This Beats Per Minute video presented by Flud Watches shows Araab Muzik shedding light on how he started working with the MPC and how he perfected his skills. He speaks on drumming since the age of three and following a natural progression that led him to producing by the age of twelve.
Mark The 45 King sits down with DJ Premier on Making The Beat and shares memories of Heavy D and other fallen hip hop soldiers, their approaches to receiving demos and breaking new records, production and how music business protocol has changed throughout the years. FYI aspiring artists, there’s a better chance DJ Premier will listen to your music than The 45 King.
Hardknock.tv interview with North Carolina based, Grammy winning producer 9th wonder. Backstage at this summer’s monumental Rock The Bells Tour, 9th talks about working with Drake five years ago, paying homage to those who came before you, and what producers make him work harder.
The legendary and magnificent DJ Jazzy Jeff on the third part of PP2GTV’s DJ’s On The Decks series. Jeff shares anecdotes about when he fell in love with djing, how Serato doesn’t make you a better DJ, and how he’ll never be able to tell you his favorite song. He also talks about his Michael Jackson tribute album, “He’s The King, I’m The DJ”.
Seattle producer Jake One talks about his first placement and how much he was paid, when he quit his day job, and ghost producing. He also names some of the artists he’s worked with; among them G-Unit, De La Soul, and professional wrestler John Cena.
Atlanta based producer Bangladesh on L.A.’s 102.7 KIIS FM.com tells us everything from how he fell in love with music in the early 90′s and started studying beats to when he bought his first MPC and what artists he’s working with currently. He also talks about his musical inspirations and the hustle that financed his equipment.
Hip hop producer Salaam Remi talks to Sean C and LV about the makings of Nas’ “Made You Look”; the first single from his God’s Son project. Remi had envisioned Nas on the track with high energy and features. When Nas got a hold of it, he had something else in mind.
Bronx MC and Producer Lord Finesse of the Diggin In The Crates crew talks about working with Biggie and Dr. Dre, and silently being the mastermind behind some of hip hops greatest hits.
B. Cox discusses the various lanes you can take in the music industry as a producer and songwriter, for example film and tv scoring, and commercials. According to him, these are areas that are starving for new blood.
Grammy winning songwriter, producer, and former label A&R Dante Ross sits down with Cypress Hill’s DJ Muggs, who recounts the compelling tale of how he hooked up with B-Real and Sen Dogg. He touches on the major milestones of the group, the connections they made throughout the years and answers questions like “why do white people like Cypress Hill?”
Queens bred hip hop producer Ayatollah dishes on the title of his 2010 release The Quixotic, and how it describes him as an individual and as a producer. He also touches on the relevance of instrumental albums.
J. Cardim, Dice Music Group affiliated writer and producer answers questions about the Ludacris/Detox leak, when he started making beats, and how he represents his artists on his album The In Crowd.
Mississippi bred emcee David Banner and North Carolina born producer 9th Wonder talk to Okayplayer.TVabout their collaborative effort on Death Of A Pop Star and how they met through a mutual friend. Also clips of footage are shown from the pair’s interview with Peter Rosenberg at New York’s 92Y Tribeca.
Salaam Remi gives us an anecdote on the original conception of Nas’ “Thief’s Theme” from the Streets Disciple album, and the sample that he used to create it. This same sample was used years later on his ”Hip Hop Is Dead” album.
Famed producer Showbiz of the hip hop duo Showbiz & A.G., and member of the Diggin’ In The Crates crew talks shop with DJ Premier at Headquarterz Studios. They talk about what they like in a beat, what hip hop was like when they first started and different types of hip hop. He also gives us some audible treats while in the lab.
Henny and Dow Jones, otherwise known as Tha Bizness, super production team behind such hits as “Every Girl” by Young Money talk about what inspires them to make music. They cite the golden ages of hip hop and the Teddy Riley’s new jack swing to name a few. They also offer words of encouragement for new producers trying to break into the game.
Technology writer David Pogue plays a medley about iTunes and music file sharing to the melodies of Sonny and Cher’s “I Got You Babe” and The Village People’s “YMCA” at a Technology Entertainment and Design (TED) conference.
Rapper Jim Jones teaches a music business class to high school students by breaking them down into all of the parts of a fully functioning record label. In the first of the six weeks his major lessons are to make fast cash by doing shows and the importance of having your song played on the radio.
In this class with Jim Jones on the music business they talk about how all publicity is not good publicity, and answer questions about sample usage, beat theft, and how to transition from being a manager to owning your own label. Jim brings in his publicist, Steven Victor and manager, Yandy Smith and lets the class pick their brains.
During week three of Jim Jones’ Music Business 101 series he brings in Shadow Stokes, who handles radio promotion at E1 Records. He sheds light on the logistics: traveling around the country speaking to different stations that cater to your target demographic. Stokes also answers questions about how many people you should speak to in a day and breaks down the life cycle of a song: from the streets via mix-tape, to mix shows, to record rotation all day on [...]
In this episode of Music Business 101 with Jim Jones Alan Grunblatt, President of E1 Records talks to the students about starting his own label, how the A&R finds the artists and how the budget is set. Jones gives out assignments to the class on how to market their artist.
Washington based Hip Hop Producer Jake One discusses how he got into hip hop by being a fan and recalls how his participation began in high school with a James Brown records. He also mentions his first equipment, how he knows a song is good when it inspires him to create something better, and shows off the Ensoniq ASR 10 sampling keyboard.
Engineer and producer Andy Johns sits down with Lance Keltner and talks about his realization that the musicians he was working with didn’t know any more than he did. He upholds the basis that the sound of the source matters most, which supports the the theory that you should not only aim “fix it in the mix”.
Atlanta based emcee Ludacris and DJ Premier in the studio working on Luda’s 2008 Theater of the Mind album. Preem puts Ludacris in his list of top 20 emcees of all time; which includes Nas, Jay-Z, Scarface and Andre 3000. He champions Luda’s creativity and the way he made his own lane in the industry.
Jimmy Kendrixx talks about his creative process, and says if it doesn’t feel right, don’t force it. He also gives props to other forms of production, talks about some of his upcoming projects, sample clearance and knowing the business side of the music industry.
Evil D of the Beatminerz sits down with Raven and gives advice on starting a label, vinyl as a weapon, spinning with CDs and takes her on a tour of his home studio. He tells up and coming DJs to learn on wax and not skip the fundamental steps.
Delaware native DJ Wonder interviews Bryan Michael Cox at the legendary Daddy’s House studios. B. Cox talks about why he likes working in studios where history was made, his MySpace video competition with Colgate and plays a sample of the winning track.
Raven the Blazin Eurasian from BrooklynBodega.com interviews Soul Brother #1 Pete Rock at Brooklyn Bowl during the 2010 Brooklyn Hip Hop Festival. He talks about his passion for music and how that keeps him relevant in the business, the soul in his signature sound, and the upcoming Smif N Wessun album.
A panel discussion at this year’s SXSW about sample clearance, copyright infringement and the fair use law in music, sparked by Girl Talk aka Gregg Gillis’ use of over 300 uncleared samples on a single album.
An episode of YouTube Spotlight shows how So So Def’s Jermaine Dupri successfully maintains a YouTube channel, Living The Life With Jermaine Dupri. Dupri talks about the benefits of direct contact with artists and fans, and using it to tap into new talent.
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