DJ Moody

  For those who know me, classic hip hop is a big part of my life.  Of course with that has always come an affinity for the original samples and breaks.  With my Vintage Monthly party coming up Saturday night and the untimely passing of one of the most sampled artists in hip hop, I’ve decided [...]

While I can’t pretend to be the most politically active person, there is one thing I do love and that is my freedom on the interwebz.  As of today thousands of websites have gone dark in a grass-roots protest of the Stop Online Piracy Act and the Protect Intellectual Property Act, which both intend to [...]

So I couldn’t wait to do the segment this week after I stumbled upon these beauties.  The Air Max 90 is an iconic sneaker that really needs no introduction (well plus Wikipedia is down today =/).  These are the “Lacrosse” edition and will apparently be featured at stores that carry the Nike Lacrosse line.  I [...]

We lost one of the greatest sample sources in hip hop yesterday.  A b-boy favorite, Castor’s music was sampled by everyone from Kanye West to the Beastie Boys, Ice Cube, Madonna and many more. I’ll be making a post highlighting his music and the best uses of his samples later this week in conjunction with [...]

Been slackin big time on the kicks of the week feature!  Getting into the groove of the New Year will do that.  Not to get all New Balance crazy since I know a previous post recently featured them, but these are bananas.  These are the New Balance ML574 “Workwear” Pack in four different color variations including Navy, [...]

I highly recommend the film PressPausePlay which is free online.  Their description states it best: “The digital revolution of the last decade has unleashed creativity and talent of people in an unprecedented way, unleashing unlimited creative opportunites. But does democratized culture mean better art, film, music and literature or is true talent instead flooded and drowned [...]

In a Stones Throw/indie state of mind today and stumbled upon this great read from Peanut Butter Wolf speaking on the history of one of my fav labels. Peanut Butter Wolf on 15 years of Stones Throw – LA Times article

One artist who always has the sickest merchandise is the one known as MF Doom.  45 looks ill and who really puts a puzzle with their box set????  Also the 45 contains one of my all time fav Doom tracks “Rhymes Like Dimes”.  See the video below. Get it now from the friendly folks at [...]

Taken from Ego Trip, this is a great look into some classic West Coast videos and a great read for your AM. http://www.egotripland.com/behind-the-video-making-dr-dre-nuthin-but-g-thang-dwight-patillo/

It seems lately that every other day there is some “new” footage surfacing of some classic live show or studio session from some of my favorite artists.  If you have the footage..KEEP IT COMING. This is a nice studio freestyle with Snoop and the Dogg Pound from back in 1992.  As a bonus you have [...]