You know them, right?! You've seen them everywhere. From house parties to clubs, to the scratching world championships; they're everywhere!! Well, they were, until CDJ's took over and people moved away from Vinyl due to the ease of filling a USB stick with your MP3's. They're the creme de la creme of turntables, especially if you wanna learn to scratch...
Can I get an Amen!? If you've ever been to a Drum and Bass rave, you would've skanked to it; if you're into hard, old-school Hip Hop, you've bopped your head to it; you've seen B-boys do their thing to it, it gets chopped up regularly at the DMC championships - that's right, we're diving into the backstory of one...
Looking for a drum pad to make some beats? Ask any Hip Hop producer worth his salt and they'll always recommend you the MPC! Used by the Dopest of the Dope, passing through the hands of the likes of Dr. Dre and Big Boi through to Mark Ronson and Kanye West, this machine has been around for time and played...
Wanna dutty up your sounds?! You can mash up your beats using Tape, yes, Tape (ask your Dad). You can add grit, dirt, fuzz, wow and flutter and all other sorts of Lo-Fi goodness by reading through the steps below and getting experimental. Dive into the world of Lo-Fi now... In the age of Lo-Fi Hip Hops’ burgeoning popularity, it...
To this day, one of the finest looking machines on the market!! This bad boy has captured the hearts of everyone from early prog-rockers through to Hip Hop royalty! Producing some of the sickest sounds for its time, no other synths could step to it. Even now, peeps wanna cop it and are willing to pay top dollar! Learn how...
Crunchy nostalgic vibes! Lo-fi Hip Hop conjures up chilled-out feelings and hazy memories. Beautifully simplistic, it makes the most out of a few basic sounds and boy does it make them work!! Lo-Fi Hip Hop continues to go from strength to strength, especially with the emergence of YouTube channels such as Chilled Cow, ChillHop, The JazzHop Café amongst others. The...
'Trap Soul'...Soulful Trap? Soul with hints of Trap?! Or something new entirely? Don't worry, we're here to investigate and get to the bottom of this sick and soulful subgenre... ‘Trap Soul’ is the budding new star to emerge from contemporary R&B. First gaining notable success and prominence around 2016 with breakout stars Fetty Wap and Bryson Tiller achieving Top Ten...
If you're here...there's a good chance you have some interest in samples and sampling!? It's everywhere and you'd be hard-pressed to find a song that doesn't sample at least something, no matter how little! get to know the ins and outs of how sampling has developed over the years! The music industry loves sampling and a new joint study by...
It feels like Youtubers are always leading the way!! Lo-Fi Hip Hop has had a huge boom and this is definitely thanks to an underground scene of YouTubers and Twitch streamers. Mellow vibes, nostalgic anime imagery, sick basslines! What's not to like!? Let's see why it popped-off so much!! These Lo-Fi hip-hop tracks, otherwise known as chillhop or Lo-Fi study...
Hip Hop, it don't stop!! You can find a sick sample just about anywhere these days and get yourself a heavy beat rolling! Get amongst these top tips on how to use these samples to your advantage. There's plenty of info below for you to dive into; who's knows what you could create by the end of this article!?? Read...
You want your hip-hop tracks to BANG right? Well, luckily you're in the right place. Untie your tongue and test out these 10 hip hop production techniques and unleash some serious fire into the streets... Don't be Afraid to be Off The Beat Add some swing and you're sure to turn a conventional robotic drum machine beat into something a...
