Droppin’ Knowledge
Droppin’ Knowledge: Behind The Boards With Irie-1
And we back… California’s Irie-1 joins this week’s version of Behind The Boards to drop some science about producing and positivity. Irie-1 creates sample-based music that is good for both neck-snapping and chilling, with a versatility that runs from the dusty to the grimy, and every possible sound variation in between. Irie’s beats seep into …
Droppin’ Knowledge: “We All Get A Time To Ball” – Rapper Serengeti Talks New Album The Gentle Fall – Interview & Review
The hip hop artist speaks candidly about his writing, his new album, the meeting of Kenny and Ajai, and his love for the Before Sunrise trilogy. When the evocative rap artist Serengeti offered to send me a digital copy of his new album, The Gentle Fall, I was excited to listen, but unprepared for what …
Droppin’ Knowledge: Behind The Boards With Dirty Art Club
We back…Dirty Art Club in the house, y’all. In 2011, Charlotte, North Carolina’s Dirty Art Club started out as a one off, a way to help a friend, who had recently published a book. Heavy Starch was the name of that book, and it was also the name of Dirty Art Club’s first album, a …
Droppin’ Knowledge: Behind The Boards With Dan.Akill
For today’s edition of Behind The Boards, Backseat Mafia travels to France, to speak with the producer and beatmaker, Dan.Akill, of Pani Problem Production, in Gironde. Dan.Akill is a veteran musician who has worked with a variety of artists in the United States and France. In May, Dan.Akill teamed up with the Nigerian emcee LuGhz, …
Droppin’ Knowledge: O’Mega Red Shares New Video & Single – “Master”
Buffalo hip hop artist O’Mega Red has shared a new video for his single “Master.” The artist, producer and arranger, who has collaborated with KRS-One and Donna Summer, serves up a big, booming track that shows off his facile rapping. The single, produced by Panic Beats, features a thumping, beat and an eerie, looped chorus, …
Droppin’ Knowledge: There’s A Fervor In The Music – A Profile of the Rap Artist Chimezie
Chimezie, the rapper, first discovered hip hop when he was around eleven years old. The artist, who is also a prolific reviewer of rap albums on YouTube, grew up in a religious family. He heard gospel music around him, both in church and at home. He attended a Baptist church when he was a child, …
DROPPIN’ KNOWLEDGE: TRACK: Mama Odé – ‘Creole Brothers’: crisp, whispered fraternal rhymes
BROTHERS Reginald Omas Mamode IV and Jeen Bassa have been out there carving beats explorations independent of each other for a few years now, so it makes sense that they bring their respective sciences together under one banner; and so they have, as Mama Odé. And they’ve just dropped the crisp, intimate breaks whispers of …
Droppin’ Knowledge: Behind The Boards With Jacob Barlow
And we back… For this week’s edition of Behind The Boards, western Michigan producer and graphic design artist Jacob Barlow is in the house. Barlow uses a wide palette in his production work. He is adept at creating trappy beats that would sit comfortably underneath hardcore rappers like Westside Gunn, and the other members of …
Droppin’ Knowledge: Track: Sen Morimoto -‘Deep Down’
New single from Chicago multi-instrumentalist composer and artist, Sen Morimoto Sen Morimoto is one of the unheralded musical savants of North America, residing in Chicago, he is now part owner of Sooper Records, a label from the Windy city that befits the contemporary feel of the metropolis. Sen Morimoto’s lead single from his self-titled sophomore …
Benedict ‘Warzone’
New single from Australian songstress Benedict Hailing from Australia, Benedict is a female singer-songwriter with an alt-indie edge to her work, which focuses on heartbreak, love and social observation in her tracks. With her own vocal styling, the singer struggled to find her niche and flow, this all changed when she took a job as …