Guru

Rapper/composer Guru (real name Keith Elam) first rose to prominence as the "lyrical half" of the hip-hop duo Gang Starr, one of the first outfits that attempted to fuse jazz with rap.


After three albums by Gang Starr hit record store shelves (1989's No More Mr. Nice Guy, 1991's Step in the Arena, and 1992's Daily Operation), Guru launched his own solo career, issuing Jazzmatazz, Vol. 1 in 1993. Gang Starr is the super duo consisting of non other then DJ Permier and the famous lyrical master, Guru.


Despite his solo career, Guru remained true to Gang Starr as well, continuing to contribute to further albums such as 1994's Hard to Earn and 1998's Moment of Truth.

Guru's jazzmatazz series is all put together in vol 1-4. Jazzmatazz vol 1, Jazzmatazz, vol 2(the new reality), Jazzmatazz vol 3(streetsoul), Jazzmatazz vol 4(the hip hop jazz messenger).
In 2004 Guru came out with the album: Version 7.0: The Street Scriptures. The first on his new label, 7 Grand Records, with beats by Solar (who became a vital force on 7 Grand's subsequent releases)


Guru has been known to release sleeper singles that cannot be found on his albums and has features in many branches of the game. Listen to "State of clarity"(ft.common) on youtube: Click here


Guru has collaborated with some of rap music's best-known producers, including fellow Gang Starr member DJ Premier, Pete Rock, Alchemist, Ayatollah, and DJ Spinna, as well as Ice-T, Naughty by Nature's Treach, Killah Priest, and Ed O.G.

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Guru has a Laid-Back/ Mellow, Ambitious, Smooth, Refined / Mannered, Reflective and last but not least a confrontational way of rhyming. Guru is best known for he's explosive lyrics and says exactly what is on he's heart. Here is a lyrical example: "Next Time": Click here

Listen to Guru on youtube: "Lifesaver": Click here "Mass appeal"(Gang Starr): Click here
"Work"(Gang starr): Click here

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AZ

One of the numerous thoughtful gangsta rappers to emerge from New York during the mid-'90s, AZ enjoyed critical success early in his career, particularly with his debut album, Doe or Die (1995), but commercial success largely eluded him over the years.

Born in Brooklyn, he initially garnered attention with his guest feature on "Life's a Bitch," one of the standout tracks on Nas' landmark debut album, Illmatic (1994).

Listen to Life's A Bitch ft. AZ on Youtube: Click here

In the wake of Doe or Die's critical success, AZ collaborated with Nas, Nature & Foxy Brown in the ill-fated supergroup the Firm and released The Firm: The Album

AZ released Pieces of a Man in 1998, another critical favorite.

But for the most part, that was it from AZ for several years as he fell by the wayside, not surfacing in a big way again until a pair of Motown releases, 9 Lives (2001) and Aziatic (2002), that didn't sell any better than his previous efforts.


He subsequently took his music underground, periodically releasing albums such as A.W.O.L. (2005). In 2004 the double-disc retrospective Decade 1994-2004 looked back over his career to date, gathering up various highlights. In 2006 he released the album: The Format, and in 2007 he released: Undeniable.
With so many albums out, AZ has a lot to offer. All the way back from the beginning of the 90's, and until today, he steady keeps on making that good music.

Even thought, AZ has collaborated with many high ranked Hip Hop Artists like Dr. Dre, DJ Premier, Nas & The Firm and more, AZ never got the attention he deserved. AZ is considered a lyrical veteran, and remain as an underground artist. Even thought he's strong effort to the Hip Hop game, he's exposure to the media became minimal, & he still rises in the heart of Hip Hop lovers today.

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AZ has a lot of features, working with many interesting Hip Hop artists, spicing up the game. Many features is not to be found on any of he's albums. AZ promotes a form of confrontational, literate, reflective, positive, aggressive & street-smart lyrics and is a great contribution to Hip Hop.

Listen to AZ on Youtube: "The Come Up": Click here "The Payback": Click here
"The Format(ft. DJ Premier)": Click here

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Masta Ace

With an impressive resume in rap that includes membership in the legendary Juice Crew (along with Marley Marl, MC Shan, Big Daddy Kane, Biz Markie, Roxanne Shante, and Craig G) and a verse on the 1988 classic posse cut "The Symphony," Brooklyn's Masta Ace is truly an underappreciated rap veteran and underground luminary.


Masta Ace formed a Crew in the early 90's Called: Masta Ace Incorporated. The nickname given to the clique of rappers surrounding Masta Ace. This lineup includes Bluez Bruthaz member Lord Digga, vocalist Paula Perry, and Brooklyn based singer/songwriter Leschea. This lineup would work on 1993's SlaughtaHouse and 1995's Sittin' on Chrome before Masta Ace began releasing albums without their support.

In the 90's, hip hop changed dramatically. The decade was a big bang for many up and coming artists. The 90's was packed with beef, media arrangements and newcomers. Masta Ace's style became more modern and adapted to the new sounds of the 90's and Masta Ace continued to make that good, ill, off the hook, Hip Hop!


Masta Ace dropped: disposable art's in 2001. This album is so lyrically packed with goods and aspects that pinpoints the game for what it truly is, as he explains the difference between the Underground and the commercial media world. Masta Ace is first of all a Confrontational MC & that is only one of the reasons why Masta Ace and other MC's like him, don't get promoted as much by the media. This album is my favorite from Masta Ace!


In 2004 Masta Ace dropped: A long hot summer. This album is also packed with the good's and contains a lot of interesting aspects on life and the biz'.

Ace has been known to release sleeper singles that cannot be found on his albums and has features in many branches of the game.

Here is two feature preview of Masta Ace that you won't find on any of he's albums.
Listen on Youtube: "Nostaligia(ft. Marco Polo)": Click here <------ Great song!
Listen on Youtube: Edo G, Pete Rock & Masta Ace: Wishing: Click here


Considered as an underground artist, Masta Ace never got the attention he deserved. Masta ace is profoundly one of the best lyrical MC's and he's style is not to be matched. Masta Ace has over 20 years of experience and has reflected he's lyrics on facts and mind-blowing thoughts since the beginning.

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Masta Ace latest entry is with the group, eMC. Experts Making Classics, Consisting of: Masta Ace, Wordsworth, Punchline, and Stricklin. The crew also named, The new I.N.C crew. The album: The Show was released in 2008. This album is a total knockout! All of them is so lyrically street-smart that this albums almost overwhelms you with good feelings as they spit about harmony, coping with reality, their work and last but not least, "life"

Listen to Masta Ace talk about what he is trying to do with music, a little about who he am as an artists and he's future plans. Check out this interview on youtube: Click here

Masta Ace has the total package of wisdom & street-smarts and is a must in Hip Hop.
If you're new to Masta Ace, then get to know him! That is highly recommended by me!

Listen to Masta Ace on Youtube: "Da Grind(ft. Apocalypse)": Click here "Acknowledge": Click here
"Seasons(ft. Cunninlynguists)": Click here

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Blackalicious

Like a few other West Coast rap acts, including the Pharcyde and Jurassic 5, Blackalicious has generally favored what hip-hoppers call the "positive tip"; in other words, its lyrics have often been spiritual and uplifting rather than violent or misogynous.


Like a lot of experimental alternative rappers, Blackalicious can be quirky and eccentric; nonetheless, spirituality is a big part of the group's music. Although Blackalicious wasn't formed until the early '90s, its members had known each other since the late '80s. Founding members Gift of Gab (Timothy Parker) and Chief Xcel (Xavier Mosley)

In the early 90's Blackalicious has teamed up with the SoleSides Crew, consisting of: DJ Shadow, Lateef the Truth Speaker, and Lyrics Born. In 1994, that label released Blackalicious' debut single "Swan Lake." Although not a triple-platinum smash, the single was a small underground hit that fared well among alternative rap audiences. The following year, SoleSides Records released a Blackalicious EP titled Melodica. By late 1997, SoleSides Records had transformed into Quannum Records, and in 1999, Quannum put out another Blackalicious EP, A2G.


In 2000, Quannum released the group's full-length debut Nia (whose title is the Swahili word for purpose). After being together eight years, Blackalicious finally signed with a major label when, in late 2000, the Californians were added by MCA. In April 2002, Quannum/MCA released Blazing Arrow, which boasted guest appearances ranging from vocalist Zack de la Rocha (of Rage Against the Machine) to the Roots' ?uestlove to veteran soul singer Gil Scott-Heron.



The pair returned in 2005 for their third album, The Craft, with a contract in hand from the Anti-label.

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Blackalicious style is a mix of Confident, Reflective, Literate, Street-Smart lyrics and a compilation of playful, freewheeling, laid-back beats.

Listen to Blackalicious on Youtube: "Shallow Days": Click here "Make me feel that way": Click here

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Big L

Rapper Big L was born Lamont Coleman on May 30, 1974.


Big L was a member of the DITC crew.

He made his solo debut with 1995's Lifestylez Ov Da Poor & Dangerous, scoring a series of underground hits including "No Endz, No Skinz," "Street Struck" and "Da Graveyard"; Big L's best-known effort, the single "Ebonics," followed on his own Flamboyant label in the summer of 1998. Around the same time, he joined the Bronx-based hip-hop supergroup DITC (Diggin' in the Crates), appearing on their single, "Dignified Soldiers."


On the evening of February 15, 1999, Big L was shot and killed just blocks away from his Harlem home; he was just 24 at the time of his death. Both the DITC album Worldwide and the second Big L solo effort, The Big Picture, followed in 2000.

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It's a shame that Big L, left this world at such a young age, but he's music still lives on in the Hip Hop world. Big L had exceptional good lyrical skills on the mic and is considered as one of the big seed's of the 90's.

Listen to Big L on Youtube: "The bigger picture intro": Click here "Flamboyant": Click here "Put it on": Click here

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DJ Jazzy Jeff

DJ Jazzy Jeff's accomplishments extend well beyond his status as one-half of a multi-platinum rap duo. Regarded as a pioneering turntable tactician for his well-honed skills and for his development of the transformer scratch.

The Philadelphian (born Jeff Townes) founded a production house -- called A Touch of Jazz -- a few years into his alliance with Will Smith as DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh

Since parting ways with his partner, the DJ has worked on records by KRS-One, Kenny Lattimore, Jill Scott, J-Live, and King Britt's Sylk 130. In 2002, he put together a stylistically diverse solo album for BBE; Magnificent, like a Quincy Jones record, found Jeff supported by a number of co-stars, most of whom were also Philadelphians.

Two years later, Jazzy Jeff's first ever DJ mix Hip Hop Forever, Vol. 2 was released. The Return of the Magnificent, featuring another all-star support cast, came out in 2007. DJ Jazzy Jeff has also compiled a soul album called: The soul mixtape. With he's magic finders he can produce various art's and styles in both hip hop and in general.

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DJ Jazzy Jeff, in likeness with DJ Premier and other dj's, is using the scratch kit from Rane called: Serato Scratch Live. It Is a technology that allows you to play your digital media from your computer, and transfer it onto a memory-vinyl. With this technology you don't have to drag around all your Vinyls, and has made it easier to be a traveling performer.

In earlier days you might remember Jazzy Jeff, from the tv show called: The fresh prince of Bel-air.

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Listen to DJ Jazzy Jeff on youtube: "The definition(ft. Kel Spencer)": Click here
"All i know(ft. C.L. Smooth)": Click here

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The Last Emperor

The Last Emporor, a West Philadelphia native has been an underground hip-hop mover and shaker since the mid-'90s. Having attended Overbrook High, Philadelphia's own hip-hop high, which saw the likes of Cool C, Steady B, and the Fresh Prince pass through its hallowed halls, Last Emp became a B-Boy by osmosis in addition to being a wizard in the classroom.


After graduating from the nation's first historically black college (Lincoln University), Emp took his act to New York, where he caught on with storied Lyricist Lounge. Emperor's first on-wax experience was a significant one, appearing alongside KRS-One and Rage Against the Machine's Zach de la Rocha on the cut "C.I.A." from 1998's Lyricist Lounge, Vol. 1. Having served notice to his scholastic street skill, Emperor hit the road to polish up his on-stage performance, occasionally popping up on mix tapes from time to time.

Having stirred the underground into a frenzy with rumors of a debut album, in early 2000 official word came that Emp had signed with independent kingpin label Rawkus. Distribution problems, however, kept the record off the racks.

Listen to his legendary Secret Wars part 1, on youtube: "Secret wars part 1": Click here

Last Emperor is out with three great albums that i know of: Place of the pretender, The legend of bigfoot & Music, Magic, Myth.

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Last Emperor with a message, taken from he's lyric's, has a conclusion that 85% of the game that is involved in the media is based on a fake image. That MC's speaks about things that is not real. Things that has nothing positive to offer the world, and that the lyrics is only revolving around them self. No logic & common sense. Do you live your everyday life, pimp'in, or hustling with a tech nine in your waist? Most people don't...

Last Emperor, with he's political, historian, confrontational, street-smart flow, has given me chills down my spine. The Last Emperor gives me total satisfaction when it comes to lyrics. Nothing is is better, then listening to an intelligent MC that really knows what he's is talking about, spreading he's messages to the world, through he's music.

Listen to The Last Emperor on Youtube: "Do you Remember": Click here "One Life (ft. Poetic & Esthero)": Click here
"Monumental": Click here

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Myspace

Myspace, a place for everyone. Do you have your space?

I think i speak for everyone when i say, that we all have heard of Myspace.com before. This is a place where many music artists has been discovered, sharing their profile with personal info and music content to display for the whole world. Myspace is a good way to promote yourself. Either if it's in social life, or to promote your hobbies and interests.

Go out there. Show yourself to the world!

MySpace is a place for friends:
* Search for friends
* Find old friends
* Find New friends

MySpace is your place:
* Tell them who you are
* Upload pictures and videos
* Add music
* Add your own web-page link.

MySpace keeps you updated:
* Keep track of your friends
* MySpace Mobile
* Share with others, what you are doing.

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Kingsize

Kingsize.no

The frequently most used hip hop community site, here is Oslo.
In this community you can find forums & members that use this site for information, news and info, discussion board, and everything else that has to do with music. Included updates from Norway, The US, and the rest of the world. Here you can find both commercial and underground content. A well put together website, recommended for the locals in Scandinavia.

You will find categories like: Kingsize TV, Games, Reviews, Interviews, City life, Events calender, Pictures, Videos, Fashion, News and more.

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El Axel

El Axel, former known as F'em One, real name, Axel Purcell, originally from Chile, Is one of Hip Hop's leading artists in Oslo. El Axel comes from a hip hop community in Oslo, consisting of artists like: Equicez(El Axel, former member), Brakenecks, Danny & Pumba, Nasty cut, Tommy Tee and others.

In earlier days, when spitting for the group Equicez, El Axel had a more dark style of expressing he's thoughts in music. When finding that he's style today is more enthusiastic and positive, he changed he's name to El Axel, Former called F'em One. A fresh start for the aspiring artist.

He is an MC spitting in English and Spanish. Even thought he's unheard too many, he has reached he's voice to non other then Devin the dude. They have made a few songs together.

Locally he has mad many achievements, like:
3x Straight Spittin' freestyle battle champion - Alarmprisen winner (Norwegian grammy) - Spellemannsprisen winner (Norwegian grammy) - 2x Hip Hop awards winner - MTV EMA "best norwegian act 2007"

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Listen on youtube: "Showtime": Click here "Junta las Manos": Click here
"Eyes low in Oslo" Ft. Devin the Dude: Click here


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Today i bought...

Today i bought the MPC 2500. Music Production Center.
I also bought Phonic Powerpod 740 Deluxe. Amplifier.
Thank you eBay!

These Item's will become a great addition to my home music studio.
I want to show off my new items on this post. Here you go!


The MPC 2500 Midi Production Sampler is designed for professional audio production, and offers drum programming, sequencing, and audio sampling capabilities. Artists now have the luxury of producing music with a compact music composition center. Perfect for hip hop, electronic and all other genres of music where you want to create or sequence your beats this Akai sampler is a drum machine / sampler / and sequencer all in one powerful machine.

* 64-track MIDI sequencer
* 32-voice, 16-bit stereo digital sampler
* Intuitive, ergonomic interface
* 16 velocity- and pressure-sensitive pads
* 2 internal effects processors can be used simultaneously
* 2-note variation sliders and 2 Q-Link knobs provide realtime control
* 2 MIDI inputs, 4 MIDI outputs
* Large, backlit LCD screen
* 16MB onboard memory, expandable to 128MB


Phonic Powerpod 740 Plus 2X220W 7-Channel Powered Mixer with Digital Effects Features:

* 220W + 220W / 4 ohm stereo power amplifier for Main L/R or Main/Monitor (Bridge mono, 440W / 8 ohm)
* 24-bit digital multi-effect processor with 16 programs plus foot switch jacks
* Seven balanced Mic inputs
* 10 Line inputs
* Two super Hi-Z inputs optimized for direct instrument input
* 3-band channel EQ
* Dual 7-band graphic equalizers with In/Out switches for Main L/R or Main/Monitor
* Rumble filters for Mic inputs
* Pad control on channels 1-4
* One AUX input
* Monitor and effect sends on each input channel
* Mini Stereo I/O for digital media
* +48V phantom power
* Two built-in limiters
* Rec out with trim control for record level matching
* Mains power switchable between 115 VAC and 230 VAC

These items will arrive in the mail in 5 days. I'm looking forward to It!

eBay

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You need to be over 18 years old and should submit a PayPal account on www.paypal.com. Most sellers prefer using PayPal, for safe trading on the internet.

To shop on eBay is safe, but if you are new to eBay should read the instructions: First Time Bidding And Buying. On this eBay link you will find all the information you need to become an eBay customer.
Do like millions of people, become an eBay customer today. You won't regret it!

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I have bought several items on eBay myself and find It quite useful. I hope you find what you are looking for!

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Let the sunshine In.

Things are moving forward!

This blog has over 100 upcoming artists/articles that will feature on www.hiphopinjection.blogspot.com. Yes, there is more than a 100 good MC's and DJ's out there, but i can't cover them all. But i will try to feature as many artists and groups that i think promote that good, ill, off the hook Hip Hop. If you are satisfied so faar, then you should follow my blog in the future!

I promise a tasteful display of what I think Is real Hip Hop.

In the future i will also feature a few local artists, also selected by my own hand, to promote local goodies. All of them from my hometown Oslo. And after that i will even feature artists from Stockholm and Copenhagen. This might be more beneficial to the locals from Scandinavia, but can also give you a preview on how Hip Hop looks like where i come from. This will go under Featured Local artists, and Featured local links.


I am learning more and more about music every single day. I listen to almost all generes in music. Hip hop ofc, soul, neo-soul, funk, Motown, vintage, vintage R&B, salsa, Spanish guitar, latino, chillout, house, progressive, oriental, rock, acoustic, classic, cultural, tribal, reggae, jazz and more.

To have come to the realization, that Hip Hop is a source of all music, i have opened myself to all music. And that is something all music lovers should do. If you love music, the most wonderful thing, is to explore.

Don't forget that this site, is not only constructed for you to meet Hip Hop artists, but also to get the music that they share to the world, into your Library. Visit the featured links to get your own Hip Hop to your collection!
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Any how. Hip hop is the "Center" of attention. Thanks for taking interest!

Little Brother

Little brother:
Part of the new-millennium resurgence of alternative rap, Little Brother's inspirations were atypical for Southern hip-hop: classic Native Tongues outfits like De La Soul and A Tribe Called Quest, as well as more recent torch-bearers like the Roots and Black Star.

MCs Phonte (born Phonte Coleman) and Big Pooh (born Thomas Jones) swapped rhymes with an easy chemistry, but the group's real focal point was DJ/producer 9th Wonder (born Pat Douthit), an old-school sampling technician who quickly established himself as a worthy heir to production wizards like DJ Premier and Pete Rock.



Little brother is members of the Justus League crew. The JL crew has made a series of bootleg albums together.

Little brother has made a large number of albums before 9th wonder parted from the group in 2007.

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Little brother is a must!
Listen to Little Brother on youtube: "Whatever you say" Click here "The way you do It": Click here
"Traffic(ft. eMC)": Click here

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Group Home

Hip-hop duo Lil' Dap and Melachi -- collectively known as Group Home -- surfaced in 1995 on a compilation called Guru Presents Ill Kids Records, which was released around the same time as their debut album, Livin' Proof.

In spite of Guru's championing the duo, Group Home remained silent for a few years, finally reappearing in 1999 with the album A Tear for the Ghetto, which featured cameos from Guru, Steph Lova, and the Jerky Boys.


DJ Premier had a large production hand for Group Home and has produced the hip hop classic: "Supa star".

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Group Home is a great underground old' school addition to your Hip Hop library!

Listen to Group Home on youtube: "Supa Star"(Produced by DJ Premier): Click here
"Up Against The Wall (Getaway Car Mix): Click here


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Pacewon

As a founding member of the Outsidaz, Pacewon was one of the many MCs to gain a solo career after his group's appearance on the Fugees' successful The Score. With a smooth voice and a sly, clever tone, his raps were often relaxed and thoughtful amidst the large hip-hop crew's various styles.


Despite the early solo attempts by many of his bandmates, Pacewon waited until they had released their debut, Night Life, on Chris Schwartz's Rough Life Records. That, as well as guest appearances on records from Redman and Rah Digga, was enough to convince Schwartz to ask the MC for a solo record in 2002. With help from Wyclef Jean, Kurupt, and fellow Outsidaz member Young Zee, he put together Won, a collection of funky tracks courtesy of Jay-Z producer SKI that revolved around his charismatic voice and boastful rhymes.

Pacewon has made an album with Mr.Green called: The only color that matters is Green. The two of them go grate together, genius beat's and an intellectual MC on the mic! Pacewon is also out with 3 other albums that i know of: Won, the Pace won effect, and Telepathy.

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Pacewon is recommended! An underground root in Hip Hop. My favorite songs from Pacewon is not available on youtube, but here is a few other nice previews from Pacewon and Mr.Gree. Check it out!

Listen to Pacewon on youtube: "Children sing": Click here "Hip Hop": Click here "It's Yours": Click here

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Athletic Mic League

Athletic Mic League, A.K.A AML, began to aspire as hip hop artists in the late 90's. The six MCs that make up Ann Arbor, MI's Athletic Mic League met each other through high school and basketball courts. Initially rhyming for recreational purposes, Tres Styles, 14K, Buff, Vital, Texture, and Grand Cee began to focus more on rap as a career as the people around them started to recognize the skills they were developing.


Athletic Mic League is out with 3 albums that i know of: The thrill is gone, Sweats and kicks and Jungle gym jungle, all of them with nice sound and quality. A great edition to your hip hop library.

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Athletic Mic League is an underground crew, with a charismatic and unique type of flow. A chemistry like no other, well worth listening to.

Listen to Athletic Mic League on youtube: "The declaration": Click here "Trust and believe": Click here
"Hip Hop Quotables": Click here

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DJ Premier

Premier, A.K.A. Premo, born Chris Martin, spent time in Brooklyn and Houston while growing up, and studied computer science at Prairie View A&M outside Houston. In 1987-1988 he came into contact with Guru, a Boston native. DJ Premier and Guru signed to Wild Pitch under the name of "Gangstarr" and released a debut single ("Manifest") and album (No More Mr. Nice Guy)


DJ Premier had the status as the most important trackmaster of the '90s, and no style is more distinctive. Aggressive and raw, a Premier track was an instantly recognizable soundclash of battling loops and heavy scratching -- all of them perfectly timed -- that evoked the sound of Brooklyn better than anyone. Besides helming tracks for his main concern, Gang Starr, since their 1989 debut, Premier's productions appeared on many of the East Coast's most important records: Nas' Illmatic, the Notorious B.I.G.'s Ready to Die, Jay-Z's Reasonable Doubt, Jeru the Damaja's The Sun Rises in the East, and Mos Def's Black on Both Sides.

The year 1994 was a huge one for Premier, probably the best year for any rap producer ever; in addition to dropping another Gang Starr classic, Hard to Earn, his productions appeared on five-star, all-time classics by Nas (Illmatic), the Notorious B.I.G. (Ready to Die), and Jeru the Damaja (The Sun Rises in the East), as well as Big Daddy Kane and Branford Marsalis' Buckshot LeFonque project.


Premier has been known to release sleeper singles that cannot be found on his albums and has features in many branches of the game.

Here is a feature preview of DJ Premiere that you won't find on any of he's albums.
Listen on youtube: Verbal Threat "Reality Check(ft. DJ Premier)": Click here

DJ Premier has an heir as the most valuable producer in the NYC and is a raw legend in both the underground world and in the commercial world. He's still producing tody and he's latest entry on tour was with Black Poet.

I was lucky to catch he's club concert in Oslo, Norway in late 2008. I gave him a handshake with the other hand on my heart, saying thank you!

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DJ Premier talks about he's art as a producer and a performer: Click here

DJ Premier is a top notch producer/DJ and is a valuable edition to your hip hop library. If you are new to he's music, then now is the time to get to know him!

Listen to DJ Premier on youtube: "Moment of truth": Click here "Thick": Click here "6th sense(Instrumental)": Click here

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1, 2, 3. 9th Wonder, Pete rock and DJ premier gets interviewed by Peter Rosenberg

Take a closer look at three of the finest hip hop DJ's in the US. Watch three of hip hop's best DJ's and producers: 9th wonder, Pete Rock and DJ Premier on youtube. Peter Rosenberg interview's them on Hot 97. They talk about their career, about producing and their friendship to one another. These master producers is one of the reasons why i listen to and love hip hop.


Watch the interview on youtube: Click here

Pete Rock

Rapper, DJ, and producer Pete Rock first emerged in 1991 as one half of a duo with C.L. Smooth, debuting with the All Souled Out EP. A hit LP, Mecca and the Soul Brother, followed before the two went their separate ways in the wake of 1994's The Main Ingredient.

Pete rock is a top notch, old-school sampling technician and a master on the MPC. He is well known for he's instrumentals with he's touch of soul and funk. If you are in to the non-commercial hip hop world, and are listening to Pete rock, you can often recognize a sound or a beat of he's without knowing the title of the song. It's like a sound brand that every great DJ/Producer can achieve. Pete Rock, 9th wonder, DJ premier, J dilla, DJ jazzy jeff, DJ Scratch and so on all have their own sound and perfection method, a trademark for the finest DJ's in hip hop.


To name a few of the many artists Pete rock has worked with: I.N.I, Edo-G, Guru, DJ Premiere, 9th Wonder, Jeru the damaja, Pharoahe Monch, Dead Prez, Talib Kweli, C.L. Smooth and many other artists. He has produced many albums, with both vocal, and instrumental tracks.


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Watch Pete rock on the MPC: Click here

Listen to Pete Rock on youtube: "Take your time": Click here "Center of attention": Click here "Hop, skip & jump(Instrumental)": Click here

Pete Rock is one of my personal favorites!

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J-Dilla. One of the Best!

Frequently and rightly placed in the same context as DJ Premier, Pete Rock, and 9th wonder, Jay Dee built and sustained a high standing as a producer's producer while maintaining a low profile. J dilla was also a man on the mic and you can say that music was in he's blood.

Born and raised on the east side of Detroit, Dilla -- James Yancey -- was forced by his parents to become involved with music, and he was a record fanatic at a young age, absorbing funk and rap singles and jazz albums, from Slave to Jack McDuff. He learned to play cello, keyboards, trumpet, and violin, but drums got him like nothing else. He tried his hand at producing tracks on a tape deck by using the pause and record buttons, and he also took up MCing. In 1988, he formed Slum Village with Pershing High School friends Baatin and T3. It wasn't until 1992, after receiving some valuable guidance from fellow Detroiter Amp Fiddler, that his talent really began to take shape.



Through he's tremendous carrier he produced beats for artists like: Q-Tip, Busta Rhymes, De La Soul, The Pharcyde, Janet Jackson, The Roots, Common, D'Angelo, Erykah Badu, Phat kat, Talib Kweli, Dwele and more...




In 2003 his health took a sharp decline. For over two years, he had to use a dialysis machine. Despite having to perform in a wheelchair, he was still able to tour in Europe during late 2005. Three days after his 32nd birthday i February, 2006, while staying at his Los Angeles home with his mother, he passed away, a victim of cardiac arrest. Rest in peace! 6 months after, with help from a friend and colleague, the album: "The shining", was released.

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J-Dilla was truly one of the best! Some one even called him alien alike. As if he came from another planet! ;) Thank you J-Dilla!

J-Dilla is one of my personal favorites!
Listen to J-Dilla on youtube: "Reunion": Click here "Takin' what's mine": Click here "Circus(Instrumental)": Click here

Credits:
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Fruity Loops (FL studio)

FL Studio Is a Digital Audio Workstation (DAW) for Windows PCs (or Intel Mac/ Bootcamp). With a full feature-set and aggressive pricing (inc. lifetime free updates), FL Studio may be your ideal DAW!

FL Studio can be used as a scratchpad for your ideas or to produce completely mastered tracks ready for publication. It's up to you!

Take a look at the Fruity Loops website: Click here



Non other then 9th wonder makes his beats with this all around software. He is ranked as one of the top production wizards like DJ Premier and Pete Rock.
9th wonder talks about hip hop, and about the Fruity Loops (FL Studio) software that he uses to make he's beats. See on youtube: Click here



If you want to buy loops, Drums & Music Samples you can visit www.modernbeats.com.
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Download a demo software of Fruity loops from Image-line: Click here

Good luck with Fruity Loops!