On Wednesday, February 22, 2012 at 2PM CST (3PM EST), The Mixtape King, DJ Whoo Kid will make his return to the Strange Music airwaves for an exclusive interview and will take calls from fans! Continue reading
Last week, Strange Music interviewed Dallas crooner Wideframe to find out about his experience working with Tech N9ne and Strange Music. Wideframe met Tech N9ne when Tech hit him up on Twitter in hopes of a collaboration. Fans online seemed excited about the two working together. “Wow, I didn’t know he was this big,” Wideframe said about the positive response on Twitter. Wideframe will be featured on Tech N9ne’s track “Eenie Meanie Miny Ho,” which is to be included with All 6s and 7s. “From what I heard in the studio, it should be a hit,” Wideframe said about the track.
How did working in the studio in Kansas City compare to working in Dallas, Wideframe’s hometown? Listen below to find out.
In case you missed it, last month Strange Music did an exclusive interview with rapper JL of B. Hood. You may remember JL, one-third of Kansas City’s B. Hood, from his feature on The Gates Mixed Plate track “Far Out” alongside Stevie Stone and P.R.E.A.C.H.
Have you ever wondered what it’s like to be the man behind the music? Last week, Strange Music interviewed “the sound of Strange Music,” Michael “Seven” Summers. Summers is responsible for much of the production behind Brotha Lynch Hung’s Coathanga Strangla, and also Tech N9ne’s latest single, “F.A.N.S.” Continue reading
We were able to get the All 6′s and 7′s album cover designer Frankie Oviedo on the air for an exclusive expose on the making of the controversial album cover. One thing about the album cover is for sure: people either like it or don’t with little opinion in between! We went to the man himself to figure out how the process happened behind its design. Continue reading
SM Blogs was able to get the legendary CES Cru on the line for a live broadcast interview! The captivating Kansas City duo was recently featured on Tech N9ne’s Bad Season mixtape and was rumored to have been in the studio working with him on All 6s and 7s! We confronted them with this rumor and asked them much more. Highlights include some of the colorful fans that called in to show their support: brash, outspoken, and off-the-wall just like the duo themselves! This is one entertaining interview that you can’t miss from two of Kansas City’s most promising talents! Continue reading
In DJ Whoo Kid’s list of all-time surreal moments (which must be a long list), to have Michael Jackson ask him to kick it at the mall must certainly rank at the top. The orchestrator of the Bad Seasonmixtape talked to us about his time with The King of Pop in Bahrain, when fate intervened and had him chilling with the star-of-stars himself, who has always been a huge influence on Tech N9ne. Whoo Kid’s surreal account gives a glimpse into MJ seen only by the very few that knew him on a personal level, as the two maneuvered through palaces, shopping malls, and the Arabian desert together as human beings rather than as celebrities. Whoo touches on the MJ/50 Cent collaboration that never happened and also shares his take on Ja Rule’s latest prison sentence for a weapons charge, reminding him that “What goes around, comes around.” Continue reading
For those who don’t know about CES Cru, you’re missing out. Ubiquitous and Godemis have been ripping apart the Kansas City circuit limb from limb for a minute now. Finally, after ten years of holding it down with scattershot rhymes and explosive live performances, the dynamic duo got their national stage to shine on Tech N9ne’s Bad Season mixtape. “Livin’ Like I’m Dyin’” features the two MCs on the philosophical tip peppered with the dynamic wordplay and rhythms that made CES Cru what it is today. We talked to the Kansas City wordsmiths to get their take on the mixtape and how it all came to be. Ubiquitous filled us in on the story behind their contribution on Bad Season. Continue reading
In the first part of our interview series with DJ Whoo Kid, we ask him first and foremost about the Bad Season mixtape and how the project came to be. While he described his impression of Tech as an artist and MC, DJ Whoo Kid ever-so-casually dropped a HUGE surprise that is sure to make for a Merry Christmas for Techn9cians the world over, as well as fans of a certain legendary hip hop producer…