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Feb. 19, 2018 | Abby O'Neill -- One of the greatest to ever bless the mic, Big Daddy Kane treated Tiny Desk to an office block party in the true essence of hip-hop. He performed a short set of classics, including "Smooth Operator," "Ain't No Half Steppin'," "Raw" and a bonus freestyle. Through his warm, engaging and devilishly self-effacing style, the pioneer used an interlude between songs to address the intergenerational divisiveness defining rap today and the importance of fans of all ages supporting whatever they like, while "focusing on what's positive and keeping that in the spotlight."
Kane, aka Dark Gable, was a breakout member of the seminal Juice Crew in hip-hop's golden era during the latter part of the 1980s. He popularized quick-cadence flows and multisyllabic rhyme schemes before passing the torch to early mentees like Jay-Z. Many a night during my adolescence was spent trying to memorize the baritone MC's lyrics. During those sessions, I could only feel sympathy for the subpar MCs who fell victim to the "Wrath of Kane."
The smooth operator, Big Daddy Kane, still emits that same palpable swag he did as a lyrical heartthrob during his heyday. He strides into the room and fully commands it with his presence. And now that hip-hop is the most popular genre, with its biggest stars wielding global influence, it's important to us here at Tiny Desk to continue to make room for the legends who laid the foundation before the whole world became hip. Long live the Kane.
SET LIST
• "Raw"
• "Smooth Operator"
• "Ain't No Half Steppin"
• "Freestyle"
MUSICIANS
Antonio Hardy, Matt Lambert, Benjamin Geis, Judson Nelson, John Williams
CREDITS
Producers: Abby O'Neill, Morgan Noelle Smith; Creative Director: Bob Boilen; Audio Engineer: Josh Rogosin; Videographers: Morgan Noelle Smith, Maia Stern, Alyse Young; Assistant Editor: Dani Lyman; Production Assistant: CJ Riculan; Photo: Claire Harbage/NPR.
global grind tv ''host by jinx da juvy'' interviews franks chop shop then dreemz denim and then last but not list we make a stop over at sabit nyc
R&B Singer Ray J Talks About His Sextape With Joan Rivers, Finding Love, New Music, and of course the status of his friendship with Floyd Mayweather
GlobalGrind's Ashley Haines chats with Kellen Roland from Herschel Supply Co to talk about the newest styles and inspiration for the Spring 2015 collection at Agenda NYC
Three of the stars of Crazy Rich Asians Awkwafina, Ken Jeong and Gemma Chan sat down with Global Grind's Sr Entertainment Editor Xilla Valentine to talk about their new film. Crazy Rich Asians is generating a lot of buzz ahead of it's release with a lot of people saying this is Black Panther for Asians people.
Last July, Jordan Brand released one the last Air Jordan 3s of the foreseeable future, in the form of a 'Wolf Grey' colorway.
On paper, it sounds like a great idea. However, as I found out, the execution was sub-par at best and they've been sitting in my closet for over a year now.
Sometimes, the sneakers just look better through a computer screen than they do when you have the physical product and if you've ever regretted a sneaker purchase you can relate to my story.
I thought the white inner lining looked off, the tongue should've been a smooth leather like the 'Infrared 23' pair, and don't get me started on that nauseating metallic elephant print.
The first thing that came to mind when I held the sneaker in my hand, before I vomited, was that they used a shredded Capri Sun pouch and glue to construct the iconic elephant print.
Knowing that Jordan Brand is putting the 3s back in the vault for quite some time, I was supremely disappointed with this product. A storied sneaker with as much history as the Air Jordan 3 deserves better.
Roy Woods is all about the 'woods!! Obviously. This is the singer who gave us the song "Russian Cream" after all. He blesses our latest episode of "How to Roll" with some quick tips and Canadian tales.
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At this point of Adidas x Kanye's relationship, it's obvious that every collab they put out will sell out immediately. And the same goes for the Yeezy Boost 350 V2 Zebra (one hell of a long name). The Zebra (will keep it short) restock went on sale this past Saturday for $220 and are already on the market (aka eBay) for $500+. People move fast!
Well, whether you don't mind buying them at double the price or still need a little push, HNHH has a review of the Zebras for you. Check it out above!
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Watch TuneCore's CEO Scott Ackerman give us an inciteful look at
how the platform works, How to get paid as an independent artist,
and much more in this detailed breakdown of the inner workings of
Tunecore.
THE BEGINNING - 13:20
WHAT DREW YOU TO TUNECORE - 1:35
WHAT DOES TUNECORE DO 2:35
WHAT PART OF TUNECORE IS MOST IMPACTFUL - 7:14
WHAT IS YOUR DAY TO DAY LIKE AT TUNECORE - 9:03
PROBLEM SOLVING IN THE BUSINESS - 10:32
HAS YOUR TASTE IN MUSIC EVOLVED SINCE JOINING TUNECORE - 11:49
HAVING ARTISTS AS YOUR CUSTOMERS - 12:49
WHERE DOES TUNECORE FALL IN TERMS OF ARTIST DEVELOPMENT 14:11
THE IDEA OF THAT THERE'S NO MONEY IN STREAMING - 16:21
MOST COMMON QUESTIONS FROM ARTISTS - 17:27
ESTABLISHED ARTISTS USING TUNECORE TO REMAIN INDEPENDENT - 18:31
MOST IMPORTANT SKILLSET - 20:08
THOUGHTS ON THE FUTURE OF MUSIC CONSUMPTION -21:06
THE FUTURE OF TUNECORE - 22:33
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The Flatbush Zombies are raking in the dough from their debut album 3001: A Laced Odyssey, released earlier this month. HNHH caught up with the rambunctious trio of Erick the Architect, Meechy Darko, & Zombie Juice down at SXSW to talk about the making of the album as well as their love of Stanley Kubrick's "2001: A Space Odyssey", NYC rapper camaraderie ("camaraderie is very important"), and assorted other topics.
Erick the Architect explained how he got in touch with comic book artist David Nakayama, who designed the exceptionally ill cover art for 3001: A Laced Odyssey, and discussed how the Zombies approached their debut album differently than they would have a mixtape. "We approached this with intent to change and basically reestablish that we're psychedelic hip hop artists," he said. "Like we're new to the world, but we been doing this. It's not like that changed much, it's more like, we'll tell you again who we are and why we do this shit."
Erick went on to discuss his beatmaking process and why they kept production in house for the entirety of the album. "It was important for me to do the whole first album just because I've been producing for us this whole time, I didn't see why we had to go get somebody else. This is all me, baby! You don't need nobody else, that's how I feel," he told us."
The Zombies live together in a house on Brooklyn, and Meechy Darko shed some insight into the ways in which Flatbush Zombies work together in that environment. "Sometimes I don't want to see him make the whole beat," Meechy said of Erick. "Sometimes I just want to see the sample that he's cutting and come back five hours later. Depends. Sometimes it's good for a guy to make this shit alone and have no distractions, I'm farting and coughing in the background."
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DSCHWO | https://soundcloud.com/dschwo
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HNS is back! This week we bring you episode 2 of HotNewSneakers, a new sneaker show on HotNewHipHop. Each week, we feed the Sneakerheads with 3 segments: "Heat For Your Feet" where we give you a rapid fire break down the week's new sneaker releases; "Hot, New & Early" where we take a deeper dive into our favorite drop, and "#RockStockDrop" where we look at 3 kicks and tell you what we would rock everyday, stock and put on ice, and drop from the rotation.
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Take a look at how Kanye’s Yeezy line has evolved, from his time at Nike to Adidas.
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Blac Youngsta breaks down his Memphis come up, his collaboration "Hip Hopper" with Lil Yachty, shares the importance that Boosie's music has played in his life, as well as Yo Gotti's influence, discusses "I'm Innocent" and much more in the new episode of HNHH’s On The Come Up.
GROWING UP IN MEMPHIS: 0:23
EARLY RAP: 0:57
GROWING AS AN ARTIST: 1:40
CONNECTING THROUGH MUSIC: 2:27
VENUE TOUR: 3:07
BOOSIE: 4:01
GOTTI: 5:58
LIL YACHTY / HIP HOPPER: 7:13
RAP PERSONAS: 8:26
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YFN Lucci whet our appetites with his "Freda's Son" EP, but it's really about to go down tomorrow when his debut album "Ray Ray From Summerhill" hits. Leading up to the release, YFN popped by our NYC office where he showed his tricks to the Backwoods-rolling trade.
You know how it goes.
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Watch Trill Sammy show us how he rolls his blunts.
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Skooly has been killing it lately, with relaases like "Stylin" featuring Young Thug and "Flawless" getting us excited for his next full-length. The ATL native was in NYC and stopped by to show us how he rolls a Backwoods for the returning HNHH series.
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Not only is Rob $tone the smiliest rapper on the planet, people can't get enough of his debut single "Chill Bill" and he's about to go on tour with A$AP Ferg and Playboi Carti. Last month, the young San Diego rapper stopped by the HNHH office to give us a blunt-rolling tutorial.
"I feel like I couldn't maintain my life if I didn't smoke weed," $tone told us. These days he smokes exclusively Backwoods and he smiled with glee as he ripped open the Backwoods packaging and emptied out the guts. He talked us through his technique as he rolled up a fat one and mentioned that the first joint he ever rolled was with a sticky note. He has come a long way.
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Strange Music's CEO, Travis O'Guin, stopped by for HNHH's "The Plug" interview series to dive into his label's independent success, working with the TDE camp closely, of course his relationship with Tech N9ne and much more.
THE BEGINNING 0:15
STRANGE MUSIC 3:23
TECH N9NE 10:36
WHAT BUSINESS MODEL DID YOU FOLLOW 12:00
STRUGGLES COMING UP WITH TECH 15:42
STREAMING AND PIRACY 19:22
ARTISTS MOVING INDEPENDENT & TOP DAWG ENT 28:37
STRANGE MUSIC'S FUTURE 36:09
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