Archive for Behind the Scenes

20/20 Hip-Hop Special From 1981

May 16, 2009  |  Behind the Scenes, Hip Hop  |  2 Comments

An amazing flashback to the roots of hip hop. Both parts are worth watching. Shouts to Rap Radar for this!

Melanie Fiona & Kenny Muhammad- VERY Unplugged

Isn’t it refreshing to come across real talent? This girl doesn’t have to use auto tune or roll around half naked to make this song dope

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3 minutes with Busta Rhymes

Another example of why he’s one of the greatest personalities in hip hop

Ross vs Roth (Hot 97′s got jokes)

April 24, 2009  |  Behind the Scenes, Comedy  |  Leave A Comment
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Damon Dash ripping into Def Jam

April 24, 2009  |  Behind the Scenes, Comedy, Sharp Thoughts  |  1 Comment

Somehow this old footage surfaced from an explosive meeting. It goes to show you that Day 26 and Danity Kane aren’t the old ones fighting in the record business!!!

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He manages to take it up another notch as it continues in this clip

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DJ A-Trak

Now that Serato technology has made it a lot easier to DJ it seems like everybody and there momma is doing it but there’s certain people who remind you what a real DJ is and this guy is definitely one of them

VIMBY – DJ A-Trak

Shout out to Vimby

Ryan Leslie, Keri Hilson & Fabolous in the studio

April 12, 2009  |  Behind the Scenes, Hip Hop, Soul/R&B  |  1 Comment

Most in studio clips that are floating around the web these days don’t really do much for me but everytime I catch one that Ryan does (whether there staged or not) is pretty damn compelling and this one is even better with Keri up in it


Ryan, Fab & Keri Studio Session from Ryan Leslie on Vimeo.

Spotted at 2dopeboyz.com

In the studio with Cook Classics

March 19, 2009  |  Behind the Scenes, Hip Hop  |  Leave A Comment

Definitely interesting to see how he puts things together

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Pretty much amazing

March 2, 2009  |  Behind the Scenes, Soul/R&B  |  Leave A Comment

To say that I’m excited about this single coming out next week would be a massive understatement

By the way, shout out to prettymuchamazing.com and illroots.com for being in tune with the leak

Ok Drake

Your officially not ‘that dude from Degrassi’ anymore! I remember when you came by my show on MTV a handful of years ago with the rest of the cast. Off camera you told me how you were really excited about music. The progression is in full effect on So Far Gone.

I actually think calling it a mixtape isn’t even appropriate. Most mixtapes sound like leftovers from the album or just lazy remixes but that’s definitely not the case with this.

It seemed like every time we’d spoken in the past year there’d been mention of the work going into the project and after listening to it- the work is absolutely evident. The work “40″ put into this is worth mentioning too. He cooked up some incredible music and mixed things just right. I’m proud of you Drake. Your making XXL and MTV look real silly for not including you in there ‘new MC’s to look out for’ lists!

For the download of So Far Gone click here