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If you haven’t had the chance to witness Exile live on an MPC, you probably need to readjust your priorities.  I’ve had the pleasure seeing him rock three times over– once at Red Bull‘s Big Tune 2009 with Black Milk, an intimate production workshop, and once at The Solution with Dj Day.   The manner that [...]

You know what the summer of 2010 has been severely lacking?  A solid, well-constructed anthem.  Leave it to one of my favorite producers, Exile, to come correct with a super dope remix for summer. Exile‘s album, Radio, will be re-released as AM/FM at the end of the month. Check out Exile :: Your Summer Song [...]

Aloe Blacc is one of the most slept on, underrated independent artists around.  Shine Through, his first studio release has been in semi-constant rotation on the iPod since it dropped in 2006 (not to mention a few releases with Exile, together known as Emanon).  I truly cannot express how geeked out I get over this [...]

I feel like ‘best of’ lists are a bit overrated – everyone ends up putting on their bad ass hats and bitching about the placement of the exact same 10 albums within the list.  Instead of boring you all with a bunch of diatribe and bullshit, I’d rather show you exactly what has been keeping [...]

The day has finally arrived.  I’m geeked.  No, scratch that – beyond geeked – to check out Fashawn‘s debut album, which dropped today.  Check out Exile speaking about the album via YouTube before you go pick that shit up. Be sure to download The Beehive‘s compilation of Fashawn‘s best mixtape tracks, 21 to Grow On [...]

A week or so ago, I was worn out from my music selection.  Nothing sounded good.  I didn’t want to listen to anything.  I tried to finally sit through the new Raekwon album and made it about 4 tracks in before I got bored.  It’s musical apathy at it’s finest.  Then, I remembered Blu & [...]

  Is it time for Fashawn to drop Boy Meets World yet?  Seriously, this has been one album that my ears have been dying to hear.  I’ve been feeling this song ever since I heard the first bar. The video above features a live performance from Fashawn & Exile at HHO.  His debut is scheduled [...]

What can I say?  I have damn good taste in music, although I am rather surprised to see Drake on the top of the list as he hasn’t released anything new in a few months.  I think this is the first year ever that another artist has consistently knocked Jay out of the most listened [...]

I’m a huge fan of both Blu and my favorite counterpart of his, Exile (who I had the pleasure of meeting during 2009′s Red Bull Big Tune).  Check out a few minutes of live footage from the festival, which is held annually in Bohemia, Czech Republic.

My homeboy Dj Low Key put me up on the Red Bull Big Tune producer competition awhile back.  Started in 2004 by Vitamin D and Jonathan Moore and inspired by dancehall culture, Red Bull Big Tune offers producers around the country to network, build, and compete to find out who’s beats are the best.  Local [...]