Posted By The Certified Genius For HipHopSince1987′s latest Behind The Beats video, they linked up with South Side (aka Sizzle) and TM88 of 808 Mafia as well as Metro Boomin to speak on production. With South Side handling most of the interview, he… read more


[New Video] Statik Selektah Reveals That Extended Play May Be His Last Compilation Album To Nodfactor
Posted By The Certified Genius While we wait for Statik Selektah‘s Extended Play album to drop on June 18th, Statik recently chopped it up with Nodfactor at the listening session for the album. Aside from discussing the overall vibe of… read more

[New Audio] Trev Rich Ft. Adam Duncan – “Red Cup Blues” (Produced by The Sharke)
Posted By The Certified Genius I was first introduced to Trev Rich and his music courtesy of the song “Dreams (Interlude)” that was featured as the eleventh track on Joe Budden‘s A Loose Quarter mixtape as well as his induction into… read more

[New Video] Jared Evan Speaks On The Creation Of His And Statik Selektah’s Boom Bap & Blues Album With Three/21 Media
Posted By The Certified Genius During a recent interview with Three/21 Media, Jared Evan was asked about his Statik Selektah produced album Boom Bap & Blues. Explaing everything from the inspiration to the cover art and the album title as well… read more

[New Event] DEMOS Documentary Screening @ PAX Miami On 6/22 Hosted By iStandard Producers Co-founder J Hatch
Posted By The Certified Genius iStandard‘s own co-founder J Hatch will be hosting the Miami screening of DEMOS, a documentary that centers around informative and inspirational advice provided by established artsits for those who are still on the… read more

[New Event] The Recording Academy Producers & Engineers Wing Presents LISTEN UP! @ Stadium Red On Wednesday 5/22
Posted By The Certified Genius The good people at the New York Chapter of The Recording Academy Producers & Engineers Wing have a very special and exclusive event that will be taking place this Wednesday (5/22) from… read more

[New Audio] Syler Ft. DJ JS-1 & Nitty Scott, MC – “Dusk Till Dawn” (Produced by Syler)
Posted By The Certified Genius Having been a fan of Nitty Scott, MC for a little while now, so needless to say I was intrigued to check this record out when I saw it in my inbox…. read more

[New Beat Tape] Tha Deviants – Love.On.A.Balcony (Trap Concerto No. 1)
Posted By The Certified Genius The Deviants have created a very intricate electronic, hip-hop and trap themed beat tape titled Love.On.A.Balcony (Trap Concerto No. 1). Having spent the past 2 months hard at work, The Deviants deliver on… read more

[New Video] Native Instruments Tokyo Launch Party With Jamie Jones, DJ Craze, KEIZOmachine!, Broken Haze And More
Posted By The Certified Genius Native Instruments (NI) rolled out the red carpet in Tokyo, Japan for a star-studded launch party at the nightclub known as Womb. In celebration of the brand new NI office in… read more

[New Interview] Dr. Dre And Jimmy Iovine Talk With West Coast Sound About Their USC Academy
Posted By The Certified Genius As reported by Nahright, Dr. Dre and Jimmy Iovine announced that they have provided the University of Southern California (USC) with $70 million in order to construct the Jimmy Iovine and Andre Young Academy for Arts, Technology… read more

[New Remix Tape] Nipsey Hussle – TMC: Keys To The City 2 (Produced by Djay Cas & ENG)
Posted By The Certified Genius Djay Cas is a producer that I’ve been following and a fan of since the mid 2000′s and over the years he has racked up credits for artists such as Snoop Dogg, Young… read more

[New Audio] HONEYCOMB & CHEATCODE – “The Payoff” (Produced by HONEYCOMB & CHEATCODE)
Posted By The Certified Genius You may remember CHEATCODE from his Nas, Aerosmith and Frank Sinatra “Street Dreams” remix that was posted on our blog this past February. Now CHEATCODE and HONEYCOMB have teamed up for their collaborative EDM and hip-hop influenced… read more
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