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Rap Snacks, Video SoulBounce

BET, Nike Present A Cypher For The Ages

The next time MTV, or VIBE, or any other institution with capital letters or acronyms for names decides to make a list of the best MCs in the rap game, they should be forced to watch the cyphers that BET...

Harlem  |  10/28/2009 at 11:00 AM  |  Comments (5)  |  Permalink

Morning Soul

Morning Soul: Sweat Off Your Brow

The Roots' new album, How I Got Over, is just about complete and ready to be released in June. [XXL]Time.com lists the top ten worst Star-Spangled performances ever. Yes, R. Kelly's Vegas atrocity is featured. [TIME]Turns out Jay-Z is making...

Harlem  |  04/09/2009 at 10:00 AM  |  Comments (1)  |  Permalink

Morning Soul

Morning Soul: Didn't Mean To Turn You On

Primo is involved in the new DMC album. [DJP]Plies has coined a new term for women. "Goonette." Yup, our culture allows this. [WAOD]Nothing went Platinum this year. Are you surprised? [BI]Destiny's Child is a go! [M&C]Are you man enough to...

nOvaMatic  |  04/03/2009 at 10:00 AM  |  Comments (2)  |  Permalink

First Spin

Phonte & Friends Pay 'Homage' To DJ Premier

Floating through my stream of consciousness this weekend was my wondering of what DJ Premier has been up to. While I'm sure he's somewhere rocking a party or piecing together a dope beat for an artist somewhere, Primo is a...

ill Mami  |  01/26/2009 at 12:00 PM  |  Comments (2)  |  Permalink

First Spin

Black Milk Spills All Over The Internet With A Taste of 'Tronic'

When it comes to Hip Hop in 2008, I'm only looking forward to a few albums. One of which is Black Milk's Tronic, due 10/18. Over the past couple of weeks, two tracks were officially leaked to the Internet, and...

nOvaMatic  |  10/08/2008 at 11:00 AM  |  Comments (1)  |  Permalink

Free Music, Releases

Black Milk Nabs Dwele & Primo for 'Tronic'

Black Milk's Popular Demand is among a shortlist of Hip Hop albums released in the past couple of years that make me nod my head without feeling guilty afterwards. In quick succession, he paired up with Bishop Lamont for...

nOvaMatic  |  09/18/2008 at 3:15 PM  |  Permalink

Rap Snacks

Is Nas Better With DJ Premier or With Dr. Dre?

MTV is reporting that Nas wants to pull another blog-baiting stunt in the near future. See, he has this wacky idea, or "dream," that he can drop two albums in the same day--one entirely produced by DJ Premier, who's responsible for...

nOvaMatic  |  07/22/2008 at 12:59 PM  |  Permalink

Name That Beat

Name That Beat: Gifted And Going Far

You know what time it is by now, right? It's Name That Beat time, y'all. Let's get things popping like hot butter on popcorn. Before we do, let's announce last week's winner. Jay correctly guessed Wes Montgomery's "Angela" used by DJ...

ill Mami  |  05/20/2008 at 5:00 PM  |  Comments (3)  |  Permalink

Bounce-Worthy

Bounce-Worthy: Daru

Michigan-born drummer Daru lists his musical idols much as many other producers would had they grown up in the '80s and '90s: Marley Marl, Erick Sermon, RZA, Pete Rock, and DJ Premier. But it may be his musical training that helps...

ill Mami  |  05/06/2008 at 1:00 PM  |  Comments (1)  |  Permalink

Morning Soul

Morning Soul: Heartbreak Hotel

An angry fan wounds KRS-1 [AHH]Curtis has a problem with Alicia Keys [NR]Ne-Yo is trying to take R&B to the next level [MSNBC]The 25 Worst Rappers of All Time? [Y!]Check out legends Pete Rock and DJ Premier one on...

nOvaMatic  |  04/21/2008 at 10:00 AM  |  Comments (1)  |  Permalink

Name That Beat

Name That Beat: Doesn't Soulja Boy Have Like The Freshest Beats?

Happy April Fool's and welcome back to Name That Beat, y'all! As the title of this post shows, we like to have lots of fun over at SoulBounce HQ, but when it comes to the beats, we like to keep...

ill Mami  |  04/01/2008 at 5:00 PM  |  Comments (11)  |  Permalink

Video SoulBounce

KRS-ONE's 'Criminal-Minded' Redux

The Smirnoff Signature Series, featuring remakes of the original tracks that beloved hip hop pioneers had made famous, has its first video incarnation of KRS-ONE's "Criminal Minded 2008." Arguably the best of the series which also featured Common and Q-Tip,...

ill Mami  |  03/19/2008 at 5:09 PM  |  Permalink

Morning Soul

Morning Soul: Still Sweet Thirty Years Later

Amy Winehouse got the cooties. [SR]I don't think that Erykah Badu is singing about Little Orphan Annie in this song. [VH1] DJ Premier shares a few thoughts about Nas' Nigger. [SOHH]Leona Lewis will surely be getting a boost after...

Butta  |  03/04/2008 at 10:00 AM  |  Comments (2)  |  Permalink

First Spin

KRS-One: 'Criminal Minded 2008'

I'm still salty with KRS-One over this, so pardon if this post is a little restrained. "The Teacher" has linked up with DJ Premier for a reiteration of BDP classic "Criminal Minded" for the Smirnoff Signature Mix Series. KRS has...

nOvaMatic  |  02/20/2008 at 2:09 PM  |  Comments (1)  |  Permalink

Diggin' in the Crates

Primo Remixes Janet Twice

Since posting the Premier remix of "Just" I was reminded that I had some Janet Jackson remixes by him sitting deep in the crates. Although we're used to hearing her remixes by usual suspects like Jermaine Dupri and Timbaland, her...

nOvaMatic  |  02/07/2008 at 4:40 PM  |  Comments (4)  |  Permalink

First Spin

Mark Ronson 'Just (DJ Premier Remix)'

Still pondering the freshness of this remix, but it's certain to draw the ire of RadioHeads once again. Alex Greenwald's "Just" produced by Mark Ronson first appeared on Exit Music: Songs With Radioheads (also featuring Bilal, Meshell Ndegeocello and Eric...

nOvaMatic  |  02/04/2008 at 11:15 AM  |  Permalink

Party People

DJ Premier on the 1's & 2's Tomorrow In L.A.

Although DJ Premier may be a man of few words, he has been making his presence known in the hip hop and pop music realms for several years now. And as any true hip hop head can tell you,...

Soul Bounce  |  12/14/2007 at 2:20 PM  |  Permalink

Morning Soul

Morning Soul in the Afternoon: Playing Catch Up

Common and Q-Tip are forming a new group, which would've had a brilliant third member in J Dilla if they'd thought of this earlier. [XXL]DJ Premier's podcast has been shut down, which is sad because he was podcasting like...

nOvaMatic  |  08/30/2007 at 12:22 PM  |  Permalink