In The Early Days of house music, nobody hustled harder than Vince Lawrence.
Vince grew up on the South Side of Chicago. As a teenager in the late 1970s and early 1980s, he was urbane and in the know: He liked Izod shirts, white K-Swiss sneakers, and straight-leg jeans; he ran hip parties, loved import records from Europe, and aspired to make music of his own. A lot of what he and his friends were into, he remembers, “came from us reading GQ and wishing we were rich.”
Around then,...
Vince grew up on the South Side of Chicago. As a teenager in the late 1970s and early 1980s, he was urbane and in the know: He liked Izod shirts, white K-Swiss sneakers, and straight-leg jeans; he ran hip parties, loved import records from Europe, and aspired to make music of his own. A lot of what he and his friends were into, he remembers, “came from us reading GQ and wishing we were rich.”
Around then,...
- 4/12/2023
- by Oli Coleman
- Rollingstone.com
When house music emerged from Chicago in the Eighties, it was a global phenomenon, helping sire rave scenes in the UK and Europe, and blueprinting the global club and Edm-festival scene. A large number of Chicago’s early house classics came out on Trax Records—songs like Phuture’s “Acid Tracks,” Mr. Fingers’ “Can You Feel It,” Frankie Knuckles and Jamie Principle’s “Baby Wants to Ride” and “Your Love,” Adonis’s “No Way Back,” and On the House feat. Marshall Jefferson’s “Move Your Body.”
However, in the four...
However, in the four...
- 10/14/2022
- by Michaelangelo Matos
- Rollingstone.com
Legendary house musician Marshall Jefferson is suing Kanye West for sampling his 1986 hit “Move Your Body” without permission. He claims portions of his song were used at least 22 times on Kanye’s track “Flowers” off Donda 2. On Wednesday, a complaint was filed by Jefferson’s publisher, Ultra International Music Publishing, at New York’s U.S. District Court. “I’ve...
- 6/30/2022
- by Melissa Romualdi
- ET Canada
Kanye West is being sued for the unauthorized use of a sample on his latest album, Donda 2, marking yet another copyright infringement claim filed against the polarizing rapper.
As first reported by Billboard, a complaint filed in the U.S. District Court in New York claims West’s song “Flowers” unlawfully samples the 1986 club hit “Move Your Body” (a.k.a. “The House Music Anthem”). According to the suit, the Marshall Jefferson track is “repeated at least 22 times throughout” West’s song.
“West advocates for artists’ rights with one hand,...
As first reported by Billboard, a complaint filed in the U.S. District Court in New York claims West’s song “Flowers” unlawfully samples the 1986 club hit “Move Your Body” (a.k.a. “The House Music Anthem”). According to the suit, the Marshall Jefferson track is “repeated at least 22 times throughout” West’s song.
“West advocates for artists’ rights with one hand,...
- 6/30/2022
- by Kat Bouza
- Rollingstone.com
These days, Ice-t‘s résumé reads like a long biblical scroll. He’s one of the original pioneers of gangsta rap via seminal releases like “6 in the Mornin,‘” one of the greatest hip-hop songs of all time. He’s hosted and produced multiple TV shows and documentary films, including The Art of Rap and the VH1 documentary Planet Rock: The Story of Hip-Hop and the Crack Generation. That’s on top of a hefty acting filmography, which includes starring roles in films like New Jack City; his now-defunct reality TV series Ice Loves Coco,...
- 10/18/2018
- by John Ochoa
- Rollingstone.com
With how rapidly David Guetta was becoming the butt of every joke in the world of Edm, he had to do something to re-establish his credibility. This past weekend, he did just that, by delivering an “Influences” Essential Mix for BBC Radio 1 that’s chock full of the ’80s house and techno that inspired him to become a DJ in the first place.
We’ve briefly mentioned Guetta’s illustrious musical history recently, and it looks like the proper house bug has bit him again as the mix features some amazing classics. DJ Sneak and Laurent Garnier grace the many seminal names on the track list, all of whom contribute to the retro wonkiness of the mix as a whole. If Guetta feels it necessary to go to these kinds of measures to appeal to an increasingly discerning world of music fans, we’re not complaining.
So, expand your knowledge...
We’ve briefly mentioned Guetta’s illustrious musical history recently, and it looks like the proper house bug has bit him again as the mix features some amazing classics. DJ Sneak and Laurent Garnier grace the many seminal names on the track list, all of whom contribute to the retro wonkiness of the mix as a whole. If Guetta feels it necessary to go to these kinds of measures to appeal to an increasingly discerning world of music fans, we’re not complaining.
So, expand your knowledge...
- 5/25/2015
- by John Cameron
- We Got This Covered
We Got This Covered has teamed up with Donati & Amato to bring you an exclusive guest mix that will surely have you up on your feet and moving in no time. It’s a strong collection of originals, remixes and some of the hottest tracks in Edm today, all coming together to provide a groovy, varied and exciting mix of music that we’re definitely digging.
With support from big names like R3hab, Laidback Luke, Afrojack, Tiesto and many more, and BBC Radio 1 play on their tracks “Falling,” “Fiendish” and “Wild Horses,” the Italian DJs are getting ready to really take off in 2015, and we’re very eager to see what they have coming down the pipeline.
Check out Donati & Amato‘s exclusive guest mix for We Got This Covered above, as well as the tracklist below. And for more on these two talented producers, be sure to follow them on Facebook.
With support from big names like R3hab, Laidback Luke, Afrojack, Tiesto and many more, and BBC Radio 1 play on their tracks “Falling,” “Fiendish” and “Wild Horses,” the Italian DJs are getting ready to really take off in 2015, and we’re very eager to see what they have coming down the pipeline.
Check out Donati & Amato‘s exclusive guest mix for We Got This Covered above, as well as the tracklist below. And for more on these two talented producers, be sure to follow them on Facebook.
- 1/28/2015
- by Matt Joseph
- We Got This Covered
Madchester inches towards the West End, Ken Loach demonstrates the wonder of socialism, and Kathryn Bigelow can't tell one London bus from another
Rave on stage
Long shot as it may be – and Trash loves a long shot – I hear there are plans to turn Madchester film comedy 24 Hour Party People into a stage musical. The film's director, Michael Winterbottom, told me that he and producer Andrew Eaton have been toying with the idea for several years and that there is even a rough script "floating around". Steve Coogan is apparently interested in reprising his part as the lead. The show would tell the story of Factory Records, its founder, Tony Wilson, and the rise and fall of bands including Joy Division, Buzzcocks, A Certain Ratio and Happy Mondays. I'd personally love to see some genteel West End theatre transformed into a hands-in -the-air, tops-off sweatbox for a while, throbbing...
Rave on stage
Long shot as it may be – and Trash loves a long shot – I hear there are plans to turn Madchester film comedy 24 Hour Party People into a stage musical. The film's director, Michael Winterbottom, told me that he and producer Andrew Eaton have been toying with the idea for several years and that there is even a rough script "floating around". Steve Coogan is apparently interested in reprising his part as the lead. The show would tell the story of Factory Records, its founder, Tony Wilson, and the rise and fall of bands including Joy Division, Buzzcocks, A Certain Ratio and Happy Mondays. I'd personally love to see some genteel West End theatre transformed into a hands-in -the-air, tops-off sweatbox for a while, throbbing...
- 1/20/2013
- by Jason Solomons
- The Guardian - Film News
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