I’ll be playing at The Beat Factory next month with some pretty respectable heads. Come out and enjoy some of the finest in Texas electronic music.
The Vigilante Music Group presents:
THE BEAT FACTORY
The Beat Factory is a unique musical experience where some of the most talented electronic musicians in the DFW showcase their skills, techniques, and sounds live using drum machines, samplers, keyboards, and other various electronic instruments.
Before rolling out the next series of The Raps You Never Heard, turns out we got one more for the first season courtesy of GPocalypse, who’s distorted vocals over “And No One” seem to give the track a little futuristic twist.
GPocalypse – And No One
* The Raps You Never Heard is a follow-up series of pieces in which artists use works from Juicy the Emissary’s The Beats You Never Had and make something new out of them.
Welcome back folks! It’s time for another edition of Beat Class, the only educational series to give you the knowledge of a producer’s sample repertoire first-hand. Yes, many front to protect themselves and their intellectual investments, but not me because, let’s face it, you’re not gonna pay for this shit anyway, right? And if I ever get sued, I can just claim fair-use on grounds of educational purposes.
Indeed, I think I’m pretty smart and now you can too by schooling your friends (who I’m sure are HUGE Juicy the Emissary fans since you won’t shut up about me to them) on what samples were used in the song you insisted on playing while they nod politely, intermittently interjecting a reassuring “wow” or “that’s awesome,” patiently waiting for it to end so they can put on their new favorite Lady Gaga song that they just discovered while shopping at the grocery store.
So here goes: in today’s class we will take a look at “From the Cradle,” which is featured on Chris H’s 2008 release Systematic, which, if you haven’t heard, is a thesis on complex biological processes and their implications in the day-to-day life of advanced, or not-so-advanced, species.
Beat Class #2: From the Cradle
Samples:
Stevie Wonder – Maybe Your Baby
The New Birth – Pretty Words Don’t Mean a Thing (Lie to Me)
So this concludes our latest session of Beat Class. Before you ask, yes, this will be on the test, comments, questions, and observations are due below the post, and no, I will not make out with you.
*Bonus*: Extra points for anyone who can name the movie sampled at the end.
A couple of the good folks at Rec League recently blessed us with another installment of The Raps You Never Heard. Here’s Vince the Bard & QM in “Buck 50″ over “Raver.” Check out what the bay-area collective has going on over at routinefly.com and don’t forget to cop QM’s Happy Hour with your complimentary QM beer koozie (not a joke, peep).
Vince the Bard & QM – Buck 50
* The Raps You Never Heard is a follow-up series of pieces in which artists use works from Juicy the Emissary’s The Beats You Never Had and make something new out of them.
Spita is an aspiring Island Def Jam Digital Recording Artist from Brooklyn, NY. This is a track I produced, featured on his new release. Get familiar and go cop Last Mixtape Ever when it drops on May 13th at www.iamspita.com.
If you were internet-savvy enough to make it to this website, it’s highly unlikely you haven’t heard Rebecca Black’s “Friday.” Because this song is so well-known, I thought it a perfect opportunity for some good old copyright infringement.
If I’m not famous in a month, I’m gonna start sampling Justin Bieber and Glee.
