Megadon feat. Large Professor & DCQ (of Medina Green) – Reformat [Video]

Megadon drops a visual for “Reformat” of his album “No Man is the Best” featuring the legendary Large Professor from Main Source and DCQ from Medina Green. The video pays tribute to some of the fallen hip hop landmarks as we see Large Professor going on a record dig at Big City Records in Manhattan which closed in 2012. There’s also an iconic shot of both Megadon and Large professor at the old graffiti mecca 5 Pointz in Queens which was destroyed in 2013.

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Salaam Remi Says “Fu Gee La” Originally Was For Fat Joe; Just Blaze Says “Girls, Girls, Girls” Was For Ghostface [Video]

With SXSW Music Festival right around the corner Hard Knock TV decided to revisit one of the most talked about panels from last year: Behind the Hit: Inside the Mind of a Producer. The panel featured Just Blaze, Drumma Boy, Salaam Remi, Dan Nakamura aka Dan The Automator and was moderated by Hard Knock TV’s own Nick Huff Barili. This video clip starts of with Salaam Remi and Just Blaze talking about songs that ended up with different artist than they had originally produced beat for. Salaam details how the beat for Fu Gee La was originally made for Fat Joe but ended up being a hit song for the Fugees. Just Blaze talks about some of his beats also ended up with different artists like how Girls, Girls, Girls was originally for Ghostface before Jay Z made it his. You are going to have to watch the video for the full stories.

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