Producers Arthur Baker and John Robie break down how they made Afrika Bambaataa and the Soulsonic Force’s “Looking for the Perfect Beat (1983).” There are four other videos out (at the time of this posting) in this RBMA series Beat:Repeat NYC, and more artists to be featured soon. [Red Bull Music] …
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Andy Samberg guest hosted SNL this past Saturday, and the SNL Digital Short made a reappearance with Andy Samberg and Lil Jon poking fun at EDM DJs in a short titled When Will The Bass Drop? Andy Samberg plays the character of fictional EDM DJ name Davincii (a play on actually EDM DJ Avicii’s name) and Lil Jon pops in for a hilarious cameo. The short sketch is filled will all the clichés of EDM DJs performances (Hands in the air, fist …
This past Mother’s Day Sunday May 11, 2014 RBMA hosted a street party in honor of legendary NYC Garage/House DJ Larry Levan. The event featured DJs David Depino, Francois K, Joey Llanos and other special guest performers like R&B Soul singer and House vocalist Jocelyn Brown. The event was also to promote a petition to the city of NYC to co-name a part of King Street (84th between Varick and Hudson), Larry Levan Way, in honor of DJ Larry Levan. …
When you speak of Canadian Hip-Hop, people will mention the common names such as the more recent Drake to the older Main Source, but you gotta mention Swollen Members in the mix. Founding member Madchild, in the early parts of his music career lived in the San Francisco Bay Area (some of the early Swollen Members collaborations featured DJ Q-bert & Mixmaster Mike of the then ISP crew) before moving back to Canada and linking up with the other two …
Asian Americans in Hip-Hop, the overlooked story. Bad Rap is a documentary that follows four seasoned and up’n’coming Asian American rappers: Dumbfounded (aka DFD, PARKER), Awkwafina, Rekstizzy, and Lyricks. Guest cameos interviews include other Asian American rappers such as Jin, Far East Movement, Jay Park, Traphik, Decipher and more. Right now producer and director Salima Koroma and Jaeki Cho are trying to crowd fund through Indiegogo for some monetary support to finish up this documentary (film more artists, travel, editing, post-production, marketing expenses, etc). …
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