Nigel D. talked with the trio that makes, “The Breakfast Club, ” Angela Yee, Charlamagne Tha God & DJ Envy. They discussed, Diddy starting Revolt TV, their tv show on the channel, being nervous when the Breakfast Club first started, backlash they get outside of the show and the state of Hip Hop. Produced By…

This is dope, Hip Hop reflects on Illmatic. Nas, Kendrick Lamar, Schoolboy Q, Tech N9ne, Peter Rosenberg and more reflect on Illmatic. Via HNHH [Al Lindstrom]

The first round of performers for this year’s Billboard Music Awards has been announced and it’s a star-studded selection of recent chart-toppers. Imagine Dragons, Luke Bryan, John Legend and OneRepublic have all been confirmed, joining previously announced performer Jason Derulo in the lineup. The BBMAs will be broadcast live from the MGM Grand Garden Arena…

We guess his reasons against paying up weren’t good enough! Ludacris was trying to get out of paying child support to baby momma Tamika Fuller, who is the guardian of his 4-month-old daughter Cai Bella. Ludacris tried to claim he was too broke to pay what she wanted, but that wasn’t good enough for the…

This set of video tutorials looks at Korg’s modern synth hit – the MicroKorg. The first video takes a look at programming a 70′s style ‘wow’ synth patch on the MicroKorg. The next video explores the range of sounds possible on the MicroKorg. The remaining videos are an 8-part tutorial on creating synth patches on…

  Troy Noka had been working with Bishop Lamont, so was happy to send him the beat that would eventually become “Get My Gun.” “I sent it to him, and it kinda happened the same was with Tyga [and the ’Stampede’ song I produced],” Troy Noka says during an exclusive interview with HipHopDX. “The next…

One of the most overlooked parts of recording is treating your equipment properly and it all starts with your cables. Here’s a great video on one of the most basic operations in the studio – how to properly wrap a mic cable. This used to be the very first thing that you were taught when…

Published on Apr 8, 2014 http://www.vladtv.com – Bangladesh opens up about his relationship with Gucci Mane, saying that the last time they worked together was in May of 2013. When asked about his epic Twitter meltdown, Bangladesh says that he doesn’t pay too much attention to that. He adds that he really “f*cks with Gucci,”…

In this video, JK Swopes of SoundsAndGear reviews the new Novation Bass Station II analog synthesizer. The Bass Station II is a 25 key, 2 oscillator monophonic synth, with sub oscillator, 2 filter types, arp, step sequencer and assignable aftertouch. “You can get some very deep and powerful bass as well as crazy leads and effects from this synth,”…

The failure of iTunes Radio to halt the decline of music downloads has prompted Apple Inc. to consider the most dramatic overhaul of its iTunes music store in more than a decade, according to executives familiar with Apple’s internal deliberations. iTunes Radio, which launched in September with much fanfare, so far only sees about 1%-2%…