Month: March 2013

NBC’s The Voice Ratings Up From Last Year

Last night’s fourth season premiere of NBC’s The Voice kicked off with a 4.7/12-share in adults 18-49, for a total of 13.37 million viewers, peaking in the 9:30-10 p.m. slot with a 5.2 and 14.48 million viewers. The show had an impressive 8.7 overnight metered market. The two-hour “Blind Audition”  debut was up 12% from…


Introducing XXL Magazine’s 2013 Freshman Class

  (Top, starting from the left: Ab-Soul, Kirko Bangz, Trinidad James, Dizzy Wright) (Middle, starting from the left: Joey BadA$$, Action Bronson, Angel Haze, Chief Keef) (Bottom, starting from the left: ScHoolboy Q, Travi$ Scott, & Logic) There it is, the 2013 XXL Freshman class. Of course we see a couple of familiar faces, some…


Universal Partners With Bang & Olufsen

It makes sense for a hardware manufacture to partner with an industry leader like Universal, but will this give them a monoploy over the competion? Either way it seems like a good move on both parties. Check out the article below for more details. Universal Music and audio hardware manufacturer Bang & Olufsen have partnered…


Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs Tops Forbes’ Annual List of Hip-Hop’s Richest

It’s all about the Benjamins. Sean “Diddy” Combs has once again been crowned the Wealthiest Hip-Hop Musician by Forbes. The Bad Boy mogul ranks No. 1 on this year’s Forbes Five, the magazine’s annual list of hip-hop’s wealthiest artists, with an estimated net worth of $580 million. The bulk of Diddy’s fortune comes from non-musical…


Bertelsmann’s Rabe: ‘China, India, Brazil Will Play an Increasingly Important Role’

Bertelsmann, the oldest of the global media giants, says it turned a corner last year in its efforts to transform from an analog, Eurocentric company to one focused on digital media and the faster-growing territories of Asia, the U.S. and Brazil. Bertelsmann CEO Thomas Rabe last year began what is arguably the biggest overhaul in…


‘American Idol’ Ratings Dip, Big Brands Still Line Up

In the heyday of “American Idol,” the notion that it could fall ratings victim to a zombie slugfest or standard crime drama would have been laughable. That was then. With Fox’s singing contest shedding about 20 percent of its audience so far this season to hit new lows, it’s been leapfrogged repeatedly in total viewers…


Justin Timberlake’s ’20/20′ Sells 968,000, Debuts at No. 1 on Billboard 200 Chart

It’s official: Justin Timberlake’s new album, “The 20/20 Experience,” debuts at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart, selling 968,000 copies in its first week, according to Nielsen SoundScan. “20/20,” released on March 19, is Timberlake’s second No. 1 album and it logs his best sales week yet. It follows his last release, 2006’s “FutureSex/LoveSounds,”…


Big Fish Audio Orchestral Hip Hop Melodies Vol 1

Checking out some orchestral hip hop style samples form Big Fish Audio and Pakotec Samples. I demo the sounds, chop some up in Native Instruments Maschine and make a quick beat.


BOOTLEGKEV.COM: Hit-Boy Interview at SXSW 2013

I got to speak with Hit about repping the I.E., how the line up to “Cypher” came to be, his HS87 Label and being signed with Interscope, the new HS87 mixtape All I’ve Ever Dreamed Of, he speaks extensively about working with Kanye West and his process, using Fruity Loops to make beats, he reveals…


Vintage Korg MS-20 vs Korg MS-20 Mini

Have you been wondering how a new Korg MS-20 Mini sounds, compared to a vintage Korg MS-20? This video, via AudioCentralMagazine, captures a direct comparison of a vintage MS-20 to an MS-20 Mini. Here’s what they have to say about it: A vintage MS-20 mkI with original IC35 filter against the brand new MS-20mini. Both synths sounds the same, with…