Song Of The Day by Eric Berman – “Fight The Power” by Public Enemy This track is ground zero in all of hip hop and perhaps the most in your face rap single of all time! While Public Enemy are no doubt the most influential rap group of all time, they were also the most innovative with their sampling and dynamic backing tracks provided by brothers Hank and Keith Shocklee, also … [Read more...] about Song Of The Day by Eric Berman – “Fight The Power” by Public Enemy
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Song Of The Day – “Clique” by GOOD Music featuring Kanye West, Jay-Z and Big Sean
Kanye West is a mutha-fucken’ “G” – that’s not “G” as in Gangsta, by the way, that’s “G” as in GENIUS. Think what you may about Kanye’s antics, and he’s always full of surprises, but you can’t touch him when it comes to creating some of the greatest Hip Hop records…ever! Truth be told, the point Kanye was making at the Grammy Awards when he interrupted Taylor Swift was a valid … [Read more...] about Song Of The Day – “Clique” by GOOD Music featuring Kanye West, Jay-Z and Big Sean
Song Of The Day – “Around The Way Girl” by LL Cool J
“Don’t Call It A Comeback, I been here for years…,” so begins the title cut from the 4th album called Mama Said Knock You Out by James Todd Smith…aka Ladies Love Cool J…aka LL Cool J. And back in the day in my hood, the strains of LL could be heard emanating from booming systems regularly, as a steady stream of beaters passed by while me and my boyz sat on the stoop…OK, … [Read more...] about Song Of The Day – “Around The Way Girl” by LL Cool J
Song Of The Day by Eric Berman – “Block Rockin’ Beats” by The Chemical Brothers
Along with Fatboy Slim, The Crystal Method, Groove Armada, The Propellerheads and The Prodigy, The Chemical Brothers introduced the world to an influential dance oriented "Big Beat" music driven by heavy breakbeats in the early 1990s. The duo of Tom Rowlands and Ed Simons called themselves "The Dust Brothers" after the influential U.S. producers of early Beastie Boy records. … [Read more...] about Song Of The Day by Eric Berman – “Block Rockin’ Beats” by The Chemical Brothers
Song Of The Day by Eric Berman – “She’s Crafty” by Beastie Boys
Song Of The Day by Eric Berman - "She’s Crafty" by Beastie Boys From their not-so-humble beginnings as a truly awful Hard Core band who I had the privilege to see as an opening act at Big Audio Dynamite's first U.S. show at a club called “The World” in New York City in 1984...to the juvenile hardy partyers who opened for Madonna on her "Virgin" tour the following year riding … [Read more...] about Song Of The Day by Eric Berman – “She’s Crafty” by Beastie Boys