Although not official just yet, Don Cheadle has confirmed that the project is in the works. However, the film is not expected to be your ordinary biopic. No, Cheadle says the film will be more art: “His story won’t be a straightforward biopic so much as a “cubist” “gangster pic” set in 1979, when the iconic American musician wasn’t even active in the music world.” The film’s director is George Tillman Jr, the man behind the lens of Notorious. Sounds pretty dope and exciting!
@Houseshoes is the ambassador for all things Detroit hip hop. Currently located in Los Angles we chopped it up at his lab and talked all things music.
The Brooklyn MC gives us a behind-the-scenes look into the recording process of his upcoming Lovers Holiday II: Rose Island track, “Lisa.”
Crate Diggers profiles people with extraordinary vinyl record collections, with owners displaying and telling the stories behind their collections. In this episode Pete Rock, the legendary DJ and producer for rappers like Nas, Notorious B.I.G, and members of the Wu-Tang Clan, talks about his early days with cousin Heavy D, his love of funk, and a rare Marvin Gaye record.
Most of you have more than likely heard their work but dont know thier faces. Noisey catches up with Sounwave and Tae Beast half of TDE’s production team, Digi-Phonics. The team is largely responsible for the beats that back the burgeoning careers of Kendrick Lamar, Schoolboy Q, Ab-Soul and Jay Rock. Watch as they break down working with the members of Black Hippy and gleam over Dr. Dre’s seal of approval.
EL - Turn the Lights Down (Official Video)
Serious Tune Chale!!!!
The Legendary Traxster, Money Making Mikkey, and BJ The Chicago Kid in the studio working on #MMMSeason.
SYNOPSIS
The Harvard Fellow follows one of hiphop’s most dynamic artists, 9th Wonder through a year of lecturing and research at Harvard University. While at Harvard, 9th will have an office on campus, teach a class on the history of hiphop, complete a research project and further explore hiphop’s history and culture in an academic setting.
RESEARCH
Part of 9th’s requirement as a Harvard Fellow is to complete an academic research project that will be placed permanently in the Harvard Library. For 9th’s research project titled “These Are The Breaks” he will be researching the original records that created his top 10 produced albums. For example, 9th will track down all the original records that were sampled to create the ten tracks of Nas’s Illmatic. Those records will then be catalogued and archived in the permanent collection at Harvard. While record digging we will meet with the producers who helped craft these classic albums.
The albums are: Dr. Dre “The Chronic,” Nas “Illmatic,” Jay Z “Reasonable Doubt,” Little Brother “The Minstrel Show,” A Tribe Called Quest “Midnight Marauders,” Ghostface Killah “Supreme Clientele,” Slum Village “Fantastic Volume II,” Kanye West “The College Dropout,” Jay Z - “The Blueprint,” and Raekwon “Only Built 4 Cuban Linx.”
Looks Like that collab album between the two is actually in the works!!!!
