Here’s a dope new app for Hip Hop heads to download right now: White Label.
Here’s a dope new app for Hip Hop heads to download right now: White Label. This charts the best new hip-hop being played online each day. Play full-length tracks from Soundcloud, read what fans are saying live on Twitter and discover what’s trending in hip-hop.
Bahamadia has dropped Dialed Up, a rap project that was entirely recorded and produced on an iPhone.
If you don’t know who Bahamadia is, just stop reading this post. No really, stop reading, Google her and come back when you’re familiar with a real female emcee. Bahamadia has dropped Dialed Up, a rap project that was entirely recorded and produced on an iPhone.
Jump over the break to listen to Dialed Up and see a video where Bahamadia does her thing on the spot….
Developer Robb Böhnke hacked Siri to rap Biggie’s “Hypnotize” to compete in the Music Hack Day Project.
Developer Robb Böhnke hacked Siri to rap Biggie’s “Hypnotize” to compete in the Music Hack Day Project.
How does it work?
SiriProxy is used to intercept the communication with Apple’s servers. Based on your song request, Notorious Siri then sends your choice of Notorious B.I.G.’s Hypnotize and an a-cappella rendition of Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody to the device (the latter requiring for iPhones 4S).
Siri’s speech synthesis is synced to the beat using the timestamps obtained from the Echonest API which were then manually tweaked, to smooth out delays in the text-to-speech engine.
Check out the video after the break…
The free Carhartt Radio app delivers an exclusive monthly Internet radio show as stream. In addition to the current radio show the app gives you the opportunity to access the extensive Carhartt Radio archive.
The free Carhartt Radio app delivers an exclusive monthly Internet radio show as stream. In addition to the current radio show the app gives you the opportunity to access the extensive Carhartt Radio archive.
Jay-Z teamed up with The Source editor Dream Hampton on the book and it’s said to bring forth a “first-person memoir with detailed discussions of his most famous and provocative lyrics.”
Jay-Z teamed up with The Source editor Dream Hampton on the book and it’s said to bring forth a “first-person memoir with detailed discussions of his most famous and provocative lyrics.”
Over its 336 pages, Decoded will trace Jay-Z’s life from his childhood in Brooklyn’s Marcy Projects to his years as a teen drug dealer to becoming a hip-hop superstar. The hardcover, illustrated book will also explore Jay-Z’s creative process.
Hip-hop educational and equally entertaining, the book will be offered in a hardcover version through publisher Spiegel & Grau and in digital form via an eBook and iPhone/iPad app. A release is set for November 16th through finer booksellers, including Amazon, which is now taking pre-orders for the special price of $21 USD.
[via HypeTrak]
