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The day after he recorded “Think Twice,” for Welcome to Detroit, I look at the drum set, and I was like, “Wait, you recorded that on this?” And it was the most dingiest, dirtiest, not even second-hand. [It] looked like the Fat Albert junkyard gang drum set. Screws were missing; some of the heads were broken. Matter of fact, he didn’t even use real drumsticks on “Think Twice.” He used a vibraphone mallet, and he had a broken drumstick that he got some toilet paper from the bathroom, and some rubber bands. I was like, “You would rather go through this MacGuyver shit than buy new drumsticks?” He’s like, “I didn’t know where to get ’em this late at night; I had to make due.” I was like, “Well, why did you hit the drums with the mallet?” He was like, “I didn’t want the dynamic to be too aggressive. I wanted to sound muted, so I decided to play the drums with the soft cotton mallet.” It looked like putting a marshmallow at the end of a toothpick [Laughs]. Next thing I know, I’m now flying to Philadelphia—I think the next week, [to work on] The Roots’ Phrenology record [and] I tracked both “Quills” and “Pussy Galore” the same way. I went and got some orchestra mallets, and then I too started, just ’cause I seen how he got that sound.
DJ DAPS1 - HOLLA DAZE MIXTAPE (2004)
It’s that time again! Enjoy.
Vince Gauraldi Trio - Charlie Brown Christmas
Clarence Carter - Backdoor Santa
RUN DMC - Christmas in Hollis
Gene Autry - Here Comes Santa Claus (Remix)*
Paul McCartney - Wonderful Christmas Time (Billin Remix)*
TLC - Sleigh Ride
Mary J. Blige - Christmas in the City (feat. Angie Martinez)
Various Artists - Christmas Rap
Donny Hathaway - This Christmas
Stevie Wonder - What Christmas Means to Me
The Waitresses - Christmas Wrapping
Kurtis Blow - Christmas Rapping
Mariah Carey - All I Want For Christmas is You (So So Def Remix)
Big Dave and Tina - White Xmas (Remix)
Jose Feliciano - Feliz Navidad
Wham - Last Christmas
Aretha Franklin - Walkin in a Winter Wonderland
Coldplay - Have Yourself A Merry Christmas
Boyz II Men - Let It Snow
New Edition - Give Love On Christmas Day
BB King - Merry Christmas, Baby
DJ Rndm - It’s A Rndm Christmas Mix (Outro)
*I did not personally do these particular remixes/blends, and I lost the original info for the DJs that did them. Much respect to them, though.
Photo by DJ Babu, courtesy of his Instagram page.
Dime a dozen.
DJ Revolution’s Beat Box set for The Cut.
it's all "J", all the "Tyme": Heavy-D Tribute Mix
I grew up listening to Heavy-D & The Boyz. Their first album was one of the first Hip-Hop cassettes I ever owned. Hev was the blueprint for all “big” emcees. Before Biggie, Big Punisher, Rick Ross and others, there was Heavy-D. This tribute mix isn’t anything special and it doesn’t include…
HERE IT IS!!!!!! “AND WE DANCED” OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEOOOOO!!!!! Hope you have as much fun watching it as we had making it! Please share and help us spread the word. And DANCE YOUR ASSES OFF TONIGHT!!!!!!!! That’s what life is all about. Happy Halloween my people. #sharkfacegang
We stumbled across this video last night. I remember when they shot this in 2004. I barely knew Geo and I didn’t know Saba at all. The Seattle Hip Hop scene was TINY! It was crazy cause some local artists were shooting a music VIDEO!!! That shit was unheard of. The first time I ever bumped them, my homie Gabriel Teodros came down to visit me in Olympia where I was going to college. He played me their album before it dropped. I remember TRIPPING that some artists from Seattle made an album that good. The album would go on to frame a good portion of my college experience and affirmed a love for Seattle and pride in our music scene. Their CD release party had about 60 people there, all homies. Amazing to think of how far our city has come in 7 years.
Ha…5 years ago I was tryin to make myself useful to the group and Marcsui was like “why don’t you put this video up on youtube”. I also remember this video shoot (I’m in there briefly), then bouncing to go to Pista Sa Nayon.
Video about my dude DJ Phatrick. Support youth programs!
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