http://www.hardknock.tv In part three of our in-depth interview with Young Guru, he talks with Nick Huff Barili about a couple post he made of twitter. Nick asks Guru to elaborate on what he meant when he posted: “No offense but Jean-Michel Basquiat can’t touch this man. Dondi was king!!! Style Master General!!!…” Guru explains that…

  Audiophiles can be quite obsessive, and when you’re an engineer it can make that obsession even worse. In the 1930s engineer Roderick Denman built a huge loudspeaker into the roof of his house that faced straight downward into an octagonal listening area that he used for the flare of his giant horn, which extended…

Earlier this week, TMZ reported that Coolio had signed a deal with Pornhub to release his new video and debut any of the rapper’s new music. And while the Internet let out a collective chuckle, the 50-year-old rapper tells Rolling Stone nearly all of the report is untrue. Where Are They Now?: 1994’s Biggest Pop…

With his 10th album Nobody’s Smiling in stores, Common sat down with Rap-Up TV for part two of our exclusive interview. A 20-year veteran himself, the Chi-town MC weighed in on the current state of hip-hop. “I love hip-hop. I love where hip-hop is. There’s future in hip-hop,” he said. “You always have dark, light,…

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There are multiple well-founded rumors abounding that the three major record labels will soon purchase anywhere from 9 to 14 percent of the Soundcloud streaming music service. On the surface this might seem like a natural progression for both Soundcloud and the labels (who have done this sort of thing before), but there’s more here…

The Jobs story is epic. From gaining, losing, gaining, and winning far past one’s imagination. Steve Jobs should be the poster boy for creating a successful startup company. There are two concepts that Jobs did that every entrepreneur should do when it comes to their startup.   1. Build capabilities that let you win again…

As streaming takes over from downloading, services from Spotify to Beats Music to Google are scrambling to answer a key question: What do listeners want to hear next? Spotify’s new move in that direction involves a marketing partnership with Viacom-owned cable channels such as MTV, VH1 and Country Music Television. Earlier this week, the two…

One year ago, the world was grooving to “Blurred Lines” when the song of the summer prompted a courtroom battle now destined to make its mark in the annals of music history. Producer Pharrell Williams and singer Robin Thicke filed a lawsuit against the family of Marvin Gaye that sought a declaration that the hit wasn’t an infringement of Gaye’s “Got to Give It…

Many engineers overlook the attack and release controls on a compressor but they can affect the sound more than you think, especially during mastering. In the latest edition of The Mastering Engineer’s Handbook, I outline what these controls can do when used across a full mix either during mixing or mastering. “The key to getting…