As the shopping mall music blasts X-Mas classics on loop and slowly brainwash the consumer to spend his paycheck, Mook-Life has decided to bring you our own flavor to this holiday season. Once again we’ve assembled our favorite mook producers to cook up their own personal recipe for the seasonal vibe. For this special Christmas edition of the Rice Report, we hit you with some holiday themed bangers that will even make your grandma get out of the dining room chair and Harlem Shake the night away.

The Rice Report has decided to give an ode to one of our favorite sources of entertainment music: the TV show theme song. We’ve regrouped a bunch of producer mooks from our entourage and had them flip some TV show samples of their choice into their own rendition. Crack some popcorn, sit back in your couch and enjoy the selection of instrumentals cooked straight up from your flat screen TV directly to your audio speakers.

Sample clearance has long been a controversial subject matter in the entertainment industry. Since the explosion of hip hop a few decades ago, artists have been known to take portions of old school soul and funk classics and rehash them into a modern rendition more suitable for their genre and era. This lead to feelings …Read More

Today, The Rice Report has decided to give homage to the greatest video game console to ever be created. We’ve assembled a few producers from our entourage and had them flip Nintendo games of their choice and take you mooks on a journey back in time to the golden era of video gaming. Without any further ado, press START and enjoy the ride.

Today, we’ve decided to demonstrate how the power of a beat can change the whole vibe to a song through the art of the Remix. We’ve assembled a few producers from our entourage and had them flex their skills and remix an OG Hindu Kush track off their new album which drops today.

The first Battle of the Beats between 6 producers from our entourage who will flip the same 2 samples. Leave your votes on who takes it in the comments and watch samples get torn apart after the jump.

Multi-discipline is something rare in our present time, where fast food television living and laziness has outweighed skill-honing. Full Course is the opposite of that mentality. Known for his talents in film visuals for various heavyweight music videos, he also flexes rapping skills and works the stressful job of club security. A quick look at Richy FullCourse, one half of Labnoise, a good part hiphop, one fraction of nightlife… but 100% Montreal.