Mar 08
This might be the hottest new show on TV!!!
Dec 11
Sure to make good little boys out of the entire pro audio community for the next few weeks, ProRemote Pro Tools Controller is a pretty unique little app for the iPhone.
Dec 05
Chicago . . . wow! The Chi might be putting out the freshest underground music, artists & producers in the nation right now. Kid Sister has been making noise for 2 years or so. Her previous highlight had been being anointed ‘the Next 100′ with a cover story for URB magazine in 2006 (along with her brother’sDJ group Flosstradamus). Her act and her star has been rising, but much of the online media on her was inhibiting her growth. It didn’t really capture the essence of what’s so electric about her performances and music. Well . . .
Her new Pro Nails video kills it. She won’t be underground for much longer. Stay around long enough to catch the vamp in the last :45 seconds of the video. For those unfamiliar with Chicago’s Juke Scene, it’s a hot little glimpse.
Sep 16
8 year-old scratch artist DJ Sara is . . . well, see for yourself. More videos after the break.
Sep 11
It hasn’t been announced, the sales data doesn’t even show it yet, but Kanye West will win the sales battle with 50 Cent. Stronger is currently the US #1 and he’ll get another #1 for Good Life (you read it here first).
Unfortunately . . .
Sep 09
The chorus of Dude N Nem’s Watch My Feet is a speedy 150 BPM track (that’s beats per minute) breaking down to a traditional hip-hop tempo of 75 BPM during the verse. The verdict is still out on whether it will be a huge hit, but the song symbolizes something significant. A ghetto feel, no bling, no violence, no girls in bikinis – Watch My Feet is a clarion example of where hip-hop is headed — Faster and more fun.
We talked about the Soulja Boy phenomena a few weeks ago in the weeked RAP up — I mentioned that Soulja Boy danced more than any #1 selling rapper has since MC Hammer. For everything that Soulja Boy is not, he made a #1 hit out of the underground jookin, buckin, clown and battle dance resurgence in hip hop.
Aug 31
Britney Spears released a new single today, her first since her many public troubles began.
GIMME MORE
Love her or hater, she’s coming to a radio near you.
Aug 30
Elvis, Johnny Cash, B.B. King, Al Green, Three 6 Mafia, Justin Timberlake . . . and now –
Lord T & Eloise pioneering the new genre — Aristo’crunk’.
Last night, the group began production of their latest video. Stay tuned.
Aug 28
It’s nearing the 1 year anniversary of JB’s passing. Most of my friends will remember this video from me emailing it around the morning after we heard he passed on Christmas Day.
No commentary really, just amazing to watch. The architect of modern music, modern dance.
R.I.P.
Aug 23
Another week in commercial hip hop’s slow decline into irrelevance has passed. Was there anything worth talking about?
We learned that Kanye and 50 Cent’s feud over who would sell the most records was nothing more than a publicity stunt (yawn!). XXL, a leading hip-hop rag, shared the news that the two would be posing on the cover of Rolling Stone Magazine together.
The Billboard Top 10 singles chart this week was high on samples.
There were a few bright spots:
what do you think