Time For Some Lightnin’

This week on the Seven O Clock sample, we continue our exploration of the music of Summerfest. The world’s largest music festival kicks continues today on Milwaukee’s lakefront, so I thought it’d be smart to look into some of the samples we may hear at this year’s festival Headlining the Miller Oasis on Friday night, [...]

Milwaukee’s Rhythm Lab Radio | May 14th Playlist

Last Friday at 10pm on 88Nine was the return of Rhythm Lab Radio.  For those who unfamiliar with the show, it is 120 minutes of genre bending music that redefines the urban sound.  We added to new features called album of the week and download of the week to Rhythm Lab Radio.  Last week’s Album [...]

Are You Feeling This | Nas & Damian Marley, Cults, Prophetic and Galactic

Lots of songs never make it to the radio that are getting lots of attention online. Live tracks, sanctioned and unsanctioned remixes, mash-ups, overlooked gems by unsigned artists. Every week on “Are You Feeling This,” we invite you to hear what the buzz is all about. You tell us what you think. Vote in the [...]

Don’t Impeach this Drum Break!

This week’s Seven O’Clock sample is dedicated to the SUPER BREAKS! Those great drum breaks that producers can’t help but loop up! Today’s selection has been sampled dozens and dozens of times… Here are just s few of my personal favorites: So who originally played this infectiously funky drum loop? The HONEY DRIPPERS!

More Nas & Damian Marley, “As We Enter”

Few days ago I shared with you a new track from the forthcoming  Nas & Damian Marley collaboration called Distant Relative. Well the internet has blessed us with another track from the forthcoming album. I’m pretty sure the sample is from Mulatu Astatke (correct me if I’m wrong).  Let me know what you think. Nas [...]

New Music from Nas’ and Damian Marley’s Distant Relatives Project

Some of you  may know that Nas & Damian Marley have a project called Distant Relatives.  It was rumored to have been released back in 2009, but now it will be out April 20th. They recently were invited by National Geographic to speak on the connections between Reggae and Hip Hop. Check out the track [...]

Nas & Damian Marley| Distant Relatives – The Roots of Hip Hop & Reggae

National Geographic Music held an amazing forum this past Saturday in Washington, DC. The forum was on the African origins of hip hop and reggae and the deep-rooted connections betweent the two.   Hip hop icon Nas, and reggae icon Damian Marley (son of Bob Marley) lead this forum that was moderated by Sway (MTV [...]

The Large Professor’s Thriller

So this week I am exploring songs that have sampled the most infamous Halloween song since the “Monster Mash”. You need not say to much to introduce this song. Unless you’ve been living under a rock since 1982, you know all about this jam. You may even hear this song at the upcoming Creatures and [...]

AWWWW YEAH! New Beastie Boys and Nas track.

Big Ups to my man KID CUT UP for hitting this to me on Twitter. I am a HUGE Beastie Boys fan, so the fact that they are doing a song with NAS on their forthcoming album is EXTRA exciting!!!

New Music Wednesday (7/30/08): Julianna Hatfield, NAS, Paul Weller & Pete Rodriguez

For this week’s New Music Wednesday, we’ve got 4 new tracks for you: music from a former member of legendary punk band The Jam; something from one of hip hop’s greatest MCs (and critics); a great new tune from a veteran of the early 90s alt rock scene; and cool new remix of a Fania [...]