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- WELCOME , I GO BY THE NAME OF RAYDO. I WAS RAISED IN THE SOUTH BRONX, NEW YORK CITY SINCE THE AGE OF SIX YRS OLD.GROWING UP IN THE BRONX I WAS SORROUND BY THE ELEMENTS OF HIP-HOP, GRAFFITI , DEEJAYING, BREAKDANCING, RAPPING. I HAVE CREATED THIS WEBSITE TO PRAISE & PAY HOMAGE TO THE MEN & WOMEN BEHIND THE BOARDS MAKING THE BEATS FOR ALL YOUR FAVORITE ARTISTS.REMEMBER HIP-HOP IS NOT DEAD AS LONG AS THE BEATS KEEP BANGIN'.
Saturday, June 30, 2012
@KendrickLamar Says He Has Recorded 40 Songs For "good kid, m.A.A.d city"
Kendrick Lamar has been hard at work on his upcoming major label debut good kid, m.A.A.d city, dropping October 2nd. During an interview with Tim Westwood, K. Dot revealed that he has already recorded 40 songs for the project, which will most likely feature 13 cuts.
"I’ve probably done about 40 records. I'll narrow it down to like 13," he revealed. The Compton, California native also said that the production will be in-house, with beats courtesy of Soundwave and Tae Beats, otherwise known as Digi-Phonics, as well as Willie B.
He also addressed Dr. Dre's involvement in the project, stating that he's given him full creative control. "He's involved. What's crazy, he gave me the freedom to go out and do me. That's a great thing about the situation, because you don't have that in today's game where people actually really believe in what you're doing."
@Nas Compares "Life Is Good" To Marvin Gaye's "Here, My Dear"
In the past months leading up to the July 17 release of Life is Good, a lot has been made of Nas' personal life and his tumultuous divorce from singer Kelis. Now, in a recent interview with Billboard, the Queensbridge emcee explains how his personal life ended up being pressed on wax with his impending tenth solo album.
Nas compared Life is Good to Marvin Gaye's 1978 albumHere, My Dear, which famously chronicled his own divorce. Nas said that he's been a fan of the album for years, but was resistant at first to follow in Gaye's footsteps with Life is Good. Eventually, however, he said that recording the project became his means of expressing his frustrations with his divorce.
"I thought Here, My Dear was brave, beautiful, honest, scary and daring. I remember putting several artists on to it, from Maxwell to Jay-Z," he recalled. "I couldn't imagine what Marvin was going through when he was recording it. And I couldn't imagine me being in a similar position, years later...when I started working on the record, I tried to avoid [getting too personal]. The timing was just calling for me to not avoid all the shit that was going on out there. It was like a 10,000-ton gorilla in the room watching me. This is the way I got it off of my chest. This album talks about life, love and money. It talks about the fact that marriage is expensive. Life Is Good represents the most beautiful, dramatic and heavy moments in my life."
Nas also explained that working with producers No I.D. and Swizz Beatz helped him open up more on records. He said that being to talk with both producers about their own marital issues helped make the album more universally appealing in its content and message.
"When I sat down with [producers] No I.D. and Salaam [Remi] and originally told them what I wanted to do, we felt like we were waking up a certain fan that doesn't buy rap anymore," he said. "Our goal on the album was to just do what's real. No I.D. has been married twice. Swizz [Beatz] has also been married twice and has gone through baby-mama drama. So the conversation between all of us was great."
N.O.R.E. Changes Album Title From "S.U.P.E.R.T.H.U.G." To "Student Of The Game"
N.O.R.E. previously revealed that his upcoming album would be titled S.U.P.E.R.T.H.U.G., but he's had a change of heart. During an interview with XXLMag.com, he said that he planned on releasing the movie "Super Thug" in conjunction with the album, but the film company suggested that if the album didn't contain music from the movie, it shouldn't have the same title.
“I kinda agreed with them,” he said. “I felt I should hold it together but make it two separate entities. I said I’ll leave the movie ‘Super Thug.’”
Referring to himself as a "fan of the game," the New York rapper explained that he wanted to recapture the essence of Hip Hop. He said that he wants to mix more contemporary producers and emcees like 2 Chainz and Jahlil Beats with Large Professor and DJ Premier.
“I thought long and hard, said I want to incorporate the new music and incorporate what I love from my era,” he explained. “You might hear a Jahlil Beats and the next beat is Pete Rock. You might hear a Dreddy beat and the next joint is produced by Primo [DJ Premier]. I’m not opposed to what’s going on right now. I love what’s going on right now. You might hear me with a Titty 2 Chainz on one record, then I might reach out to Large Professor. I was just thinking how do you enjoy the hip-hop you came from and say then say, ‘Look muthafucka, I know what’s going on’?”
Friday, June 29, 2012
Poster Revealed For @RZA 's Directorial Debut "The Man With The Iron Fists"
UPDATE: The tagline for the film is "You can't spell Kung Fu without F and U."
A little over a year ago, RZA got the green light to begin filming The Man with the Iron Fist, a motion picture that would allow him to put his love for movies into his directorial debut. It was picked up by Universal in May and buzz grew as stars became attached to the film, including Lucy Liu and Russell Crowe. Pam Grier, who is also linked with the film, recently Tweeted an update on the film.
Returned from Shanghai film directed by RZA of Wu Tang w Russell Crowe, Lucy Liu, on Man With Iron Fist, To tape Oprah Winfrey Show Mad Fun!
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“Bobby’s been a martial arts enthusiast his whole life and Universal has given him a $20 million budget to live out his martial arts fantasy,” he noted. “He’s come down to Australia and done various favours for me, including some connected to Souths [Crowe’s rugby league team in Australia] Imagine that the team walks into the studio and RZA from Wu-Tang Clan is there to teach them how to rap. You have to repay the favours in life, you know. So when ‘The Man With the Iron Fists’ came up, I accepted it. It’s an opportunity for me to have fun.”
@MASTAACE TALKS WITH HIP-HOP DX ABOUT NEW PROJECT WITH MF DOOM
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DX: Let’s leap back to 2012 from 1995 and talk about this Ma_Doom project. You know the chatter is out there about this being more of a mixtape than an album since you’re spittin’ over old MF DOOM beats. What do you say to someone to motivate them to treat this like the retail release it is and fork over that $8.99 to Amazon?
Masta Ace: Well, I understand that there are quite a few purists, as far as [MF] DOOM fans, that have gone over those [Special Herbs] beats a million times and they’re not interested in hearing them again. At the same time, I know that there are many, many, many people like myself who weren’t familiar with all those beats. I picked tracks that I wasn’t familiar with, and I know that there’s a lot of people that aren’t that familiar with all those beats like that. And so for most of those people there’s gonna be a new experience, a completely new experience.
For those cats who are already familiar with those beats, get into the records. Get into the songs, get into the album for what it is, give it a chance and you might be surprised that there’s actually an experience that’s a little different than the instrumental albums.
And there’s additional production, because we beefed up – added kicks and snares and bass – the original tracks and added some cool little things and drops and change-ups and things like that to kind of spruce it up a little bit.
DX: Now, I don’t wanna get ahead of this project, but I wouldn’t be doing my duty if I didn’t ask if there’s gonna be an official follow-up to A Long Hot Summer coming soon?
Masta Ace: I don’t have it [planned]; it’s not in the works. It’s not anything that I’m planning or thinking about, but I am gonna be [releasing something else]. The next project is supposed to be a soundtrack to my DVD life story, which is partially shot. I got a lot more shooting to do. But I’m gonna be doing a soundtrack to that, to my life story, which in a lot of ways Ma_Doom kind of sounds like. So I guess in a way it’ll be a continuation of some of the stories and ideas that are on this record. But it’ll be a full soundtrack. And it’s gonna be produced mostly by Marco Polo, but I do have a DJ Premier track that I’m excited about. My first ever collaboration with him.
DX: You talking about you don’t wanna wait on people, how long did you have to wait for that? [Laughs]
Masta Ace: Nah, not long. The stars gotta be aligned just right with Premier, but it worked out. I did DJ Eclipse’s show the other night at Sirius Satellite Radio and Premier was filling in for him and I mentioned this beat that I had heard him play two years previous, that at the time was supposed to be for another artist. I asked him whatever happened to that beat and he told me it never got used. And we went into his laptop and dug it up and he said it’s open. So I was like, “That’s my beat. Let’s go.”
A$AP Rocky Blasts The KickDrums Over "Ridin'" Leak
A$AP Rocky took to Twitter to lash out at The Kickdrums over the leak of his song with Lana Del Rey.
Earlier this week, Harlem upstart A$AP Rocky made headlines with his appearance as President John F. Kennedy in the video to singer Lana Del Rey's "National Anthem." Now, not 24 hours later, the duo are back in the limelight for their collaboration "Ridin'" - and Rocky's not happy about it.
According to Complex, the A$AP Mob alum blasted the production duo behind the cut The KickDrums on Twitter for the leak of his long-touted track with Del Rey. He said that the version that hit the Internet is unofficial and incomplete, and that his verse was a freestyled reference track, not a properly written verse.
The Brooklyn-based duo responded to the rising Harlem rapper, saying that they aren't behind the leak of "Ridin'" either. The single, which has since been renamed "My Bitch," first appeared for free download on DDotOmen.com.
"Ridin'" was initially slated to appear on The KickDrums's mixtape Follow the Leaders, but was cut as per request of Rocky so that he could add it to his debut LongLiveA$AP.
DX will keep you updated as more info comes to light.
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