June 25, 2008 – 7:15 am
Another great installment from MIDIMarc. This has become one of my favorite podcasts next to Phonte’s Gordon Gartrell Radio. Just great music. Subscribe via iTunes to make sure you don’t miss an episode!
June 24, 2008 – 4:10 am
Phonte uncovers two new taped conversations that have leaked in the wake of the 50 Cent/Young Buck beef, and counts down the Top 10 Greatest Lite Brites of All Time.
June 22, 2008 – 10:01 am
You may remember a few weeks ago I mentioned that we were coming up on our first anniversary. Well today is the day… *poppin’ bottles*. This post, however, is not about this site though. It’s a new year and we’re doing new things. You all have seen the changes we’ve gradually done over the past [...]
June 18, 2008 – 9:13 pm
Our man MIDIMarc just set up a podcast blog. Here’s his first episode….
Jay-Z and MIDIMarc - No Hooks Remix
Erykah Badu - No Love
Erykah Badu - My Life
Preach feat Butterfly Brown - I Can Fly
Frankie Beverly and Maze - I Need You Snippet
K Hill feat Kaze - Eulogy
Pharoah Monche - What It Is
Spectac - Gone In [...]
June 18, 2008 – 10:08 am
Phonte reflects on Father’s Day by saluting the greatest sitcom daddies of all time*, explaining the difference between a father and a daddy, and by giving the 2008 Ed O.G. “Be A Father To Your Child” Award to a worthy recipient.
Nicolay “Body
Xscape “The Softest Place On Earth”
Jon B “They Don’t Know”
Ginuwine “I’ll Do Anything [...]
June 14, 2008 – 10:05 am
Yo, my man Tudakay was on 90.1FM in Long Island recently with DJ Cut Supreme, doing some promotion and what-not. They got on the subject of underground hip hop and the music industry. This video represents everything that I try to make this site out to be. Check it out… big ups [...]
June 13, 2008 – 9:55 am
Yeah I know this is a shameless plug, but it’s my web site dammit! I sat down a couple of months ago with emcee /journalist Cee-For for an interview; not on Cee, but on ME. I know, weird huh? Anyway, the article turned out great and was posted this morning on GrooveOn.com.au, [...]
June 4, 2008 – 2:40 pm
“Diggin’ in da crates… diggin’ in da crates… all around the Net we diggin’ in da crates.” Ha-ha, that’s a little song I just came up with! Codester over at Grits and Porgies hit me up with a sample set he posted to his site a while back… Brand Nubian’s One For All. [...]
June 3, 2008 – 10:37 am
Phonte and DJ Brainchild are back with episode 2 of their online podcast, Gordon Gartrell Radio. Not exactly a week, since we got episode one, but beggers can’t be chosers, right? Make sure you bookmark their website, so you don’t miss an episode (in case we do). At any rate, this week [...]
May 31, 2008 – 10:52 am
Well, Lil’ Wayne’s highly anticipated Tha Carter III leaked yesterday. Like most readers of this blog, I’m not exactly a Li’ Wayne fan, but I am interested in hearing the album for the sake of production. By the way, you can’t download it here (we don’t do that), but if you’re too lazy to [...]
May 29, 2008 – 8:08 am
This is an interesting concept… Ivan over at Hip-Hop Is Read has started an online petition to get two of Brooklyn’s Finest emcees to do a collaboration. I for one, would love to see a collaboration between AZ & Talib Kweli and this petition isn’t such a bad idea. In this digital age, [...]
May 23, 2008 – 12:39 pm
From Billboard.com…
Kanye West, Common, Redman, Method Man and their record companies were sued yesterday (May 22) by late U.S. jazz musician Joe Farrell’s daughter, who accused them of using her father’s music without approval. The lawsuit said all the rappers used portions of Farrell’s 1974 musical composition “Upon This Rock” in three separate songs — [...]
May 14, 2008 – 8:33 pm
Why all the hostility towards bloggers lately? I don’t know the full story behind this and I don’t want to jump to any conclusions, but apparently Pete Rock commented recently on fellow blogger, Dan Love, and his Pete Rock Breaks & Beats Mix.
You can read the accusations here at Ohword.
Next thing you know, Dr. [...]
May 13, 2008 – 7:45 am
Just got wind of this over at the Okayplayer.com boards…
Phonte has teamed up with DJ Brainchild for a weekly podcast called Gordon Gartrell Radio. Below is episode one. It’s not new music from Tay, but more of an outlet for him to clown around and share his love of great music. We all know Phonte [...]
May 10, 2008 – 1:15 pm
Craig Lindsey, staff writer for The News & Observer in Raleigh, North Carolina, hit me up last week to pick my brain on Kanye West’s Glow In The Dark Tour with Lupe Fiasco and N.E.R.D. Unfortunately, I haven’t seen the show. Ironically enough, the night Craig interviewed me, they were playing here in Miami!
At [...]
May 6, 2008 – 9:04 pm
Kidz In The Hall’s highly anticipated sophomore album, The In Crowd, is set to drop next week. To hold you guys over, check out this two part interview with Naledge and DoubleO from KarmaloopTV’s DJ Red Foxx…
April 23, 2008 – 9:01 am
Excellent article over at Soulbounce.com. Great blog in general, but nOva Slim really hit the nail on the head with this one. To summarize….
The End of the “Event” Album
Big Name Hip Hop Producers
Deaths of The Notorious B.I.G. & 2Pac
“Neo-Soul”
Reality TV
Lazy A&R Departments
Scarface and The Untouchables
Thugs
Crime
Ringtones
Lack of Music Programs in Schools
BET
The Radio
Spineless Club DJs
Mainstream [...]
April 9, 2008 – 2:11 pm
Every now and then I like to take the time to recognize others who are doing their part for hip hop on the Internet. Within the past week, 2 new web sites have emerged that I think will be blowing up any day now. Hip hop web sites or blogs are a dime [...]
