A perennial hot topic. “Copyright criminals examines the history and influence of musical sampling, provoking debates about copyright, compensation and in the age of intellectual property”. The film includes the thoughts of many of hip-hop’s iconic founding figures: Public Enemy, De La Soul and Digital Underground. It also provides first-person interviews with artists who have been sampled, such as Clyde Stubblefield — James Brown’s drummer and the world’s most sampled musician — and commentary by another highly sampled musician, funk legend George Clinton. Learn more and watch the preview Here
Yet another mash-up! We’ve never really felt the Beatles even after Danger Mouse’s genius re-working of Jay’s Black Album entitled the Grey Album. However, it did start us thinking… Now Tom Caruana has complimented DM’s work by combining the work of everybody’s favorite rap miscreants the Wu Tang Clan. Not sure Lennon & Mcartney would approve but it’s certainly introduced us to a whole lot more of the Beatles than we would otherwise have been exposed to, which we guess is a good thing right? Get in to it here
We’re old skool here so we particularly appreciate the mastery behind This Day Anime; Reggie Knows. Reworking well known logos with iconic hip hop logos. How long before the main stream snatch up this slick marketing opportunity? Veiw them all here Continue reading
Derek B, one of the UK’s first hip-hop stars and the first British rapper to appear on Top of the Pops, has died of a heart attack. The London-born rapper scored top 20 hits with Good Groove and Bad Young Brother in 1988. Continue reading
More Jackson tributes y’all. This time undrcrwn have enlisted DJ Jazzy Jeff to create an amazing tribute mix to the Late King of Pop. Entitled: “He’s The King, I’m The DJ“, there is also an accompanying commemorative T-Shirt with Jackson and DJ Jazzy Jeff in caricature UNDRCRWN Style.
