Using a loop of those unmistakable opening horns from House of Pain’s classic “Jump Around,” Busta and Slim Shady spend nearly six minutes going toe to toe in this Scoop Deville-produced cut.
Jay-Z のロッカフェラ・レコーズ全盛期のころにでた「The Black Album」からのシングル。2003年といいますから、もう10年も前なんですね。月が経つのはおそろしく早いですね。当時、私はブルックリンのダウンタウンにあった「ビート・ストリート・レコーズ」というレコード屋さんで働いていました。このレコードがでた時、「かっこいい～！」と店員のみんなで失神しそうになったくらい、衝撃が強くて今でも忘れられません。ジャスト・ブレイズがプロデュース、ビーツがめちゃカッコいいし、ジェイZがのっかっていて最高です。10年経った今でも色あせず、というより、こんなに渋いトラックとベスト・ラッパーの組み合わせは今ではほとんどありえないくらい。素晴らしさを再確認、という感じです。今でもパーティーの定番曲です。
When ”PSA” came out as one of singles for Jay-Z’s then final album, The Black Al bum in 2003 I was working at a record store in Downtown Brooklyn called Beat Street Records. We all at the store were blown away when we heard the record. I lost my mind!! Produced by one and only Just Blaze and featured one of the best rappers worldwide, Jay-Z……..what more can I say? It feels strange to celebrate this record after 10 years. After all, the song never went away. “PSA” remains a club-and-concert standard.
Speaking of Just Blaze, he shows up at 3 am at “Toca Tuesdays” every week, the party I dj with Tony Touch. Please come out and say hi to him.
“Suavemente” is a huge hit by Merengue singer, Elvis Crespo Diaz in 1998. Everybody knows this song even non-Latino people as it was a hit both in Latin America and in the U.S. This is my secret weapon to hype-up the party among Latin music lovers.
3 Scenario – A Tribe Called Quest
Q-Tip & Busta Rhymes
Old School Hip Hopの名曲はたくさんありますが、これは出だしから最後まで大合唱で盛り上がる定番曲。トライブのメンバーとLONS (Leaders Of The New School バスタ・ライムズがいたグループ) のメンバーが入れ替わり立ち替わりテンポよくライムしていきます。途中で変えようとすいるとお客さんに怒られてしまいます。バスタのパートが際立ってカッコいいです。あちこちでカバー（引用）されているのも納得。リミックス・バージョンもこれまた定番曲。特に「つう」なオールド・スクール・ヒップホップ・クラウドには絶対欠かせない名曲といえます。私の火曜日のパーティー、「Toca Tuesdays」では一晩に何回かけてもウケまくりです。
“Scenario” is the song by A Tribe Called Quest and LONS (Leaders of the New School). The song is commonly considered a breakout moment for LONS member Busta Rhymes. I get booed if I try to change record before I play the whole song. “Scenario” is the old school hip hop classic. This is one of few songs at Toca Tuesdays party that I play more than once and still people would go crazy.
DJ June
DJ June This Week’s Events
Tue., Jan 21 Toca Tuesdays @ Sutra Lounge with Tony Touch & DJ Jazzy Joice
Thur., Jan 23 10pm @ Bob – 235 Eldridge Street, NYC
Fri., Jan 24 Providence @ Tropicana Hotel, Atlantic City
Sat., Jan 25 Providence @ Tropicana Hotel, Atlantic City
On Thursday, DJ Soul and a few friends were getting together at Santos Party House to celebrate the life of DJ Hiro. We’re also raising money to help cover the cost of his funeral. The event started at 8pm and lasted after 4am. I wanted to share the below message from Mike Saes. Well said.
DJ Hiro at Nell’s in 1998
I gotta say that I think that went better than expected. Not only cuz I never did an 8 hour dancathon before but really for the key word that Red Alert kept mentioning “VIBE”. It really brought back what NYC night life was all about, the merging of cultures, the dancing, the real music and not the hot new corny rap we get suffocated with in every club. Last night celebrated the DJ, not the hot bitches or the bottle poppers. It was a New York moment. For those that missed it… You got next year, for those that lived it…. We woke up feeling better than we have in a long long time. Though I spotted a few tears on Kaori’s face round 3:45, the night was all about love, love of music, love of old friends and love for our homie. He was in there holding us down.
Grandmaster Flash and Mark Ronson
All Star DJs
DJ Clark Kent
Masa, Taquana, Stretch, Kaori & friends
Props to all that made this epic event happen and especially to Soul who curated the perfect mix of mixers. I’m honored to have been at the best place on earth from 8pm to 4am. Next year we might have to start earlier and have a kids section so all the mothers can come out. I heard it was hard for them to get babysitters on a Thurs.
クラッシクR&Bの I wanna Thank you をそのまま使ったトラックに、バスタ、カニエ、Qティップ……..超豪華メンバーのてんこ盛り…。パーティで流行るかどうかわからないけど、こういうのも新鮮で素敵です！
Busta Rhymes’s new single “Thank You” transformed disco diva Alicia Meyers’s 1981 classic, I Wanna Thank You, into a upbeat star-studded collaboration featuring Q Tip, Kanye West & Lil Wayne. Not sure if this gonna be big on dance floor but definitely refreshing!
Eminem’s new album is fantastic. I love every song on Marshall Mathers LP2. “Love Game” is a good vibe song featuring Kendrick Lamar and Em threw some old school lyrics.
3 Know About Me – Timbaland feat. Jay-Z, Drake & James Fauntleroy
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