A small cog in the music factory. Active since 95. Quality archival products. consultant for labels. Grammy Nominated. Bay Arean New Yorker stuck in Portland.
Universal Rhythms
Joined June 2009
- Tweets3.6K
- Following331
- Followers1.9K
- Likes6.6K
Pinned Tweet
Eyedlmode - Fogville.
1995 cassette-only underground hip-hop release, lost to time until now.
Remastered for vinyl, cassette and CD, with never before seen photography and liner notes by @humthrush.
“kinda like if De La grew up in the Haight-Ashbury”
shipping this fall.
one of the mad at everything old heads I know is ranting about the Flava In Ya Ear sample post. I’m sorry but that shit is undeniably cool as hell. like how can you be a fan of this shit and not bug out. foh
WOW
Craig Mack’s Mystery “Flava in Ya Ear” Sample Revealed After More Than 30 Years
The Easy Mo Bee-produced track helped popularize remixes in hip-hop and launch Bad Boy Records.
vibe.com/music/music-news/cr…
3
10
2,056
The Key Chain retweeted
Rest In Peace to Young L, the Berkeley-born producer and founding member of Bay Area rap group The Pack, best known for their breakout hit “Vans” 💔🕊️
similarly, George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley wrote Careless Whisper 3 years before it was released. They had the demo they would chase for the final version while recording their debut, and it didn't make the album. Only after numerous re-recordings did they decide it was ready.
If you ever feel discouraged in your music journey I want you to know Sade went to a bunch of labels with the same version of Smooth Operator you hear today and she was told no by everyone. None of these idiots know what they are talkin about
1
119
The Key Chain retweeted
Robbie Williams defends Olivia Rodrigo after she was accused of copying his song “Candy” with “take me home (4 christmas)”:
“Artists deserve to be protected. But there’s a difference between protecting your work and treating every vaguely familiar sequence of notes as a winning lottery ticket. It sounds to me as though she may have accidentally stumbled across a musical echo of mine in one of her new songs. And do you know what? I couldn’t care less. I don’t know whether there’s technically a publishing issue, a copyright issue, or no issue whatsoever. And I don’t want to know. I’m not going after her. Because I think at some point, some f**king sanity has to prevail […] We all stand on the shoulders of people who came before us. Sometimes consciously. Sometimes without even knowing it. That’s how music works. If we keep punishing people for accidentally arriving somewhere somebody else has already been, eventually we’re going to frighten the creativity out of everyone.”
I’m feeling a little delulu about the warriors at the moment but in no way am I as delulu as Lakers fans seem to be right now
2
126
The Key Chain retweeted
Angie Stone was only on the billboard hot 100 ONCE
Gerald Levert only hit hot 100 four times
Nobody who knows Black music would consider them minor artists
“although he’s on to another chapter/Heavy D gave this beat to Salaam for me to rap to”
youtu.be/wWYZ2ZqZY8k?si=CldP…
tbf sampling technology wasn’t quite there yet. but his first records were in the disco era and he didn’t do replays. then he consciously decided to use synths and drum machines on Run DMC’s debut. single-handedly changed the entire sound of rap music
