Hip Hop download resources are abundant online, yet some are slow and unsafe. Here’s a list of places you can find hip hop downloads for a rap beats, albums, singles and mixtapes for cheap…
Mp3.com. This website offers legal downloads of your favorite hip hop artists, songs and the top new releases. While not solely focused on the rap genre, it does offer an extensive selection of artists; plus, you can always pick up a George Clinton album while you’re there!
EZ-Tracks is another hip hop download resource worth its weight in gold. Most of their tracks are free, meaning you can explore a wide variety of sub-genres in hip hop without breaking the bank. Admittedly, they tend to focus on mainstream rappers and singers, which makes it hard to find solid underground hip hop artists, though their popular selection is quite varied. For underground artists, I recommend the following source…
Internet radio is a great way to find new music, and doesn’t require any downloads. My personal favorite is Pandora; simply enter in the name of an artist, song or keyword and Pandora serves up a playlist of groups it thinks you would be interested in. You can vote each song up or down as its played, and Pandora adjusts its recommendations accordingly. I’ve found tons of great new artists using this website!
For the best selection in mixtapes, top instrumentals and beats, check out RapGodfathers. Not only can you download those underground hits you’ve been searching for, there’s a huge selection of mixtapes and remixes of classic tracks you’ve never even heard of. I highly recommend this site for anyone in search of some under the radar tracks. They also have an impressive selection of videos, including major record releases to those that never made it to MTV.
Remember to check out the legal aspect of any hip hop download. While many claim it is legal, some are copyright infringement. Others, such as Pandora, have negotiated a special license that allows them to play a certain number of songs for a listener per hour. This prevents hackers from downloading every song imaginable from an artist (at least in theory) while providing the artist with exposure they would not have had otherwise. The ones mentioned here are legal, safe and fast: stick to these and you should have no worries about picking up your favorite rap artists top new beats, music and videos.
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If you’re anything like me, you like music… lots of it. If you’re like me you are a pack rat. A bad combination, because now you’re collecting lots of vinyl music. And you’re collecting CDs too, let’s not forget those. CDs play and store better than our dusty collection of vinyl music, we use them regularly.
Now you must ask yourself… When was the last time you played one of your vinyl music? Do you have a turntable/record player? How many times have you moved since the last time you played one of your records? You might realize that you don’t play them anymore.
An analog format such as vinyl music are said to be more accurate to the source of the music than digital formats, which convert the music into a digital format, before being converted back to analog for reproduction.
Vinyl music provides a richer, warm tone than digital formats. The reason for this better tone is because the grooves on records provide more musical data to your amplifier. When the stylus (needle) fits into the groove of the record, it vibrates in such a way that is reminiscent of the sound waves present when the artists performed the song. When amplified, you get a reproduction of the original performance.
When the musical data is converted into a digital format, there are various “resolutions”. To use photos as an example, it would be the difference between a 100×100 pixel picture, and a 1000×1000 pixel picture. For CDs, it is 16-bit. Then, there is a sample rate, which is how often these photos are taken. For CDs, they happen 44,100 times per second. For SACDs, an amazing 2,000,000+ samples per second. You can see how the more advanced digital formats would sound better than CDs, which is how most people listen to digital music.
In the case of digital formats like MP3 and AAC, some of the higher frequencies get pulled out to save space, in addition, these formats are taken from a CD, and compressed, so they could never approach the sound quality of a CD. I expect digital music formats to continue to gain in popularity, and I also expect even better formats to come out, with new digital format re-masters, which could sound much better than a CD, have more customization options, and of course, undisputed portability. Are you listening, record companies?
Now the question arise that how specifically vinyl sounds better?
Vinyl seems to reproduce the higher frequencies much better. On digital, high frequencies (voices, cymbals, drums, etc.) sound thinner, harsher, “swishy”, and simply not as good. On vinyl, these high frequencies sound more natural, less harsh, and more “real”. Also, very small high-pitched nuances shine through better, like for example when a bass player plucks a string.
Bass seems to sound fuller on vinyl music as well. It sounds thicker, richer, more natural, more nuanced. It’s nice. When listening to bass on vinyl, you’ll know why so many DJs still use vinyl music to this day. On digital, bass seems to be muddier, thinner…it has less impact.
It’s true that vinyl music does have some weaknesses, such as pops and hiss, but these are eliminated if the record is clean. The pops and hiss also add a nostalgic charm to the sound of the music. Some artists, especially hip hop, have incorporated this sound into their music.
If you love the sound of music, and want to hear something that has a better sound than CDs and MP3s, you should give vinyl a listen. Once you hear it, you’ll become a fan too!
If you’re like me, you are ready to part with most of this vinyl music. There is no way you or I will part with all of them. Some are just too sentimental and will remain with me, and with any luck the vinyl records can be passed on to my children. I hope to pass on a turntable or two, so that they can play the old vinyl music.
White label Dance Promos records are vinyl music with adhesive plain white labels affixed. Test pressings, usually with Test Pressing written on the label, with catalogue number, artist and recording time or date, are produced in small quantities (usually fewer than 5 copies) to evaluate the quality of the disc production. Plain White Label Dance Promos were produced in larger quantities by bigger record labels, often containing a biography of the band, to distribute as demonstration discs (“demos”) to vinyl music distributors, and radio stations in order to assess consumer opinion.
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