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    Dope Battle - LA v. The Bay

    Wow! This is a sick battle...almost too close to call: I think Dumbfounded killed it a little better though. :) Ctrl
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    FL Sample - Hit_4

    Is the "Packs>Hits>Hit_4" sample from FL Studio used at the beginning of Luda's Money Maker? I guess the FL samples aren't all that bad after all...
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    Top 10 Trends in the Music Industry

    Here's a nice read on industry trends: http://www.careerjournal.com/salaryhiring/industries/media/20050303-smith.html Looks to be a few years old...but interesting.
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    Album Anyone?

    Any lyricists near L.A. want to release an album? I'm opening a label and will fund the recording, mastering, pressing, advertising, etc. Producers hit me up if you have some beats you want to sell. I'd like to work with peeps from Illmuzik 'cause you all are dope and deserve to be heard...
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    Who Prefers LoFi?

    My favorite thing to do when I make beats is to try to dirty the sounds up as much as possible (without becoming annoying). I'm drawn to the static and pops. Sometimes I use the a static sound as an instrument. Anyone else like lofi? Or is it just annoying? Ctrl
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    Sound Molding Help

    I might be trippin', but when I listen to "Disco Inferno" and "How We Do" by Dre, I hear a "blowing" or "air" effect on some of the sounds. Even if Dre didn't make a "blowing" sound does anyone have a suggestions on how to create that type of sound? Reverb? Resonators? Compressors...
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    What Exactly Is "The Rap Game"?

    You've heard Tupac say "the Game is to be sold, not told" . Snoop said it. Rappers talk about the "Game" often. I've been thinking about this for a while. Is it a hustle? A philosophy? Another word for the industry? Please enlighten me. Is it anything more than selling records? I have...
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    Phi, "The Golden Number" and Fibonacci

    Here's a cool piece of music theory. Actually Phi ( "fee") extends to basically every part of life. This is a good quote from the page: "Musical compositions often reflect Fibonacci numbers and phi Fibonacci and phi relationships are often found in the timing of musical compositions. As...
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    Star Wars Fans. . .

    Check these out. This is some crazy research: http://www.thelightsaber.com/history1.htm If you like that, then this is cool: http://shop.starwars.com/Product/ProductDetails.aspx?ProductID=597 Also, if you haven't seen the new trailer go to the bottom right of this page...
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    Another Step Toward Liberty

    http://www.cnn.com/2005/ALLPOLITICS/02/10/droopy.pants.ap/index.html Virginians can't sag their pants. What BS! I mean, I don't sag anymore, but I still think this is a war on the Hip Hop generation. I heard Louisiana is gonna do it too, if they haven't already. Oops, my bad the bill was...
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    What are you drinkin'?

    Just want to know what you're drink of choice is. I used to be a Miller drinker, then I switched to Soju, then Black Label. My drink of choice now is...that's right Carlos Rossi. After listening to E-40 rap about the shit you know I had to pick up some Rossi Rhine. Let me tell you that I...
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    Einstein is deep

    These quotes are pretty deep: http://www.staticfiends.com/einstein/Gallery.htm A few of my favorites: "I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones." "Do not worry about your difficulties in Mathematics. I can...
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    The Fine Art of Sampling Contests

    Just wondering if ya know about these contests. They end in Feb. so download those samples fast. Good Luck. Ctrl *edit-Here's the link: http://ccmixter.org/
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    2pac "Loyal to the Game"

    Yo, definitely not his best shit, but its still hot. Something weird though, in the beginning a voice sounding like Pac's says 2005??? Anyways I think Em did a good job.
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    FL Controller Linking

    I don't know how many peeps already know this, but here it goes. I have a pcr-1 and I was trying for the longest time to program the knobs to work in FL. Anyways I didn't have any luck until I was fooling around in FL just trying shit out. For example, when you right click on a knob you...
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    Loop Editing

    Help w/ Loops Ok, now I don't know much about music theory so I hope I'm using the term "bar" correctly. I have a drum loop CD that contains a bunch of different styles. The problem I have is that some of the loops are 3 bars, when I'm used to making stuff with 4 bars. Cutting and pasting...
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    Greatest Video Game of All Time

    I was just thinking about my old days on Atari, playing shit like Tanks, Asteroids, and best of all Pitfall. Pitfall had everything, funny sound fx, vines to swing from, alligators, scorpions, gold, balloons that carried you and a glitch that allowed you to beat the game in about 15 secs...
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    Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

    Wow! This movie is amazing. I wish I would've seen it in the theatres. Anyways, Jim Carrey surprised me with a deep performance. I didn't think he could be so serious, it's kinda scary actually. I don't want to ruin the plot for the rest of you. It's definitely a must-see. Ctrl
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    Shopping at the local music store and...

    I found two IllMuzik peeps represented. That's right Hoppa and Mercury Waters on Hoppa's album. I just had to buy the album at that point and so far I like what I hear. I was at Backside Records in Burbank, CA by the way. Anyone else here putting their CDs out in stores?
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    VIBE Awards

    VIBE Awards- Fight This can't look good for Hip Hop. http://www.newsday.com/entertainment/news/wire/sns-ap-vibe-awards-fight,0,7492291.story?coll=sns-ap-entertainment-headlines Shit was crazy. Someone even got stabbed. Why did motherfuckers have to mess with Dre? Ctrl

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