DR. Jay’s “Salute The DJ” With Just Blaze, Premier, Tony Touch & More
December 9, 2010
Dr. Jays is doing a holiday fashion campaign entitled “Salute The DJ”. Check the video as Boss Lady interview’s all 26 dj’s about their idols and influences.
The Tweets Is Watching: Joe Budden Beat Jacks Just Blaze
October 26, 2010
Wow. Is nothing sacred? Now we all may know Joe Budden for being part of Slaughterhouse, he may have internet soldiers ready to go to war with MM4 as their theme music, but the majority of people that know of Joe Budden know him for mainly one thing, “Pump It Up”. You all remember that right? The hit record that Just Blaze produced, the only hit record of Joe Budden’s career, not that that’s a knock on him, most artists go their entire career searching for the one record that puts them on another plateau. Apparently the past is the past though. The tweets were watching when Just took to twitter this morning and let it be known that “Stuck In The Moment” off of Mood Muzik 4 was produced by him and it was not released to Joe. I’ve looked for an official list of credits and the only production list I can find appears here, where it states that “Stuck In The Moment” was produced by Emile. Hmmm, and the plot thickens. Respect to Just Blaze for letting his feelings be known and not deleting the tweets five minutes after like Mr. West does.
Just Blaze Hosting “Master Of The Mix” On Centric
October 5, 2010
So this is the show Just Blaze was being mum about with us a few days ago:
SMIRNOFF Vodka is launching a new reality television show, Master of the Mix. In a quest to crown the hottest DJ in the world, Master of the Mix is hosting multiple DJs in cities throughout the world to determine the ultimate mix master. Hosted by Grammy nominated producer/DJ, Just Blaze, and world famous DJ, Kid Capri, the show will pit the world’s most prominent DJs against each other in head-to-head competition. The show will air Wednesdays at 10:30 p.m. ET beginning 11/3 on Centric, a 24-hour music and entertainment channel aimed at the African American audience. The show re-airs on Saturday nights at midnight ET on BET.
What’s trippy about this show is they have legends like DJ Scratch, DJ Revolution and Jazzy Joyce competing against each other. Will be interesting to see how this one plays out.
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Stadium Red Breathes New Life Into New York Hip-Hop Scene[VIDEO]
October 2, 2010
The Recording studio is dead, long live the recording studio.
There is a new renaissance brewing in Harlem. On the corner of 125th Street and Park Avenue the studio space originally opened by Jazz great Ornette Coleman is making a bold leap into the future.
On this night musicians, songwriters and producers are gathered at Stadium Red to celebrate the studio’s expansion and to formally welcome it’s newest occupant, Just Blaze.
“10 hours ago this was a construction war zone,” says a sleepy Just Blaze in the midst of a celebration at Stadium Red. “There was dust and tools and parts. These walls were all taken down so we could install the monitoring system. I’m running on 90 minutes of sleep.”
Over the years advances in recording technology have made large recording studios less necessary and cost effective causing many to close down. Late last year Just Blaze officially shut down the studio Roc-A-Fella Records made famous, Baseline, leaving a gaping hole in the creative community that gave birth to hip-hop. But looking to the future Just moved his entire operation uptown to Stadium Red.
“The interesting thing about closing Baseline…a lot of studios were closing because they couldn’t pay their rent and the changes in the music industry. We weren’t at that point but I had to look ahead,” says Just. “Where are we going to be in five or ten years? These answers you really don’t know so it came to a point where I said I might shut this down but what we do has to go on.”
As providence would have it his old friend and fellow engineer Ariel Borujow (Resident Ask The Pro Specialist) put Just in touch with Claude Zdanow, owner of Stadium Red who was looking to expand. The result is a fully expanded facility with some modern touches that still pays homage to the past.
Innovations like actual monitors in the recording booths instead of two-way glass will allow the studio to be completely networked.
“We don’t have to worry about sound bouncing off of glass while they’re recording their vocals. You can be in any room and have a direct line of site to the engineer. If you want to do drums in the live room and record them in my room, no problem.”
While Just was concerned that folks wouldn’t make the hike all the way uptown so they added personal touches like a full service kitchen with a chef to make it the ultimate “destination spot.”
“I just come and getaway from the girlfriend,” jokes Double-O. “This is what I call the Superman cave. It’s one of the best studios in the city. Plus everyone in Harlem wants to be an MC so you know it’ll stay open!”
While Double is having some fun there is a hope that what he says is true. Already artists like Donnie Goines have made the studio their home and Omen has been part of the Stadium Red in-house team for years.
“We’ll be making some more enhancements,” says Omen, who has just added the Native Instruments Maschine to his production arsenal. “So look out for an enhancement party soon.”
Watch Nodfactor.com’s exclusive video from the Stadium Red expansion party:
Just Blaze Talks No Love + Stadium Red Tour + No Love Video
October 1, 2010
Vibe got up with Justin to briefly talk about his use of the Haddaway sample and how the Eminem featuring Lil Wayne song “No Love” came about. Interestingly enough this replaced a song that didn’t make the album due to sample clearance issues. He says there are three that didn’t make the cut, now why can’t those records leak?
UPDATE:
We actually caught up with Just Blaze, Omen and Double-O during this event as well. Here is a clip of Just breaking down just how advanced the Stadium Red studio is now and will be moving forward.
No Love Official Video:
N.E.R.D. Talks Favorite Producers “J-Dilla Is The Illest”
September 22, 2010
MTV caught up with N.E.R.D. to speak about their favorite producers. Unfortunately there aren’t any real surprises, I’m more interested in the up & coming producers they may respect and check for but I guess only Nodfactor asks that question in interviews. Oh well, shouts to us!
Bink! Speaks On Producing ‘Devil In A New Dress,’ Just Blaze Controversy
September 17, 2010
For producer Bink!, finding new inspiration to renter the rap game came with a single phone call and beat. After catching wind of few of Hip-Hop’s most esteemed producers flying out to Hawaii to work with Kanye West on his new album, the Virgina native simply picked up his cell and dialed an old friend.
“I was working on the Dynasty album when Kanye started coming around Roc-A-Fella. It’s like we just had a mutual respect for each other,” Bink! tells VIBE. “He used to come by my house, and we would ‘beat spar,’ going head to head with new beats.”
Almost immediately after Bink! played his first instrumental for ‘Ye, he knew that the record that would become “Devil In A New Dress” was a keeper. “The reaction I got from him after I played the beat for the first time was real intense,” Bink! remembers. “I mean ‘Ye just doesn’t react to music if it’s not genuine.”
Just Blaze & Alchemist Clash In Boston (Part 1)
September 12, 2010
Here’s the latest footage from the Just Blaze/Alchemist Sound Clash Tour. This new clip is from their show on the 10th held in the home of the Celtics. This clip was labled part 1 so def expect more footage from this night to pop up. I’m definitely looking forward to when they bring it home to New York, something tells me that show will be epic.
VIDEO: The Making Of Jay Electronica’s Exhibit A
July 6, 2010
According to DJ Semtex Jay Electronica just found this on his hard drive. He, Just Blaze, DJTJ The King and Mike Chav were in Detroit when this went down.
I echo his sentiment that this is dope to watch but where is the ALBUM?? Don’t make me start harassing Angela Yee on Twitter.
DJ Premier Gave Fat Joe “I’m Gone” Beat Day Guru Died
June 15, 2010
“If you don’t like real hip-hop get the fuck out!” was all you had to hear from Fat Joe during a listening session for his 10th studio album The Dark Side at NY’s Skyline Studios. From the first note of the Scram Jones produced intro you know there will be no jumping in pools with furs on in these videos. “Everybody gets killed in the dark side, there is no happiness here!”
The beats definitely back up his claim. The soundbed is more like a casket with dark, head-busting selections from Just Blaze, Cool & Dre and DJ Premier.
“We had to go classic on this one right here,” Joe said of the outtro called “I’m Gone. “ It’s from my brother Preemo. He sent it to me the day Guru passed, so its’ a little different from the normal Preemo song. But it’s so incredible.”
On the track Joe spits: “I’m gangster/ F— that, I’m Gang Starr…Tell Nas hip-hop’s dead now/ My man’s gone.”
UPDATE: Here is the track:
Fat Joe – I’m Gone (prod. DJ Premier) | Mediafire
Props to DJPremierBlog and Nahright.com
Fat Joe and Premier’s most popular collab is the remix to “Shit Is Real.” The Dark Side will be available on July 27th on E1 Records.
Complete track listing for The Dark Side is below:
1. Intro Produced By Scram Jones
2. Valley of Death Produced by Cool & Dre
3. I Am Crack Producd by Just Blaze
4. Kilo produced by Infamous
5. Rappers Are In Danger Produced by Infamous
6. Slow Down (Ha Ha) Produced by Scoop Deville
7. If It Ain’t About Money Produced By Cool & Dre
8. No Problems Produced by Scoop Deville
9. How Did We Get Here Produced by Raw Uncut
10. Money Over Bitches Produce by Raw uncut
11. Heavenly Father Produced by Street Runner
12. I’m Gone Produced by DJ Premier
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