For those that missed the Boiler Room San Francisco live stream on January 21, 2014 here are the recored sets from that event. The live streamed event started with DJ Platurn, followed by Mophono, Shortkut, and last but not least DJ Q-Bert who premiered beats from his new upcoming double album Extraterrestria/GalaXXXian (a follow up to Wavetwisters). The event was hosted at the Pyramind music and audio production school in San Francisco. Enjoy the videos below! DJ Platurn Boiler Room San Francisco DJ …
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In celebration of the 25th anniversary of their 1989 debut classic Three Feet High And Rising, De La Soul will be releasing their entire discography for free download for 25 hours. It’ll be tomorrow on February 14th at 11am (EST), 8am (PST), 1am (Japan). To show their love for the fans their doing this on Valentine’s Day. You’ll be able to download the music from their official site, here. Why they giving away all their music? The same things that made 3 …
Sharing the same birthday as J Dilla today February 7th, is Japanese producer/DJ Nujabes. He too has passed on, from a tragic car accident in Tokyo, Japan on February 26, 2010. Nujabes’ sound is melodic, mellow, nostalgic and atmospheric. Nujabes also collaborated with many American Hip-Hop artists such CYNE, Cise Starr, Apani B, Five Deez, Substantial, CL Smooth, Fat Jon, Terry Callier as well as British rapper Funky DL. He was also part of the production duo Urbanforest with Nao T. Nujabes and fellow Japanese rapper/producer Shing02 collaborated on a popluar series …
Today February 7th is J Dilla’s birthday. Every year since his passing in 2006, fans have dubbed today Dilla Day as well as dedicating the month of February to Dilla; Dilla Month in remembrance of the late Detroit producer, rapper and his contribution to music. Previously TMG reported on A Tribe Called Quest member Phife Dawg releasing a J Dilla tribute track here. Below are some videos and a tribute mix by producer Ta-Ku, that captures J Dilla’s creativity and ongoing influence in …
Singer songwriter Tiombe Lockhart of the House, Funk, and Soul trio Cubic Zirconia teams up with producer/DJ Hudson Mohawke (TNGHT) for the single “Can’t Get Enough”. They recently released a video for “Can’t Get Enough”. It’s a catchy tribal, world music, House, dance track. Visuals include tribal prints, African, Caribbean, psychedelic imagery, and Sun Ra-esque Hathor dressed dancers. It reminds me of the sounds and visuals for Beyonce’s “Grown Women”. Tiombe Lockhart “Can’t Get Enough” Prod. Hudson Mohawke (Music Video) …
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