Author Archives: Josh

Theory Hazit “Old Derty Hazit” (produced by Dert)

Theory Hazit – Old Derty Hazit by Sphere of Hip-Hop

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What is Dubstep?

Good break down of how we got to dubstep.

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Next Generation Music Production Controller: MPC Renaissance

This looks really fresh!

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VIDEO: Heath McNease & For Beat’s Sake “Kain’t Moov Nuthin”

This is one of the more creative album releases and videos I’ve seen in a minute. Props to Heath and Danny on this one.

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Making Claims Without Doing the Research

As I was working this morning, something came across my desk that caught my attention. This note made a claim to be the first in doing something when it clearly wasn’t first. Now the mistake may have been an innocent … Continue reading

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Tips to Make Your Phone Photos Look Fresh(er)

A site a follow for all things photography just published a list of 10 Tips to Make Your Phone Photos Amazing. I knew several of these already but a few sound pretty awesome and I’ll be trying them soon. Give … Continue reading

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Happy New Year!

Welcome to a big bad new year. 2012 seems like it could be rather interesting over here and for Sphere of Hip-Hop. Blogging here has taken a back seat to getting our ducks in order with the site. I promise … Continue reading

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What not to do – A (partial) Checklist

Here are some bullet points of things you shouldn’t be doing. Surely I’ve missed a few but here goes… 1. Email a press release or other submission with no proper introduction or even a greeting. Don’t hit the “forward” button … Continue reading

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What not to do – Random Email

I’ve been slacking on the blogging only for lack of time. This entry is an email I wrote to an artist who sent me a random email about his album. No personal introduction… no relationship… sent to an email that … Continue reading

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Baloney.

Do you want unity? Only if it fits into what you’re doing and meets your business goals right? Quit talking about it and please do something. People by nature are followers. But only if they have leaders. Unity? What do … Continue reading

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