hip-hop producers
Dijon “DJ Mustard” McFarlane has incorporated veteran styles from different regions in his production process scoring over a dozen hit records and chart topping albums. So it…
“The name of my recording studio is M.A.D Studios, Money at the Door. I don’t play no games,” says Atlanta based, Houston born triple-threat…
Words by Jo Basch DJ Khalil. One half of the rap group Self-Scientific (for underground hip-hop fans). The man behind beats such as Jay-Z’s “I…
“A lot of people don’t really know me because I played the back scene. People know the songs I put out but not the face…
Thanks to cats like Swizz Beatz, Diddy, Arab Music and the like producers in 2014 no longer have to take backseats to the rappers they…
Detroit, Michigan has a respected and accomplished lineage in hip-hop, specifically among its producers. With artists like Black Milk, J-Dilla, DJ House Shoes and Wajeed…
When it comes to crafting classic albums or block-breaking singles, there are few better on the boards than Just Blaze. Since his start in 1999,…
There’s a couple of things we know about California native Ty Dolla $ign from his DJ Mustard produced smash “Paranoid” feat. B.o.B. You know that…
The music listening public first got a taste of the collaborative chemistry between De La Soul and the late James “J-Dilla” Yancey in 1996 for…
Every hero needs theme music and Michael Jai White’s karate-chopping brainchild “Black Dynamite” is no exception. In “A Tribute To Black Dynamite” producer and Music…
In 1993 Fredro Starr’s group Onyx pissed off reverends, barbershop owners and bootleggers with their NRA friendly debut album “Bacdafucup.” More than twenty years later…
There are few hip-hop culture commentators more compelling than Young Guru. The engineer, DJ and now college instructor brings passion, experience and a colorful perspective…
