Posts Tagged ‘hip hop’
Atlantic recording group Zero 7 has announced the details of their fourth studio album, “Yeah Ghost” which is due at all physical and online retailers in the U.S. on Sept. 8th. Their first album in three years, “Yeah Ghost” is the follow up to 2006’s Grammy-nominated, critically acclaimed “The Garden”.
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Tags: ambient, downtempo, hip hop, jazz, lo-fi, soul, vocals, yeah ghost, zero7
Steve Angello, Sebastian Ingrosso, A-Trak and Kanye West guest on Kid Sister LP “Ultraviolet”.
If nothing else, US rapper Kid Sister has some majorly good connections. Not only did Kid Sister (aka Melisa Young) manage to secure guest spots from hip-hop heavy hitters like Kanye West and David Banner on recent singles, as well as hook ups with boyfriend A-Trak’s Fool’s Gold label, she’s also put together a jaw-dropping [...]
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Tags: a-trak, hip hop, house, kanye west, kid sister, r n b, sebastian ingrosso, steve angello, ultraviolet
Chromeo, Chromeo wherefore art thou Chromeo?… Well honestly, it seems that Montreal’s multi-ethnic loverboys Dave One and Pee Thugg have been everywhere. They’ve already released two acclaimed albums: 2004’s She’s In Control and 2007’s Fancy Footwork.
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Tags: chromeo, disco, dj kicks, hip hop, k7, pop, r'n'b
“Are you ready?” is a common question you’ll be asked by 24 year old Sheffield wunderkind Toddla T, and it’s a good question to ask yourself before listening to his FABRICLIVE 47 mix. In amongst his wide vocabulary of homegrown slang and off-the-wall catchphrases, Toddla T (known to his mum as Tom Bell) is a [...]
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Tags: drum & bass, fabric london, fabriclive, hip hop, toddla t
From label boss, hit producer, World Champion DJ, trendsetter, genre-mangling party-starter, to blogger extraordinaire, Alain Macklovitch, best known as A-Trak, embodies the full scope of the 21st Century musician-entrepreneur model. At the mere age of 26, A-Trak has had two distinct phases to his winding 11 year career. Stage one: after winning the World DMCs [...]
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Tags: a-trak, dmc, fabric, fabric london, fabriclive 45, hip hop, house, kanye west
We’ve all been there at one point: sat in our bedrooms, making homemade pause/record mixes with our tape decks, convinced that someday our names would grace music history books alongside Grandmaster Flash, Steinski and Jazzy Jeff. But alas, our mixtapes that could’ve made Spinbad sweat have been chewed up and acquired nothing but dust, and [...]
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Tags: cut and paste, dj yoda, fabric london, fabriclive, grandmaster flash, hip hop, jazzy jeff, live, mixtapes, rap, steinski


