Much of Hip Hop beats are based on James Brown’s sounds and patterns. Clyde Stubblefield was one of the men who came up with and performed them, known as the “Funky Drummer” he is credited with coming up the most sampled drum loop period. Propellerhead, makers of production software Reason had a Producers Conference this past weekend featuring Clyde, and the Dj that brought sampling to Hip Hop, Dj Marley Marl, creator of the Juice Crew, producer of LL Cool J’s classic album “Mama Said Knock You Out”. This was too much foundation and history to pass up. Here are some clips from the conference.

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Check out the latest video from New North alumni, Shad K, and his album “The Old Prince” which dropped year and was definitely one of the best Canadian albums to be released.Hot Dog Garbage production house and Shad combine to re-create everyone’s favourite opening theme from Will Smith’s Fresh Prince Of Bel Air with incredible detail. It’s dope to see Shad paying homage to classic material we all grew up on, while putting his own spin on it.

- (Man Like)Keezy

Who?! Jane Doe! Who?! Jaaane Dooeee! Remember her from Blackstar’s “Twice Inna Lifetime” or perhaps Tribe’s “Rock Rock Y’all”? I happened to notice that some of my fave blogs were posting joints from her unreleased album courtesy of producer 88 Keys (who produced the LP), so I thought I’d hook yall up with the whole thing.

Don’t be mad at me, 88, for the record, this LP has been out there (the net) since 2003, you just have to know where to look.

01 00:39 Radio Interview Pt. 1
02 04:19 Cold War
03 03:58 Whatchacam4 (ft. Planet Asia)
04 05:23 No More Tears
05 04:00 Clear Da Route (ft. Smif N Wessun)
06 00:21 Radio Interview Pt. 2
07 03:40 Move
08 03:47 Bi-Sexual
09 03:56 Caliente (HOT)
10 04:22 Bullshit (ft. Talib Kweli & Black Thought)
11 04:40 Mountain Climbing
12 03:22 Mind Over Matter (ft. Mobb Deep)
13 04:03 I Don’t No?
14 01:01 Radio Interview Pt. 3

DOWNLOAD IT HERE!

- (Man Like)Keezy

This week we got a chance to talk to the legendary Marley Marl, one could say he’s the father of Hip Hop sampling and modern production. His discography is extensive and pretty much defined the late 80′s Hip Hop sound.

Toronto’s Point Blank dropped their self titled album the past Tuesday, Imperial and Stump were in studio. Dude’s have been this in ten years and they’ve finally released a full length. They talk about the relief and hard work that this record represents. Cop it on

The Real Frequency Playlist Aug 18, 2008

11:00-11:33
M.O.P. f/ Jay-Z – 4 Alarm Blaze
The Lox f/ Lil’ Kim – Money, Power, Respect
Jadakiss – Don’t Start Nothin’ (Prod. Grind Music)
Styles P – Alarm Blaze
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The Real Frequency Aug 18th, 2008 [ 1:36:30 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Because we got tired of the “sausagefest” type hip hop parties, and the growing stigma that that’s all hip hop parties are. We set out to break that. Saturday August 16th we had a little jam, Girls Love Hip Hop Too and you know what? The ladies came out. We knew that the ladies like hip hop

Here are some pics from a dope night, big up the ladies from Droppin’ Dimez Mel Boogie and JJ Rock, who rocked alongside with us, and killed it! Part two is on the way.

New mixtape from another one of Toronto’s new school representatives. You’ve probably already heard us playing his single “On My Way” (which is certified heat!) or perhaps “Easy To Please” featuring Drake, which was on Drake’s “Comeback Season” mixtape. If not, I just gave you two very good reasons to download this tape!

Tracklisting:
01. Hold It Down (Prod. Soundsmith)
02. That Hot
03. On My Way (Prod. Megaman)
04. La Da Da
05. The Dutch (Prod. Megaman)
06. Easy To Please (feat. Drake) (Prod. Rich Kidd)
07. Yayo Technology
08. Biggie Freestyle (feat. Knoxx Hoffa)
09. Y’all Think It’s A Game (Prod. Duke Dinero)
10. Styll Eh
11. Outro

DOWNLOAD IT HERE!

- (Man Like)Keezy

Had to post this the minute I saw it, official tracklisting from the source himself. Definitely been anticipating this since the last time Jake came through the show and announced this was on the way. The lineup on paper looks like a hip-hop fantasy league where Jake got 4th pick (right in the middle… if you been in one, you know its a good look). If you’re not familiar with the body of work, catch up. Read the rest of this entry »

“How did World Domination come about?

Roc Marciano: Actually, I don’t know how it got out like that, honestly. I know we had a collective couple of songs that was…’cos we was workin’ outta Green Street studios before they had shut down. We was workin’ out of there a lot with Pete, so I think that was just to throw something out. Cats had been asking and we had had a lot of stuff that we had did in there, so we just put together that. But as far as how it got out there? Out and about? I didn’t put it out, so I don’t know how it got out there like that.”

Little info from the copy that I got of this mixtape:
“This was advertised on hiphopsite.com for less than one day and it sold out.

01 ³ Intro
02 ³ How Your Want it
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I don’t normally read too many interviews, but I couldn’t pass up an opportunity to catch up on one of my favourite MCs at the moment! Roc Marciano has been killing joints ever since he first blessed “Petestrumentals” (think “Cake” and “Nothin’ Lesser”) and appropriately we have been killing everything that has dropped, from the The UN LP, to his solo mixtape.

Anyways, everything you need to know about this man can be found in his very thorough Unkut interview HERE!

Also, check out my latest entry of “Unlocking The Vault” for that rare “World Domination” mixtape featuring several unreleased joints!

- (Man Like)Keezy

Spotted over @ 2DB, it’s the unreleased footage of Ghostface’s cameo in Iron Man. I have still yet to the see the movie, but I’ve heard good reviews, so I’ll definitely get around to it. I can see why they cut this scene out of the movie, as it doesn’t add much value, but it’s still a shame that Ghost’s cameo was limited to only 2 sentences.

- (Man Like)Keezy