I’m not sure about this. On the one hand hip-hop has always been about sampling stuff and re-presenting it. On the other hand Juice lifts Eric B’s beat for Know The Ledge pretty much wholesale and substitutes Kyza for Rakim which (no disrespect to Kyza) could be regarded as being as fruitless as it is pointless. And then he does pretty much the same with Soul’s Of Mischief’s ’93 Til Infinity. Mind you, Sway did something similar with The 900 Number earlier in the year. But then again, he did actually speed the beat up and add some crappy aerosol horn effects. Although hang on a sec…gahhh!…I dunno – the kids must just be tired of shitty beats that are made to sound good on mobile phone speakers. Classy artwork mind.
Juice feat. Kyza – DOWNLOAD
09 Til Infinity – DOWNLOAD
Here’s the sales guff:
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…it's a funky-ass thang
Easy mate been a while.
See what you’re getting at here.
On the one hand flipping other people’s beats is what mixtapes are all about nowadays and that’s just how it is
*but*
that Souls of Mischief thing is a bit overplayed (Kidz In The Hall, what you sayin’?) and it’s kind of ridiculous thinking you can rock over a beat previously blessed by Rakim Allah and not come off second-best.
And that’s from a big Kyza fan by the way…
Press releases crack me up as well “Releases like this make you proud to be British!” – why, ‘cos we can’t even find any UK beats to jack?
Anyway, ’nuff flippancy from me. I may need to drop you an e-mail about something in a bit but ’til then protect your neck and all that.
Cheers
Analogue
PS: If you weren’t feeling this steer well clear of Supar Novar’s new tape – twenty-odd tracks all using old Jay Z beats. Nothing against either artist (quite the opposite) but not a recipe for a varied and successful release.