DJ Mix: Diamond D – A 45’s Breaks Mix

This is a live set of classic sampled tracks spun by the legendary Diamond D last month at Plan B in England. Peep game:




Diamond D – A 45’s Breaks Mix [direct mp3 link – please right click and save as]

[Shookmag via Grandgood]

Music Video: Chris Brown – Yeah 3X

Say what you want about Brown, this is a return to from for this kid by returning to his bubblegum roots and appealing to kids again with this video. Smart! Mp3 stream below:

[via Jared at Sony]

Video: Die Antwoord – Enter The Ninja (Live on Jimmy Kimmel)

I think Jimmy Kimmel had it about right when he introduced this performance by syaing: “You’re about to see something unusual….” Now that I’ve discovered that these dudes are now signed to Interscope and that it might be nothing more than an elaborate performance art spoof created by a South African comedian with a background in hip hop, I’m not as forgiving and intrigued as I was before, especially when dude might be using the word, ‘ninja’ as a synonym for another N-word like many on the Internets do. Or maybe I should be more intrigued now?? Listening to this song was proof to me that hip hop really has become pop and making a hit record is easier than ever: a melodic synth pop beat, a sung hook and some semi-competent universal, heartfelt rhymes and you’re good to go! Erykah might be right. We need a board…..

Previously on The Kitchen:

Watch the Die Antwoord – Zef Side music video.

And hit the jump for the music video version of “Enter the Ninja” (more…)

TONIGHT on the Radio: the Strech Armstrong and Bobbito 20th Anniversary Radio Show

THIS IS F-CKING MAJOR!!!! If you didn’t live in NYC during the 90’s, you cannot really understand just how influential their radio show was in the market to both music fans and the industry. Careers were made off getting on the show to freestyle or even just getting your 12″ spun by Stretch. Everyone listened (or tried to record as much of the 4-hour show as they could with a dual tape deck and a couple chrome C100 or C120 tapes) – it was like Nah Right on steroids with far more influence: backpackers, thugs and industry executives & artists all checked the show out. Songs that started there would end up on Hot 97 and by extension stations nationwide if they had the right stuff. But as amazing as the music was, I think I liked the late-night banter, when they ran out of or got bored playing music, even better. Bob, Stretch & Lord Sear (pictured above) and the rest of the crew would talk sh-t and snap on each other, try to get girls to call in and clown aspiring MC’s who called in to freestyle. So much of the slang I used then (and some still now) I ripped off from these dudes (“Eh yo!”) Man, that was hip hop culture at it’s finest. I miss those days although Combat and Dallas ain’t too bad at what they do in this new era. 89-Tek-Nine forever!

Not sold by my plug alone though? Then check the official one that follows:

“Stretch Armstrong and Bobbito have gone a long way since their radio show started 20 years ago on WKCR 89.9FM NYC. To celebrate the 20 year anniversary of starting what The Source magazine in 1998 named “the best Hip Hop radio show of all-time,” we now have one more chance to adjust our dials to something that will be very special.

Tonight (technically very early Friday morning) from 1am-5am, tune in to the duo who gave Nas, Jay-Z, Biggie, Wu-Tang, Big Pun, Mobb Deep, Redman and more their very first airplay – when they were all unsigned artists! Not in range to hear on your radio? Stream it on WKCR’s website! You will not want to miss the surprise guests that are going to stop by.

“Bobbito and I are really looking forward to Thursday night. That show was such an amazing ride, and it’s going to be pure fun to relive some of those moments. We hope the listeners will have as much fun as we will!” – Stretch”

Still need convincing??! Check the classic 10-minute Big L and Jay-Z freestyle from February 23, 1995 below:



Not in the tri-state/NYC area? You can still listen to this sure-to-be-classic radio experience online: Real Audio | MP3 Stream

Finally, wanna help preserve the legacy of Stretch & Bob? Hit the jump for the details on how to save Squeeze Radio. (more…)

Essential Listening: Three Tracks from Brian Eno’s New Small Craft on a Milk Sea Album

This is MAJOR! Brian Eno is a f-cking LEGEND! If you don’t know him from his own music (like the seminal Here Come the Warm Jets), you know him for co-producing smash hit albums for U2 – act like you know! This is art from the music to the care they have taken putting the art and the packaging together – check the first track below then hit the jump to peep what I’m talking about and to hear the other two tracks:


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