Aug 5th

Cool & Dre Join Cash Money Records?

By Natalia V
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Miami-based producers Cool and Dre announced their enlistment. It’s been a minute since CMB has had an in-house producer, so it should be interesting how the label redefines their sound.
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Aug 3rd

AZ Speaks on B.I.G in a current NPR Interview: Biggie Smalls: The Voice That Influenced A Generation

By Natalia V

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A local DJ named 50 Grand made a mixtape for Big that ended up in the Source magazine's Unsigned Hype column. Puff Daddy heard it and eventually signed Big to a deal. By 1993, he had a song in the movie Who's The Man? called "Party and Bulls--t." With the wit and presence evident on that song, Biggie put other rappers on notice.

But what he had more than anything else was flow. That's how rappers pace the voicing of their lyrics. They choose a rhythmic pattern to match each beat.
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 Rapper AZ met Biggie when Big was rapping on street corners. He describes flow this way: "Flow is like water. It's like current. It's the fluidity of your words -- and how you can slow it up, pick it up, chop it up. You can take a slow beat and flow fast on it because it's the structure of the words. Or you could take a fast beat and really screw it up and make it slow. Flow is a beautiful thing." AZ says you can hear that on Biggie's song "Warning."

"I don't care where, what part of the Earth you're from, when you listen to it, the dialogue is slow enough for you to digest it," he says. "When you actually tell a story and be descriptive, that takes talent." Biggie so impressed his peers in the mid-1990s that almost every New York rapper has recorded a song that includes a shout-out to him.

"Big influenced a generation. This whole generation took pieces and bits," AZ says. "Everybody took a piece out of Big that's on the charts right now. Everybody."
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Aug 2nd

Mercedes-Benz S-Class gets the high-end BeoSound AMG sound system

By Natalia V
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It was the year 2007 when Mercedes-AMG and Bang & Olufsen teamed up for the development of high-end sound systems for AMG and Mercedes-Benz cars. Starting September 2010, the Bang & Olufsen BeoSound AMG high-end sound system will be made available in all the S-Class versions. The high-end system has been developed in collaboration with the Mercedes-AMG engineers. The four illuminated acoustic lenses and aesthetic aluminum speaker grills. Complement perfectly the curves of the curves of the S-Class cabins. The white LED light that comes from the four tweeter units and the b-pillar has been tuned to match the color from the instrument panel. Moreover, it adapts itself to the day or night mode based on the ambient light.

The loudspeaker grills in the doors and on the parcel shelf make way for the company’s eminent aluminum competences. The new system boasts 15 high-quality speakers and the total amplifier power is 1200 watts. The three-way speaker system in the front doors allows optimal sound radiation for driver and passengers on the front seat. The COMAND APS control system features a special sound setting that focuses the sound particularly on the rear seats. The system enriches every passenger in the car with an amazing sound experience that is pleasing to both the ears and the eyes.

Bang & Olufsen Automotive is currently working on new sound systems for upcoming Mercedes-Benz cars.



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