Flying Lotus: Fly First
LA producer Steven Ellison aka Flying Lotus caught my ear a while back with his own tribute track to J.Dilla and a guest spot in the Suite to Ma Dukes […]
Category Archives: Sampling
The Stuyvesants Remixes
Since the first time I wrote about The Stuyvesants last year, I’ve been waiting for more. They have dropped some goodies here and there, and now the duo of Darian […]
Anatomy of A Sample: The New Vaudeville Band and The Beatnuts
I remember digging with my man Mfasis and pulling this record out of a pile of crap. He was like, “Yo that’s a Beatnuts joint”. I was like, really? I […]
Big Ups with Phill Most Chill aka SOULMAN
Phill Most Chill talks on why he doesn’t DJ, music format evolution and more Continue Reading
Jim Sharp – Straighten It Out
I get all kinds of submissions here at FMF, and as I go through about a week’s worth of emails, Straighten It Out by Jim Sharp is blasting through my […]
Why Instrumental Hip Hop Doesn’t Suck: A Rebuttal
I came across this article in the San Francisco Weekly by Phillip Mlynar stating that “Instrumental Hip Hop Sucks. Ban It Forever”. Now if you have been a follower of […]
The Brothership: Led Zep Meets the Boom Bap
We all know there is good sampling and bad sampling. Sometimes there is a gross misuse of said sample, and well, let’s face it: it doesn’t work brother. However, this […]
Small Professor – Mistress Jawns
In another chapter of his Jawns series, Philly’s own Small Profesor aka Small Pro drops a mix of “on the side” beats in between different projects. Minor or major, we […]
The Reggae Influence of Heavy D
Photo Courtesy of ABC News Yesterday the Hip Hop world lost one of it’s pioneers. Dwight Arrington Myers aka Heavy D died suddenly at age 44. The Overweight Lover, who […]
RBMA: Chairman Mao Talks with DOOM in Madrid
Just what we were fiending for for on a Friday afternoon, an interview with the elusive artist Doom (formerly known as MF Doom). This stalwart on the underground Hip Hop […]
Flea Market Funk 