Killah Noez: June 2013

Tuesday, June 25, 2013

Crate Diggers: Young Guru's Vinyl Collection

Young Guru is featured on this edition of 'Crate Diggers' where he shows us his collection, and also breaks down his philosophies and thoughts on diggin:

Monday, June 24, 2013

Lecture: Masters At Work

Their name says it all: Masters at Work. ‘Little’ Louie Vega and Kenny ‘Dope’ Gonzalez are celebrating more than 20 years together, shepherding dance music down new paths with their inventive production style and imaginative feel for different musical forms. Synonymous with the rise and peak of NYC house music, Kenny Dope and Louie Vega met through their mutual friend Todd Terry, resulting in a fruitful production partnership full of timeless hits. With remixes being their specialty, the Masters at Work treatment has been given to a diverse roster of artists, from Madonna, Debbie Gibson, and Lisa Stansfield to Saint Etienne, Michael Jackson, Brand New Heavies, and about 800 other artists. They defiantly mix everything they can find—house, hip hop, funk, disco, Latin, African and jazz—into a universal groove. In doing so, MAW has become a cultural mélange unto itself, emblematic of the multicultural society in which we live. Watch their lecture from the 2013 Red Bull Music Academy in New York.

Saturday, June 22, 2013

Video: Keeping Up With Kask

Here's a video featuring some cool house music embedded to what seems some 'Wattstax" footage, straight pimpin' with style on this one:

Monday, June 17, 2013

T.R.O.Y. Pete Rock + CL Smooth: Magnum Opus

A dissection of of one my favorite records ever, They Reminisce Over You, by Pete Rock & CL Smooth:

Jay-Z Drop New Album "Magna Carta Holy Grail" July 1st

"We don't have any rules, everybody's trying to figure it out. That's why the Internet is like the wild west..." as Jay-Z remarks, alluding to the new digital age of music and distribution. "We need to write the new rules" states Jay-Z in the Samsung teaser commercial.
This is just another example of how large companies leverage music as a marketing tool to reach the younger generations. Although in Jay-Z's case, I'm sure Samsung made it worth his while.

Video: The Armenian Cypher

Pentagon Records Presents “The Armenian Emcee Cypher” hosted by Power 106′s DJ Vick One. Featuring One-2, Pknuckle, Apollo Poetry, Patrick Antonian, BlackJack, Nazo Bravo, A. Chilla, capital Z and R-Mean.

Thursday, June 6, 2013

DJ Jazzy Jeff's Set @ Do-Over 2013 Season Opener

It was honor and almost a surreal experience being at the season opener of the Do-Over 2013 with none other than DJ Jazzy Jeff on the 1's & 2's along with his MC Skillz controlling the crowd, epic day.
Check out the live recording of DJ Jazzy Jeff's set on 5-19-2013, just awesome!:
(Shout outs to the Do-Over crew for releasing this recording, thank you!)