Tag: beastie boys
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Pause Button Beats
“Public Enemy No. 1” was a pause tape beat” This is an amazing article via Ian Fondue of the Lloydbrary about early hiphop DJs using cassette tapes in their productions – yes a lot of us started creating ‘pause button edits’ and it’s amazing that some of the classics were created this way. I knew…
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Sheck Wes
Sometimes you see an artist and you might not be really into their genre and you think ‘wow they have it, gonna be big.’ I mean most of mumble rap and trap has passed me by, well I’ve passed it by, apart from a little early on when it was ‘cloud rap’ and the likes…
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Bern It Up
Killer Mike met up with Bernie Sanders a few days ago, compared him to the Beastie Boys (politically at least). I wonder if this video might be why! Much cooler than Palin supporting Trump, which brings new levels of crazy to the campaign… Also watch Killer Mike tear it up at an Atlanta, GA rally…hope,…
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Integrity and liability, or samplers shouldn’t throw stones
Mentioned this before on Twitter and Facebook, but I’ve been ignoring the sample litigation over here which really is the home of such discussions (for me anyway). This article on PolicyMic about the recent Beasties win made me kind of annoyed. Really not sure the Beasties suing people for millions of dollars is the epitome…
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Girls vs Boys: Fair use and advertising
I really liked the Goldieblox advert when I saw it, the attitude, the aim of getting more girls into STEM. I didn’t even think about the backing music much apart from thinking it was a slightly odd but subversive choice as a fun parody of Beastie Boys very misogynistic and not-at-all kid-friendly ‘Girls’. It seems…
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New Beastles: Ill Submarine
New Beastles (Beastie Boys vs Beatles) from djBC is about to drop, and here’s a video from ThriftshopXL for the title track…’Ill Submarine’. Love the Yellow Submarines bits! Looking forward to the new album…love the artwork by Yo Yo Yosef too.