Monday, October 12, 2009

Mainstream Mondays: Kid Cudi Interview

At some point in this post I'm going to start a revolution. I'll mark the before mentioned "revolution" with an asterisk so everyone knows when it has arrived. I myself most likely won't have the opportunity to interview Kid Cudi, so for this week's segment of "Mainstream Mondays" I'm posting an interview that Cudi did for PinBoard. Since I started this segment it seems like I've only posted Cudi related articles. I guess that's cuz Cudi's really the only mainstream dude right now that I freak* with.

Nando: Amsterdam Behind The Scenes Video

I just heard this cat for the first time today while listening to Zumbi's "Science Of Breath" podcast and I def like what I hear. I'm guessing Nike Nando sampled this from the song "Amsterdam" by Peter Bjorn and John. Anyways here's a behind scenes look at Nando's upcoming video.

Nando: Amsterdam




Sunday, October 11, 2009

Afro Clasics + Bash Bros. - Workaholics 2











Bash Bros. (Lefty & Piseas) & Afro Classics (Scarub of Living Legends) team up for this second installment of the "Workaholics" mixtape. A few of the songs are even set to be on upcoming albums. Below is a preview of what you can expect from the mix (I believe they sampled the beat from Kanye's "I Need To Know"). Def check this mixtape out! Download available below.

Afro Classics & Bash Bros. – Workaholics 2

Southern Cali Car Music


Saturday, October 10, 2009

Who'd They Sample? Saturdays: Menahan Street Band- The Traitor

In all honesty Kid Cudi's new album is dope! Cudi sampled this song for his song "Solo Dolo (Nightmare)". The first time I heard Solo Dolo I thought it most have been a sample from some early Wu-Tang or something but either way... dope song and dope sample.

Thursday, October 8, 2009

Zumbi from Zion-I Interview

Zumbi was kind enough to make some time for RRHH and answer a hand full of questions. My webcam wasn't working so we had to do it like this. Hope you enjoy!

In part 1 Zumbi touches on everything from Hyphy music to how he "writes raps like an author".





In part 2 Zumbi talks about his name change, his opinions on The Grouch, and the Oscar Grant tragedy. For those of you who don't know, Oscar Grant was the man who was fatally shot by a BART police officer on New Years Day.





In part 3 Zumbi speaks about his take on Darfur, the meaning of the song Silly Putty, and the infamous Radiohead remixes.


Wednesday, October 7, 2009

Murs TV Live USTREAM

Murs and 9th Wonder will be back in the studio to work on the new album "FORNEVER" this week. It's being broadcast live at: Ustream.TV/Murs316 at 3pm from now until Oct.12th!!!
The "Yellow Fever" beat is insane! Look for it around the 26:00 mark.

Way Back Wednesdays: Onyx- Last Dayz

In my opinion this is their best song off their 1995 album "All We Got Iz Us". Even with having no radio-friendly tracks on the album they still managed to reach gold sales status. Vibe magazine says it's "one of twenty albums all hip hop fans must own (but may have missed)". For those of you who slept on Onyx this song is dope!

Tuesday, October 6, 2009

Tupac Shakur: The Lost Interview, Pt.6

Pac talks about his movie Gridlock'd, meeting his dad for the first time, and his views on God and religion in this last segment from VIBE's lost interview.


Mainstream Mondays: ILLFONICS

















Ooops. I forgot to post something yesterday. Nothing is really interesting to me "mainstream" wise right now. I found this email I had written ILLFONICS a few weeks back asking about the infamous beat that Kid Cudi used to freestyle with. Here was the response: "yeah thats a beat that cudi passed on, zoe wrote a track to and we're still currently shopping around so not sure whats gonna happen with it". Be sure to check back for more info on the beat and the ILLFONICS in weeks to come.

Saturday, October 3, 2009

Who'd They Sample? Saturdays: Bootsy Collins- I'd Rather Be With You

The sample was used in Too Short's song "Gettin' It". This song was also sampled for the following songs: N.W.A.'s "I'd Rather Fuck You", Bone Thugs-N-Harmony's, "Mo Murda", Adina Howard's "Freak Like Me" and Beyonce's "Be With You".