Photo: Dashah
RAP-N-BLUES.com hooked up with DJ 12Finger Dan and DJ B-Base, the producers behind the Boom Bap Masterpiece Collector’s Item. They wanted to share a little bit of their perspective on the album and what made them do it, the way it has been done. Listen to every track, spiced up with a little anecdote.
(Text by 12Finger Dan)
„The Rebirth“ feat. Dashah
Yeah that joint is mad dope! That beat is about 13 years old and was in my bag since then. But then we had met Dashah, a mad talented MC from Long Island who now residents in Brooklyn. We had connected through MySpace during the works on our album and he was down for a collabo.
When I thought about a beat that could fit nicely for his flow, I remembered that one that no one else has picked out yet. So I polished that beat up a bit by adding a new drum set and that „Jepp Jepp“-Sample from Marley Marl´s „Droppin´ Science„.
I was influenced by Pitch Black´s „It´s All Real“ – one of my alltime favs – where Premo had added that sample too. So I payed some homage to „It´s All Real“ by adding that „Jepp Jepp“ to my beat as well.
By the way, I did a track for his Rap Burglar Album Pt. 2 called Fly Away. The vocals were re-recorded and to me the mixdown sounds a bit messed up. But it´s a nice track anyway. Digg it out here .
Your’s truly, DJ 12 Finger Dan
Other issues:
01. Intro feat. DJ Premier
02. Get Some feat. Craig G
03. Skit A feat. DJ Red Alert
04. Original Rap feat. Nut-Rageous, Q & Butta Verses & „Skit A“ feat. DJ Red Alert
05. It s A Setup feat. Rebels To The Grain
06. Nuts & Screws feat. Blaq Poet, Nut Rageous, Butta Verses & Q
07. The Rebirth feat. Dashah
08. Skit B feat. Edaye
09. Are You Ready feat. Sadat X, Craig G, Nut Rageous
10. Skit C feat. Branesparker
11. Those Was The Days Feat. Branesparker (Of Freestyle Professors)
12. Too Many Emcees feat. Tony Tigerstyle
13. Skit D feat. DJ Skeme Richards
14. Micfight Feat. Mykill Miers
15. Won’t Stop Feat. Finsta
16. Skit E Feat. Cee Da Cuban
17. The Foundation We Lay feat. Kev Brown, Len Short & Reks
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