Just Blaze & Young Guru Talk Jay-Z, Dame Dash, “Song Cry”, “Higher”, Ghostface, Busta Rhymes & More [Video]

Just Blaze and Young Guru sit down for an exclusive conversation on Hard Knock TV. The interview starts of with Young Guru asking Just Blaze about his new song Higher and about making transition from Hip Hop into EDM. Just Blaze says that he has always made electronic beats but that he didn’t always have a place to release those beats which were often ahead of their times. Now that the genre lines are so blurred it is seen as more acceptable to listen to everything. As the conversation continues Just Blaze says that now he is “comfortable doing whatever it is I want…I’m comfortable playing what I want, I’m comfortable wearing what I want and just being me as an individual…not that I wasn’t comfortable with who I am but I was definitely doing a keeping up with the Jones kind of thing…I had to have a fresher jersey than Dame but meanwhile Dame was getting them for free from Mitchell & Ness cause he is Dame Dash and I had to pay $500 for it and I had to this every day for years straight…” Young Guru tells Just Blaze that one of the biggest things that he had learned from him was to construct the record in his head before he sampled the parts. Guru talks about the making of Jay-Z’s Song Cry and that when he first heard the sample Just Blaze was going to use he thought it sounded off but that after Jay-Z laid

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Wale On The Combat Jack Show (Episode 1) [Video]

Welcome the latest guest to The Combat Jack Show, Wale. In part one, Wale talks about being left to fend for himself with his Interscope deal, what life was like after his debut Attention Deficit flopped on the charts, and what went through his head with Kid Cudi let the “we don’t fuck with you musically” words fly. Previously: Wale feat. Rihanna – Bad (Remix) [Audio]

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Teedra Moses Talks About New Music & More [Video]

On May 29th SOB’s, New York’s favorite music venue hosted Singersroom’s Rhythm Effect showcase which featured Teedra Moses’s NYC return after a year on the road. After her electric performance for a capacity crowd made up of loyal supporters Teedra sat down with us and spoke candidly about the mutual admiration between herself and her fans whom she considers friends. More footage after the jump.

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