Rhythm Roulette w/ Scoop DeVille [Video]

For the latest installment of Rhythm Roulette, we tap Scoop DeVille to chop up some random records and conjure fire. DeVille’s credits mostly reside on the West Coast with old and new school artists, including Kendrick Lamar’s “Poetic Justice” and “The Recipe,” and Snoop Dogg’s “I Wanna Rock” ft. Jay-Z. But, dude gets down on the East as well, working with Fat Joe, 50 Cent, and Tony Yayo. We caught up with him in New Jersey as he thumbed through the crates at Scotty’s Record Shop, picked three random joints, sparked some herb, and flipped the records in the stu. DeVille was no doubt influenced by Dre and how he repurposed P-Funk growing up in Los Angeles, but dude can seemingly reimagine whatever. He flips the Righteous Brothers’ “Unchained Melody,” precisely chopping the hook. Pat Swayze was probably dirty dancing in his grave to that joint. Then he laces Aztec Two Step’s twangy folk guitars with quick hi-hats and bass drums, which will loosen your license plate holder from the trunk rattle, before layering with vocal samples from his library. If that Aztec beat ends up on somebody’s project in the near future, it would not be a surprise. It’s a shame he didn’t get a chance to work with James Taylor’s brand of blues-y folk rock. It seems like just a few clicks from DeVille and fire come through the speakers.

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Watercooler Werewolf feat. Ernie Gaines – Survival [Audio]

Scoop DeVille, Michael Sterling Eaton and Stori are Watercolor Werewolf. In case you’ve been living under a large set of boulders for the last decade here’s some BREAKING NEWS! We are at the edge of Extinction, the edge of Survival. We have been told to follow the rainbow and now that we’re here there’s no gold. We are killing everything that breathes. The earth, it’s plants, it’s animals and worst of all its people. How much longer can we go on over consuming an artless, heartless world? Will we survive? Will it survive? Maybe a better question is who wants to survive? If it is not the most intellectual of the species that survives; not the strongest that survives; but the species that survives is the one that is able best to adapt and adjust to the changing environment then why are we so stagnant and numb to whats going on? Will we adapt to the changing physical, social, political, moral, and spiritual environment in which we find ourselves in or will we create a new one? If you are fed up then get up.

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Scoop Deville & Demrick feat. B-Real & Berner – Blowing Money Fast [Lyric Video]

Fresh off “The Growing Process” tour with Dizzy Wright and his album with DJ Hoppa, Demrick returns with a brand new album, this time in collaboration with superproducer Scoop Deville (Kendrick’s “The Recipe”, “Poetic Justice”), Snoop’s “I Wanna Rock”). The “Loud Pack: Extracts” album is due out August 14th with guest appearances from Berner, B-Real, Asher Roth, Paul Wall and more. The latter appears on the albums first single “Kush Cloud”, which you can check out now via Soundcloud or get it instantly when you pre-order “Loud Pack: Extracts” on iTunes.

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Scoop Deville – Summer Cocktail [Free EP]

Watercolor Werewolf Presents A Summer Cocktail Mixed by Scoop Deville “A potion to seduce the grooviest of beasts” To create a proper cocktail a mixologist uses spirits to create a potion that fuddles the mind. The same can be said when Watercolor Werewolf’s Scoop Deville produces a song. “I believe that every song is inspired by a classic in one way or another” the Grammy nominated producer proclaims. Scoop produced this 7 song concoction while working on the Watercolor Werewolf debut album “Tides.” “The WW philosophy is to craft artisanal vibes in the spirit of classic new wave art using time-honored techniques to create a fresh perspective” WW partner Michael Sterling Eaton explains. “It was important for us to share some of the origins and genres that created the eclectic Watercolor Werewolf sound” Scoop says. The mix is equal parts rock, pop and dance, a taste sweet enough to be called the New Old Fashion. “Its a turn up on the rocks with a cherry on top” Deville exclaims. Cheers!

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