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 […]
Tag Archives: Sampling
Larry Achiampong – Meh Mogya (Sample of Me)
I get an awful lot of submissions here at FMF. In fact, I get many submissions that totally miss the mark. Either people don’t read, have never read my reviews, […]
Ronnie Laws & Pressure – Tell Me Something Good
I’ve been digging deep in my crates this week people, just looking for some stuff to sample as well as for a new mix. I have revisted some old gems, […]
Is It Because I Blew It? Shame on You Kanye.
Elvis did it. The Rolling Stones did it. Led Zeppelin did it. They all did it and got away with it. From the Mississippi Delta to the Deep South, decades […]
Anatomy of a Sample: Al Hirt
I love that I found this in some antique store with a grip of CTI releases. Let’s take it back to ’94, Gangsta Rap is still in full effect, W’s […]
Chuck D: NOTIS aka Know This
If you’re reading this now, you all have been privy to the phenomenon known as “Otis”. That’s Kanye and Jay Z’s Watch the Throne sampling possibly the best Soul singer […]
R.I.P. Gene McDaniels
If you ask many crate diggers or DJ’s, Eugene McDaniels Headless Heroes of the Apacolypse is the holy grail of grails as far as records go. Sampled by a plethora […]
Small Professor – Elderly Jawns
Dilla became the king of the short beat tape. No longer was it necessary to loop 5 minutes of “Impeach the President” or the Touissant version of “Get Out My […]
Big Ups with 14KT
Michigan producer/DJ/emcee 14KT talks digging for records with Mayer Hawthorne and more Continue Reading
14KT: 14 Killa Tape
I get thousands of emails a week. Emails from every Tom, Dick, and Harry with a demo in his pocket who is promoting a new dance craze themed song, Ladies […]
Flea Market Funk 