Sample the sounds of sampling
The Guardian Music blog (Free subscription) | 24/10/2008
Guardian.co.uk/music: The audio guide to Dorian Lynskey's history of sampling
The Guardian Music blog (Free subscription) | 24/10/2008
Guardian.co.uk/music: The audio guide to Dorian Lynskey's history of sampling
So Much Silence (Free subscription) | 05/07/2008
I haven’t read up much on this movie The Wackness with Ben Kingsley, but I’m more motivated after seeing one of my favorite hip-hop artists, D-Nice, take part with the “official movie soundtrack mixtape.” Considering the movie’s backdrop is mid-90s New York, D-Nice’s mixtape drops a healthy dose of East Coast classics in this lean, mean [...]
Grandgood (Free subscription) | 02/07/2008
Free D-Nice mix of classic hip-hop and r&b tracks to promote the film The Wackness. download mix D-Nice has produced an exclusive Mixtape to help promote the music from the Wackness Soundtrack. This is a smooth 25 minute mix of golden era hip-hop tracks and classic R&B/Soul cuts. 1. Intro (Heath Brothers - Smiling Billy Suite) 2. [...]
The Vinyl Word (Free subscription) | 17/12/2007
The Final Word raises a glass to those musicians and others who have passed away during 2007, the most recent addition to the list being Dan Fogelberg, who died yesterday. Here's a list of some of those who have gone during the last year: Kip Anderson, Ingmar Bergman, Michael Brecker, Teresa Brewer, Donnie Brooks, Bobby Byrd, Jim my Cheatham, Jamie Coe, Ivor Cutler, Dan Fogelberg, Robert Goulet, Merv...
Egremont (Free subscription) | 22/11/2007
#125 - Biz Markie/ Freddie Scott Biz Markie - Just A Friend (from 'The Biz Never Sleeps', Cold Chillin', 1989) Freddie Scott - (You) Got What I Need (from '(You) Got What I Need' single, Shout, 1968) Oh Biz, how I love you. I've said it before, and I'll say it again: If ever I need my mood lightening, Biz Markie's singing is just the tonic.