Mos Def Meets The Jetsons On “Mathematics” Remix
August 7, 2010
A few weeks ago I posted two versions of a beat using the Jetsons theme music as a sample. As I do with most of my beats I test them out with an acapella to see how they sound and I really liked how Mos sounded over this particular flip so I whipped this up real quick.
Crazy thing indeed.
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REWIND: JLBeezy’s Beat Tape (Nothing To Lose)
July 16, 2010
(ED NOTE: I’m on vacay in Cancun with the fam so no new beats this week, but there will be more soon, promise!)
Inspiration comes in various forms. Sometimes it’s a swift kick in the pants from one of your peoples and other times it’s more subtle. Recently I’ve been running a blitzkrieg of interviews for the site and a common thread that seems to be coming up is not holding on to shit.
Sean C & LV said everything “must go” in 2010. DJ Babu told me that he’s putting out his Beat Tape Vol 2 because he got tired of sitting on all of these beats he made and even Donwill of Tanya Morgan, who most people don’t now makes beats, admitted that he’d be putting out a tape for his friends finally.
With that said I haven’t updated the blog section with any new beats in a minute so I’ve decided to take the first step in letting it all go:good, bad and ugly. I can use the feedback. For the most part my beats have a very loyal audience of 1 but I have nothing to lose by posting them here. (CLICK HERE FOR MY LAZY TRACKLISTING)
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Also, don’t forget to submit your beats to our Hydrosonics mixtape (hydromixtape@gmail.com). We’ve been catching some heat in the inbox so keep them coming!
Bloggin 4 Beats: Hey, Hey, Hey!
June 22, 2010
For the next installment of my “2nd Childhood” beat series I present my flip of the Fat Albert Theme song with a little help from the late great Jimmy Hendrix. (Yes, I know those are the “Scenario” drums but I gotta give credit where it’s due.)
It was hard to divorce myself from the previous uses of the Fat Albert sample by Timbaland and others but I think I managed to give it my own style.
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Bloggin 4 Beats: The Jetsons
June 15, 2010
“2nd Childhood” Beat series
We had Scooby Doo, Pacman and The Superfriends. Guess Who’s next?
Craig Mack, Pharoahe Monch and countless other MCs have referenced The Jetsons in one rhyme or another, so it was only right that I tinker with some of those futuristic sounds for a beat. Rather than going right after the theme song I just took the doorbell and freaked it. I was actually inspired because somebody on the Long Island Railroad had it as a ring tone. True story.
After tinkering with the bell I stripped everything away and messed with parts of the actual theme song towards the end. So listen through for the beat change and tell me what you think!
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UPDATE: After riding around with the beat for a day I stripped away the first half and just fell in love with the second half. Let me know what you think of the dirty version:
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Bloggin 4 Beats: What About Your Friends?
June 7, 2010
Friends? How many of us have them? Third installment of my 2nd Childhood beat series pilfers the Super Friends theme music:
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Bloggin 4 Beatz: Happy Birthday Pacman
May 21, 2010
Man, I had no idea today was the 30th anniversary of Pacman. Had I known I ‘d have put this beat up first, but here it is from my “Second Childhood” 80s beat series. Happy Birthday Pacman!!
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Bloggin 4 Beatz: What Would Scooby Doo?
May 19, 2010
A few months ago I copped the Motorola Droid and I think it’s the best phone I’ve ever had in my life. Though it could really use some better games I love that I can use just about any sound in the world as a ringtone. I downloaded the Pacman soundboard and the start up music is my ringer. I’ve gone through Street Fighter, Mortal Kombat, Family Guy…you name it.
So what does this have to do with Scooby Doo? Well the Pacman ringtone gave me the idea to do a mixtape of beats based on childhood music and theme songs, which would be the 80s for my 35 year old azz. Hence, The 2nd Childhood Mixtape. I do have a Pacman beat done but I didn’t want to lead with that one simply because I love this Scooby Doo joint more. Yes, I’m aware that Doom flipped this for “Hey” but since when has that stopped me?
I was just happy to finally find some way to use those Axelrod drums from “Divine Image” …
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EVENTS: Roc Raida Birthday Tribute May 18th
May 11, 2010
Join Sean C & LV, Lord Finesse, DJ Clark Kent, DJ Boogie Blind, DJ ENUFF, A Trak and many more to celebrate the life of the late Grandmaster Roc Raida at Brooklyn Bowl, Tuesday May 18th.
$15 All proceeds go to The Williams Family
Brooklyn Bowl 61 Wythe Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11211
(718)963-3369 for map and directions click HERE
Watch Nodfactor’s interview with Sean C & LV as they remember their brother Roc Raida.
EXCLUSIVE: King Karnov On Making Little Brother’s “So Cold”
April 15, 2010
King Karnov shares how DJ Khalil gave him the assist on a placement and the use of live instruments in his track “So Cold” for Little Brother.
[It all happened ] Through Bishop Lamont, and through DJ Khalil at a studio session. Khalil gave Little Brother the beat cd and my beat was on there. They really liked it and Bishop Lamont was supposed to have the 3rd verse on the song.
From what I understand, Khalil was playing beats in the studio, and he already has a lot of my tracks on his HD, I send him stuff every so often, and pooh and tae was in Khalil studio listening to beats. They thought it was a Khalil beat but he told them naw it’s a King Karnov beat.
He gave them my contact info, we talked about putting it on the EP that was coming out but they liked it so much that they placed it on the album.
[The beat] is me playing instruments. I was playing the organ, and tweaked up a farfisa rock organ sound and played a chord progression with that. Then layered a live bass with bass synth, and keyboard bass. That’s why the bass sound like it’s either live or keyboard played because it was.
The kick is a live kick the snare is from a CBS library record. I just mixed them and EQed them.
I heard the final product like 3-4 months ago. I thought it was incredible. I’m like dang, I wanted to work with them after hearing The Listening. But man they want to work with me, that’s crazy.
“Forever Luvlee” Remix
March 31, 2010
“I just don’t give a fuck, my shits too ghetto’d out..”
So the Dres EP remix contest is coming to a close and you know I had to take a swing at those acapellas. I’m probably going to do the whole EP but I couldn’t adhere to the key rule in the contest: no samples.
For my “Forever Luvlee” remix I chopped up one of my favorite songs by the most talked about woman on the Internet, Erykah Badu.
It’s not my first time pilfering sounds from Momma’s Gun and it certainly won’t be the last and “Time’s A Wastin” is one that you should make yourself very familiar with if you haven’t done so already.
Mind you, I did this before she went and made my week with the “Window Seat” video, but how perfect is it that she is propping up a remix to “Forever Luvlee”?
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