Beat Kings - The History of Hip-Hop [Part 3]

Beat Kings - The History of Hip-Hop [Part 2]

Beat Kings - The History of Hip-Hop [Part 1]

Ski Beatz - The Making of "Dead Presidents" by Jay-Z

Ski Beatz giving a little insight on how he produced "Dead Presidents" for Jay Z back in the mid 90's! 

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Youtube Link

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RY8EIoMelFc

Mixing Vocals in Adobe Audition [Extended Version]

This tutorial on how to make your vocals reach that "sweet spot" in Adobe Audition.. Shows you how to clean up the dead spots and how to apply compression and simple little tools to help your producer/engineering ear become that much better!

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Youtube Link

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4px2QmwbLY

Chopping and Sampling on Logic with Just Blaze!! [Video Below]

Productions tips from award winning producer/DJ, Just Blaze.. Check out his methods and try to apply them to your productions on Logic! 

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Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows Part 1 [AWESOME MOVIE!!]

If you haven't seen this movie yet it IS A MUST SEE! The best Harry Potter movie out so far.. It has a lot of cliff hanging parts and parts that will leave you peeing just a little. Anyway if you haven't seen the movie yet, check out the trailer below! I assure you the trailer is as intensive as the first part of "Deathly Hallows" is!

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Advice for all Striving Producers! (MUST HAVE INFO!)

Class in Session... (Poem by BlaqcRain)

 Visions of me trying to steer clear of all the ego trippin/

Making my dreams come true as a reality is what I envisioned/ 

But in the process I have found another reason for living/

Because, we haven't taught our future about the past and what lies in its path/

Babies having babies while trying to finish middle school's little task/

Where, the topic of discussion is whether or not "so and so" is talking trash/

Maybe contemplating if they should knuckle up and whoop they ass/

But can you blame them? They are only projecting what they have seen thru the glass/

Their own eyes have witness everything from child birth to the casket/

Their friends die younger and their enemies grow stronger to make this world last shorter/

Homosexuality is "okay", as long as its 2 sexy women kissing on the corner or two guys talking about decorum/

The people who should care are to worried about 2015 and how to make a DeLoran/

But if they went into the future they would see it doesn't exist/

The government is to busy selling pipes dreams to they own people and giving free education to foreigners/

But no child left behind as long as they aren't the last souls in line/

Then they wonder why the poverty line dropped and everybody is standing in a line/

Most of you don't realize our future is in our present/

So, if you dont do something and act this second then, when the times comes there wont be a lesson...The future will already be in session...

- BlaqcRain -

 

Learn how to Apply Reverse Reverb in your Digital Work Station!

Learn how to apply a reverse reverb to vocals or anything that you might be doing.. Im sure that you have heard the effect before just didnt know how it was done! 

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Making Beats out of Cartoons! Lets Go!!

Massillon Rapper Gives back to Boys & Girls Club

Where Cyrus Harper comes from, family takes care of family. And the way he sees it, this whole town is his family.

Tuesday evening, Harper and his friends loaded dozens of turkeys into the backs of their vehicles and took them to the Boys and Girls Club for children whose families need a little extra help this holiday season.

“I grew up there,” Harper said, “I came from that environment. I wanted to give back to the place that I came from.”

Harper, a 2004 graduate of Washington High School, calls the Boys and Girls Club a part of his extended family. Growing up in Massillon, the club and the community supported him and his family when they needed it most. Now, it’s his turn to give back to the people who supported his biggest dreams. And what better time to do that than at Thanksgiving.

“Thanksgiving is important because it’s about family,” Harper said. “It’s important for a family to come together as one.”

Some families in Massillon won’t get that chance because they can’t afford the turkey and all its trimmings.

To make sure that every member of his extended Boys and Girls Club family got to celebrate a happy Thanksgiving, Harper collected donations of money and canned goods. The money was used to buy turkeys which, along with the canned goods, were donated to the Boys and Girls Club on Tuesday.

“Any time you can use your talent or anything that you have to make a change, that’s good,” Harper said. “It starts with a thought. I am a living testament that if you have a thought and the drive to help people you can make a difference.”

Harper, who raps as artist Cy-Harp, held a special benefit concert with fellow artists Da Kreek. The money from the show went toward the purchase of the Thanksgiving turkeys.

“I didn’t care if I helped one person or 50,” Harper said. “It’s the thought that matters.”

In the end, Harper and his friends were able to help 91 families.

“Every year, just as all over town, someone is looking for a turkey or a meal,” Massillon Boys and Girls Club Associate Executive Director Steve Pedro said. “It sounds like a small gesture, giving someone a turkey, but for the family that gets it, that is Thanksgiving dinner.

“I am proud of him,” Pedro added. “He genuinely wants to help people. … On Thanksgiving Day, there will be a lot of smiling faces because of what he has done.”

Harper said he didn’t think twice about making that kind of difference in his community. The way he sees it, he’s just helping his family – a big, extended family he will call his own for a very long time.

“The Boys and Girls Club,” Harper said, “they gave me a membership that says ‘lifetime.’”

Copyright 2010 The Independent. Some rights reserved

 http://www.indeonline.com/newsnow/x1615412203/Massillon-rapper-gives-back-to-Boys-Girls-Club-family 

How to Sample in Propellerhead Reason!

I thought it would be a good idea to show you guys what type of program I use to make my beats!

Anybody who uses Reason or is looking to use this program.. Here is a little tutorial on how to sample in Propellerhead Reason and ReCycle.

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Boonie Mayfield - A Simple Way to Play Drumkits on the Keyboard

Boonie Mayfield is back with "A Simple Way To Play Drumkits on the Keyboard" 

Check this video.. he shows a different way to setup your drum kits and different rhythms and tricks to your production progress!

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Club Starter [prod. by BlaqcRain] (November Beat of the Month)

New Beat of the Month of November!!

 New beat called: "Club Starter [prod. by BlaqcRain]"

  http://soundcloud.com/blaqcrain/club-starter-prod-by-blaqcrain

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   Club Starter - [prod. by BlaqcRain] by BlaqcRain