Jul
7
You probably haven’t seen too many of these, but Pictures With Sound is more focused on the production side of things, and Swiff D definitely did his thing at Boombox in Downtown LA. We normally never throw 3 videos in one single post…but fuck it. This one goes out to all of you beat heads! Enjoy!
Part 1
Part 2
BONUS VIDEO: Swiff D shutting down The Pit Beat Battle in LA
Mar
12
THE COAL MINE: 1500 In Studio Working On Snoop’s “Ego Trippin’”
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1500 is definitely putting in work touring with Lupe Fiasco, working with Jay Z & once again contributing to Snoop’s album “Ego Trippin’”. In this video Larrance & Lamar talk about working on the album and Lamar starts working on this beat….
I hope ya’ll grinding out there…cause if you aren’t, best believe someone else is.
Feb
25
Although Aftermath Music ain’t really doing too much these days, it seems like their production team stays busy. Hi Tek dropping his 3rd album, Bishop Lamont working with Black Milk, and Focus working with both Bishop and Busta. Figured we should shed a little light on someone who’s always been killin it, but always remained on the low….Focus.
Check out this video of Focus making a beat from scratch.
And I know these are old, but for those that never heard em…..
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Feb
23
PICTURES WITH SOUND: Dj Khalil Previews New Tracks @ Music Conference
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Whew!
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Feb
18
PICTURES WITH SOUND: Terrace Martin - Jazz (feat. Hi Tek)
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For those that don’t know, this is Terrace Martin. Terrace plays Alto Sax and has worked with a lot of artists like Snoop Dogg, The Game, Raphael Saadiq, and Stevie Wonder. This particular joint is an instrumental piece entitled Jazz featuring Hi Tek. Are you finally done sleeping on the West?
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