May 23, 2007
FEED ME BEATS!
Our July/August issue is a dooooooozy.
Only in the new SCRATCH (which hits stands next week!) can you get:
-DJ Khaled on getting wrangling guest apperances, managing The Runners and being offered brown paper bags.
-Lil Wayne on playing the guitar, working with Dr. Dre and why The Carter 3 won’t drop until 2008.
-Mannie Fresh on his new deal at Def Jam and how he got back in the studio with Lil Wayne, BG and Juvenile.
-An exclusive trip inside the Koch Records offices and the history of Alan Grunblatt, the man who put Cam on the phone.
-Snoop Dogg on his new career as a producer under the moniker “Niggaracci.”
-DipSet’s DukaDaGod on how producers can get their beats to Cam, Jimmy, Juelz and the rest of the crew.
-A day-in-the-life of hitmaker Jonathan “J.R.” Rotem as he navigates between power lunches, studio sessions and paparazzi lenses.
-A round-up of the behind-the-scenes songwriters who write the hooks and hits we all love.
-The first ever interview with Cash Money’s secret weapon, producer T-Mix.
-Compton legends Quik and AMG discuss their reunion as The Fixxers.
-Your first look at the new producers behind Shop Boyz’s “Party Like A Rockstar,” Plies & T-Pain’s “Shawty,” Yung Joc’s “Coffee Shop,” Huey’s “Pop, lock & Drop It” and LL Cool J’s “Whatcha Hood Like.”
-An inside look at how T-Pain, Akon, Roger Troutman and others synthesize their voices.
-Aphilliate’s producer Don Cannon breaks down how he makes that A-Town boom-bap.
-Houston veteran Mr. Lee remembers making his greatest beats.
-N.O.R.E. details every track on his new album Global Warming 11368.
-Our analysis of all the original samples used on UGK’s new double album.
-The hardest-working music video directors in the game brainstorm video treatments for classic cuts from 2Pac, Missy, Big Pun and Mos Def.
-Cleveland’s finest DJ Mick Boogie reviewing Vestax’s VCI-100.
-”Straight To the Bank” producer Ty Fyffe reviewing Moog’s Little Phatty Stage Edition.
-A detailed review of a new black-market Japanese operating system for your MPC.
-Marley Marl remembering his all-time favorite NYC summertime parties.
And last but not least…
-Our new back page called “The Back Beat,” where SCRATCH ranks the 20 hottest producers in the industry right now.
40 Responses to "FEED ME BEATS!"
May.23 at 4:20 pm
Nah Right » Blog Archive » July/August Scratch Cover says:
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May.23 at 5:42 pm
new york says:
where da source when u NEED it?
May.24 at 7:26 am
skeematics says:
i stopped buying scratch magazine when they put Young Cheezy on the cover. Good things never last long. R.I.P. scratch magazine
May.24 at 9:37 am
YUNG SONNY says:
I LOVE SCRATCH MAG…CAN’T WAIT TO GET ON THE COVER.
May.24 at 10:48 am
Dat N.I.G.G.E.R says:
There’s never been a magazine like Scratch before. I read your last issue frontwards, and backwards, literally. Keep doing what you do.
May.24 at 10:51 am
Dat N.I.G.G.E.R says:
There’s never been a magazine like Scratch before. I read your last issue frontwards and backwards, literally. Keep doing what you do. Props to Weezy on the cover. Like if there wasn’t emcees, headz would be making beats just to listen to! Stupid ass niggaz…..
May.24 at 11:48 am
sdot says:
quit putting rappers on the cover. if i wanted to read/see rappers i’d buy crappy ass magazines like the source or xxl. xxl is ruining a great magazine.
May.24 at 2:33 pm
m dirty money says:
scratch WAS one of the more creative mags out there. but now it’s shaping up to be xxl’s bastard step son…and why put “20 hottest producers” on the back page, when they had that ill comic strip?
May.25 at 12:48 am
fingerprinter says:
DAMN! DAMN! DAMN!!! When I first saw the cover of this issue of Scratch with lil’ Wayne , I thought it was the Source magazine! Hell, his picture is bigger than DJ Khaled and he’s a producer. Is this still a PRODUCERS mag? O.K. then lets show and prove! Oh yeah…DAMN!!
May.26 at 3:06 pm
OG says:
THis magazine has officially Sold out Puttin Stars on the COvers to Sell….What happended to the Producers HUH?!!!
May.28 at 1:22 pm
sherene says:
i would like to submit some beats …can you holla at me and let me know how to get a interview if you like the beats
May.28 at 4:51 pm
No more rappers says:
Please stop putting rappers on the front .. we have way to many producers that you can post … come on XXL Scratch .. that is what the regular XXL is for .. rappers …. get with it man ..
May.28 at 5:23 pm
BlackAttack says:
I must say that I’m a VERY big fan of this magazine, but it didn’t take long for the XXL boys to ruin it. In all honesty it’s cool to represent todays era of hip hop, but I find it disrespectful to people like DJ Premier, Pete Rock, Large Professor, and so many other legendary producers(Premier needs a solo cover) who never graced the cover of this magazine. Jeezy just did the cover of XXL and Scratch and now Weezy is too!!! Get the fuck outta here for real. I tip my hat to Jeezy and Weezy but what you guys are doin could be considered a straight monopoly of the culture. We need balance in this game and you are not delivering it at all. I’ll renew my subscription when ya’ll get ya’ll get your mind right. Peace
May.28 at 8:25 pm
Danski says:
why the fuck is Lil wayne on the cover my god this magazine used to be so good. Now it is just like ever other pop-rap magazine. HIP HOP IS DEAD> scratch isnt helping
May.30 at 1:49 am
Yung Mumz says:
Man what in the hell happen to this fucking magazine. I mean yall fucked it up for the producers in this by put rappers on it. This was the voice for producers. And ya’ll kill it just like singin ass rappers,snap music, and shit like this did for hip hop.
May.30 at 12:11 pm
pissed off says:
well i have just officially stopped buying this magazine. lil wayne??? doesnt wu-tang have an album coming out this summer? why not put RZA on it again. complete bullshit i really used to like this magazine a lot.
May.30 at 10:52 pm
SPank says:
I feel all of you on your comments. But isn’t anyone upset at the fact that they are rehashing the same artists and producers for their magazine? Seriously, wasn’t Khaled just on the cover a couple of issues ago? Keep in mind that the West Coast still has some pretty good producers (Quik, Alchemist, Jake One, etc) that could represent that real beat talk and not just image and flash. Be Cool,
SPank (Divided Souls Ent.)
May.31 at 1:57 pm
Young Rus says:
When will the magazine be available
May.31 at 6:44 pm
Arek Da Set says:
Why in the hell would you put some lame ass nigga on the cover. Man if you want to start putting some rappers on the cover why not go back to when rappers where real hip hop rappers. These rappers nowadays don’t talk much about anything on what Hip Hop is. All I hear is money,bitches and cars. That is some lame shit. These niggas aint hip hop they just rappers who put shit words together to form bullshit songs. Go back and throw some real niggas on there like,KRS-ONE, BlackMoon, NAS, JAY-Z,YZ,Pharoah Monch,Smif N Wessun,Etc….That is what I call real rappers spitting real Hip Hop. All these new cats don’t even know what Hip Hop is let alone the history and what it was meant to do for all of us. Wack Rappers are killing Hip Hop and you wonder why NAS snapped on all you punk ass weak MC’s and labeled his album HIP HOP IS DEAD. Man even my Boricua Tego Calderon knows what real Hip Hop is. That’s a cat you niggas are sleeping on. He spits real Hip Hop in all his lyrics. True MC’s. Recognize you young ass wanna be MC’s. Step Yo Game Up. Go learn your history.
Arek Da Set
Chitown Representative
Boricua Taking Over
May.31 at 10:39 pm
HEDNOKER says:
GREAT MAGAZINE, KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK. BUT PLEASE!, MORE PRODUCERS LESS RAPPERS!
Jun.1 at 12:35 am
yawshot says:
Predictably, you fools don’t understand shit about what’s going to make this magazine stay alive, you bitch about how all these jive ass, grey haired, out of work scrubs aren’t on the cover, but don’t realize it’s because THEY ARE JUST THAT. furthermore, you fools obviously don’t open the fucking book and look at what’s inside. the cover is supposed to sell the magazine, but its not the meat and potatoes of the mag, its all about production and producers, fucking open it up and recognize. until you do that, you’re opinions are irrelevant, you don’t know shit about the mag or what its about, and your idols aren’t going to get a cover until they start working and start selling multi-platinum albums. if they can’t sell records, how are they going to sell magazine covers? i rest my mothafuckin case. run along.
Jun.4 at 11:08 am
Eman says:
Wtf everybody in metro detroit stop selling scratch or something cause I cant find in anywhere! Any suggestions shit Borders has the old one up still and its june 4 and there the only ones with it up so wtf?
Jun.5 at 12:10 pm
Da Arsonist says:
I was about to subsribe to Scratch, until I saw that the magazine focuses more on rappers than producers by putting rappers on the cover. Why are the real hip hop producers that you fail to put on your covers missing? I’ll subscribe to Remix instead. Holla.
Jun.8 at 1:04 pm
ozdawg says:
Seems Scratch mag has stopped trading, all emails to them bounce saying mail box full and no-one answers the phone, i think they have gone under.
Jun.8 at 11:19 pm
mikey says:
hit tha page hard azz beats
Jun.9 at 12:57 am
Kristin and Danny says:
Anthony “Tony” Bowe is the most deserving music artist I know. His talent comes natural which is why we are so thankful to Scratch for recognizing his ability and heart for beats. Support the deserving artists out there. Peace.
Jun.9 at 9:40 am
Paul a.k.a. crazyhustla3 says:
i copped that new mag and thought it was of the hook when yall talked bout the UGK cd
Jun.10 at 12:36 pm
G-Harp aka G-Money says:
This is starting to annoy me. Producers and Rappers go hand in hand, without rappers there wouldn’t be producers and vice versa. If you people are too FUCKING STUPID to realize that then don’t even read this magazine. Scratch shows how the artist and the producers connect in the studio (Khaled and Weezy, the Runners and Jeezy) to make dope music. The magazine is still primarily about the producers and shit. It’s the fucking purists, the same ones who are bitching on this forum about Scratch being “dead”, that are the ones saying “Hip-Hop Is Dead”. Just because YOU’RE type of Hip-Hop is dead doesn’t mean the whole culture is gone. Kudos to Scratch for another kickass issue, don’t listen to the muthafuckin’ haters…
www.myspace.com/gharpakagmoney
Jun.13 at 2:35 pm
RICH NICE says:
I was checking you piece on Duke Da God in this months issue, and granted people do what they want to do, and if you’re a hungry producer you may do everythign short of capping your mom’s to get on. I don’t know how much I endorse the idea of sending out full beats with no drops, to a record exec. I believe in the same issue you list the Jim Jones track, and the 50 Amusement Park as sharing the same track. This is how that type of bullshit happens, and producers catch a black eye in the game. You’re gonna know in the first 15 seconds if you’re gonna like a beat or not. I keep it simple with a drop at the beginning and one at the end, maybe one at a critical change up point, I’ve heard a lot of producers that o.d. and you can’t hear the beat for them yappin over it. As a magazine that caters to producers, a side note, an asterix something that lets the younger cats know what the math is would have been nice. One
Jun.13 at 2:36 pm
RICH NICE says:
I was checking your piece on Duke Da God in this months issue, and granted people do what they want to do, and if you’re a hungry producer you may do everythign short of capping your mom’s to get on. I don’t know how much I endorse the idea of sending out full beats with no drops, to a record exec. I believe in the same issue you list the Jim Jones track, and the 50 Amusement Park as sharing the same track. This is how that type of bullshit happens, and producers catch a black eye in the game. You’re gonna know in the first 15 seconds if you’re gonna like a beat or not. I keep it simple with a drop at the beginning and one at the end, maybe one at a critical change up point, I’ve heard a lot of producers that o.d. and you can’t hear the beat for them yappin over it. As a magazine that caters to producers, a side note, an asterix something that lets the younger cats know what the math is would have been nice. One
Jun.14 at 4:38 pm
Bornking says:
to the idiot who see’s people opinions as irrelevant and those who made what you bend over too as gray haired and out of work. Fool, they are out of work because of situation just like what we are fighting and ranting over. You on the other hand are the main reason true Gods and Earths dont understand or get to experience the true essense of what the hip hop culture really is about. why? because you are needed by the ones who dont care 2 cents about the music, they just exploit it until its drained dead. You talkin like you just came from the disolated part of the planet where u cant see what true heads are trying to bark at. Stupid…we knowledge what it takes to make a mag and we say “NAY”. We dont bow down and bend over like your weak ass. Who the hell are u to tell them when they make a statement you dont agree with…they dont understand the game of a mag? Take your sunday school ass back under your Sunday school Rock and leave the producing talk to the producers( be it studio or home). Next up… everybody and their mother knows what it takes to make a mag(as your lame ass calls it meat and potatoes). We decided because its our money and because real producers with real intellect want to voice our opinion…so our opinion is voiced. If you dont agree with what we want and feel then grab your scratch mag and take to he little boys section. so to conclude on irrelevant opinions… you probably dont have a clue about the music you listen to which we love and breathe…and that is our hip hop…not rap. We dont rap here…we produce what our cultures shelves out to us. And we do it through our machines, then let the likes of you spit a few bars to compliment our artistry. so again, we know unlike you that we have to attack the mesenary(yes, grab your dictionary kid) of the scratch mag while you bend down and spread because our monitary funds feeds the nonsense you Jigaboo dance to Clown.
Eat that… Now…Man up and reply so i can eat u another Ass Hole Stupid.
Jun.16 at 10:44 pm
Mr. Cutlass says:
Scratch Check out my trax…..Where is the Duke Da God G-mail @….Tell The Artist 2 Get @ me For Production…(209)271-9800
Jun.27 at 2:30 pm
prime 1 says:
Scratch is bout the beat makers. we make the rapper what they are. put us up front but them talkin ass n#%%$ in the back if you want them on the cover this are magazine. true life shit rappers killed the DJ.
Jul.3 at 5:03 am
Mistah Boogii Productions says:
If anyone knows how to run a magazine then do a better job. Scratch is looking at the future as well as the present but knows in its spirit what wisdom the past brings. Eye think eventually a more collective approach in our daily living will manifest a rebirth of truth and wisdom for our streets. We been hustling that dhere for so long that we only been listening to ourselves and forgot what everyone else sounds like. Hip Hop has grown beyond break beats and b-boys and has evolved into entrepreneurship and a nation raising millions! The real truth for me is how much does Scratch Magazine love what Scratch Magazine is doing? Eye hope eternally becuase unless you are in this forever it’s just another pay day!
-mistah-
“I am learning therefore all information is good!” Please can we get more features on production do’s and don’ts. The art of EQ’ing, and what makes a break beat great! I got a list of titles Scratch if you can use a ghost productionist. Hollah!
Jul.17 at 3:33 pm
Roc says:
I own a magazine that is pretty successful right now. I will not get into who we are or what we do. I can tell you that the cover of a magazine is strictly business. In order to grow and reach out past the direct demographic of people who subscribe (producers) you need to have someone(s) on the cover who EVERYBODY can connect with whether you are a producer, a DJ, an artist, or simply a fan of Hip Hop. There is absolute truth in the statement that “Producers need MC’s & vice versa”. But if you are not Kanye, Swizz, or Pharrel, you do not have a real buzz in the complete Hip Hop community. Therefore, you put a DJ/Producer (Khaled) and an MC who everyone is listening to (Wayne) and you bring in new subscribers. Now that you have new and extended readership you stay tru to your initial mission of being a producers magazine but making the majority of your content producer based. Now you have drawn in new people who become more acquainted with the production end of the culture through reaching out to them through a cover shot. Scratch is doing this for the die hard producers. WHatever gets the people to the mag doesnt matter, it matters what is in it.
Aug.13 at 12:12 pm
dominiquamarie says:
GGHHAa..i lOVED tHiSMAGAZiNE! tHiS MONtHES COVEr WAS tHE bESt ByEfAr [yA DiGg.]DOMiNiQUA MAriE™
Aug.21 at 11:22 pm
MAJOR BEATZ says:
I NEED MONEY HOLLA…
Oct.8 at 4:17 pm
Rigid says:
WHY DO YALL KEEP PUTTING WHACKKKK MOTHAFUKAS ON THE COVER!!Scratch used to be my favorite mag,damn its still some real niggaz out here u know!!!!!!!
Feb.20 at 12:07 pm
XXLmag.com | Hip-Hop On A Higher Level | » Great Rap Albums: TRAUMA says:
[…] “It was so dark, some of that music flat out makes me cry,” Quik told me of Trauma, when I interviewed him last year for Scratch. “You couldn’t possibly process going to court in another county, you live an hour and a half away from that motherfucker, and at 8:30 AM you gotta get there, face ten years possible prison time. And when court is adjourned, you have to drive another hour and a half back to hollywood, to go in the studio to produce a record.” […]
Mar.5 at 11:53 am
eddie says:
dis magazine with lil wayne is the shit
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