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12/6 - The Last Respiration

2008-12-04T22:03:50Z

The Last Respiration

hosted by:
F.O.S.
RideOut
Freshbace

performances by:
Finale
MarvWon
Octane & Illite
La Famiglia
Asylum 7
F.O.S.
RideOut
P.H.I.L.T.H.Y.
J Young
Luric’lee
Jugganaut
DJ Benny Ben
DJ Cutt-Nice
DJ Freshbace
+ many more

Mac’s Bar (2700 E. Michigan Ave, Lansing MI)
Doors @ 9:30pm
$5 21+
$7 18+

Finale “Jungle Music (All Day)”

2008-12-04T21:54:41Z

Finale “Jungle Music (All Day)”

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[via:FreshSelects]

Finale “Without You”

2008-12-04T21:52:58Z

Finale “Without You”

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[via:FreshSelects]

Super Smoky Soul & Guilty Simpson “Knockout Kings”

2008-12-03T06:11:54Z

Super Smoky Soul & Guilty Simpson “Knockout Kings”

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T3’s Underground Rap 101

2008-12-03T05:38:36Z

Here’s a little something from T3’s The Night Gallery. T3 explains how Slum Village got their start and drops a demo version of the track “5 Ela” at the end.

Underground Rap 101To make it in the underground, it usually means starting by getting buzz through an emcee battle, a mixtape, local radio show buzz or basically word-of-mouth interest.Then the next big opportunity is to do shows in your area and also start relationships with fans through the internet. This is a Digital age people, the Myspace age. Unlike when I came into the game. I mean I had to make sure I got my cassette tape in the right hands at the right time. Not quite from the 8-track age, but damn near. LOL! You know the story of how Slum came to be, right? Well, We got our tape in the hands Q-tip through Amp Fiddler, and that’s how JDilla got on as a producer and started out with the Ummah. At that time, Tip wasn’t really feelin the Slum Vibe, he was all about the beats. Then years later, like 4, we started making a name for ourselves but needed something to spur interest in the group on a national level. So we got inspired at the Detroit Hip-Hop Shop. Proof’s group, 5Ela was in the store bragging about their new tape that was coming out, of which James Yancey aka J Dilla had produced all the tracks by the way. And, we felt like Damn, what’s up with our tape? What are we doing. So, we decided that it was time to make our own album, better known as Fantastic Volume 1 . So, We rounded the gang up, slept in Jd’s basement and finished a 22 track album with some of the greatest hip-hop beats of all time in a week. Classic. Then, we gave it to Q-tip and played ou stuff again and this time he loved it. Then that tape made rounds through the Roots crew, D’angelo, Common, and the rst is histrory. It’s all about timing folks. They say Luck is where preparation and opportunity meet. That’s what it takes to be successful in this biz. The next step is to decide what works for you, staying on the Underground level, which can be profitable with a lot of hustle. Or, making that crossover leap…Good Luck.Listen to this unreleased remix called “5Ela” it was Slum Village, 5ela and Frank featured on the song. Here’s a little SV trivia. We were really lazy on our song titles some times or what we called just being “Cheap”…so the 5Ela song is that because we rapped with 5Ela. Then we got the Phat kat song on Vol.1, cuz we rapped with Phat Kat. We should of called Hold Tight, the Q-Tip song, but we started getting more creative on titles by Vol. 2.

Treats:This will only stay up until Thursday so u better check it now!
http://www.zshare.net/audio/5216322263b1e938/ (5ELA)

[via:T3sNightGallery]

Out Da Box Tv Episode 4 feat. Black Milk

2008-11-30T01:00:50Z

[via:okayplayer]

Royce Da 5′9″, Elzhi & Guilty Simpson “Verbal Intercourse (Detroit Remix)”

2008-11-30T00:53:12Z

Royce Da 5′9″, Elzhi & Guilty Simpson “Verbal Intercourse (Detroit Remix)”

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[via:detroitboyz]

?uestlove Story About Dilla

2008-11-29T08:12:11Z

This was posted by ?uestlove a little while ago on the OkayPlayer Message Boards. It’s about the creation of the beat for the Black Star track “Little Brother.” Enjoy.

there was a small airport in detroit that had direct flights to jersey and nyc that me and com use to take so much i swear they were gonna offer us stock in the business. it was early 1999 and this was before the jet blueitization of america. matter of fact, america looked down on those small companies after one of them crashed some months before. now we take that shit like its no thing.

anywho. we got word of a blizzard that was coming to the D and com wanted to take no risks and wanted to leave asap so he could make a show. so that left me dilla and frank of frank n dank.

i decided to stick to my normal schedule and stay til monday when i was scheduled to leave.

com decides to take the sunday afternoon jawn on the fly. of course i say he’s overreacting and im proven wrong once there was about 7 inches on the floor a few hours later. frank nitty laughs at me cause now im stuck in the D. we actually make the most of it. ran to blockbuster to stock up on flicks (detroit is the only place on earth street cats will let prince get away with murder so it was nice to rent under the cherry moon without cringing in front of non prince experts. we also rented my new favorite film of all B films Hav Plenty. stocked up on food. and for the first time ever just chilled for 2 days without the prime motivation being “work”. but of course that dont mean dilla didn’t provide me with the most amazing display of workmanship ive ever seen.

i mean i knew dude was the crazy when skillz let me hear a beat tape.

and i knew dude wasn’t right when booty brown played me a precabincalifornia.

and i knew i wouldn’t be the same when dangleo and tip played me the ENTIRE fantastic cassette over the phone LONG DISTANCE to germany (my bill was $382 bucks and WORTH EVERY FUCKING CENT)

and i knew i was in for a treat the many times i came to the crib.

and i knew i was witnessing history when him and pete rock re created half of “mecca and the soul brother” in the basement the weekend “dynamite” was created.

but man…..

what i learned eavesdropping 8am the following day made me a believer. that shit made me the stan of ALL stans.

if you are on my computer and need to find dilla. go to genre, and if he had something to do with it? it will be known for its tag: DILLA is GOD.

i won’t go into reasons why….for it could be longer than this post. and at this rate its just baiting those who disagree or who refuse to see it or who just wanna be contradictory (aka okayplayers lol)

so i heard this bassline playing for like a good 30 mins

http://www.zshare.net/audio/518263498fc20047 (go to 5:07)

initially i was asleep on the couch upstairs so i knew the bassline from pete’s interlude. which i thought “oh he’s gonna recreate that interlude”

so i came downstairs and asked what he’s up to and he was like

(think brotherman on martin)

“…..nuttin…..just….you’know…..zonin…..tryna figure our how to freak this shit….i got an idea in my head but i have to figure out how to solve the puzzle…..its gonna come to me….but i got to figure out how….”

so then he plays

http://www.zshare.net/audio/51826522525e45d7/

for like 40 mins straight.

—now this is the first straight up beat i saw him make from scratch. most of the time he just grabs the ram file and blamo the beat is up (day we first met the “got til its gone” parts were already in the machine and he just created “let’s start” for tribe so i had missed those)

first thing i notice is his patience factor….when i make beats i play the record on 45 im skipping parts i aint got time to listen to a record over and over and over and over again….

i ask him about this and he said its better to suffer for 30 mins with a record than to skim through the shit and next thing you know you hear someone else use a part you coulda freaked better but cause of lack of patience you opted not to.

hmmm novel thought.

so i asked which approach is his gonna take….and he said he wanted to see if there was another juicy part for him to take…

so now we a half hour into it i was like “well…..there are no clean parts…..roy is talking all over that shit over and over….its impossible to find a juicy spot.”

lol i wonder if he was appeasing me like “you mere mortal do you not know i created heaven and earth in 7 days? muahahahahahaah” in his head.

he just said

“yuuup….pssshhh man…..i dunno how imma freak it”

so he made a cassette copy for his range and we grabbed food before it was time to take me to the airport.

we went to greektown and came back and he decided before he was going to put the record to bed (this aint the first time he gave up on a loop….the breath and stop sample frustrated him so much he gave me the record to which he would reluctantly find something to give to tip on a last minute attempt) so before the airport he decided to record every piece of the song that had 0 talking on it.

so its like…

an hour later and he has made about 20 pads on the 3000 with samples no longer than half a second each.

he even did a “be my guest” and let me get on to see if i could make some chitterlings off the table scraps from the big house.

nothing.

he retired the thought and drove me to the airport.

i got home and he left a message on my machine.

“whoooooooooooooooooooooooo!! yo! i figured it out!!!!”

check it!!!

(this is okp’s own JP’s version of the beat so you can have a clear idea on how fucking impossible it is to find the open spots on this beat)

http://www.zshare.net/audio/51826995d562688a

when i heard it my jaw dropped.

i was speechless. again. to understand dilla you must first immerse yourself in the music that he uses to create beats. and only when you hear this song more than 20 times you will soon see how fucking impossible it is to make this beat as a mere person (so what is JP up to by the way?)

then i was like “yo pete is gonna be fucked up when he hears THIS shit!”

dilla: NONONONONONONONONO!! naw man….you can’t let him hear this man i cant afford that!

?uest: afford what? this shit is a miracle!!

dilla: nah man….like i dont want no tension. that’s my idol i dont wanna give off the impression that im trying to outshine him….

?uest: but dog im saying if you shine then…..

dilla: nah man….

?uest: so all this shit i got with samples he’s us—

dilla: yeah man dont let that shit get out man….i just do it for practice….

?uest: wait….so this beat is never going to see the light of day ever? you just made it and lost sweat over it for…..sport?

dilla: yeah man….i just practice……

thank god…..kweli had a cassette which had this beat on it for like 15 secs.

they looped it from the cassette.

http://www.zshare.net/audio/51826954e6184aac/

but it was too late and he shrugged it off….

but man……that humility.

if i found a way to bust somebodys ass for the world to see?

sheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeit i be the first to be like

“oh yeah chris? but can you play with drumsticks in yo pinky toe chump?!?!!?!?!?”

my man.

dilla.

11/29 - Nametag Album Release Party

2008-11-28T08:34:10Z

Nametag “Courtesy Of Ambition” Release Party

with performances by:
5 Ela
Miz Korona
Journalist 103
Nametag

hosted by:
Marv Won

Special Guests:
Buff1
Onpoint
Quest Mcody

Saturday November 29, 2008
@ Elements Gallery
2125 Michigan Ave Detroit, MI 48216 (directions)

Slum Village “Drop The Drums” (Demo)

2008-11-24T19:40:41Z

Slum Village “Drop The Drums” (Demo)

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[via:TheNightGallery]