January 2012
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December 2011
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November 2011
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We take Paper or Plastic now!
Thats right people! If you are a artist looking to get that raw track together for mastering or you want to lay down some nice vocal for your next demo 4MATA Studio is making it more convenient than ever to pay! No need to run to the ATM and pay those ridiculous fees you can swipe that credit or debit card right in the studio now! So come in and get that work done for the NEW YEAR and Beyond!
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October 2011
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September 2011
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August 2011
3 posts
NeoSoul Cafe Droid App!
Big Ups To my dude D over as wordpress for giving me this! Good music streaming righ to you droid phone! Enjoy!
July 2011
3 posts
WatchSmoothed-out Funk & Jazz
WatchStones Throw Records
Dope little mix!
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June 2011
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WatchHip Hop Mix for Chillin’
May 2011
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March 2011
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Best You Never Heard Of - Sycosis Official Video →
May 2010
6 posts
Expanding Our Rep!!!-ertoire →
Got a call the other day from a friend of mine who recently moved to Miami. I guess the word is getting out that 4Shigadaer is making moves because he called me asking me to manage him! I’m…
R.I.P. to one of the Last Black Enchantresses of...
Lena Horne, the enchanting jazz singer and actress who reviled the bigotry that allowed her to entertain white audiences but not socialize with them, slowing her rise to Broadway superstardom, has died. She was 92.
Horne died Sunday at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, according to hospital spokeswoman Gloria Chin. Chin would not release any other details.
For more on her death check...
April 2010
4 posts
Giving Back! →
Whats up everybody! So going into the Summer, we here at 4Shigadare are looking to you for ideals on what you might want as an artist, music lover or critic. With all business, big or small,…
R.I.P. Guru!!!
This is a sad week for hip hop People! Keith “Guru” Elam, the gravel-voiced rapper who as a member of the duo Gang Starr was one of the most expressive rappers of the 1990s and a major figure in bridging hip-hop and jazz, died Monday in New York. He was 47. He will be missed and greatly remembered!
Here’s some links for his great music!
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March 2010
14 posts
Badu - Back with a Vengeance!
Erykah Badu has finally completed and released her follow up album to New Amerykah Part 1 (New Amerykah Part 2 in stores/on iTunes now!) And it came out with a Bang! Causing waves of controversy and taking the blogosphere by storm her video for “Window Seat” (embedded below) has the web abuzz. Many people find themselves challenging the artistic nature of this album. Fans and critiques alike...
Brianne Fulton Gallery - This is the Culture Part →
A good friend of Mine, Brianne has a great way of relating the modernity of society with the quest of fairy tale through ceramics and photography! Not only a renown photographer, she is a true rebel of societal norm! “F” the Status quo!
Biography
Brianne Fulton is a graduate student who is currently pursuing the master of fine arts degree at Fort Hays State University. She is...
Guilty Simpson + Madlib = OJ Simpson: May 18, 2010
Latest installment from StonesThrow Records
IN THE STORE GUILTY SIMPSON - OJ SIMPSON Album produced by Madlib Guilty Simpson + Madlib = OJ Simpson. Album drops May 18. Advance digital sale available now, exclusively at stonesthrow.com OJ Simpson. That’s the name of the album. No bloody gloves. No Ford Broncos. These are some 12 hard-hitting hip-hop tracks featuring Guilty’s inimitable...
"We Hate Akon"?
I’m not the biggest fan of Akon but this is a bit ridiculous.
Akon ‘Sexy Chick’ Video Considered Blasphemous To Buddhists, Sri Lankan Visa Denied
(Posted Wed Mar 24, 2010 5:51pm PDT by Billy Johnson, Jr. in Hip-Hop Media Training)
Due to the seemingly offensive content in Akon’s latest video Buddhist around the world have risen up to protest their content for...
Sycosis - Mostly Me →
We here at 4Shigadare have some great friends who just so happen to be great independent artists, like Sycosis of Chicago! We met him in college where he was doing his thing on the…
R.I.P. Nujabe's (Totemou Sabishi desu!)
Tragedy struck again in the music community! Nujabes (born Jun Seba), a Japanese hip-hop producer, was killed in a car accident in Tokyo. Nujabes crashed when leaving the Metropolitan Expressway in Tokyo’s Minato Ward. Nujabes was 36 years old when he died. He will be sadly missed. He was a brilliant producer and he was one of the most influential people in shaping much of the way...
Check out the latest J Dilla LP from Stones Throw...
J Dilla Donut Shop (Serato/Stones Throw) 2 Discs, 2 Slipmats & Dilla beats
http://www.stonesthrow.com/news/2010/03/jdilla-serato-donutshop
Is Conscious Rap an Irrelevant Label?
I recently saw the question “Is Conscious Rap an Outdated Concept?” on a blog and had to ask myself. Well is it or is it totally irrelevant? I can remember growing up when there was just rap and hip-hop. No labels characterizing differences between the two and then creating difference’s within the genres. I read a quote from Mos Def who was pretty upset about it:
“They’ve got their...
February 2010
2 posts
Feeling Like a Lame.......
For just now hearing of a phenom named Jay Electronica!!!! Just when I thought mediocre mixtape artist were starting to take over the world I get introduce to a artist who’s poignant lyrics and straight forward delivery actually work. It like listening to a artist who actually went through some stuff, because he probably has! Everyone knows that in todays industry you has to have multiple...
January 2010
6 posts
WatchThis was very fun to Watch! The incomparable ?-Luv Drums it up with the Legendary Ringo Star! I you don’t know who they are then get out from under your rock!
You Gotta check my dude "D" out in B'More! →