VIDEO: Bad Boy Hitman NYSHIEM MYRICK is the ILLEST!

Nyshiem Myrick was recently interviewed by Grind Music Radio where he reveals his outstanding catalog of classic hip hop, behind the scenes with Notorious B.I.G. and going from "pause" tapes to producing "Who Shot Ya?". Originally posted at CRATEKINGS

Nashiem's first beat was "who Shot ya" from Sean Cane on Vimeo.

Nashiem talks the Commission and T.O.N.Y. from Sean Cane on Vimeo.

Nashiem's Production Influences and Top 5 Prod from Sean Cane on Vimeo.

VIDEO: NAS Interview With CNN About His Open Letter To The Youth

Nas speaks with CNN reporter Don Lemon about his open letter to the youth after the senseless death of 16 year old Derrion Albert in Chicago last week.

VIDEO: THE ZRO HOUR: Interview with THE BEAT KANGZ and Preview of THE BEAT THANG Sampling Drum Machine

THE ZRO HOUR: Interview with THE BEAT KANGZ and Preview of THE BEAT THANG Sampling Drum Machine from EDAYE on Vimeo.

When beatboxer Chesney Snow told me about a drum machine he was working on (Chesney provided human beat box sounds for the drum machine) with Tennessee production crew THE BEAT KANGZ, I combed the net for more info as I picked their brain. I had posted a couple of articles on THE BEAT THANG- synthesizer, sampler, sequencer- and connected with their publicist for the interview above. It was suggested that we do it through Skype, which was a great idea. It was my first time using Skype and though I had a bit of technical difficulties during set up, I was able to record our great conversation about THE BEAT THANG, the desktop version THE BEAT THANG VIRTUAL and the iphone app THE PLAYA THANG! Below are demo videos of THE BEAT THANG and THE BEAT THANG VIRTUAL.





For more info: http://www.beatkangz.com/

VIDEO: THE ZRO HOUR: Lost Tapes- Interview with Bobbito Garcia aka Cool Bob Love

THE ZRO HOUR: Lost Tapes- Interview with Bobbito Garcia aka Cool Bob Love from EDAYE on Vimeo.

Last year I had the honor to interview former radio host and DJ, Bobbito Garcia, about his career and impact in hip hop, basketball and multimedia. We spoke about the 10th anniversary of the final broadcast of The Stretch Armstrong & Bobbito radio show and his role in breaking many legendary hip hop artists through the 90's. Snippets of the audio portion of this interview is featured on the current promo CD "THE ZRO HOUR: Respect The Architects Vol.1". The video tape was misplaced and thought to be missing or destroyed but recently turned up! Enjoy this special interview with one of my personal influences in hip hop..

THE ZRO HOUR: Interview with TASH (Tha Alkaholiks) On His New Solo Album "CONTROL FREEK"

Catastrophe aka TASH from the Likwit crew returns after a decade with a new solo album, "Control Freek" on Amalgam Digital. Tash dropped his first solo LP, "Rap Life" 10 years ago and returns to bring his brand of lyricism to the party. "Control Freek" dropped today and I spoke with Tash about this new project. Tash sounds excited about the new venture with Amalgam Digital and speaks on bringing the fun back to hip hop-

Edaye-
We are about to begin the next phase in the "Rap Life" of Tash aka Catastrophe, founding member of The Alkaholiks. What's good?

Tash-
Everything is great, just chillin' homie

Edaye-
We are approaching the release of your second solo album, "Control Freek" on Amalgam Digital. Your first solo album, "Rap Life" was very tight and laced with some ill lyrics. I felt the album was under-appreciated and slept on and possibly did not receive the push that it needed at the time.

Tash-
Homie I am chillin'! The fans like,"why you ain't getting this and that Tash, they not giving you props..", but everywhere I go I have a ball with life and everything. I wouldn't change one thing about Tash homeboy . We having fun with it, you know what I'm saying?



Edaye-
Nah man, I definitely understand that. I mean its slept on in the sense that the true heads sometimes get misdirected by what's on the radio too much. They don't seek out things the way they should. A lot of times we get our hip hop through a filter in the past and even more now. The real heads, they gotta seek it out. Even now, with your new relationship with Amalgam Digital, that's a big deal. I really respect the label. I respect what they're doing. I saw the roster of who they're bringing through and when I saw that they were working with you, I said "OK, this is what I'm talking about". They are about the real genuine artists. Everything ain't all that pop flavor. We need a return to some lyricism.

Tash-
That's why I'm over there. I'm a player on the team and everything. I don't know if I'm the running back or wide receiver but I'm on the team. So I'm a go hard.

Edaye-
I love that. What kind of guests you have on the album?

Tash-
Basically what I did with this album, I tried to keep it straight up and down friends and family. I did songs with everybody out there and I wanted to do songs with people that I never did songs with before. It's really not too much, I wanted to take it to the next. I got songs with B-Real from Cypress Hill. I recorded a lot of songs with B-Real. People loving the "How High Can You Get" song. I got Khujo from the G.O.O.D.I.E. M.O.B., that's my homeboy. When we went to Atlanta, and we was in the studio, I was sleeping on the couch and everything. Why would I put on somebody that ain't my homeboy? I got Del The Funky Homosapien from the Heiroglyphics click, Knocturnal, my homies J-Ro from Tha Alkaholiks and King Tee. I even got Obama on it!

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Edaye-
You got Obama? Wait a minute...(laughter)?

Tash-
Obama trying to get some weed and everything...

Edaye-
Its like a part two to that Bill Clinton, huh? That's my joint right there. (laughing) I love that Bill Clinton joint. I was like dude got Bill Clinton on the album for real! (laughing)..

Tash-
Yessir! (laughing)

Edaye-
E-Swift executive producing?

Tash-
Yeah, me Jenifer Burbank and E-Swift are executive producing. E-Swift, that's my cousin and everything..Everybody on my album is a homie of mine. They stay in the guest room, kids running around, shoot hoops together...

Edaye-
That's how it used to be anyway when people were doing albums. But nowadays dudes are not in the same room no more, they in different studios, you getting features just to get some extra play. Or you getting the hottest dude on just to get some sales. I can always tell when dudes are phoning in their lyrics, or you pass a session file to somebody else. But when you are in the same environment together, everybody steps their level up. The vibe is right, know what I'm sayin'?

Tash-
That's how it is right there! My homie J-Ro moved to Sweden and we was doing that shit. Emailing beats and he would send some raps back. We weren't on the same vibe. I'm not downing myself but it ain't my greatest work (note: Tash's first solo LP, "Rap Life") because I didn't know what page everybody was on. This one right here we was just having fun. I freestyle half the album. Sometimes I'm in a rush and I want them to just play the beat and let me come up with something. Every time I bust a punch line, I start laughing in the booth. I don't know what I just said! (laughing). Ol Dirty taught me that style.

Edaye-
That's the number one thing that is missing sometimes is that spontaneity. You're having that natural vibe..that natural feeling. That's what you are known for. The punch lines, the party tracks.

Tash-
I don't do nothing unless I want to do it. If I was at Burger King, working at McDonald's or something like that, I would still be rapping. Its my passion of mine I love it. Its not really a job to me. The best jobs in the world are the ones that you would do anyway if you didn't have to do it. I been rapping since I was a kid. Before the Amalgam deal I would make songs at different studios just to see if I still got it. I wanted to bring a different vibe to this project on Amalgam Digital. Its all fun. You don't hear no shoot em up-bang bang. Or how much dope I sold.

Edaye-
Exactly. We hear enough of that. And no beef. I don't even mess around with the beef thing on my site. I always tell the artists, I don't want to hear about no beef, rumors. I want to talk about the music. later for all that exterior stuff.

Tash-
Right.

Edaye-
Gotta check out that "Control Freek" on Amalgam Digital.

Tash-
The single, "New Bikini", I dropped that single first because its a summertime song. Summertime we throwing everybody into the pool. I want everybody to cop that from Amalgam Digital. Its only 89 cents for the single. I hope the recession ain't that bad that you don't have 89 cents.

Edaye-
Man, they charging a buck and a quarter for a dutch in N.Y. so you can spend 89 cents and cop that "New Bikini" joint!

Tash-
(Laughing) A buck and a quarter for one blunt? Man they tripping' out there (laughing)
Support Tash and support this show I'm on right now and let's get it in!!

Edaye-
Word cop that "Control Freek" on Amalgam Digital out today!

VIDEO: GRAND PUBA Speaks on His Fourth Solo Album "RETRO-ACTIVE"

VIDEO: GRAND PUBA Speaks on His Fourth Solo Album "RETRO-ACTIVE" from EDAYE on Vimeo.

I was able to speak with Grand Puba for a few minutes during his listening session at Frank's Chop Shop in NYC for his new album "RETRO-ACTIVE". We build on his early contributions and his reasons for wanting to drop new music again after several years away from the scene. Puba's album, "RETRO-ACTIVE" is out today, June 23rd, on Frank Radio/Babygrande records. It features appearances by Sadat X, Rell. Lord Jamar, Kid Capri, Q-Tip, Talee, Sarah Martinez, Khadija Mohammed, Big Phil and Tiffani Davis. Production is largely handled by PHD & Grand Puba with tracks by Large Professor and Q-Tip respectively. Grand Puba laces the CD with his tested formula- party tracks, punch lines & wisdom. Stand out tracks include the first single, "This Joint Right Here" w/Kid Capri, "How Long?", "It Is What It Is" and "I See Dead People" w/Rell & Lord Jamar.

VIDEO: WU-TANG's U-GOD Speaks On His New Album "DOPIUM"

THE ZRO HOUR: Interview with WU-TANG's U-GOD from EDAYE on Vimeo.

I caught up with Wu-Tang's U-GOD and spoke with him about his solo career and his new album "DOPIUM", dropping June 23rd on Frank Radio/Babygrande Records. "DOPIUM" features appearances by Ghostface, Cappadonna, Gza, Raekwon, Method Man, Large Professor, Killah Priest, Jim Jones, Scotty Wotty, Sheek Louch and Mike Ladd. U-God sounds refreshed and ready for the current musical sound scape. Many will be surprised by the production choices and diverse sounds on "DOPIUM" as it appears that U-God is on a mission to widen his audience.

VIDEO: THE ZRO HOUR: RETURN TO ZERO-Interview w/PRI THE HONEY DARK & BIG TARA (ANOMOLIES CREW)

THE ZRO HOUR: RETURN TO ZERO-Interview w/PRI THE HONEY DARK & BIG TARA (ANOMOLIES CREW) from EDAYE on Vimeo.

PRI THE HONEY DARK & BIG TARA of the all female ANOMOLIES Crew drops in at THE ZRO HOUR to speak on her life in hip hop and being a female artist/producer in a male dominated arena. Pri laces us with a freestyle later in the interview. Go to WWW.RETURNTOZRO.COM to see all the videos from our 5th anniversary release. Stay tuned for the ETERNIA & CHESNEY SNOW clip later this week!