Where are not going to lie. This is really all we know. He goes by Near, he rolls with the Wall Krush Crew (WKC), and he’s real nice with the cans. Oh yeah, and he’s from Holland.
Throughout the 1970’s, hip-hop culture was just beginning to change the world. Afrika Bambaataa, who out of respect has been acknowledged as the "grandfather", "godfather" and "father" of the electro-funk sound, has played his part in what became a world-wide movement. Coming out of the streets,
searching for something positive in his life to share with the world, Bambaataa reached out to the people through music and by founding a community organization known as the Universal Zulu Nation. His music has influenced everyone from Kraftwerk to Rage Against the Machine.
To celebrate the release of E-40’s 14th studio album The Ball Street Journal on November 25th, LOUD.com and Warner Bros. Records are proud to present Retwittered: The Break Ya Ankles Remix Contest. LOUD.com and Warner Bros. urge all budding producers and E-40 fans to submit their best remix of the hit song “Break Ya Ankles” to LOUD.com. E-40 will personally choose one winner, who will fly to The Bay Area to meet with the legendary hip-hop star and his son Droop-E in the studio. In addition, the winner will broadcast live backstage at an E-40 show using a Nokia Kyte phone. The second place winner will receive the complete Rane Serato Scratch Live set-up, which bridges the worlds of vinyl and digital audio files and while the third place winner will receive a copy of Ableton Live 7 LE, which provides musicians an intuitive interface and professional features for recording, songwriting, remixing, and DJ’ing.
After the staggering dig-in-the-crates that was Dave Clarke’s Back In The Box, the legendary DJ Sneak gets his hands dirty delivering his mix for the prestigious series from leading UK house label, NRK.
Having somewhat of a renaissance of late due to an infamous back-to-back session with Ricardo Villalobos, Sneak aka Carlos Sosa has a history of continually staying ahead of trends and making house and techno that really matters. This makes him the perfect Back In The Box candidate, where unearthed gems and anthems from days gone by are delivered with a fresh outlook.
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Mayer Hawthorne & The County
Mayer Hawthorne grew up in Ann Arbor, Michigan, just outside Detroit. We are pretty sure who he really is but we’re not going to say anything. Hawthorne has been playing instruments and producing music most of his life, but supposedly never expected to grow up to be a singer.
Recently Stones Throw Records heard just two recordings and decided to sign Mayer Hawthorne & The County (formerly the County Commissioners) and release a couple golden tracks on vinyl. We just wanted to give you a little taste of something different…something that brings out fond memories of love and passion in music that has only been referred to as something from the past. If you just kick back, you can visualize yourself listening to this shit in your 1972 Cadillac.
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