9th Wonder Going Back To School As The Harvard Fellow [VIDEO]
A few years ago 9th Wonder told me that he was probably going to move out of music and into the academy full time and he seems to be one step closer to making that happen. 9th has been invited by Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr to spend a year at Harvard as a Hip-Hop [...]
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Lupe Jacks “T.R.O.Y.” Beat, Pete Rock Responds
On the new Lupe Fiasco single “Around My Way” (Freedom Ain’t Free) producers Simonsayz & B-Sidet liberally recreate the beat to Pete Rock and C.L. Smooth’s “When They Reminisce Over You (T.R.O.Y).” Nodfactor’s Twitter timeline has been lit up with angry producers, including 9th Wonder, who feel the song should not have been touched in this [...]
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Video: Torae – That Raw (Prod. by Pete Rock)
Peep the official music video for ‘That Raw’ off Torae’s album “For The Record” available now on iTunes. Pete Rock on the beat. Can’t wait to hear some new heat from him. That Pete Rock vs DJ Premier project is cookin. (props to Nahright)
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LISTEN: DJ House Shoes f/Nottz, Oh No & MED “Last Breath”
Detroit’s own DJ House Shoes drops the first single from his debut (wow!) project, Let It Go which drops on June 19th, 2012. “Last Breath” features VA legend Nottz (DMP), Oxnard, CA’s Oh No (Gangrene/The Professionals) & Stones Throw representative MED. (spotted @producersiknow)
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iStandard Beast of the Beats V [VIDEO]
Last winter I had the honor of participating in iStandards Beast of The Beats V, conducting a face-to-face interview with Young Guru. Check out the first of their clips below: Day 1 of iStandard’s ‘Beast of The Beast’ 5 event kicked off at the world famous Webster Hall in NYC with a live ‘Behind [...]
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