This week's Throwback Thursday sample is brought to you by Nas and the most sampled artist of all time, the Godfather of Soul himself, James Brown. Check it out and enjoy!
"The Boss" - James Brown
This week's Throwback Thursday sample is brought to you by Nas and the most sampled artist of all time, the Godfather of Soul himself, James Brown. Check it out and enjoy!
The City of Angeles was once again home to another HARD event in the summer. This past weekend, the Los Angeles State Historic Park in Downtown LA was home to the two-day HARD Summer festival. With four carefully programmed stages, the festival was able to showcase some of the hottest acts in dance music all at once. While Daily Beat wasn't there to take in any of the action, we are happy to have one of our favorite upcoming DJ/producers' live set online. Duke Dumont, the British producer who broke out with his single Need U (100%) feat. A*M*E, graced the Los Angeles stage right before Disclosure was about to come on, and boy did he tear it up. Featuring some of the hottest tunes in house, Duke was able to create a dynamic in his set while pleasing the LA crowd. Check out the mix below and the track listing posted by a fan on his SoundCloud. Enjoy!
Download: Duke Dumont - Live at Hard Summer / LA
Seven years ago, Nas released a record called Hip Hop Is Dead. Many hip-hop die-hards, including my colleague Reuben Friedman, hold the same opinion and I agree for the most part. However, with the recent mainstream success of Kendrick Lamar and Macklemore and the emergence of young bucks like Joey Bada$$, things seem to be looking up. To me, the state of hip-hop is like the U.S. economy: things aren’t that great right now, but they sure as hell are better than the way they were five years ago. But in order for hip-hop to reach that same level that it was 15-20 years ago, there are certain people who need to change their ways or just disappear all together. Now, if there’s one thing in this world that I absolutely hate with every ounce of my being, it’s ignorance. And as an African-American, nothing pisses me off more than grown-ass black men being ignorant, so this issue is one of personal importance for me.
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