Sad news as the incomparable, legendary soul man Bill Withers has passed away at 81. Bill was a hip-hop producers dream, especially in the drums department, where he’s been sampled dozens of times. Here’s a […]
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Our 5 favourite Aretha Franklin samples
The sad passing of The Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin has left a massive hole in our hearts. An empowering and fierce songbird, Aretha inspired generations upon generations in every genre of music with her […]
Sample 101: Huncho Jack (Quavo & Travis Scott) – How U Feel
Taken from the late 2017 album “Huncho Jack, Jack Huncho”, this wavy bit of sampling from deadly trio of producers Pas Beatz, Yipsy and Carlos Desrosiers is a great bit take on an earlier flip (or […]
Watch Sam Gellaitry make beats live on Boiler Room
Watch the first edition of ‘Crowdsourced’, an interactive live format on Boiler Room in which host UK producer Wize and monthly producer guests construct a track in real time from beats and samples sent in […]
Watch Swizz Beatz and Just Blaze go head to head in a Hot 97 beat battle
Wow. Well two of the biggest producers to ever grace Hip-Hop music in Swizz Beatz and Just Blaze went toe to toe for over 2 hours in a massive live-streamed impromtu beat battle in NYC […]
Our Top 10 David Axelrod Samples
After hearing about the sad passing of the legendary Jazz musician David Axelrod, whose genius spawned countless Hip-Hop classics, we decided to compile 10 of our favourites, so get comfortable and get familiar with the man that […]
25 of our must play tracks this September
If you’re coming down to see us then you can expect a whole spectrum of amazing music, Hip-Hop and all it’s offshoots. Here’s 25 tracks (in no particular order) we’re loving playing out at Donuts […]
Our favourite David Bowie samples
The very sad news of David Bowie passing away got us thinking about how his music shaped the Hip-Hop landscape in particular, and we would like to share some of our favourite samples taken from the […]
Tuamie drops new album “Miuzi Weighs A Ton”
T-U-A-M-I-E. What a dude. The Atlanta loop king released his new album “Miuzi Weighs A Ton” on his Bandcamp, so you can stream all that beat goodness before you buy. It’s classic Tuamie. Stream and […]
New Music: Kanye West – Fade
Right. So Kanye’s been doing this thing lately where he puts on these arty fashion shows and debuts upcoming music for his new album. First was the howling, deep, Cashmere Cat produced song “Wolves”, and now […]
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