Seems today is Bob Marley's birthday, so I figured we might as well celebrate with the most famous Marley sample in Old School hip hop history - EPMD's Strictly Business , the title track from their debut album. Obviously an amazing jam, but of course it's not really a Bob Marley sample that is uses, but it famously flips the riff from Eric Clapton's cover of I Shot The Shreriff . So not strictly Marley I guess, but still a fitting OSM-style tribute I'd say. Happy Birthday Bob.
Even with all the convenience the digital age has brought to the fan's music consumption diet, chalking up the days of producers digging for infectious samples and thumbing through an [...]
Erick Sermon of EPMD suffered a heart attack over the weekend but is now recovering. He is being kept at the hospital for a couple of days but hopes to be home by Wednesday. The hip hop community... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
See Also: The 50 Greatest Producers of All-Time #50-41 40. Battlecat At the risk of excluding forgotten pioneers, you can trace the local roots of LA hip hop production to five names: Dr. Dre, Joe Cooley, Egyptian Lover, Arabian Prince, and DJ Battlecat. The latter broke in as a 16-year old DJ in the early KDAY era and remains one of the most influential architects of West Coast rap. When Snoop went into the studio last month [...]
[Audio clip: view full post to listen] Artist: EPMD Song: Da Joint Album: Back In Business (1997) (Download) Purchase a digital copy of this album via iTunes Visit their official MySpace Page Check out past Throwback Posts
Es ist wieder Zeit für Old School Tuesday . In der letzten Woche freuten wir uns über Das EFX - Real Hip Hop . In dieser Woche machen wir also einfach weiter mit EPMD und dem Klassiker Da Joint . Als einer der erfolgreichsten und meist genanntesten East-Coast Rap Acts , haben sich die beiden einen Platz auf jeder Toplist definitiv verdient. Epmd-da-joint by mcmax Ähnliche Artikel [...]
New Eric Sermon visuals "Aint Me" featuring Rick Ross, taken from Breath of Fresh Air mixtape. Directed by James "Kraze" Billings.
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Canadian DJ Skratch Bastid is back with a new mix called The Entertainer, his first since 110%, which came out roughly 2 years ago. On the mix Skratch Bastid plays some great old and new songs, but he also does what he does best, and that's remixing and blending various songs that one would not [...]
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CLICK PICTURE TO VIEW FLYER This is definitely serious business that's never personal. Chicagoans have an awesome opportunity to check out DJ Scratch & DJ Clue over at The Shrine for a few hours! DJ Scratch will be celebrating his victorious win as last year's winner of Smirnoff 's Master Of The Mix's DJ competition . Opening acts include Chicago's own: DJs Rude One , Jay Illa , Pumpin' Pete , and Dirty MF . Considering this is [...]
Download: Film Skool Rejekts – Mind Ya Business (A Tribute to EPMD) (2011)
It's that time again y'all.. around the same time last year Jazzy Jeff & Mick Boogie joined forces for UNDRCRWN to lay down their soundtrack to Summer 2010, a giant mashup of the sunshine jawns... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
I know what you've all been thinking. Why in the hell are we not seeing as much Passion Pit coverage on SC as we're used to? And to answer that..............I got nothing. Anyhow, I've been messing about with Turntable fm. a bit and one of the biggest bright spots thus far (next to being able to showcase my love of 802s hip hop by consistently rotating- Zapp & Roger - More Bounce To The Ounce and two others laced with it- [...]
Yo fellow WIB followers welcome back to another edition of 'DROP ON A CLASSIC'. So this time its the usual drill 3rd Bass = great group = great music = great samples to be showcased and an interesting history behind the group and its members. So sit back and relax with your favorite beverage and read on to increase your knowledge. 3rd Bass are an American Hip Hop group from the late 80's and early 90's consisting of 3 memebers. MC Serch (Michael Berrin), Prime Minister Pete Nice (Peter J. Nash), and DJ Richie Rich (Richard Lawson) were [...]
On Thursday, June 2nd, 2011, Peek Gallery in association with Noise Pop proudly presents an exclusive photo gallery IF IT FITS IN THE BACKPACK...10 Years On the Road with MOCHILLA . Between B+ and Coleman, Mochilla's co-founders, the two have photographed some of music's biggest icons, including Eminem, Lauryn Hill, Black Eyed Peas, DJ Shadow, MF Doom, Dilated Peoples, Blackalicious, David Axelrod, Mulatu Astatke, J.Dilla, EPMD, Snoop Dogg, Black Star (Mos Def & Talib Kweli), Damian Marley, Nas, A Tribe Called Quest, Madlib, Jay Electronica, and [...]
Fuck basketball. Link and shit is down there. *PBBT!'S SMORGASBORD MAY 2011 [ DOWNLOAD ]
"Pretty girl, beware of his heart of gold..." The last installment in this series, as I have plain ran out of colours, has got the Midas touch all over it. Postpunk legends Magazine go 007, country pioneer Hank Snow buys a one way ticket, and soul saviour Terry Callier mourns a love affair gone bad. Former Swell Map Nikki Sudden finds his pockets all empty, Britpoppers the Wonder Stuff use a golden banjo, and hiphoppers EPMD fall into a trap. "Oh you big big dummy..." Good stuff? Go buy some of the featured albums, ok? Magazine [...]
For locals, South by Southwest is as much of an invasion as Mardi Gras is in New Orleans. "Spring Break, 2011!" visitors cry over the debauchery and decibels of Sixth Street. Austin's main drag becomes a complete, apocalyptic shit-show for the entirety of the festival experience. With streets shut down, vans pull in as close to their destined club's curb as possible. The whole area is a non-stop cycle of loading in and loading out. [...]
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EPMD ~ " Strictly Business " Click here to view the embedded video. Eric and Parrish Makin Dollars with this old school classic from 1988. Samples Kool & the Gang ~ " Jungle Boogie " Click here to view the embedded video. Eric Clapton ~ " I Shot the Sheriff [...]
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