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Juan Epstein: Dante Ross Interview

Pizzo — Tue, 28 Jan 2014 20:57:06 +0000

And you thought Serch was good? Listen to epic stories about the Beasties, LONS, Q-Tip, The Beatnuts, Pete Rock and CL, Brand Nubian, 3rd Bass, MF Doom, and so much more in this epic interview with Dante Ross.

Dante Ross Interviews DJ Muggs + Ill Bill (Video)

Pizzo — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 01:21:48 +0000

DJ Muggs and Ill Bill’s Kill Devil Hills in stores August 24th.

Dante Ross Captures Drake @ ALife NYC (Video)

Pizzo — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 06:31:43 +0000

DRAKE: 9AM IN DALLAS LIVE FROM THE ALIFE BACKYARD from DANTE ROSS NYC on Vimeo.

DRAKE:FOREVER LIVE FROM THE ALIFE BACKYARD 6/14/10 from DANTE ROSS NYC on Vimeo.

DRAKE: LIVE I’M GOING IN @ THE ALIFE SESSIONS BACKYARD 6/14/10 from DANTE ROSS NYC on Vimeo.

DRAKE:IGNORANT ISH LIVE AT THE ALIFE SESSIONS /ALIFE BACKYARD 6/14/10 from DANTE ROSS NYC on Vimeo.

DRAKE PERFORMING SHOW ME A GOOD TIME LIVE AT THE ALIFE SESSIONS 6/14/10 from DANTE ROSS NYC on Vimeo.

DRAKE: FANCY LIVE FROM THE ALIFE BACK YARD from DANTE ROSS NYC on Vimeo.

The legendary Dante Ross captures Drake’s performance the night before his album release at Alife in NYC. Stop dissin’ Dante on websites, ya’ll.

Dante Ross Interviews Pharaohe Monch (Video)

Pizzo — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 04:19:20 +0000

Monch talks about his new album W.A.R. (We Are Renegades) on Duck Down, reuniting Organized Konfusion, and the current state of hip-hop.

UPDATED: The Official SXSW Video Highlights Post

Pizzo — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 22:53:20 +0000

With such an abundant amount of video surfacing from this week’s festival, we’ve decided to take some of the performances highlights and roll them all up into one post. Check back here regularly for updates over the next week.

Pharoah Monch @ SXSW Duck Down Showcase from AB on Vimeo.

Black Milk w/ AB & Daru “Loosing Out” @ SXSW from AB on Vimeo.

Devin The Dude – Fuck You from The Smoking Section on Vimeo.

Wiz Khalifa x Curren$y – Car Service from The Smoking Section on Vimeo.

Cool Kids @ SXSW! from Eazy on Vimeo.

Pac Div “Mayor” LIVE in Austin!! from Eazy on Vimeo.

Local Stop: SXSW “16″ C-RAYZ WALZ from MiZ MeTrO: UNLIMITED on Vimeo.

Freeway & Jake One + 6Magazine Conversation from 6Magazine on Vimeo.

Visually Heard / GLC Freestyle @ SXSW from LRG on Vimeo.

Mayer Hawthorne – I Wish It Would Rain SXSW 2010 from Dejon Shepard on Vimeo.

J.Cole – Beautiful Bliss SXSW 2010 from Dejon Shepard on Vimeo.

Kid Sister Live at SxSW from Sindre Rønningen on Vimeo.

Nicky Diamonds & Dante Ross @ SXSW from College Kid on Vimeo.

Yelawolf Live @ SXSN 2010 from Budge Rodriguez on Vimeo.

Pill x Killer Mike x SXSW from Motion Family on Vimeo.

24KMilkCrate x J.Cole @ URB SXSNext 2010 from Jan Ferrer on Vimeo. Broken Bells @ SXSW from NOW Magazine on Vimeo. Get Busy Committee My Little Razorblade live @ The Velveeta Room, Austin, TX March 17 2010 from Get Busy Committee on Vimeo. DJ Quik at Club Deville Austin, TX SXSW. from Elias the Barbarian on Vimeo. Bun B x Motion Family x SXSW from Motion Family on Vimeo. me="allowfullscreen" value="true" /> Bahamadia SXSW from gavin dahl on Vimeo.

Stimulated Vol. One

Peter Agoston — Mon, 01 Jan 2001 07:00:00 +0000

There are a lot of seemingly invisible people responsible for the various degrees of certain artists’ popularity in this here hip-hop game. One of today’s more integral shadow-players would undoubtedly be Dante Ross. His various A&R and production work (at Tommy Boy and Elektra as well as the SD50′s/Stimulated Dummies with partner John Gamble) throughout the late 80′s and into the 90′s proved invaluable to fans and artists alike – as without his presence in the industry we may of never heard from the likes of Brand Nubian, De La Soul, KMD or Leaders Of The New School. Del The Funkee Homosapien may of never transcended further than the Bay hadn’t it been for the DR-connect at Elektra (his subsequent dropping and resurrection in turn spawned a whole new generation of hip-hop artists). Everlast may of never been cultivated into the pop-folk-hip-hop phenom, while Sadat X may of never had a solo album.

Slowly reemerging within the last few years with a string of solid, yet seemingly overlooked releases (a la Missin Linx, Sadat X, Mr. Voodoo, Tha Dwellas, etc.) his Loud Records distributed imprint steadily began cultivating a name for itself with an updated-contemporary version of the classics that brought the Dummies to the forefront years back. There was always a definite variety in the artistry of SD50 related emcees and groups of the past and some 10 odd years later that basic boom-bap ethic remains intact with little faltering-for the most part.

Stimulated Vol. 1, as read in the liner notes, plays like “a day in the office”. Which can translate into a lot of things. There is definite time to relish while most certainly moments to go out for coffee. While the SD50 production stamp is present in less than half of the album’s 18 tracks, it’s within those songs that the real meat of this release simmers, not to mention the high-caliber of artist paired with Ross & Gamble’s full bodied bounce. It’s hard not to skip over less fulfilling efforts from the likes of Hom, V.O.R., and even Camp Lo when there’s songs like King Tee’s subdued “Quiet As Kept” or Sadat X’s soulful “The Great Dot X”. The Hieroglyphics connection proves highly successful again as both Pep Love (“Crack The Concrete”) and Del (“Del Meets The Dummies”) cultivate energized unique sounding bumpers over rich SD-production. Dilated Peoples and High & Mighty get the nod for well conceived non-Stimulated songs, with the wink to the Expansion Team for their salute “Stimulation”. Granted not all the big boys come through as excepted, De La Soul and The Liks deliver lukewarm zingers which are counterbalanced by surprisingly solid Everlast bangers alongside Xzibit (“Shroomz Pt. 2″) and B-Real (“Laugh Now”).

Stimulated Vol. 1 is thick. There are moments of monotony but the SD50 code remains very much intact which ultimately carries the album’s weight throughout. Production wise Dante Ross & John Gamble return to the fold with the greatest of ease and hopefully will continue with a more steady flow of work after this release has settled. I would only hope for more of their complete influence musically during the next venture.