Masta Killa Speaks On Ol’ Dirty Bastard [Video]

Get Masta Killa’s new LP “Selling My Soul” here, if you haven’t already. Masta Killa included the ODB tribute “Dirty Soul” on his new album “Selling My Soul“, and it’s obvious that his fallen Wu-Tang brother remains in this thoughts. In this interview, Killa recalls Dirty’s final music video shoot, for Killa’s RZA-produced classic “Old Man”. Previously: Masta Killa Speaks On Early Days Of Wu-Tang [Video]

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Bling47 Breaks Dilla Edition: House Shoes – Purple [Video]

Bling47 takes you on a journey into samples used by Dilla. Filmed, edited and animated and directed by Waajeed. Had a look though the videos we shot with Houseshoes a couple months back. I had to post this one! Record and beat is too crazy to pass up.Our time is winding down to our final episodes in February. Enjoy! – Jeedo Previously: Bling47 Breaks Dilla Edition: Rich Medina – Fuck The Police [Video]

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The Art Of Storytelling: Mistah F.A.B.’s “I Found My Backpack” Series [Video]

A lot of music listeners who know Mistah F.A.B. have put him into a box. They know him from the Hyphy movement and when that died down, some felt he did too. Quite the contrary, this made F.A.B. work harder to establish being a versatile artist and also return to his roots. This is where his I Found My Backpack series came from. In the latest edition of SD’s The Art Of Storytelling, the Bay Area native discusses what lead to the series, feeling that the second volume could’ve been even bigger, why he’s ending with the forthcoming third installment (sub-titled The Last Bag) and more. In the vast world of music, there’s an endless amount of stories floating around the creative process. A lot of these tales don’t actually get told to the general public, instead they remain in the mind of the artists who’ve crafted these records and the people around them. The big singles and worthy collaborations always end up getting explanations explained but what about everything that makes up the heart of an album in between? That one deep song, what inspired it? Many questions arise and thus, The Art Of Storytelling was born. This series is meant to breakdown the creations of particular records and projects that have never been explained before in-depth.

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