Hi! I'm Lee. Welcome to my blog. Here we talk music: news, reviews, interviews, tips, tutorials and more. I'm also working on the upcoming podcast Influenced as a guest, writer and researcher alongside music aficionado Mark Williams and friends. Watch this space! I have been a lover of music for as long as I can remember, an amateur lyricist for 25 years, a music writer for 15 years and a hobbyist musician and blogger for almost 10 years. My tastes range from jazz to house to hip hop and I love helping artists from all genres develop their sound. My music, videos, reviews and interviews have been featured in a variety of magazines and websites, including: B-Boy Tech Report Gimme That Beat Humanhuman Audio Skills Dream House Beats Where Did the Road Go Beat Tape Co-Op Push Power Promo Drum Magazine You can find my music on Bandcamp: Monkey Mind Sounds AKA LeeTNB And you can find me on Facebook: The New Beatmaker page Lee's personal page
I'm still in utter disbelief that complex.com think it's a good idea to 'fix' the ain't-broke format of the all-powerful The Combat Jack Show: bite-size clips of interviews with icons like Scarface and Black Thought? C'mon, son.
However, this back-and-forth with the legendary Live Guy with Glasses, The Mad Scientist, Extra-P, Large Pro, Large Professor, is absolute gold, regardless.
The king from Queens takes time out to talk about his less than auspicious encounter with Big Daddy Kane during the 'Looks Like a Job For' sessions; how hyped he was to work with the God Rakim; that perennial favourite argument starter 'Takeover' vs. 'Ether'; 'Stillmatic' and much more.
Extra props to Just Blaze for breaking down Large Pro's use of sleigh-bells in place of hi-hats. This is one of my personal favourite production touches from The Live Guy with Glasses, too.
However, this back-and-forth with the legendary Live Guy with Glasses, The Mad Scientist, Extra-P, Large Pro, Large Professor, is absolute gold, regardless.
The king from Queens takes time out to talk about his less than auspicious encounter with Big Daddy Kane during the 'Looks Like a Job For' sessions; how hyped he was to work with the God Rakim; that perennial favourite argument starter 'Takeover' vs. 'Ether'; 'Stillmatic' and much more.
Extra props to Just Blaze for breaking down Large Pro's use of sleigh-bells in place of hi-hats. This is one of my personal favourite production touches from The Live Guy with Glasses, too.
Sidenote: Extra P keeps it so hip hop that he doesn't even take his back-pack off when he's sat down.
I've heard the rumour that Extra P edited the young God's lyrics on Illmatic. Whilst Nas is no slouch even on his worst days, that may explain why, at such a young age, Nas delivered on EVERY line on that album.
Salutes, and rest in peace to Paul C.
Credit
Video: unkut.com
Image: complex.com
