Interview

Wednesday 11 October 2017

Watch: A-Trak Reflects on His Career and Performs a Routine at Serato

A-Trak

A-Trak
A-Trak at Coney Art Walls in New York City. (Photo Credit: Mel D. Cole)

Following the success of his Goldie Awards DJ and producer battle in September, A-Trak sat down with Serato to reflect on his career. The Fool’s Gold chief also performed a routine using his single “Believe” featuring Quavo and Lil Yachty.

The seven-part interview series is broken down into the following topics:

– Starting off as a turntablist
– When he learned how to rock parties
– How he discovered Serato
– Where he gets his inspiration from
– Why he improvises his sets
– His evolution as a producer
– Why he launched the Goldie Awards

Watch the interview series and routine below.

Related: Watch A-Trak Explain How He Produced ‘Believe’ Feat. Lil Yachty and Quavo

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Thursday 5 October 2017

Stefflon Don Interview With DJ Dubl

London’s DJ Dubl dropped his brand new interview with now Top 10 artist Stefflon Don.

In this exclusive conversation they talk about her new single with French Montana, how she deals with comparisons, the ‘snap chat incident’, confirms that she has recorded with Drake and there will be more on the way!

Related: Crazy Cousinz Interview With DJ Dubl

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Thursday 28 September 2017

Crazy Cousinz Interview With DJ Dubl

Crazy Cousinz

DJ Dubl’s latest interview is with UK producer DJ Flukes aka Crazy Cousinz! They talk about his new music with Yxng Bane and Mr Eazi, his contribution to the UK Funky scene, and Drake sampling his music.

Download Crazy Cousinz’ new single “No Way” featuring Yxng Bane, Mr Eazi, and Lily McKenzie.

Related: Charlie Sloth Interview With DJ Dubl

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Saturday 23 September 2017

Watch JAY-Z’s BBC Radio 1 Interview and Performance

JAY-Z

JAY-Z
JAY-Z performs at the Meadows Festival in New York City. (Photo credit: Jack Gorlin)

Following his appearance at the Meadows Festival in New York City, JAY-Z traveled to the U.K. to chat and perform on BBC Radio 1. During the candid conversation with host Clara Amfo, Hov discussed his 4:44 album, fatherhood, social media, Donald Trump, and more.

The rapper performed “Family Feud” from 4:44 and his classic collaboration with Linkin Park, “Numb/Encore.” Hov was joined by his longtime engineer, Young Guru.

Watch the interview and performance below.

Related: JAY-Z Talks Making 4:44, Working With No I.D., Kanye West, and More in Extensive Interview

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Tuesday 29 August 2017

Charlie Sloth Interview With DJ Dubl

London’s DJ Dubl sat down with Charlie Sloth to talk about his new album “The Plug”, which he produced himself and features the biggest names in UK rap and grime, as well as diversifying the sound of the album, bringing in afrobeat artists, making RnB and even producing a reggae record with Donaeo and Konshens!

Charlie also talks about balancing his career in music with being a Dad, working 18 hour days, and how he went from being broke and living in a shed to being the powerhouse in UK rap that he is today. Watch his interview above.

Related: Steel Banglez Interview With DJ Dubl

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Monday 17 July 2017

DJ QBert Shares Advice on DJing

DJ QBert

DJ QBert shared some advice on DJing in a recent interview with hip-hop website, 247HH.

The legendary turntablist discussed letting loose on stage, practicing, eating healthy, and being spiritual. He said his biggest lesson in life was losing the DMC World Championship.

“It taught me how to be humble. From my experience of not practicing, I gotta practice a lot now. Because if you don’t practice, you know, everything falls apart. I have to stay humble and keep being a student. So I practice even more nowadays.”

In 2016, QBert reunited with his influential Invisibl Skratch Piklz crew and dropped their first album in over 20 years. The group, which consists of QBert, D-Styles, and Shortkut, recently performed at the Boiler Room in Oakland.

Watch the video above.

Related: Invisibl Skratch Piklz, Cut Chemist, and J. Espinosa Perform on the Boiler Room

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Monday 3 July 2017

DJ Khaled Talks ‘Grateful’, Snapchat, Working With Kanye & Jay Z, Plus More

DJ Khaled Interview

American record producer, DJ, and recognised personality DJ Khaled talks with UK’s DJ Semtex for an exclusive interview hosted by BBC Radio 1Xtra. The footage of the high-profile interview known as “Cloth Talk”, has now been released.

They go deep into Khaled’s beginnings as a DJ, Drake, his first time connecting with Jay Z, the Asahd effect and much, much more. They also talk about his new album “Grateful”, which features many recognised artists but the interview also reveals his desire to work with UK’s Giggs and Skepta.

Watch the 68-minute interview above.

Related: Liam Gallagher Talks Upcoming Solo Album, His Love for Skepta, Possible Oasis Reunion, Plus More

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Friday 16 June 2017

Steel Banglez Interview With DJ Dubl

London’s DJ Dubl was joined by UK producer Steel Banglez. They talk about him meeting MIST, working with Mostack, going through depression when Cashtastic was removed from the UK, touring with Drake and has music coming with Future, J Cole plus a track with Wizkid and Yxng Bane together. Watch the interview above.

Related: Lethal Bizzle’s Interview With DJ Dubl

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Friday 19 May 2017

Lethal Bizzle’s Interview With DJ Dubl

Lethal B & DJ Dubl

Lethal Bizzle sits down with London’s DJ Dubl to talk about his journey in Grime. They discuss how being a millionaire has changed his attitude towards music, the difference between Lethal Bizzle and Lethal B, who he’d most like to collaborate with, why his delayed album is called “Lennox Road”, and the reason he took his business marketing to social media platforms. He also gives us an update on the lost verse by Jay Z on his classic grime anthem “Pow”!

Related: Not3s’ Interview With DJ Dubl

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Wednesday 17 May 2017

A Look Inside the Beat Junkies’ DJ School

Beat Junkies

Beat Junkies

In April, the legendary Beat Junkies crew launched a DJ school called The Beat Junkie Institute of Sound. Located in Glendale, California, the school offers fundamental and specialized DJ courses, workshops, and private lessons, all taught by members of the crew.

The Beat Junkie Institute of Sound puts on an emphasis on the foundation of DJing. For example, students start by learning with original vinyl and then move to digital. Its state-of-the-art facility features 12 workstations, a merch store, and a “longtagon,” which is a table for group scratch sessions.

Power 106’s DJ E-Man recently took a tour of the institute and spoke with instructors DJ Babu and Mr. Choc. While he was there, he saw a scratch session that included DJ Premier. Afterwards, E-Man spoke with Premo about what it means to be a DJ today.

Watch the video below.

Related: Watch DJ Premier and Miguel’s ‘2 Lovin U’ Video

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