субота, 16. новембар 2013.

MIDNIGHT SHARP



7 TIMES OUT OF 10 WE LISTEN TO OUR MUSIC AT NIGHT




1993. godina je svakako bila velika godina u repu, mozda i najveca ali to je mozda vise moje licno misljenje nego li prava istina. 93. je izasao Enter the Wu-Tang, Doggystyle, Bacdafucup, moj omiljeni gangsta rap album svih vremena (Spice 1-187 he wrote), prvi Tha Alkaholiks, prvi Funkdoobiest, prvi Lords of the Underground, prvi Jazzmatazz, Black Sunday, Lethal Injection, Return of the Boom Bap i ko zna sta jos. Kada bolje razmislim jedno 80% repa koji ja slusam je iz 1993.godine. Jebena godina, a te godine je izasao i mozda naj naj najjjebeniji od svih A Tribe Called Quest albuma, treci po redu u katalogu velikog Quest-a, legendarni Midnight Marauders. Ono u cemu ce se sloziti svi hip hop fanatici i die hard fanovi je cinjenica da ovaj album zvuci previse futuristicki za uslove produkcije tih godina, toliko kristalno cisto a tako prljavo u isto vreme, prava stonderska vozalica koja opusta i dize u isto vreme. Univerzalna muzika ako mene pitate, zvuci toliko sveze cak i dvadeset godina kasnije, totalni MEGAultimativni rep klasik! Mislim da uopste nije cudno da moje misljenje deli i Londonski producent i DJ Jim Sharp koji je na dvadesetogodisnjicu izlaska Midnight Marauders-a reproducirao neke klasike sa ovog albuma koristeci originalne semplove, bitove, kikove i snerove pokusavsi da na taj nacin rekonstruise Q-Tip-ov proces stvaranja ovog klasika. Ako mene pitate rezultat je vise nego impresivan, odlicni EP koji evo ide vec peti put na repeat uz masnu buksnu posto je vlasnik ovoga bloga od juce zvanicno ponovo nezaposlen posle nekih dugih deset godina tako da ima vremena za ovakve pustolovine. O tome neki drugi put,ovde smo da bi odslusali ovo remek delo koje je na totalno besplatnom download-u i koje bi svakako trebali svrstati u svoju kolekciju ako sebe smatrate mjuzik laveroM. Evo sta o ovom izdanju kaze njegov tvorac Jim Sharp a link za skidanje vam je podno teksta, skidajte, rolajte, kulirajte, relax yo body and your mind will follow. Tako nekako, uzivajte, PEACE!


On November 9th 1993 A Tribe Called Quest's 'Midnight Marauders' dropped. ATCQ was (and still is) my favourite rap group and listening to Marauders now, it seems incredible how it's endured the test of time. With the advancement of technology it has been possible to attain previously unreleased vocals and with this in mind I started to rebuild tracks from Marauders from their original samples. (it's important to note that technology has only moved so far and the majority of vocals were impossible to get) I took a lot of time to imagine how Q-tip would have captured the samples, probably using a turntable and an MPC. Consciously not using pitch correct, sampling one side of the audio and bouncing it to stereo and continually trying to get the right filter, echo, pitch and sound from the original sample. I also re-imagined big sections of tracks paying homage to some of my favourite producers such as Premier, DJ Shadow, 9th Wonder and Large Professor. I thought about what it would have been like to have some legends of the game such as Biggie, Nas and Biz Markie dropping guest verses next to Tip and Phife. I completely understand how dear Tribe fans hold Marauders and it was important to me that it had a fresh take but stayed true to the original ethos. This was a labour of love and I hope people dig it for what it is.

2 коментара:

  1. evo ovo u prilogu http://dizelgorivo.blogspot.com/2011/10/najaci-konceptualni-albumi-90s-rapa-vol.html :)

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