Searching 4 The Perfect Beat

The Purple Pack

2009-11-17T10:50:00.000-08:00

The Purple Pack is a full collection of drum and fx samples inspired by musical 'royalty.' An expertly programmed NI Battery kit is also included to get you going in no time.All sounds are in hi-definition .wav format compatible with Logic, FL, Reason, MPC, and all other production formats.

R. Kelly Cover and Tracklisting

2009-08-11T00:05:00.000-07:00

Congrats to my boy Chris "Deep" Henderson for landing 2 tracks on the album! In stores September 29th.
1. Crazy Night (feat. Rock City) [Prod. by Lil’ Ronnie]
2. Outta Tha Game [Prod. by Chris “Deep” Henderson]
3. Exit [Prod. by Jazze Pha]
4. Echo [Prod. by Infinity]
5. Like I Do [Prod. by Carlos “Los Da Mystro” McKinney]
6. Fallen From The Sky [Prod. by T-Town]
7. Elsewhere [Prod. by Chris “Deep” Henderson]
8. Number One (feat. Keri Hilson) [Prod. by Roy Hamilton]
9. Religious [Prod. by Todd Dickson]
10. #1 Fan [Prod. by Carlos “Los Da Mystro” McKinney]
11. Be My #2 [Prod. by Jack Splash]
12. Supaman High (feat. OJ Da Juiceman) [Prod. by Willy Will]
13. Pregnant (feat. Tyrese, Robin Thicke, The-Dream & Maxwell)
14. Text Me

Apple Releases Logic Studio 9

2009-07-23T07:57:00.000-07:00

L9 comes from out of nowhere with over 200 plus new features including Flex Time and Drum Replacer. Apple can keep the extras, just give me the royalty free jampacks. -yawn-
Check out Macworld for more info.

The Business Of The Music Business College Tour & Student Showcase

2009-04-08T12:41:00.000-07:00

Singleton Entertainment Corp presents
"Music & Its Future"
Learn about the fundamentals in music production
from celebrity Producers & DJs
Wednesday April 8, 2009 6-9pm.
@ The Bank of America Auditorium Leadership Center on the campus of Morehouse College (830 Westview Drive SW, Atlanta, GA 31304)

Featured invited panelists include Maestro, Tha Bizness, Needlz, Greg Street, Canton Jones, Tree Anchrum, and more TBA. Pasts guests include B Cox, Orlando McGhee, & Capriccio Skates
The Business Of The Music Business College Tour & Student Showcase (B.O.M.B) is an educational forum committed to empowering students by offering coveted industry knowledge. Each informative session will include a panel discussion, Q&A and talent music showcase.

The Electronic Stimulus Package

2009-04-05T17:55:00.000-07:00

Create your signature sound with this huge collection of high quality transition effects, synth rizes, and swells.
Click Pic for More...
All sounds are in hi-definition .wav format compatible with Logic, FL, Reason, MPC, and all other production formats.

The Game x Maestro...Coming Soon!

2009-04-02T09:15:00.000-07:00

'The Red Album' is gonna be a problem. Game says next to Just Blaze I have one of the illest tags in the game. Maestro FTW.

Hit Music Producers Sound Off

2009-03-24T08:28:00.000-07:00

By Moe Arora via MakingtheMogul.com...Click the Pic to Read the Interview!

Maestro x ATL Beat Battle!

2009-03-23T13:11:00.000-07:00

Twitter.com/ATLBeatBattle For More Info!

Photo Opp: Maestro x Bangladesh x Alchemist x Dre

2009-03-09T18:55:00.000-07:00

(L-R; Dre, Alchemist, Maestro, Bangladesh)Lot's of talent in this pic...Snapped after we WON.

Jamie Foxx "Blame It" Video

2009-03-08T09:29:00.000-07:00

Dope Song, Wack Video. Shout out to Chris 'Deep' Henderson, you got one homey!

Maestro x RPS!

2009-03-06T07:44:00.000-08:00

My boy Hugh @ BlogsIsWatching put me on to Chik @ RPS (Rocks Paper Scissors) and it was a wrap...THANKS!

Featured Producers...Illfonics

2009-03-03T03:49:00.000-08:00

Matt & Jed are on their way...Congrats Toshi!
-Read their latest interview on Illroots.com
-Listen to their new single Jim Jones - "Na Na Nana Na Na"
-Check out my Illroots interview too!

Jim Jones - New Music - More Music Videos

Tha Bizness Behind the Boards

2009-02-19T18:07:00.000-08:00

Click the Pic to Watch the VideoMuch respect to Dow and Hen for the name drop. I almost thought y'all forgot ;)

Grammy Award Winning Producer Vaushaun "Maestro" Brooks

2009-02-19T01:01:00.000-08:00

51st Annual Grammy AwardsTha Carter III...Best Rap AlbumCongrats to all of the winners!

Tha Carter III is 2009's Best Rap Album

2009-02-09T20:24:00.000-08:00

Please say the Grammy!

Young Jeezy "My President is Black" Video

2009-01-18T20:59:00.000-08:00

Produced by my homies Tha Bizness. Holla at me when ya'll get back from DC.

Apogee x Pro Tools HD 8

2009-01-07T20:23:00.000-08:00

Step your conversion game up! Apogee has just announced compatibility of all X-HD hardware with Digidesign’s Pro Tools HD 8.
(via Crate Kings)
Apogee X-HD hardware such as AD-16X, DA-16X, Rosetta 800 and Rosetta 200 have been approved for Pro Tools HD 8 systems using Mac OS X 10.5.5 and Windows XP SP 2.
More info @ Apogee's website.

iTunes Changes Song Prices!

2009-01-07T07:21:00.000-08:00

This changes the game...R.I.P. to the CD...
(via theLIFEFiles)
Yesterday at the Macworld conference Apple Vice President Philip Schiller announced that songs from it’s iTunes music store that helped shut down your favorite retailer will now be available for 69 cents, 99 cents and $1.29. This time around record companies will choose the prices - Apple gave the record labels that flexibility on pricing as it got them to agree to sell all songs free of “digital rights management,” technology that limits people’s ability to copy songs or move them to multiple computers. Apple had been offering a limited selection of songs without DRM, but by the end of this quarter, the company said, all 10 million songs in its library will be available that way.

Lil Wayne on ESPN 'First Take'

2009-01-05T15:36:00.000-08:00

Lil Wayne vs. Skip Bayless...3 Peat in the background...CHA CHING!

'Notorious' Soundtrack Cover and Tracklisting

2009-01-03T17:04:00.000-08:00

Movie in stores 1/16/09
Click Pic for More!

Tracklist
1. "Notorious Thugs" (featuring Bone Thugs-N-Harmony)
2. "Hypnotize"
3. "Notorious"
4. "Juicy"
5. "Party & Bullsh--"
6. "Warning"
7. "One More Chance" remix (featuring Faith Evans)
8. "Brooklyn Go Hard" (Jay-Z featuring Santogold)
9. "Letter to B.I.G." (Jadakiss featuring Faith Evans)
10. "Kick in the Door"
11. "What's Beef"
12. "World Is Filled"
13. "One More Chance" (featuring CJ)
14. "The Notorious Theme" (composed by Danny Elfman)
15. "Microphone Murderer" (previously unreleased demo)
16. "Guaranteed Raw" (previously unreleased demo)
17. "Love No Ho" (previously unreleased demo)

(from MTV.com by Shyheem Reid)
Some of Notorious B.I.G.'s greatest hits and early, little-known recordings fill out the soundtrack to "Notorious," the forthcoming biopic about the legendary Brooklyn rapper. Slated for release on January 13 on Bad Boy/ Atlantic, the soundtrack features hit singles that endeared Biggie to the masses as well as some of his demos, appearances from his family and brand-new records some of his closest peers, including Jay-Z and Jadakiss. (The movie is slated for release January 16 through Fox Searchlight Pictures.)

Jay, who teamed up with Big for such classics as "Brooklyn's Finest," "I Love the Dough" and Puff Daddy & the Family's "Young G's," comes with "Brooklyn Go Hard," as previously reported by MTV News. The Kanye West-produced track features Santogold. Although an official video is still being discussed, an unsanctioned clip — featuring Hov in animated form — has already hit the Internet.

Jadakiss appears on "A Letter to B.I.G." The track was originally recorded for Jada's Last Kiss LP, and the filmmakers thought it was perfect to include on the "Notorious" project. Obviously, Jada and Big were not strangers: The Biggie/ LOX collaborations during the Bad Boy dynasty years were legendary. The title of 'Kiss' record is self-explanatory: He speaks directly to his deceased friend, who died in a still-unsolved murder in 1997.

Bad Boy has also confirmed that Biggie's son, Christopher "CJ" Wallace Jr., will be performing on a new version of "One More Chance." It's being labeled as "a duet" by Bad Boy. CJ's mom, Faith Evans, sings on a remix of the song, also featured on the album.

Early records "Microphone Murderer" and "Guaranteed Raw" — which never made it onto an album but garnered Big a neighborhood buzz during his early years — are also included, along with his first-ever officially released track (from the 1993 "Who's the Man?" soundtrack), "Party & Bullsh--."

Tha Carter III is 08's Top-Selling Album!

2009-01-02T10:53:00.000-08:00

Click Pic for the full story!Weezy F. beat out artists in all genres with nearly 3 million sold of his album...3 Peat Baby!

(via HipHopDX)
Just in time for the new year, Nielsen Soundscan shared their annual report with select industry and media. This year's results of retail and digital music sales included many Hip Hop stars such as Lil Wayne, Kanye West and Flo Rida.

For Wayne, the Cash Money Records veteran rapper had the top-selling album in any genre in his Tha Carter III. His sixth studio album, which included hits "A Milli" , "Lollipop" and "Mrs. Officer," sold, according to the chart service, approximately 2,874,000 units this year. The effort, released June 10, edged out Coldplay's Viva La Vida, by over 700,000 units.

T.I.'s Paper Trail came in at #8, selling 1,522,000 units, as Beyonce's I Am...Sasha Fierce, released late this year, drew 1,459,000 units. The trio were the only urban artists in the Top 10, a list consisting of Country sensation Taylor Swift, veteran rockers AC/DC and Metallica, and the onetime Jive Records Rap artist-turned-Rock sensation, Kid Rock.

Despite Tha Carter III being the best-selling album, it was Taylor Swift, who had two Top 10-selling albums, that led all artist-sales, with over four million units from her entire catalog this year. Sampled by Boogie Down Productions in the '80s, AC/DC also topped Wayne, putting the New Orleans rapper at third, selling 3,382,000 of total catalog in the last year. He was the only Hip Hop artist to make the Top 10.

Quincy Jones on Success

2009-01-02T06:27:00.001-08:00

Quincy drops knowledge...From Bob Baker's Indie Music Promotion Blog
There's a great interview with music legend Quincy Jones in the January issue of Success magazine. As you may know, Jones is an American music impresario, conductor, record producer, arranger, film composer, and trumpeter. In the article he shares some timeless keys to success.

During five decades in the entertainment industry, Jones has earned a record 79 Grammy Award nominations (with 27 Grammy wins). He is perhaps best known as the producer of Michael Jackson's Thriller album, which has sold 104 million copies, and as the producer and conductor of the charity song "We Are the World."

Here are three gems on success from the article:

1) Combine your emotional passion with concrete work and education

Jones points out that the dictionary is the only place where "success" precedes "work" -- because it's alphabetical. "You have to get off your butt and do it," he says. "You have to have a core skill and study all aspects of it. The emotional side will drive you, but the science is what will prepare you."

2) Let obstacles become your inspiration

Like most success stories, Jones has had his share of challenges -- financial failures, a near-fatal cerebral aneurysm, etc. He says when faced with such dilemmas, everyone has a choice in how to deal with them.

"You can see darkness or light," he says. "I've always chosen light."

3) Success is sweetest if it expands over a lifetime

Jones has immersed himself in a wide variety of roles and styles within music. And at age 75, he has no plans of slowing down. Don't limit yourself to one area of expertise, he suggests. Expand, grow and explore throughout your entire life and career.

Wise lessons from a music industry veteran!

-Bob

About.com's "Top 100 Rap Songs of 2008"

2009-01-02T05:28:00.000-08:00

I'M ON IT!
"Gangsta Rap Made Me Do It" Remix
Ice Cube (Feat. Scarface & Nas)For the full list...
(Source)Other rappers would be eager to bury their sordid past after becoming Hollywood bigwigs, but Ice Cube is not one to bite his tongue. Cube teams up with Nas and Scarface to defend hip-hop from its harshest critics.

Go See the full countdown...Top 100 Rap Songs of 2008!!

Jamie Foxx’s "Intuition" Tracklist and Cover

2008-12-15T20:23:00.000-08:00

Click Pic for More"Intuition" is set to drop 12/16/08. My good friend Chris 'Deep' Henderson produced #5 "Blame It" featuring T-Pain. Congrats!

TRACKLIST
1. Just Like Me (featuring T.I.)
Produced by C. “Tricky” Stewart & Terius “The-Dream” Nash
2. I Don’t Need It (featuring Timbaland)
Produced by Timbaland & Jerome “JRoc” Harmon
3. Number One (featuring Lil Wayne)
Produced by Just Blaze
4. Digital Girl (featuring The-Dream)
Produced by C. “Tricky” Stewart & Terius “The-Dream” Nash
5. Blame It (featuring T-Pain)
Produced by Christopher “Deep” Henderson
6. She Got Her Own (featuring Ne-Yo & Fabolous)
Produced by Butter Beats
7. Intuition Interlude
Produced by LOS Da Mystro
8. I Don’t Know
Produced & Arranged by SALAAMREMI
9. Weekend Lover
Produced by Calvo Da Gr8
10. Why
Produced by C. “Tricky” Stewart for & Terius “The-Dream” Nash
11. Freak’in Me (featuring Marsha Ambrosius from Floetry)
Produced by Elvis “Blac Elvis” Williams
12. Slow
Produced by C. “Tricky” Stewart & Terius “The-Dream” Nash
13. Rainman
Produced by C. “Tricky” Stewart & Terius “The-Dream” Nash
14. Overdose
Produced by Tank
15. Love Brings Change [Bonus Track]
Produced by Jamie Foxx

Lil Wayne Hits the Road..."I Am Music" Tour

2008-12-14T16:31:00.000-08:00

The tour will also feature appearances from T Pain, Keri Hilson, Gym Class Heroes, Keisha Cole, Drake, my bro Lil Twist, and the rest of the Young Money roster!

December
14 - Miami, Fla. @ American Airlines Arena
18 - Houston, Texas @ Toyota Center
19 - Dallas, Texas @ American Airlines Center
21 - Los Angeles, Calif. @ Gibson Amphitheatre
22 - Los Angeles, Calif. @ Gibson Amphitheatre
23 - Oakland, Calif. @ Oracle Arena
26 - Detroit, Mich. @ Joe Louis Arena
27 - Chicago, Ill. @ United Center
28 - Philadelphia, Pa. @ Susquehanna Bank Center
29 - Greensboro, N.C. @ Greensboro Coliseum
30 - Washington, D.C. @ Verizon Center
31 - Atlanta, Ga. @ Philips Arena

January
2 - Charlotte, N.C. @ Bobcat Arena
3 - Hampton, Va. @ Hampton Coliseum
4 - Cleveland, Ohio @ Quicken Loans Arena
8 - St. Louis, Mo. @ Chaifetz Arena
9 - Kansas City, Mo. @ Sprint Center
11 - New Orleans, La. @ New Orleans Arena
14 - Montreal, Que. @ Bell Centre
15 - Toronto, Ont. @ Air Canada Centre
16 - Uniondale, N.Y. @ Nassau Coliseum
17 - Hartford, Conn. @ New England Dodge Music Center
18 - Atlantic City, N.J. @ Boardwalk Hall
19 - Worcester, Mass. @ DCU Center