of these, could I scratch like that? lol Shouts to Diego!

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Friday Hip Hop Report [4/24]

by Kevin April 24, 2009 Around The Net

If you missed out on this weeks’ happenings, check out Jumpoff.tv’s Friday Hip Hop Report. It’s definitely worth a view, but I can’t decide if the host is more annoying than she is hot. Anyway, we missed out on posting a lot of stuff this week with our server issues, so hit the jump to [...]

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Def Jux vs. OkayPlayer: Battle of the T-Shirts

by Kevin April 24, 2009 Around The Net

Two hip-hop heavyweights are asking hip-hop fans to settle a beef over who makes the flyest clothes. Okayplayer and Definitive Jux are facing off in the Always Urban Brand Battle, and your votes will decide which hip-hop heavyweight reigns supreme!

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Win Tickets To See Tanya Morgan Live in Toronto!

by Kevin April 24, 2009 Contests

Tanya Morgan is stopping by Toronto on their Cross Canada Tour and KevinNottingham.com along with TheMuseBox.net are giving away a pair of tickets to the show. Joining Tanya Morgan on stage will be Masia One & Miles Jones. The Show is this Tuesday, April 28 at Revival in Toronto. Hit the jump to find out [...]

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Wale: Live @ Highline Ballroom NYC [12/09/08]

by Kevin April 24, 2009 Singles

My man J. Rizzle sent this over to me just as I was having problems with the site. I didn’t think I was gonna be able to share it! This show right here is a real gem. For those of you that are looking to catch Wale at one of his upcoming shows, this is [...]

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Cappadonna + Raekwon: Life’s A Gamble

by Kevin April 24, 2009 Music Videos

Aight, let’s kick this site back in motion and get some new music posted on the site. What better way to bring it back, then with the Wu!

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Are We Back Online?

by Kevin April 24, 2009 Misc

Looks like overnight the site came back online. I was up last night with the technical suport guys trying to figure out what the hell went on. The way they explained it at first, it sounded like I wouldn’t be able to put the site back up unless I rebuilt it from scratch. So I [...]

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Kanye West: Guest Verses, Vol. 5

by Kevin April 23, 2009 Exclusive

Now that we officially got the site moved over to our new server, let’s celebrate by posting the last volume of our Kanye West Guest Verses compilation! These have been really popular and I couldn’t have compiled them all without my man Toast’s help. Check out all five compilations after the cut and let us [...]

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Pardon The Dust… and We’re Back!

by Kevin April 23, 2009 Misc

If you’re seeing this message, then the site transfer was successful! Hopefully everything is working normal. The site should be a lot faster. There may be a few links broken and images missing, but I’ll make sure everything is good before I start posting again. If you’ve found a problem, leave a comment here and [...]

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Jay-Z: Live @ Madison Square Garden [2005]

by Kevin April 22, 2009 Mixtapes

For those that don’t have this, my man J. Rizzle hooked us up with the goods. This concert right here is straight classic. As much of a Jay stan that I am, I’d have to say that it should have ended right here. You can’t get any higher than this. “I drop The Black Album, [...]

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DJ Jazzy Jeff + Mad Skillz: Live In The Mix [2007]

by Kevin April 22, 2009 Mixtapes

I told you I enjoy listening to Jazzy Jeff on Wednesdays. Did I lie? Jeff hooked up the the lyrically correct Mad Skillz for this live mix circa 2007. The homie J. Rizzle drops one on us again! There’s no tracklist and it’s one big mp3, but take it for what it is. After the [...]

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Big Pooh Talks to HyPE LG About Delightful Bars, The Status of Little Brother, etc.

by Kevin April 22, 2009 Around The Net

The homie Adam, over at HyPE LG recent caught up with Rapper Big Pooh to talk about his new album Delightful Bars. They also talk about the album being a sequeway for his official sophomore album, Dirty Pretty Things, the status of Little Brother (new album by the end of the year!), Internet rappers, and [...]

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Rapper Big Pooh: Delightful Bars

by Sean Deez April 22, 2009 Music Reviews

I’ll be honest right off the bat, picking which one of Big Pooh‘s Delightful Bars to review was extremely difficult. I simply can’t wrap my head around the promotion of this “street LP” that Pooh states is the perfect bridge between his debut, Sleepers and his upcoming solo sophomore album, Dirty Pretty Things. So this [...]

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HipHopDX Picks Up IllTravis!

by Kevin April 21, 2009 Around The Net

With over 1100 downloads in just a week, the hip hop mega site HipHopDX has picked up our project IllTravis for streaming on their site. This is great news for Trav Williams, all the producers involved, and for the site in general! Head over the HipHopDX and stream the album if you haven’t downloaded it [...]

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Lift: The Rise and Fall of Diablo Archer

by Kevin April 21, 2009 New Music Releases

Diablo Archer releases “Lift: The Rise and Fall of Diablo Archer” “It’s so fly it’s flight” explains Diablo Archer, “Icarus Complex was the foreword, but LIFT really fleshes out the story.” LIFT features production from J Manifest Wiggins (ME Music Works), MIDIMarc (Angry Chimp Music Group), A Dot McCray, The Jake, Rob Monster, Blunt, and [...]

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Still Got The Munchies? We Got The Cure For Your Hangover!

by Kevin April 21, 2009 Mixtapes

4/20 is long over, but I got 3 dope mixes (pun intended) to hopefully crave your munchies! First up is my man DJ Chong Wizard with his Bong Hits Mixtape, hosted by Yukmouth. Then the homie DJ Concept hit me up with The Day After Mixes: Smoke Out Session 1 and Up In Smoke. All [...]

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Grandmaster Flash Remix Contest: Win A Traktor Pro DJ System

by Kevin April 21, 2009 Around The Net

Here’s another remix contest for you all, courtesy of Grandmaster Flash! The originator of hip hop mixing is giving you a chance to win a Traktor Pro DJ System. Many of the ways DJs cue, backspin, double, mix, and scratch were developed from Flash’s innovations. Never one to sit still, Grandmaster Flash has entered the [...]

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Common’s “Gladiator” Remix Contest

by Kevin April 21, 2009 Around The Net

Common is looking for new producers to remix his song “Gladiator”. Could be a good look for some of you guys on here. Hit the jump for more details and a brief video intro from the man himself…

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Slakah The Beatchild: Enjoy Ya Self

by Kevin April 21, 2009 Music Videos

New video from BBE Records artist Slakah The Beatchild, off his critically acclaimed album Soul Movement Vol.I out in North America in late May (already out in Europe, Japan & Australia). Dude sounds like a mix between Raphael Saadiq and Music Soulchild. He wrote the song alongside our girl Ayah. Tell us what you think!

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