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Ali Shaheed Muhammad On Making “Push It Along” [VIDEO]

JLBarrow — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 04:36:59 +0000

These Red Bull Music Academy lectures need to be downloadable on iTunes. I need to be able to take them with me. In the latest from L.A. Ali Shaheed Muhammad of A Tribe Called Quest gives us some great jewels, including the production of the first beat on Tribe’s first album, People’s Instinctive Travels & [...]

@RAYDO Flips Lenny Williams Sample [AUDIO]

JLBarrow — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 02:34:27 +0000

BX Producer @Raydo of Bangin’ Tables took us up on the Lenny Williams beat flip challenge. He shreds the guitar into aural confetti and sprinkles ‘em over some tough drums. Nice work. What do you all have out there? Let’s hear it!

J57 Making A Beat From Scratch [VIDEO]

JLBarrow — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 02:13:09 +0000

Brown Bag All Stars producer @_J57 takes us inside of his lab to show us how he makes a beat from scratch. Marco Polo blessed him with some vinyl and he goes in. “I like to layer the shit out of the drums so you can’t even tell what they are…” Make sure to download [...]

Da Internz Talk About Making Big Sean x Nicki Minaj’s “A$$” [VIDEO]

JLBarrow — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 01:58:55 +0000

Ernest “Tuo” Clark and Marcos “Kosine On Da Beat” of Da Internz talk to ThisIs50′s Young Jack Thriller about making Big Sean and Nicki Minaj’s “Ass”. They also say they are working with Nas on his next project.

Maseo of De La Soul Red Bull Music Academy Lecture [VIDEO]

JLBarrow — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 02:41:02 +0000

De La Soul’s DJ and producer Maseo, aka Plug 3, sat down for the Red Bull Music Academy Lecture in Los Angeles and it was definitely a treat. The Brooklynite shared how he made the beat to “Me, Myself And I” when he was 15 years old. “My first $300 DJing was in ’85 in [...]