Fathers of Rap, Volume Five: Jimmy Castor

Jimmy Castor passed away earlier today, leaving behind a musical legacy as immense as an iceberg. As Dr. King once said: "Seeing is not always believing." You've gotta dig deep to appreciate the magnitude of "It's Just Begun", an audible treat from 1972 that finds the funk/disco saxophonist letting loose with one of the illest [...]
Hip Hop Is Read |  Read More |  23 days ago.

Fathers of Rap, Volume Five: Jimmy Castor

Jimmy Castor passed away earlier today, leaving behind a musical legacy as immense as an iceberg. As Dr. King once said: "Seeing is not always believing." You've gotta dig deep to appreciate the magnitude of "It's Just Begun", an audible treat from 1972 that finds the funk/disco saxophonist letting loose with one of the illest [...]
Hip Hop Is Read |  Read More |  23 days ago.

Ed O.G & Da Bulldogs – “Love Comes & Goes”

Rest In Patrice...
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The Tape Deck ‘11: Volume #80 (R.I.P. Heavy D)

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They Reminisce Over You… Heavy D

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[News] Tracklisting Revealed To Yelawolf’s “Trunk Muzik 0-60″

The Interscope-backed sensation/Fader cover artist has "I Just Wanna Party," "Box Chevy" and "I Wish" on the album version of the mixtape.
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They Reminisce Over You… Solomon Burke

Oct 10th

Posted by Ivan over at Hip Hop Is Read

Solomon Burke(March 21, 1940 – October 10, 2010)
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Sample Set #39

Sep 27th

Posted by Ivan over at Hip Hop Is Read

Lack of updates here at Hip Hop Is Read are fully to blame due to my new-ish 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. work schedule. Yes, you read that correctly. I wanted to finish this sample set a couple of weeks ago in unison with Traffic Entertainment Group's impressive box set/deluxe re-issue of Pete Rock & [...]
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They Reminisce Over You… Melvin Bliss

Jul 26th

Posted by Ivan over at Hip Hop Is Read

BIG R.I.P. to a legend. Hip hop wouldn't be the same without Melvin Bliss' amazing breakbeat on "Synthetic Substitution." As a brief primer on the track's impact on hip hop and sampling, here's a collection of HHIR sample sets that feature "Synthetic Substitution":And there's PLENTY more where ^that^ came from...R.I.P. Melvin Bliss [...]
Hip Hop Is Read |  Read More |  1 year, 6 months ago.
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