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2 great “Making of…” articles

May 03rd, 2011

So last week out of the clear blue skies, two excellent “making of” articles were published at the same time about two truly seminal albums. I need to share these, they’re absolutely stellar. Must-reads.

New York Mag: The birth of the Beastie Boys – an oral history on the 25th anniversary of Licensed To Ill.

Complex presents: the making of Mobb Deep’s The Infamous.

The Beasties article is interesting to me because it goes so far back in time (starts in 1981!) but in fact, in the DYI spirit of the era and the convergence of music scenes it actually makes me think of the current climate. Also, quotes from the homie Dante Ross! I’ve said this a bunch of times before: the Beastie Boys were the original funky white boys in hip hop, they laid the blueprint and are my gosh-darn heroes. Their new album is good, too. (Zdar!)

The Mobb Deep piece is crazy. What struck me the most was the importance of Q-Tip. Of course I always knew that he produced a few joints on the album but this article really shows us how much of a bigger role he played in shaping the whole sound, swapping out drum samples, fixing drum patterns, mixing other songs, assisting with mastering… Also, the commentary from Matty C and Schott Free is golden. Add to that Havoc’s account of Prodigy’s unorthodox creativity, Pee teaching Hav how to use a sampler, etc., and you’ll be hooked.

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Q-Tip needle dropping skills!

April 27th, 2009

Watch this, it’s a clip of Q-Tip working a sample for a Consequence track, in the studio with Kanye and them. But the way Tip loops the sample just by needle dropping is ill!!

UPDATE: Something seems to be wrong, this damn Kyte player is playing the wrong episode of Cons TV… ugh… bring back the needle drop!

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