Zero-G has introduced Urban Ammunition, a new sample library designed for urban production.
Description:
Urban Ammunition features beats, keys, basses, guitars, synths, strings, licks, fills, percussion, scratches and other samples guaranteed to create an R&B or Hip Hop track that is bullet-proof. The sample collection features 128 full construction kits with loops and single hits. To allow […]

Ueberschall has released URBANIC Producer Pack, a Hip hop & RnB sample library powered by Elastik.
Urbanic Producer Pack features:

1.3 GB Hip Hop and RnB sounds, 2090 loops and samples.
1120+ individual single drum sounds: kick drums, claps, snare, hi hats, percussion, cymbals and shaker samples.
BPM information and root key (key signatures) are embedded in most loop […]

The latest trailer for Planet B-Boy makes it look a must-see movie.
Check out the intelligence and wittiness of the editing on the trailer. I especially love the cut-back to the kid that says “Get over it”!
If you’ve seen this already, let me know if it lives up to the trailer!
Here are the announced release dates:
NOW […]

EastWest has introduced three new sample collections; Hardstyle Samples Vol. 2, Blazin’ RnB & HipHop Collection Vol. 2 and Synthation Producer’s Collection (produced by Synthation).
Here’s the scoop on these new libraries:
Hardstyle Samples Vol. 2
Hardstyle Samples Vol. 2, sequel to the popular Blutonium Hardstyle Sample CD, will add punch to users’ hardstyle, hardtrance, hardcore or jumpstyle […]

Remix Toolkit has released West Coast Vol.1, a collection of radio-ready drum samples designed for remixers, DJs, and producers, covering the sound of today’s Hip Hop & RnB.
Released in 16 bit/44.1 stereo wav format, the West Coast V.1 Drum Sample Library is compatible with all major software and hardware samplers including Kontakt, Halion, EXS24, […]

FXpansion has announced the release of version 1.5 of GURU, its creative beat box workstation.
Version 1.5 has over 50 new features and an additional 3GB of exclusive, original audio content covering styles such as hip hop, grime, tech house, and electronica. Major new features include audio rendering and export, creative randomization, sample reverse, full support […]

BandmateLoops has introduced three new Sounds Like Drums Universal Virtual Instruments.
SLD DW Hip Hop RnB Kit, SLD Rogers Brush Kit and SLD Rogers Reggae Kit are designed to capture the subtleties and power of live drumming. Each kit utilizes a one-hundred percent analog recording process. Instrument formats include Mac and PC versions of Kontakt 2, […]

Chris has been working on his animatronic programming and guess what - the Chuck-E-Cheese robots now do gangsta rap.
Check out their cover of Ms. New Booty:

Here’s a little background on what goes into these stupidtacular animatronic shows:

MPCsounds.com has released Vintage Machinez 2, a drum library for the Akai MPC500/1000/2000/2500/3000/4000 featuring over 2,100 hip-hop style sounds. The library comes as 3 separate MPC soundsets (Parts 1-3) or can be purchased together as one large collection.
Drum machines in Vintage Machinez 2 include: Boss Dr. Rhythm 55, Boss Dr. Rhythm 110, Casio PT-30, Casio PT-68, […]

 

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ModernBeats has launched a Beat Contest which offers $2,000 in cash prizes, plus $875 in music gear prizes for its winners:
ModernBeats sound library users get a chance to show the Hip Hop music world what they’re made of. The best sounding, most original, most professionally produced hip hop beat/song wins. All you have to do […]

The Other Side: Los Angeles is the fifth in a series of CD/DVD combinations in Time Out’s Other Side series of audiovisual travelogues. Each release features a different destination, and has a CD compiled by a local DJ, along with a video tour.
We recently took a look at Time Out’s The Other Side: Berlin, which […]

SonicSpecialists has released Urban Fire: Sounds of the Super Producers Volumes 1 & 2. “Urban Fire” is a series of premium drum libraries geared towards today’s Hip-Hop & Pop producers and was developed by the engineers at SonicSpecialists.
Description:
Utilizing high-end hardware and software from companies such as SSL, Universal Audio, Empirical Labs, and Neve, they have […]

Musikmesse: Cakewalk today released Session Drummer 2 Hip Hop Pack Vol. 1, an expansion pack for Session Drummer 2.
The Session Drummer 2 Hip Hop Pack provides the essential sounds to get your productions started quickly. The Hip Hop Pack includes royalty-free kits, samples, and MIDI patterns that allow you to create thousands of Hip Hop […]

The sound design team at Bangin-Beats has announced a new library of one shot drum samples entitled The Nasty Next Series, covering the Hip Hop & RnB music genre. The library consists of 10 construction kits focusing on the grungy drum flavor Bangin-Beats is known for, with several kits aimed at specific production tasks.
These kits […]

PowerFX has released 3 new downloadable sample CDs: Pop Tools, Street Cred, and Breakdown Beats.
Descriptions:

Street Cred - Acid / Wav Format
Street Cred is a new hip-hop CD with over 320 beats, basses, keys, guitars and FX in styles like crunk, spank rock, hypy electro and dirty south. Produced by Radioactivebeats honcho Michael Davis.
Pop […]