I’m not sure how long this has been around but I think it’s a pretty dope idea. It’s basically a way to create your own mixtape and share it with ANYBODY. No ads. No crapily written bios. No lame photo galleries. JUST MUSIC. It even works on the iPhone! I’ve got my page set up at algorythm.muxtape.com. Right now it has a few beats that you’ve probably already heard here, but when the second instrumental project is done, I will be putting up there so you can stream the tracks individually.
All of these drums were created from drum sounds that were either recorded from breaks or ‘borrowed’ from random open drum sounds that you can pretty much find anywhere. I then opened them in Reason and applied a ton of EQ and compression FX to get them to sound how I needed them too. For a while I had been re-applying combinator FX for every Reason session. In other words; for every track, I was re-applying the same FX to each drum as Combinator patches and then re-tweaking them accordingly. Obviously this was KILLING my computer’s memory. Then I had the bright idea to record the drums out and re-load them in as pre-effected sounds — don’t know why I didn’t think of that in the first place. Anyways, this is how Drum Kit Part 1 came about.
I try to stay away from jacking content from other sites but I think this one deserves to break that rule. It sounds like a ton of these Dilla Tribute functions aren’t always legit and some of the promoters are pocketing the $. Makes me sick to my stomach but luckily one of Dilla’s former managers, Jonathan Dworkin is taking a stand using ad space. Peep the complete post and a write up of the ad over at Nodfactor.com.
To this day, I still feel like its backwards how so many people love Dilla’s music with out Dilla becoming a household name like Dre, Timbo, Primo, etc. My feeling is that it sadly yet simply comes down to numbers and sheer sales. Most of Dilla’s fame has come from people who have heard his music LOVED it but never made it to the store to actually pick it up — which SUCKS. After hearing Fantastic Vol. 2 there was no way I wasn’t owning every piece of work he was associated with. Maybe it’s just timing; his music really started to pop off around the early Napster days back when Like Water For Chocolate and Amplified we’re dropping. So maybe the internet is to blame? I don’t know…Anyways, peep what Dilla’s manager has to say about it…I agree with home completely.
I catch a lot of slack for this but “The Love Movement” has always been my favorite Tribe album. Don’t get me wrong, “People’s Instinctive Travels…” and “Beats Rhymes and Life” are VERY close behind. Love Movement just has this smooth, consistent style about it that sets it two or three notches above their other projects in my mind. For me, the sound of the short-lived production team “The Ummah” IS this album which is why this is such a staple Tribe album.
On a seemingly unrelated note, the other day I stumbled on to this joint called: Love, Sex, and The Zodiac by Cannonball Adderley. Read More
I Smell an April Fool’s joke…You always have to be a little skeptical on 4/1. They did go all out with a video and sample mp3s though. You be the Judge.
I have to admit THOR has definitely been one of the toughest Reason racks to learn. I thought the Malstrom had a lot of knobs/buttons but Thor probably has twice as many. I’ve been rolling with the presets and them tweaking to get the sound that I want but I always wanted to know how to build sounds from scratch with this thing. Luckily Propellerhead has some really good tutorials on how to flip THOR without causing a headache. Peep the links below. Read More
M-Phazes — Winner of the 2008 One Stop Shop producer battle. This dude took the Gold all the way back to Australia. I’m still surprised how many people haven’t heard of him yet but I’m sure you will hear about this dude real soon. Chances are he’s already worked with your favorite rapper Read More
First check out a little behind the scenes before the announcement with Just Blaze here:
Then read the full story over here:
Man, I’ve got to say that I wasn’t really sold on Wale when I first heard his music a few years ago. But After his last lash of mixtapes & promo cuts, I’ve come around full circle. Dude can SPIT. And he talks about REAL situations. I’m excited to see where he’ll take this music thing. He’s always been about putting D.C./MD/VA (DMV) on the map so I’m hoping Interscope doesn’t suck that aspect out of his character. This marks a second major move for D.C. music after my homie Osinachi just recently signed with Rodney “Darkchild” Jerkins’ production team. I feel like this might be the start of something big so let’s see what happens.
Karriem Riggins Live Set.
Karriem Riggins Stonesthrow Set
Streaming HERE. Or subscribe through iTunes HERE for the mp3.
Karriem Riggins kills this live set from Hella International in Miami. At the end you’re left with that “I want more!” feeling in which case this link to his site comes in handy.