Thursday, December 29, 2011
Monday, December 26, 2011
Friday, December 23, 2011
Thursday, December 22, 2011
Tuesday, December 13, 2011
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
The Kid Daytona & Action Bronson - "Ivory Coast Crime Scene" (Prod. by 6th Sense)
Interlude 2 coming soon. No prelude.
Eminem, Slaughterhouse & Yelawolf - "2.0 Boys" (Prod. by WillPower) [Live in Detroit]
Frequency on the 1s and 2s.
Friday, November 25, 2011
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
Monday, November 21, 2011
iFFY the Bad Man - "Do You?" (Prod. by Frequency) [Video by neonpawsable]
No. This isn't the new Target commercial.
3 Little Digs: Soundtrakk & Prolyfic meet Pill
Studio Life: MMG's Pill in the lab with Soundtrakk & Prolyfic from 3 Little Digs on Vimeo.
Shout to Groove, Jus & Mali (40 under 40 - that's big!!!).
Of course I'm in NY when Pro decides to tell me they're coming to town (and need a place to stay (lol)). I still tried to do my part. Look out for the fire they made with Scotty (who has a cameo here) & JR.
Sunday, November 20, 2011
NYT Weighs In On Free Mixtapes
For Some, Free Music Is an Investment That Pays Off
By Jon Caramanica
What's the value of a career's worth of Internet buzz? Approximately 175,000 albums sold in one week — then look out below from there.
On Wednesday the Pittsburgh rapper Mac Miller topped the Billboard album chart with his debut album, "Blue Slide Park" (Rostrum), selling about 144,000 albums. The week before, the Washington rapper Wale made his debut at number two on the chart (behind Justin Bieber's Christmas album) with "Ambition" (Maybach Music Group/Warner Brothers), which sold about 164,000 copies. And last month J Cole's first album, "Cole World: The Sideline Story" (Roc Nation), made its bow atop the chart with about 217,000 copies sold in its first week. (All figures are from Nielsen SoundScan.)
First, the good news: A new generation of rappers is actively trying to build a new business model in which releasing oodles of free material online builds a fan base that paves the way for revenue streams: Touring, merchandise, even something as old-fashioned as a record deal.
"Blue Slide Park" (Rostrum) is the first independently released album to top the chart since Tha Dogg Pound's "Dogg Food" (Death Row), in 1995. But Tha Dogg Pound was affiliated with Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dogg, the heavy hitters of the day.
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By Jon Caramanica
What's the value of a career's worth of Internet buzz? Approximately 175,000 albums sold in one week — then look out below from there.
On Wednesday the Pittsburgh rapper Mac Miller topped the Billboard album chart with his debut album, "Blue Slide Park" (Rostrum), selling about 144,000 albums. The week before, the Washington rapper Wale made his debut at number two on the chart (behind Justin Bieber's Christmas album) with "Ambition" (Maybach Music Group/Warner Brothers), which sold about 164,000 copies. And last month J Cole's first album, "Cole World: The Sideline Story" (Roc Nation), made its bow atop the chart with about 217,000 copies sold in its first week. (All figures are from Nielsen SoundScan.)
First, the good news: A new generation of rappers is actively trying to build a new business model in which releasing oodles of free material online builds a fan base that paves the way for revenue streams: Touring, merchandise, even something as old-fashioned as a record deal.
"Blue Slide Park" (Rostrum) is the first independently released album to top the chart since Tha Dogg Pound's "Dogg Food" (Death Row), in 1995. But Tha Dogg Pound was affiliated with Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dogg, the heavy hitters of the day.
(READ MORE)
Wednesday, November 2, 2011
Sunday, October 23, 2011
A$AP Rocky in the NYT
Forgot to post this last week...Crazy...
THINKING GLOBALLY, RAPPING LOCALLY
BY JON CARAMANICA
“I would not consider myself to be a quote unquote real New York rapper,” ASAP Rocky said in an interview last month. “I don’t even like New York rappers.”
In hip-hop only New York, cocky and accomplished and obstinate, casts a shadow this long. The burden of history is especially heavy here, in rap’s birthplace, which is why generations of rappers have done their part to protect the fort. Old styles become sacred texts used for indoctrination. Progress is acceptable, within the lines.
Into that morass comes ASAP Rocky, child of Harlem, with a new idea about how to be a New York rapper. “Live Love ASAP,” his forthcoming debut mixtape, is placeless and universal, an album that sounds as if it has ingested the last 20 years of hip-hop’s travels and would be comfortable anywhere. There’s chewy, slowed-down homages to Houston, flow patterns reminiscent of Cleveland’s Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, nods to New Orleans and Atlanta and the Bay Area and everywhere else hip-hop is made. Almost everywhere but New York, it seems.
The old New York, that is. On “Live Love ASAP,” New York has a new role. Once the universal donor, it’s now the universal recipient.(READ MORE)
THINKING GLOBALLY, RAPPING LOCALLY
BY JON CARAMANICA
“I would not consider myself to be a quote unquote real New York rapper,” ASAP Rocky said in an interview last month. “I don’t even like New York rappers.”
In hip-hop only New York, cocky and accomplished and obstinate, casts a shadow this long. The burden of history is especially heavy here, in rap’s birthplace, which is why generations of rappers have done their part to protect the fort. Old styles become sacred texts used for indoctrination. Progress is acceptable, within the lines.
Into that morass comes ASAP Rocky, child of Harlem, with a new idea about how to be a New York rapper. “Live Love ASAP,” his forthcoming debut mixtape, is placeless and universal, an album that sounds as if it has ingested the last 20 years of hip-hop’s travels and would be comfortable anywhere. There’s chewy, slowed-down homages to Houston, flow patterns reminiscent of Cleveland’s Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, nods to New Orleans and Atlanta and the Bay Area and everywhere else hip-hop is made. Almost everywhere but New York, it seems.
The old New York, that is. On “Live Love ASAP,” New York has a new role. Once the universal donor, it’s now the universal recipient.(READ MORE)
Saturday, October 22, 2011
Friday, October 21, 2011
Thursday, October 20, 2011
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Monday, October 17, 2011
inkDREAMING - NAIRA feat. Young Scolla & D. Julien
...and if you haven't checked out D. Julien's latest project, Ready for Tomorrow, download it free here
Friday, October 14, 2011
BTS: Slaughterhosue recording "The Illest" at Tree Sound
Slaughter House - In ATL PART2 from Novel on Vimeo.
Shout to Novel for the footage. Cameos by Justice League, Yelawolf, Green Lantern, Mike H. & me (lol)
Thursday, October 13, 2011
Slaughterhouse - The Illest (Prod. by The Klassix)
Had the honor of sitting in the Tree Sound lounge watching the Jets lose to the Ravens while they recorded this...PS - this beat is so hard!!!
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
Monday, October 10, 2011
NEW VIDEO: Dajuan Ruffin performs "Do You?" by iFFY the Bad Man (Prod. by Freqeuency)
Choreographed and everything.
Slaughterhouse in Atlanta at Tree Sound
Slaughter House - In ATL Studio PART1 from Novel on Vimeo.
Instead of watching the Jets lose to the Ravens at the crib last Sunday night, I went to Tree Sound to check Slaughterhouse. This is some of the footage that Novel shot (check my cameo).
Shout to Joe, Joell, Crook, Royce, Mike, Kino, Kim, Riggs, Groove, Mali, Just, Novel, Justice League, Laws, Tha Bizness, Green Lantern, V12, Willie the Kid, LA the Darkman, Sean C, Range, KP, Yelawolf, Jah Spice, Willpower, Jazze Pha and everyone else. Yep. They were all there. Crazy.
Tuesday, October 4, 2011
Sunday, October 2, 2011
BET Hip Hop Awards Cypher #1 (Feat. French Montana, Rico Staxx, Wais P, Termanology, Sean Cross & Mike Epps)
Wais couldn't make the awards, and they wouldn't let me use his tickets, but he still tore this down. Shout to Term too.
Friday, September 30, 2011
A Night of Bowling with Waka Flocka Flame...
Ends in violence.
I was there. I shouldn't have been. No cameo in this video, but after the fight, Waka sat next to me and threw his expensive ass watch on the floor.
I didn't pick it up. Or say hi.
I was there. I shouldn't have been. No cameo in this video, but after the fight, Waka sat next to me and threw his expensive ass watch on the floor.
I didn't pick it up. Or say hi.
Thursday, September 29, 2011
Roc$tedy - "District 562"
Check out the new project by Roc$tedy, featuring production by Frequency & Primacy by downloading at Roc$tedy's official site
Shout out to Vic & MIDRATS
Here Comes Trouble - August Rigo feat. Busta Rhymes (Prod. by The Runners)
Congrats to August on his debut single. This record is dope!
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
NYT reviews J. Cole concert
MESSAGE MEETS THE MARKETPLACE
By JON CARAMANICA
Take debut albums with a grain of salt these days, especially in hip-hop, where the robustness of the mixtape circuit and the Internet as a promotion vehicle have ensured that artists begin to form their identities and have entire careers long before the vampiric record business has its way with them. As they are, debut albums — with other people’s hands in the pie — tend to show artists who’ve been reformed and remolded. What other people want from them, it often turns out, isn’t what they wanted from themselves.
J. Cole, born Jermaine Cole, has released three wordy, impressive mixtapes in the past few years; for some of that time he’s been signed to Jay-Z’s label, Roc Nation. On Sunday night at Roseland Ballroom he celebrated the release this week of his debut album, “Cole World: The Sideline Story,” thus beginning the compromise phase of his career.
“Cole World” captures the struggle between Mr. Cole’s natural gifts and the perceived exigencies of the marketplace. On this album he’s a slick rapper who spends too much time shouting and a thoughtful rapper who wears his bawdiness awkwardly. When he’s growling about empty things, which is often, Mr. Cole sounds directionless and amateurish. But in moments in which he’s reflective, taking cues from rappers like Black Thought and Nas, he’s striking. “Breakdown,” about seeing his father for the first time in years, is moving. (“A whale could have swam in those tears, fam.”) And the highlight is “Lost Ones,” on which he raps back and forth with the mother of his unborn child — playing both parts — debating whether to keep it. READ MORE
By JON CARAMANICA
Take debut albums with a grain of salt these days, especially in hip-hop, where the robustness of the mixtape circuit and the Internet as a promotion vehicle have ensured that artists begin to form their identities and have entire careers long before the vampiric record business has its way with them. As they are, debut albums — with other people’s hands in the pie — tend to show artists who’ve been reformed and remolded. What other people want from them, it often turns out, isn’t what they wanted from themselves.
J. Cole, born Jermaine Cole, has released three wordy, impressive mixtapes in the past few years; for some of that time he’s been signed to Jay-Z’s label, Roc Nation. On Sunday night at Roseland Ballroom he celebrated the release this week of his debut album, “Cole World: The Sideline Story,” thus beginning the compromise phase of his career.
“Cole World” captures the struggle between Mr. Cole’s natural gifts and the perceived exigencies of the marketplace. On this album he’s a slick rapper who spends too much time shouting and a thoughtful rapper who wears his bawdiness awkwardly. When he’s growling about empty things, which is often, Mr. Cole sounds directionless and amateurish. But in moments in which he’s reflective, taking cues from rappers like Black Thought and Nas, he’s striking. “Breakdown,” about seeing his father for the first time in years, is moving. (“A whale could have swam in those tears, fam.”) And the highlight is “Lost Ones,” on which he raps back and forth with the mother of his unborn child — playing both parts — debating whether to keep it. READ MORE
Monday, September 19, 2011
Wednesday, August 24, 2011
iFFY the Bad Man - "Do You?" (Prod. by Frequency) featuring Hemi the Dog
Kudos to Mike Yim and AgilityBCS007
iFFY the Bad Man - "Do You?" (Prod. by Frequency) featuring Taurie the Crazy Driver
Shout, again, to Mike Yim & 923Mariss
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
iFFY the Bad Man - "Do You?" (Prod. by Frequency) [Official Video]
Directed by Rik Cordero.
BTW, if the audio seems out of sync, it's because of the earthquake.
Monday, August 22, 2011
Thursday, August 18, 2011
iFFY the Bad Man - "Do You?" (Prod. by Frequency): BTS with Rik Cordero
Behind the Scenes with Rik Cordero for the real "Do You?" video:
iFFY the Bad Man - "Do You?" (Prod. by Frequency): That 70s Show Manip
Kudos, yet again, to Mike Yim. Shout to WeMakeManips4U & xxbunny55xx. Kind of ironic that the last major Frequency release was perfect for the last Topher Grace movie, yet this somehow happens...
iFFY the Bad Man - "Do You?" (Prod. by Frequency) Stupeflix Video created by TaylorBugBaby
This is pretty cool. Kudos, again, to Mike Yim.
iFFY the Bad Man - "Do You?" (Prod. by Frequency) as performed by Hannah Clyton
Kudos to Mike Yim. She has too much swag for you to handle.
Thursday, August 11, 2011
Tuesday, August 9, 2011
Friday, July 29, 2011
iFFY the Bad Man - Do You (Prod. by Frequency)
Fuck it. It's been on youtube for a month, I'm posting it.
Co-produced by Mike Heron. Additional Production by Anna Yvette.
Already in rotation on Sirius Channel 2 & 3. Being added at a station near you as I write this...
Monday, July 18, 2011
Monday, July 11, 2011
K'LA - All Your Love
This is my shit for the last couple months. Figured I'd post it (a lil late, I know).
Wayne Brady - You Are What You Eat
What's a carbohydrate? Let Wayne explain...
Just peeped this on the Disney Channel. Is this part of Michelle Obama's healthy food campaign? I know they tried to go squeaky clean, but ain't that the same guy who said this:
Just Sayin...
Sunday, July 10, 2011
Friday, July 8, 2011
Thursday, July 7, 2011
Monday, July 4, 2011
Sunday, July 3, 2011
Redman makes the front page of the New York Times
New Jersey loses out on tax revenue as residents like Reggie Noble, the rapper known as Redman, buy fireworks in Pennsylvania.
By ANDREW MARTIN
Published: July 2, 2011
The Fourth of July promises to be more explosive than ever this year in cities and counties where fireworks had been banned for decades.
Colorful pyrotechnics with names like “Untamed Retribution” and “Rain Fire” will paint the skies above backyards and beaches as consumers find it easier to buy fireworks and elected officials try to reap the benefits.
Desperate to find any source of untapped revenue, many cities, counties and states are scrapping decades-old restrictions on firework sales, trying to rescue budgets battered by several years of economic doldrums.
A 65-year-old ban on fireworks in Hawkins County, Tenn., was lifted in May after a county commissioner persuaded colleagues that the sales could generate as much as $200,000 in annual permit fees and sales tax revenue.
“Every penny helps,” said Shane Bailey, the county commissioner.
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Saturday, July 2, 2011
Oldie But Goodie -- Joe Budden & Frequency on BlogTV
Going through old emails...Got my Worldstar phone cameo at the 4:50 mark lol
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
Monday, June 27, 2011
Action Bronson - Brunch
Really can't express how much I fuck with what dude is doing right now. That little "Goodfellas" homage in the middle was priceless. Salute.
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
Groove Chambers - For Me
They say lyrics don't matter no more. Groove & Tree Sound are proving them wrong.
Monday, June 20, 2011
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
The Kid Daytona & 6th Sense - Camelot (BTS Video)
Great concept. Great event. Shout to Daytona, 6th, J & everyone else that made this happen.
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
Bad Meets Evil Webchat
This is hilarious. Looks like these guys are really having fun.
"What up fuckfaces! Welcome to Fuck Facebook!" - Eminem
Shout to nahright via missinfo via rapdose
Doc Ice feat. CJ - Ghetto Baby
Got a lot of love for Doc Ice, one of the pioneers of this rap game. Do your history!
Monday, June 13, 2011
Donny Goines - One By One (Tysha Jones)
I had a good night chillin' with Donny Saturday in the A. He played me this record while we were at the studio. Really sad story...More music with a message.
Donny Goines - One By One (Tysha Jones) by simonilla
Donny Goines - One By One (Tysha Jones) by simonilla
Killer Mike - Burn
Had the pleasure of building with this dude at Stankonia last week. Shout to the Good Reverend Doctor.
Music with a message. We need more of it.
Music with a message. We need more of it.
Friday, June 10, 2011
Jason Segel & Paul Rudd Meet Rush
Just caught this, so I posted it. Really could've been much funnier, but I'm posting it as homage to Frequency, the rap Peter Clavin...
Wednesday, June 8, 2011
Beatnuts & Alkaholiks to release LikNuts EP
Don't know if this is a joke or not...especially the fact that Universal's putting it out, but this would be awesome. These 2 groups have the distinction of being introduced to me by my boy Christian back in the early-mid 90s. That's the one awesome thing about having hip hop head friends. They always find shit that was under your radar. And you can trust their opinion. I'm only 32, but this younger generation will never get that. We came up when this shit was still fresh and new. But I'll save the old head talk. I still try to do my part.
Shout to Al for putting me on to Clipse and Field Mob about 10 years ago.
Shout to Jose for making me listen to Black On Both Sides a second time when I was ready to throw it out the window.
Shout to Jay for bringing me to Stankonia Monday night where I had the privilege of chilling with Killer Mike, who played me fucking incredible yet-to-be-released material. I've known about Killer Mike for 10+ years. Heard many verses. I had no idea.
And shout to me for putting everyone I can possibly think of onto Action Bronson, including D. Julien, who is the next person I'ma put ya'll on to.
That's all.
Shout to Al for putting me on to Clipse and Field Mob about 10 years ago.
Shout to Jose for making me listen to Black On Both Sides a second time when I was ready to throw it out the window.
Shout to Jay for bringing me to Stankonia Monday night where I had the privilege of chilling with Killer Mike, who played me fucking incredible yet-to-be-released material. I've known about Killer Mike for 10+ years. Heard many verses. I had no idea.
And shout to me for putting everyone I can possibly think of onto Action Bronson, including D. Julien, who is the next person I'ma put ya'll on to.
That's all.
Ja Rule's Last Day Recording Before Going to Jail
BTW, that joint he did with the Queen sample is fire.
Bad Meets Evil - "Fast Life" (VIDEO)
Man, I've been waiting for this album for 12 years. Tho, in my humble opinion, I would have loved to see some Reef and Frequency beats on there (no shots at all)...Either way, from what I've heard so far, shit is going to be really dope.
"Tennessee" - Arrested Development
This song was #6 on the pop charts and #1 on the rap charts in 1992. Their debut album sold 4x platinum. Their second single was #8 on the pop charts and their third single was #6. What happened to music?
Tuesday, June 7, 2011
Monday, June 6, 2011
Sunday, June 5, 2011
Joe Budden's First Freestyle
Complete randomness: I'm sitting in the crib, watching the NBA finals, and for some reason, Joe Budden's line "I'm the future, I'm more like Dirk" comes to mind. And it got me thinking, when I first started hearing Joe Budden back in the say, I wasn't really feeling him. I remember Diz Dutch raving about Joe's DJ Clue freestyles, and I was like "He's aight. Some of his sports references are cool, but that's about it."
He kinda went in on the freestyle he did to "Pump It Up" after he took the beat back from Jay, but I wasn't crazy about his first album. Then he pretty much disappeared as far as I was concerned. I heard the rumblings about the delay of his sophomore album, his possible beef with Jay, and the mixtapes he was putting out, but I didn't really pay attention.
When my boy Tone E Atlas played me "Dumb Out" at some point in '06, I was floored. And then I remember the night in August '08 when I was driving up 3rd Avenue and "Who Killed It" came on one of the rap stations on XM. I wasn't really paying attention for the first few bars and then Joe said "the whole game dick rode the funny voice shit." I started listening and was in awe. I actually pulled over somewhere in the 80s and just listened. Pure fire. Actually called it arguably the best song EVAR (slight sarcasm, but still kinda true) on this blog a day or two later.
Then, like 2 months later, 6th Sense sends me and Frequency a video of Joe Budden in the studio with Red Spyda, Joell Ortiz and Royce Da 5'9" (and now that I watch again, damn near 3 years later, Kino & Dre Bond are in there too, which is slightly bizarre) with a Frequency beat playing in the background.
I suppose the implication was that Red Spyda had made the beat (being that he was the only producer in the room), but it was actually a beat that Frequency had sold to Red Cafe about a year ago. In fact, it was the track "Invincible" from Red Cafe & DJ Envy's album "The Co-Op."
Watch that video here:
I think we initially just let it slide, but then the song got leaked to HipHopGame a couple of days later. It was Joe, Joell, Royce & Crooked I billed as Slaughterhouse. The record was called "Onslaught" and Red Spyda was given producer credit. (side note: No shots, but I used to visit HipHopGame like 5 times a day. I don't think I've even gone there in like 2 years now...) We couldn't really beef about someone using an instrumental we already sold, but we at least wanted to get credit, especially for such a dope record. At first, we tried to reach out to Red Spyda (with whom we ironically had shot a pilot with for a reality/game show that went nowhere earlier that year), but he never got back. I also reached out to Joell's manager Mike, who said he didn't leak the record, but told me that Slaughterhouse were going to record an album. I told him that I'd love to actually get Frequency in the studio with those guys. I also reminded Mike that Frequency DJs, records, mixes, edits video, etc. etc. (my little sales pitch).
A couple of months later, I got the call. Slaughterhouse was going to be performing at the Paid Dues festival in L.A. and they needed a DJ. Could Frequency do it?
Absolutely.
Mike then set up a date for rehearsal, and a follow up date in the studio for Frequency to play beats for the guys. "Fight Club" was recorded at that session. I can't front, I was most impressed by Crooked I out of all the guys at that session - mostly because I was least familiar with his work, and the fact that he really did record his verse without writing shit down. Plus, he actually got shot in LA the night before and still came to NY and killed it. And, not for nothing, he complimented me on my boots. The same boots, I might add, that Joe gave me hell for this past March when we were all out in Austin for SXSW.
So I'll leave you with this: it's funny how things come full circle. I'm definitely a Joe fan now. And one of his lines that randomly pop in my head from time to time is from "Fight Club": "too many dudes Tyson Chandler, tried to leave their team and went nowhere." Well, Tyson Chandler has 11 rebounds and just had a nice dunk in Game 3 of the NBA Finals. PS - this game is crazy.
Oh, and uh, the reason for this post is that I was trying to find Joe Budden's first freestyle from a DJ Clue tape, cuz that was probably the first time I heard him. I definitely wasn't feelin' it at the time, but I wonder if I would enjoy it now that I'm a fan...
I couldn't find Joe's first freestyle, but youtube did reveal this, which was worth the search (and this long winded post):
He kinda went in on the freestyle he did to "Pump It Up" after he took the beat back from Jay, but I wasn't crazy about his first album. Then he pretty much disappeared as far as I was concerned. I heard the rumblings about the delay of his sophomore album, his possible beef with Jay, and the mixtapes he was putting out, but I didn't really pay attention.
When my boy Tone E Atlas played me "Dumb Out" at some point in '06, I was floored. And then I remember the night in August '08 when I was driving up 3rd Avenue and "Who Killed It" came on one of the rap stations on XM. I wasn't really paying attention for the first few bars and then Joe said "the whole game dick rode the funny voice shit." I started listening and was in awe. I actually pulled over somewhere in the 80s and just listened. Pure fire. Actually called it arguably the best song EVAR (slight sarcasm, but still kinda true) on this blog a day or two later.
Then, like 2 months later, 6th Sense sends me and Frequency a video of Joe Budden in the studio with Red Spyda, Joell Ortiz and Royce Da 5'9" (and now that I watch again, damn near 3 years later, Kino & Dre Bond are in there too, which is slightly bizarre) with a Frequency beat playing in the background.
I suppose the implication was that Red Spyda had made the beat (being that he was the only producer in the room), but it was actually a beat that Frequency had sold to Red Cafe about a year ago. In fact, it was the track "Invincible" from Red Cafe & DJ Envy's album "The Co-Op."
Watch that video here:
I think we initially just let it slide, but then the song got leaked to HipHopGame a couple of days later. It was Joe, Joell, Royce & Crooked I billed as Slaughterhouse. The record was called "Onslaught" and Red Spyda was given producer credit. (side note: No shots, but I used to visit HipHopGame like 5 times a day. I don't think I've even gone there in like 2 years now...) We couldn't really beef about someone using an instrumental we already sold, but we at least wanted to get credit, especially for such a dope record. At first, we tried to reach out to Red Spyda (with whom we ironically had shot a pilot with for a reality/game show that went nowhere earlier that year), but he never got back. I also reached out to Joell's manager Mike, who said he didn't leak the record, but told me that Slaughterhouse were going to record an album. I told him that I'd love to actually get Frequency in the studio with those guys. I also reminded Mike that Frequency DJs, records, mixes, edits video, etc. etc. (my little sales pitch).
A couple of months later, I got the call. Slaughterhouse was going to be performing at the Paid Dues festival in L.A. and they needed a DJ. Could Frequency do it?
Absolutely.
Mike then set up a date for rehearsal, and a follow up date in the studio for Frequency to play beats for the guys. "Fight Club" was recorded at that session. I can't front, I was most impressed by Crooked I out of all the guys at that session - mostly because I was least familiar with his work, and the fact that he really did record his verse without writing shit down. Plus, he actually got shot in LA the night before and still came to NY and killed it. And, not for nothing, he complimented me on my boots. The same boots, I might add, that Joe gave me hell for this past March when we were all out in Austin for SXSW.
So I'll leave you with this: it's funny how things come full circle. I'm definitely a Joe fan now. And one of his lines that randomly pop in my head from time to time is from "Fight Club": "too many dudes Tyson Chandler, tried to leave their team and went nowhere." Well, Tyson Chandler has 11 rebounds and just had a nice dunk in Game 3 of the NBA Finals. PS - this game is crazy.
Oh, and uh, the reason for this post is that I was trying to find Joe Budden's first freestyle from a DJ Clue tape, cuz that was probably the first time I heard him. I definitely wasn't feelin' it at the time, but I wonder if I would enjoy it now that I'm a fan...
I couldn't find Joe's first freestyle, but youtube did reveal this, which was worth the search (and this long winded post):
Wednesday, June 1, 2011
Iron Solomon feat. DMC - Sucker MCs
Late pass. Again. Though I did have this video before all you other MFers lol.
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
The Lonely Island - No Homo (Outro) {Prod. by 6th Sense}
The Lonely Island is Andy Samberg, Akiva Schaffer & Jorma Taccone's comedy group.
6th Sense produced the outro on their latest album, "Turtleneck & Chain", in stores now.
Wais P - It's In The Game Mixtape
Tracklist:
01. Take A Vote [It’s In The Game Intro] (prod. by ATG)
02. You See It (prod. by DJ Premier)
03. Oh Baby (prod. by Frequency)
04. I’m A P (prod. by H.A.P.H)
05. Ah Won Too (prod. by The Engineerz & DJ Rerok)
06. Pendejo’s (prod. by Sebb & Deric “D-Dot” Angelettie)
07. Chasing Diamonds feat. Termanology (prod. by Statik Selektah)
08. Brown Baby (prod. by Team Demo)
09. Catch A Pimps Wave (prod. by Team Demo)
10. Game & Claim (prod. by Gadget)
11. Perfect @*#$! ft. Maffew Ragazino & Ras Kass (prod. by Shuko)
12 Fifty Ways ft. Paul Simon (prod. by The Engineerz)
13. That Girl Is A Stripper ft. Tone P (prod. C Ballin)
14. Nose Bleed (prod. by DJ Soundtrax)
DOWNLOAD HERE (courtesy of Dot Got It)
Shout out to Wais, Rerok, Gambit, D-Dot & the fam.
Friday, May 13, 2011
Bella Gonzalez...
What is the purpose of this video? I don't know. But boxing fans know why I'm posting this...
Thursday, May 5, 2011
Thursday, April 28, 2011
Iron Solomon feat. Gordon Voidwell - Spring Fever (video snippet)
Shout out to Solomon, Isaiah, Gordon and the crew
Monday, April 25, 2011
Donnis - Get Up, Get Out
In Club Session: Donnis "Get up Get out" from 3 Little Digs on Vimeo.
I must've been out on the deck yelling into my phone when they shot this. Cameos by Pill, Shawn Faylon (sp?), Cassius and Mali. Shout to 3 Little Digs!
Friday, April 15, 2011
Nas Funny or Die
Shadows with Nas from Nas
So, the Wu Tang interview I last posted was unintentionally funny, but this Nas clip is supposed to be intentionally funny, but went completely over my head. Oh well. Favorite group. Favorite rapper. Different results.
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Wu-Tang (the early years)
Shout to J-Zone for this one.
It's funny. I have that horrendous Words From The Genius album. I never would have thought that these guys would go on to form the greatest rap group EVAR.
It's funny. I have that horrendous Words From The Genius album. I never would have thought that these guys would go on to form the greatest rap group EVAR.
Friday, April 8, 2011
Thursday, April 7, 2011
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
Nardwuar vs. Odd Future
Still not into their music so much, but this might be the greatest Nardwuar video EVAR.
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
3 Little Digs presents Big K.R.I.T. "Return of 4Eva" Release Party
Studio Life: Big K.R.I.T. Album Listening Party for "Return of 4Eva" from 3 Little Digs on Vimeo.
Got there late, but it was crazy. Shout to Groove, Mali, Jus and the Tree Sounds fam. Shout to K.R.I.T. who I met briefly outside of Del Frisco's in NYC last year (but missed last night lol), Shipes and Evita...
Friday, March 25, 2011
Eminem, Yelawolf & Slaughterhouse - "2.0 Boys" LIVE IN DETROIT
Frequency on the 1s and 2s.
Shout to WillPower.
Thursday, March 24, 2011
Slaughterhouse Live at Suite 101 (Austin) for FreeOnSmash.com show
Shout out to Hof, who I finally met. And thanks to Joe for keeping me (and my boots) off of JBTV LOL.
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
Eternia & Moss - "To The Future"
TORONTO, CA March 15, 2011 – Two-time Juno-Nominated Recording Artist Eternia is partnering with Canada’s leading youth counselling service, KIDS HELP PHONE to release ‘To The Future’, the third video single from Eternia & MoSS ‘AT LAST’ (Fatbeats Records / E1 Canada).
In ‘To the Future’, Canadian Hip Hop Artist Eternia bravely explores the skeletons in her own closet, detailing a first-hand account of sexual assault, domestic abuse, gun violence and abortion. The bone-chilling song, written as a letter to Eternia’s future husband, is interpreted on film by Canadian video director Erica Shallow (TwoThreeFive Films). Set in a bare-bone, abandoned housing block, the music video portrays a stripped-down, natural and vulnerable artist performing directly to camera the painful reality of her teenage years.
“… That same year, I was assaulted with a gun. These dudes locked me in a room, molested me for fun…”
Eternia ‘To the Future’ Lyrics: http://bit.ly/e3olF3
Every 90 seconds in America someone is sexually assaulted. Eternia and MoSS know that many young people face the same issues that Eternia did as a teenager and young adult, and so they have partnered with Canada’s leading youth counseling service, Kids Help Phone, to bring the message of hope and help along with Eternia’s personal story.
“We feel that Eternia’s video is quite powerful and deals with some hard hitting, relevant issues and feelings that youth across Canada contact our services about”
David Holmes,
National Marketing Manager, Kids Help Phone
Available by phone and web, in English and in French, any time of the day or night, Kids Help Phone’s professional counselors offer compassionate, non-judgemental, and confidential help to kids age five to twenty, no matter the question, no matter the problem.
In 2010, Eternia released her 5th full-length recording on Fat Beats Records with “DJ Premier affiliated Canadian super-producer MoSS” (NOW Magazine). “AT LAST” was met with critical acclaim, nominated for Best Rap Recording at the 2011 Juno Awards and Best Urban Artist/Group of the Year at the 2011 Independent Music Awards, features guest appearances by some of Hip Hop’s elite - Ras Kass, Rah Digga, Lady of Rage, Joell Ortiz & more – and was named one of the Top 25 Albums of 2010 by the legendary DJ Premier. Eternia has toured extensively in Canada, the United States, Mexico, Australia, & Europe; she has been billed with artists such as Nas, Damian Marley, Wutang Clan, Missy, Snoop Dogg, KRS One, Common, MC Lyte, Ice-T, Roxanne Shante, Jully Black & many more. Those that are lucky enough to catch her on stage credit her as one of the best live performers they have witnessed.
‘To The Future’ by Eternia & MoSS is available worldwide on March 15, 2011.
Monday, March 14, 2011
Lil Boosie feat. Lola Monroe - Green Light Special
Ugh. I no longer have a crush on Miss Angel. But Free Boosie!
Lil Boosie ft. Lola Monroe - Green Light Special from Motion Family on Vimeo.
Wednesday, March 9, 2011
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
"Take Aim" - The Kid Daytona feat. Freddie Gibbs & Alex of The Kickdrums (Prod. by Cook Classics)
Shot by Derek Pyke at White Noise.
This kind of neatly sums up the last couple of days. From multiple angles. Shout to Jay Landlord.
Monday, March 7, 2011
Friday, March 4, 2011
Pill, Yelawolf & CyHi perform "I Wish" A Capella
Kitchen Sessions: Yelawolf, Pill & Cyhi da Prynce perform "I Wish" acapella. from 3 Little Digs on Vimeo.
I'm sure if I look hard enough, I'm somewhere in this video...
But on the real, this, and the 2 other songs he performed, really made me realize how dope Pill is...
Shout to Mali, Groove, Just and the rest of Tree Sounds family.
Thursday, March 3, 2011
The Kid Daytona on BET
The Kid Daytona - 106 & Park on Bet - Performance 3 from LRG on Vimeo.
Just got off the phone with 6th Sense (who produced this record and is on the keys in the video (which is also kind of an inside joke)) and then this pops up on nahright (shout to eskay)...Good shit!
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
Odd Future Gets Signed
Haha. I actually asked some rappers what they thought about Odd Future last week and they had nothing but good things to say, but I, much like the exec in this clip, haven't even really heard their shit...I do keep hearing about them though...Maybe it's time...
Eminem feat. Yelawolf & Slaughterhouse - "2.0 Boys" (Prod. by Willpower)
Shout to Willpower and the Shady fam...
Mz. Shanti - Oh Shit
This girl is a problem. And that's a good thing. You know, like "That outfit's crazy" is a compliment. ;)
Mann - Buzzin' (Remix) feat. 50 Cent (Prod. by J.R. Rotem)
This is my guilty pleasure right now. The funny thing is I don't think I would've heard it if I didn't frequent the Fayetteville bowling alley on Tuesday nights...135 was my high game last night, but I'm fairly certain that that would still beat Donny Goines and Just Blaze.
Monday, February 28, 2011
Danny Vola sings "No Hands" by Waka Flocka, Roscoe Dash & Wale
I caught this at Shawn Chrystopher's blog. What up Ali!
Friday, February 25, 2011
Mz. Shanti's 3 Little Digs
I have a feeling this isn't the last you're going to be hearing from her...
The UK's finest Mz. Shanti shares her 3 Little Digs! from 3 Little Digs on Vimeo.
Dr. Dre feat. Eminem & Skylar Grey - I Need A Doctor
So I guess Dre starts his solo career by dissing Easy and ends it by paying respects to Easy? I dunno. The song is growing on me and the video is cool, though a little too much at times. Especially the Gatorade plug. I'm surprised it wasn't Brisk.
Thursday, February 17, 2011
Lil' Kim - Black Friday (Nicki Minaj Diss) - OFFICIAL VIDEO
What can I say? Kim really could've done better, especially if she had used one of the ghostwriters she was using when we were working with her...But she looks really good. And the video is cool.
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Friday, February 11, 2011
3 Little Digs - Studio Life feat Cyhi, J. Cole, Omen, Big Sean & Groove Chambers
Studio Life: J Cole, Big Sean, and Cyhi da Prynce from 3 Little Digs on Vimeo.
Shout out to Groove, Mali, Jus and the fam
Thursday, February 10, 2011
Sunday, February 6, 2011
Thursday, February 3, 2011
Cards > Dice
So, I'm the 41,407,975th person to watch this video on youtube. I was never crazy about the song, but I actually really like this video.
But what it really did was marvel about how this is the same guy from here:
But I guess if Jay Z (Jay Z who? the rapper? the "in my lifetime ni#*a?") can perform an the presidential inauguration, then why not?
Side note: I just read that Michael Guido taught Jay Z how to play Guts. I'm sure Jay, in turn, taught Trackmasters. Tone, Poke & E. Nicks taught me. I used to intern for Michael Guido. What does that mean? Absolutely nothing. But I get a kick out of it, so Fuck You! (see what I did there lol!!!)
I still prefer Guts over Cee-lo. See what I did there again? HAHAHAHA. That was actually so unintentional!!
But what it really did was marvel about how this is the same guy from here:
But I guess if Jay Z (Jay Z who? the rapper? the "in my lifetime ni#*a?") can perform an the presidential inauguration, then why not?
Side note: I just read that Michael Guido taught Jay Z how to play Guts. I'm sure Jay, in turn, taught Trackmasters. Tone, Poke & E. Nicks taught me. I used to intern for Michael Guido. What does that mean? Absolutely nothing. But I get a kick out of it, so Fuck You! (see what I did there lol!!!)
I still prefer Guts over Cee-lo. See what I did there again? HAHAHAHA. That was actually so unintentional!!
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
Cormega - Revelations Remix
So somebody (eskay?) chose a pic of Cormega with Frequency in the background to promote Mega's upcoming show on Feb. 23 at Tammany Hall and his new record "Revelations Remix." Listen at nahright here or just enjoy the pic.
But on the real (see what I did there), hopefully this turns into a Cormega/Frequency collabo...
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Billy Joel plays "Be My Baby" by the Ronettes & "A Day in the Life" by the Beatles
This is pretty awesome. I'm a huge Billy Joel fan by the way. Sgt. Pepper is one of the greatest albums ever. Plus "Be My Baby" is one of the best pop songs of all time. It's funny, how that one little song by the Ronettes from 50 years ago still makes an impact today. And although FNA didn't cover it, they covered a song from 25 years ago that was inspired by it, and in fact, was a duet with Ronnie Spector. But I'm sure that means nothing to the few readers I have. But stayed tuned. Next month this will all make sense. Hopefully.
Thursday, January 20, 2011
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
Slaughterhouse EP in stores February 8
Track list:
1. Back On The Scene feat. Dres
2. Sun Doobie
3. Everybody Down
4. Put Some Money On It (Remix) feat. The LOX
5. Fight Club (Remix) (Prod. By Frequency)
6. Move On (Remix) feat. Iffy (Prod. By Frequency)
Shout to eskay, from whom I jacked the cover art.
Shout to Mike, Kino, Crystal and the crew...
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Thursday, January 13, 2011
ItsTheReal feat. Slim Thug - Still' Ringin'
Sorry. Just going through old posts on the internets. I had to post this. This might be one of the funniest skits EVAR.
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