Labels: hiphop
"I know I am finished with a song not when I can't add anything else, but when I can't take anything else away."In that spirit, although I am adding little details here and there, I am always keeping in mind that less is more, and that for everything added, something else is taken away.
"A masterpiece is not perfect, it is full of mistakes. It is the triumph of the mistakes which makes it a masterpiece."As for the title, All's Fair in Love of Wax is an obvious parody of "All's fair in love and war", a common proverb derived from John Lyly's Euphues (1578). (Incidentally, the original quote which the proverb was derived from is "The rules of fair play do not apply in love and war").
Photo by Alex Grande.Labels: creative commons, hiphop, samples
Photo by Alex Grande
alexgrande.comThis collection of tracks was released as part of the Hiphop White Label series. All of these songs are released to the public domain, granting free use to do anything you wish with them, including using the tracks in whole or part in commercial endeavors, without requiring to give credit.
Labels: hiphop

Take some smoothed out lounge music, add a splash of hip hop, and stir in a little jazz for mixer and you have got an "Urban Cocktail Hour!" If you like your cocktail hours loungy and your hip hop jazzy, you'll love this mix!
For this month's mix, I found myself inspired to play music with a little more acid jazz and hip hop influence. I marked it "Explicit" because there are a few random curse words but it is far from offensive. There are plenty of sultry melodies, great vocals and smooth rapping to fill out this sexy hour long episode.
Much to my chagrin, the auto-emailer I use to publish the Hiphop White Label series did not work correctly and missed Episode 2 of the series. So, I'm posting it here. Better late than never, as they say.
This installment of the series focuses around a simple piano, bass and drum motif. It was composed around 2002-03 in collaboration with Michal Gola, a Czech graffiti artist and hiphop producer.
Labels: hiphop
Featuring guest performances by Matthew Garrison and Seamus Blake, Increase the Dosage is a distinct blend of electronic music and modern jazz.
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