Posts Tagged ‘Atlanta’

Hip Hop 101 Episode 1

Posted by Beko in Blog, community service | April 26th, 2010

On our first day, we introduce ourselves to the students of Avondale High School in Atlanta, GA. Q-San gives his insight on the hip-hop industry… “It pays to keep your ear to the street”, he reminds them as he speaks on the regional nature of the genre. Student, Jaleel Wheeler then takes the discussion to another level. SIMP then gives student, Brooklyn, an idea of what the job of A&R entails. This 17 year old, however, thinks he’s already got it all figured out.

NEXT on Hip-Hop 101…

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How to be a DJ

Posted by Beko in News | March 17th, 2010

For those of you who are interested in the art of real DJing, check out these lessons from Atlanta’s hottest street DJ…DJ Grandman. You just might LEARN SUMTHIN’!

yes he is on TWITTER

“Illuminated Animals” on the loose

Posted by Beko in Blog, News, albums, artists | November 30th, 2009

I caught up with 4-ize at Studio 8 where he was shooting his video for “Classic Example”, track 1 off his hot new release “Illuminated Animals” (over 1200 downloads in the first week!). Click here if you haven’t downloaded it yet.

When I finally got a chance to ask 4-ize some questions, the first logical one to come to mind was, “What species makes the best lover?” “I think llamas make the best lovers.” 4-ize answered enthusiastically. “Michael Jackson knew what he was doing… he kept a llama on the Neverland ranch. Llamas make the best lovers, for real, on my mamma.” After hearing his album, I can’t knock beastiality any more, not at all.  What ever it takes to inspire an artist to make real hip-hop at this high level of quality is cool by me.

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