D.O. & Slakah aka the Art of Fresh talk new album and night time right time music time with Chedo.
Previously: VIDEO: MoSS Interview w/ The Come Up Show
NEW VIDEO: Set2 "Back On Da Scene" (Directed by L&G Films)
Directed by L&G Films.
Visuals for Set2’s latest joint “Back On Da Scene”.
Produced by Beat Juggernaut.
www.set2online.com
www.myspace.com/Set2Music
www.youtube.com/Set2TV
www.set2.wordpress.com
www.twitter.com/Set2
www.kyte.tv/Set2TV
www.vimeo.com/groups/Set2TV
Previously: NEW MUSIC: Set2 “Back On Da Scene” (Prod. Beat Juggernaut) & “Middle Finger Y’all” (Prod. Tone Mason)
NEW MUSIC: Arowbe feat. Rich Kidd & Lizzie Nightingale "Coolest Girl" (DJ Pack) (Prod. Rich Kidd)
Some Valentines-appropriate newness from Arowbe featuring Ritchie on the lyrical assist and production, plus vocals from Lizzie Nightingale.
Deejays you get the Main and Instrumental.
Arowbe feat. Rich Kidd & Lizzie Nightingale – Coolest Girl (DJ Pack)
Arowbe feat. Rich Kidd & Lizzie Nightingale – Coolest Girl (Prod. Rich Kidd)
NEW MUSIC: Sese – You Can't Say feat. JRDN (V-Day Leak)
NEW MUSIC: Cuban – In The Morning Remix
Come up R&B singer Cuban does his thing over the J. Cole/Drizzy joint.
Previous: NEW MUSIC: Cuban “Swag Don’t Lie” (DJ Pack) + VIDEO: “Epiphany Interlude”
NEW MUSIC: Promise – Colours of Love feat. Aion Clarke (Prod. by Rich Kidd)
Prom, Ritchie and Aion together on one track??? You don’t need anything else this Valentine’s…
DOWNLOAD: Promise – Colours of Love feat. Aion Clarke (Prod. by Rich Kidd)
VIDEO: Drake Interview w/ Billboard (Grammys Q&A)
Via NR:
Drake talks Grammy nominations, the “Moment 4 Life” video, his Jordan collection and touring. In part 2 after the jump, he answers more fan questions and talks about rap being exciting right now.
Props to Billboard.
Previous: VIDEO: Nicki Minaj – Moment 4 Life feat. Drake (Behind The Scenes)
EDITORIAL: The Fire in Which You Burn: Me, the Radio and OTA Live
Personal piece the fam Chris Cromie did for HHC on, well….us. Don’t think we actually even mentioned it on this site, but thanks again to everyone for all the LOVE.
Toronto, ON – Growing up in the UK my favourite radio station was a channel called, lacking a degree of originality, Radio 1. They were funded by the British government who owned a set of stations, five of them in fact. Radio 1 was their musical flagship, playing the best in new music and always on the cutting edge. But they were more than just a music station to me. Much more. I’d give a North American equivalent, but to be honest there isn’t one. I guess the closest you could get is if you mixed the popularity of New York’s Hot 97 with the sensibilities of CBC radio. It was also the place I heard hip-hop for the first time. The place, the time, the medium. I coveted my brother’s boombox like no other item and was under strict instruction not to touch it, so naturally when he wasn’t around it was the first thing I’d go for. He always kept a stack of old, new and freshly dubbed cassettes next to it. Yeah, cassettes.
We very well could be talking about a time before some of you reading this were even born, and yet it feels like last week to me. The 80s were morphing into the 90s and everybody wanted to be like Mike. Tyson, Jordan, Jackson (note: if you subconsciously finished this line “…action, pack guns/ridiculous” then you’re winning at life right about now). Rap was changing too. The music was shifting from electronic synths and sparse drums to layered walls of sound, thanks to champion producers like Prince Paul, the Bomb Squad and Dr. Dre. My brother liked all types of music, so he’d tape the late-night sessions on Radio 1. They were shows manned by specialist DJs who played an eclectic mix of tunes from Britain, the European continent and the United States. One night he was out late with friends. I predictably took this as my cue and scampered up to our room with mischief in mind. I flipped through his tapes and looked for one with the recording pin removed. This meant he’d just taped it and wanted to prevent anyone from dubbing over it. When he was done, he’d ball up paper to fill in the recording hole and the cipher would complete. I grabbed a tape, threw it in the box and hit play. Kerrrr-click. “Nineteen. Eighty. NINE-the number/another summer…” I can’t tell you how I felt the moment I heard my first hip-hop song; I can only tell you that I kept playing it. And playing it. I hid the cassette to ensure my brother didn’t dub over my new treasure and eventually played it so much the tape snapped.
NEW MUSIC: Andreena Mill – Mr. February feat. JD Era
Posted this joint a few months back but just caught wind of this version with Era on it. Right in time for Valentine’s…Produced by Snaz.
Previous: NEW MUSIC: Andreena Mill “Mr. February” (Dj Pack) (Prod. Snaz)