Long Island emcee Grand Daddy I.U. showed up to Rap Is Outta Control with Diamond D to promote The Diam Piece album. I.U. talks about his passion to make music regardless of any accolades and mentions some unreleased songs that Cold Chillin’ Records failed to release since the label folded….
Diamond D shares feedback from The Diam Piece album
DJ Eclipse compliments Diamond D on his latest project, The Diam Piece. Eclipse was impressed at the various layers that went into producing this album, from east coast and west coast artists, male and female artists, guest DJs, and a variety of sounds. Diamond comments on the positive feedback that…
Rozewood on making The Beautiful Type album with producer Illastrate
Rozewood and Illastrate teamed up as the traditional emcee/producer duo to release the album The Beautiful Type. Actually, the album came to fruition after hanging out and making songs in the studio simply for fun. All the beats were made by Illastrate and this will be Rozewood’s 5th project release…
Rozewood & SmooVth | Freestyle
New York emcees Rozewood and SmooVth stopped by Rap Is Outta Control to talk about their upcoming projects. Rozewood’s album The Beautiful Type is produced entirely by Illastrate, and SmooVth’s album Portrait Of A Pimp is produced by Giallo Point. Watch this video of Rozewood and SmooVth freestyle at the…
Apollo Brown & Ras Kass discuss working together on Blasphemy
Apollo Brown and Ras Kass visited NYC to promote their collaboration album Blasphemy and host an album release party for the east coast. In this Rap Is Outta Control interview, Apollo expresses how much he loves producing a full album from front to back and the importance of working in…
Ras Kass | Freestyle
Long-time California emcee Ras Kass from the early 90s just released a new album with Detroit producer Apollo Brown called Blasphemy. Check out this freestyle from Ras Kass at Rap Is Outta Control and purchase Blasphemy.
DJ JS-1 “It Is What It Isn’t” interview on The Halftime Show with DJ Eclipse
Rock Steady Crew member DJ JS-1 released his latest producer album, It Is What It Isn’t, featuring over 40 emcees. In this 27-minute interview with DJ Eclipse, JS-1 explains his vision in pairing emcees together that never worked together before and coming up with concepts for the collaborations. He pinpoints…
Sean Strange |Freestyle | The Halftime Show with DJ Eclipse
Queens emcee Sean Strange showed up to The Halftime Show with German super producers Snowgoons. The Snowgoons had many projects to talk about, including their most recent album #WAKEDAFUCUP with Onyx. At the end of the show, Sean Strange showed off a couple verses in his freestyle session. Check out…
Da Beatminerz remember mastering issues with Enta Da Stage by Black Moon
Legendary production team Da Beatminerz showed up to Rap Is Outta Control since they’re featured in Brian Coleman’s book, Check The Technique Vol. 2. Walt and Evil Dee were asked about making the classic Black Moon album, Enta Da Stage. Walt explains that they were simply making records for fun…
Brian Coleman discusses Check The Technique Vol. 2 with Da Beatminerz, Mr. Len, & others
For over a decade, Brian Coleman has written extensively about the hip hop culture and music for publications such as URB, The Source, Scratch, Wax Poetics, CMJ, Complex, Boston Herald, and XXL. He has joined the staff at Rap Is Outta Control to talk about his latest book, Check The…