Reviews

Accidental Rediscoveries of A Tribe Called Quest

Man this month has been hectic so far.  I apologize for the lack of quality updates lately as there’s been so much going on that I’ve had to get by with the occasional video or news clip.   I finally became an official resident of Chi-Town on July 1st and I can’t wait to tear into … Read more

Deep Crates 2 – Beat Dawg Films Review

As a huge fan of Deep Crates, I was practically drooling in anticipation of reviewing this film.  So when I received a copy of Deep Crates 2 in the mail a little while back, I became so excited that I actually didn’t want to watch it.  I know it sounds a little strange, but like … Read more

BeatTips Manual by Sa’id – Review

In addition to providing an outlet for my musical rants, obsessions, and other mental wanderings; one of my favorite aspects of running Crate Kings is the increased ability to run into great products and people.  I am a self admitted fiend for anything production or Hip-Hop related and will scour the ends of the earth … Read more

Dynamic Producer – The 10 Track Commandments by Felisha Booker and Ingenious

The great thing about running your own website is the voice and audience that is provided.  With the start of Crate Kings, I have been given the opportunity to write and inform others about all the great things that I run across while at the same time advising readers about products and services to stay … Read more

Beat Kings: The History of Hip Hop Directed by Mathematics – Review

This hasn’t really been getting the best reviews around the net, but for some reason I still headed down to my local Newbury Comics and managed to find a copy of Beat Kings: The History of Hip Hop.  Filmed, produced, directed, and scored by Wu-Tang Clan’s Mathematics, this film documenting the history of Hip Hop … Read more

Book Review – Making Beats: The Art of Sample Based Hip Hop

It is fairly tough to find decent information about diggin’ and sampling and I usually can’t stand to read sholarly material about Rap/Hip Hop by such people as Sociologists or Ethnomusicologists. However, despite moments of cringing, such as the author definition of a “break” and what “digging in the crates” means, Making Beats by Joseph … Read more

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About Crate Kings

Crate Kings is an urban music production news website written primarily by Semantik with occasional contributions from DJ Trends and a number of very generous readers. Updated daily, Crate Kings delivers news about DJ and producer battles, software updates, equipment releases, producer interviews, music industry conferences, and more. With each update Crate Kings seeks to … Read more