IllMuzik - Hip Hop Production & Beat Making

Stranga The Great Is Tearing Up NC With His Lyrical Skills

Coming up a product of the 1980's, Stranga The Great saw his earliest Hip Hop influences from being around pioneers such as Luv Bug Starski, Jam Master Jay and Kurtis Blow in Harlem, New York.

Miami Native Tia Michelle Sets The Mood With Her Soulful Voice

Tia Michelle is an enticingly elective new blend of Neo-Soul and R&B. The 27 year old Miami, Florida native brings a voluptuous yet simplistically beautiful voice and sound into the w...

In The Studio: Should You Get Rid Of Your Stuff?

When talking about minimalism, the subject of "stuff" is quickly brought to the forefront of the conversation because let's face it - most of us have way too much stuff. By stuff I mean, ...

I'm A Beat Making Minimalist

Minimalism is usually looked at as a lifestyle where a person has a mattress on the floor, a small table with a book, and a jar of mustard in the fridge.... or that could be poverty.

Tactik Releases His "Shades Of Time" LP & Hits His Target

Tactik has been making beats for years, and even though he's been tested many times during various Beat This! Competitions, he has stood above the rest - with 6 wins. Tactik has always br...

Ollie Hoops & Autonomous Team Up To Form The Rhyme Regime Label

Ollie Hoops and Atonomous are both young in age and in the Hip Hop game, but that hasn't stopped them from teaming up to form their own record label, Rhyme Regime. Being heavily influence...

Marley Marl Recreates "Make The Music With Your Mouth, Biz"

The MPC Renaissance is at the forefront once again, as legendary Marley Marl blesses us with another recreation of a classic track. This time it's Biz Markie's, "Make The Music With Your ...

Brooklyn's Tamara Bubble Is A Natural Performer

Tamara Bubble has played live performances at the Apollo Theatre and the Williamsburg music festival. Her strong stage presence always leaves the crowd in tears because she commands attention with her raw vo...

Learn How To Use A Compressor

With the vast amount of plug-ins available for us to use in our recordings, compression is often overlooked and taken for granted. Most Hip Hop producers will compress their drums somewha...

5 Reasons Why You Should Totally Make Beats

After my previous article, I gave a rundown of why you should never make beats and that it can actually result in broken bones and/or death. For those of you that were too scared by the a...

Budgeting For Your Next Purchase

In 2013, everyone is hurting financially (unless you're a Powerball winner, and if you are then why are you reading this? You should be on a tropical island sipping fancy drinks), and whe...

North Carolina's Breeze Breaking Through With ARE & Warner Bros

Breeze was born February 1986, and is the father of two children. Ever since the age of 11 he has been DJing, writing, and engineering music. At the age of 16 he was signed to R.I.P. LLC ...

Emile Haynie Sampling Vinyl & Making Beats

In this video, Emile Haynie, who has done work with Kanye West, Eminem, and many more artists, shows us how he gets inspired to make a track. He's always getting new vinyl to either sampl...

Should the E-MU SP-1200 Make A Comeback?

I'll bet that when you first read the title of this article, you had to do a double-take and ask yourself if you really just read what you read. Yes, I'm asking you if you think the E-MU ...

Durag Dynasty's "360 Waves" Hits Hard With Tight Production

Full disclosure, Alchemist can do no wrong in my eyes. That said, 360 Waves by the super group Durag Dynasty comprised of the aforementioned Chemist, Planet Asia, Killer Ben and Tri-state...

Why Teaming Up With Other Producers Is A Good Thing

As music producers, we tend to spend a lot of time alone making beats, mixing, or just coming up with ideas for our next creation. We also spend a lot of time digging for records and shop...

Improve Your Drums With Sounds From KicksAndSnares

Every Hip Hop producer needs drums. It's a given - if you're making beats or producing the next big hit, you will need drums, and dope ones at that. Enter KicksAndSnares.com.

6 Tips That Any Beat Maker Can Use With Social Media

Do you make beats? Do you love what you do? Then I'm assuming you want to get the word out to the masses that you're on the scene and you have music that you want people to hear. Am I rig...

Why Are Basslines So Difficult? Learn A Simple Method

Within Rap music, drums have always been at the forefront for both producers and fans of the genre. Everyone knows that without a solid drum track, a Rap song will not hold as much weight...

Take A Trip Through J Dilla's Vinyl Collection

In this video from Crate Diggers, they take us on a journey where we learn about J Dilla's countless hits and of course, his vinyl collection.

The Loop Loft Introduces Kontakt 5 Slice Machine 002

The Loop Loft has now introduced Slice Machine 002 // Loop Loft Beats, which is a custom beat slicing machine for Kontakt 5, which includes 225 drum breaks.

5 Reasons Why You Should Never Make Beats

Making beats seems to be very popular nowadays and with good reason. There are plenty of beat makers out there that are looking to make that next big hit that could possibly land them luc...

Beat Making Lab Visits The Congo

Professor Pierce Freelon and Apple Juice Kid are collaborating by going all over the world and helping the youth in different countries make beats.

Poshe The First Lady Is Holding It Down In Atlanta

Poshe The First Lady is one of the most exciting independent artists on the scene. Hailing out of Atlanta, GA, she is quickly being recognized on the highly competitive music scene.

Marley Marl Recreates MC Shan's "The Bridge" With The MPC Renaissance

Marley Marl takes us through another journey by recreating the classic "The Bridge" with MC Shan. Once again, he uses the MPC Renaissance to show you how it's done.