Maschine Mikro – is it good enough? What’s going on y’all Happy New Years!!!! . It’s the Maschine Gang General E52 and my focus here today on this piece is the Mikro. Once again… It’s not the car it’s the driver. MY biggest gripe with the Mikro would have to be the one knob action. […]
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Salute to Sample Pack Saturday What’s up my MM family, it’s your homie E52 hear to ask you… How lucky are we to be blessed with Sample Pack Saturday??!! Billy Blass has been giving us a constant supply of HEAT for the past 2 years; and if you’ve been downloading the sample packs, then you […]
What’s your White Whale Record? What’s going on my MM family, today’s topic at hand is the White Whale. The white whale (Moby Dick) was captain Ahab’s obsession and ultimately the cause of his death. I want to know what is the one record you’ve been obsessed with while Diggin’ but can’t seem to find. […]
Does the mood you’re in affect the way you produce? If you’re in a bad mood do you make dark hardcore beats or if you’re in a good mood do you make Pharrell Williams esk type beats; or can you produce any genre no matter what kind of mood your in? I would say that […]
Life before Producer Drum Kits I recently wrote a piece called “The kick heard around the world” and in that article I interviewed some of the top producers that we all look up to or have looked up to at one point or another. They told me some of their favorite or “go to” drums and […]
MSXII Beat Box 2 Kit Review What’s up my MM family. It’s the Maschine General E52BEATS here with another review… this time I bring you the goods on the BEAT BOX 2 KIT from MSXII Sound Design. This kit is jammed pack with tons of ill human beat boxing samples. Using the Neuman TLM 102 mic and Apogee preamps, this kit sounds […]
Havoc Infamous Producers Kit Vol.3 Review What’s up my MM fam… E52BEATS! here with the new one from our Infamous homie Havoc of Mobb Deep. This is the 3rd installment from his Infamous Producers Kit series and with all the classic that Hav has produced I can say this series is going to be around […]
S1 – The Fire And Ice Combo Collection Review What’s going on my MM family… Maschine Gang General E52BEATS! here with the quick look at our homie, the Grammy Award winning producer Symbolic One, with his new kit Fire and Ice. S1 has brought us a number of classic production for the past 10 years […]
Death of an ERA Will there ever be another Golden Era in Hip Hop? Now I know a lot of the more seasoned vets will automatically say NEVER! I’ve always said it would never be another golden era, but what era is golden to us is not to others. Some might call the Cash Money/No […]
!llmind All Dirty Breaks Everything Review What’s up my MM family, it’s the Maschine Gang General E52BEATS! back with a new review. This time around I’m bringing you the goods on the new one by our homie !llmind. This is a limited edition from !ll’s BLAP collection called !llmind All Dirty Breaks Everything. !llmind has […]