Sean Price talks about the irony of his career starting to pick up when he stopped caring about it. Also discusses the recently released Random Axe project.

Here’s a nice little documentary on MPC wizard araabMuzik. Features some day in the life footage with the producer and a very ill light installation performance at the end.

Synopsis:

In December of 2010 Burn Energy Drink (A Coca-Cola Brand) put out a call for treatment submissions for a series of web films they were commissioning. Having recently worked with the young producer/MPC (Music Production Center) savant Araabmuzik, Director Alec Sutherland was inspired to create an installation that could be a real time, visual articulation of Araab’s actions on the MPC. The treatment for this idea was submitted and selected by Burn.

With a modest amount of money, Alec and his crew set forth to build a light setup that would converse instantly with Araab’s MPC. After a week of troubleshooting an array of computer software, DMX controllers, Midi converters, dimmer pads, electrical latency, power conversions, finally a pad on the MPC was pushed simultaneously lighting a single LED strip. 16 LED lights were custom wired and fabricated.

The shoot lasted two-days: the first spent documenting Araab in everyday situations accompanied by audio excerpts from a candid interview. The second was spent at Broadway Stages in Greenpoint Brooklyn, building the light setup and finally, recording Araab’s performance.

What you see of the performance is about three and half minutes of excerpts, taken from a nine minute set. Each set was shot on 4 cameras to enable a live, real time edit of Araab’s performance. The 16 lights are triggered exclusively by Araab’s actions on the MPC, the result being a precise visual translation of the music he’s creating.

This film has been completed for months but we were unable to release it do to Burn’s brand repositioning. Recently, they gave us a choice: release the film now on your own, or wait until August when Burn/Coca-Cola will put their corporate weight behind it. We have decided to release it now because we would like people to see it as something other than an advertisement. Thank you and we hope you enjoy.

Previoulsy: araabMUZIK Re-Does “H.A.M.”

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A new mixtape from Freddie Foxxx. Run your milk money rap.

Tracklist and link below.

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Kendrick Lamar catches up with Karmaloop TV at a signing with Society Original Products in Boston to discuss #Section80, what it would take to have him sign to a major, HiiiPower, working with Dr. Dre and more.

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Out tomorrow on iTunes.

1. Dom’s Prayer (Prod. by K Roosevelt)
2. Grind’n (Prod. by Cardo)
3. When I come Around (Prod. by Unknown)
4. Come Over (Prod. by The Futuristiks)
5. She Ain’t In Love (Prod. by The Futuristiks)
6. Money Don’t Stop (Prod. by Chromatix)
7. O.P.M. (Prod. by Drewbyrd & Polyester)
8. Platinum Chanel (Prod. by Nick Cage)
9. I Love Dom (Prod. by Cardo)
10. The Ways (Prod. by THC)
11. Mr Champagne Intermission feat. Polyester (Prod. by Swiff D)
12. Ice Cream Truck (Prod. by K Roosevelt)
13. New Jeeps feat. Asher Roth & Mikey Rocks (Prod. by Chuck Inglish)
14. 2MPH feat. Big K.R.I.T (Prod. by The Futuristiks)
15. Beats, Hoes and Rhymes feat. Casey Veggies & Schoolboy Q (Prod. by Champagne Click)
16. Dream to Me (Prod. by Scoop Deville)
17. Graduate (Prod. by HellagooD)

Presented by FreeOnSMASH

Track list and download link after the jump.

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Mos closes out the Fort Greene Festival in Brooklyn this past weekend with “Brooklyn Go Hard” and “Super Magic”.

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New Troy Ave featuring Bandana P off the upcoming Bricks In My Backpack 2: Powder To The People. This kid got grams too if ya’ll need ‘em.

Download: Link

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Jakk’s remake of Jeru Tha Damaja’s “Dirty Rotten Scoundrels” off Throwback Jakk Vol. 2.

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