Hip Hop Drum Beats

Hip Hop has been around for a long time. It uses different styles which are defined as rapping, sampling, scratching and beat-boxing. Hip-hop beat can be catagorized to two parts which includes the beat it produces and the vocals. The beat is the instrumental part that is used over the entire length. The items that are in Hip Hop Construction are the audio drum loops / MIDI drum patterns, bass line, orchestration (perhaps synth pads, horns and strings) and Dubs and scissors.

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Octo-Mom Opens Up To Oprah About Her Addiction To Having Babies

On Friday's Oprah, financial guru Suze Orman confronts Octo-Mom Nadya Suleman about her reasoning for having so many children, despite the fact that she doesn't have the means to properly take care of them.
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John Dye, who starred on Touched By An Angel for nine seasons, has passed away.

He died this past Monday due to heart failure in California. He was only 47-years-old.

Sad. Our condolences go out to his family and friends who will surely miss him dearly.

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Some hard hitting news on E!? Who woulda thought!
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Check out (above) Eric Stonestreet and Jesse Tyler Ferguson, of Modern Family, accepting the National Arts and Culture Award on behalf of the brilliant series this past weekend at the Human Rights Campaign's National Dinner!

The night prior, the show was also honored at the GLSEN Respect Awards!

An awesomely gay weekend!

The effort Modern Family makes to promote equal rights is much appreciated!

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Reprising their roles for another go ’round, actors Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms, Justin Bartha and Zach Galifianakis (not pictured below) were all spotted at Ontario International Airport here in SoCal this weekend on the set of the sequel film The Hangover 2. Here are a few photos from the first day of production:

As I understand it, the guys will be traveling to Bangkok, Thailand for their next night of misadventures. I’m guessing they won’t be messing with the film’s formula too much … The Hangover was such a big hit, it shouldn’t be too hard to churn out another film that will please just as much. While I liked the first film, I didn’t love it as much as everyone else seemed to. We’ll have to wait and see how The Hangover 2 turns out. Are any of y’all excited?

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