In A Hot Minute.........

It is that time of year where all of the hip-hop (good, bad , and downright ugly) all need to be released for the wonderful 4th quarter....and many of us music fans get disappointed by what we ended up with....

With that in mind here is what has been up in the hip-hop realm.....things moving quickly....

In the recent issue of Wax Poetics magazine, MF Doom is questioned about the rumors of "imposter perfomances". "I did some show, wrecked it, girls climbing up onstage and shit," says Doom."That was the first time that happened--but we was rocking, right? Somebody from the label was going to be there. I was like, 'Cool, he saw the show, and it was wrecked.'" Continuing he states, "Next couple of days, I speak to him, and he was like, 'Good show, but a lot of people are saying it wasn't you!'"

For the rest of the interview check out the current issue of Wax Poetics....

The reunion album for EPMD titled 'We Mean Business' now has a release date of December 9th. Guests mentioned are: Redman, Havoc (Mobb Deep), Raekwon, KRS-One, and 9th Wonder.

While some of us are just waiting for that new Common album to come and go....(originally titled Invincible Summer now called Universal Mind Control -out early Dec.)
Common is saying that 'The Believer' will be the next album....this was the album he started to make and then ....

DJ Babu's Duck Season Volume 3 will be in stores Oct. 28 via Nature Sounds.

“From the jump, my point was to put the spotlight on artists and songs that I felt needed more exposure,” Babu explains (interview here with HipHopDX) “It’s like a full evolution. Everything I’ve done solo and with my other groups has led up to this point. On this one I produced, and mixed everything.” Don't forget to check out the track "The Unexpected" (w/ MF DOOM and Sean Price).

That's all I can take for now.....more to come.

Ableton And Serato Join Forces

Ableton and Serato, two well respected names in digital DJing, have joined forces to create what they hope will be the ultimate in live computer performance. The companies plan to offer a versatile platform that should outperform the new Native Instruments Traktor Scratch Pro software.

It is being said that this could lead to a product that will allow DJs to utilize Ableton’s infinite loop possibilities while using Serato.

For more Serato info (here)
For more Ableton info (here)

For the official announcement please go (here)

Interesting and a bit Scary

Even I am a bit intrigued of what this would sound like...

Picture this Ne-Yo and Marilyn Manson...collaborating?

After boasting the he is such a flexible and diverse artist he stated that he could even write a hit for Manson.

Well, apparently Manson's people have approached Ne-Yo....
"It's going to be interesting," says Ne-Yo, "I have no idea what we're going to do, what it's going to sound like. Just Ne-Yo and Marilyn Manson in the same room—we're going to figure something out."