Tag: Interscope

The latest signing to Shady Records / Interscope, super group Slaughterhouse, consisting of Joell Ortiz, Royce Da 5' 9", Joe Budden and Crooked I arrive in the UK for a three date tour. Their second album Welcome To: Our House, released in mid-June is executive produced by the Shady man himself, Eminem.

J. McCoy started his career early with TV commercials at only four years old. He then landed a lead role in the Tupac Shakur featuring Nas music video for Thugz Mansion which he credits as inspiring him to follow his dreams as a rapper. 

N.E.R.D. are the beat missiles of the entire music scene for many reasons. But the most functional of all these reasons? It isn’t their style, their confidence, who they know. It’s the fact that all three of them have the most intuition into the beauty that is beats because all three of them know drums like they’ve grown up eating rhythm with drum sticks. The simple yet ingenious toms we saw on “She Wants To Move” all them years ago. The focussed snare rolls we saw on “Maybe”. They’re not the result of guidelines. They’re pure intuition.

If you haven’t heard the infectious smash hit 'Crank That (Soulja Boy)' by now, you may have at least seen the ‘Crank That’ dance craze which has swept the US. Everyone from Beyonce, Chilli, TI, Premiership footballers, even Sponge Bob Square Pants is cranking! The irrepressible track and dance has spawned countless remixes and spin offs, and impressively, a staggering 16 million people have logged on to ‘How to Crank That- Instrumental Video’ on YouTube.