Sample clearance has long been a controversial subject matter in the entertainment industry. Since the explosion of hip hop a few decades ago, artists have been known to take portions of old school soul and funk classics and rehash them into a modern rendition more suitable for their genre and era. This lead to feelings being hurt and was followed by lawsuits since some of these sampled artists felt like they were getting their creations thieved. In my opinion, sampling is more of an tribute and a sign of respect for the original artist, by remixing your track we don’t duplicate but we innovate in our own way. If you’ve been sampled, that means people like your shit and someone out there is listening to you. Only crybabies and people who don’t understand how the streets work will file lawsuit and try to eat off your plate. Let’s face it, rap comes from the streets and in the streets we take shit from you and ask questions later. You don’t run to the law, you settle that shit by your lonesome. But hey… I guess in the corporate world it works differently and money keeps the wheels turning.
For our beat battle today, we’ve decided to use a song from one of the most notorious lawsuit-seekers in the industry: Supertramp. You might remember Fabolous’ single “Breathe” where he sampled a few seconds off their ‘Crime of the Century’ song. Fab never cleared the track with the group before it leaked and homeboy got shaken down for 100% of his publishing. Scary shit indeed, it’s no wonder why there was never any promo for that album. After all the corporate legal bullying and industry scare tactics, the only normal Mook-Life thing to do was to rob these Supertramp dudes once again for one of their songs and have a bunch of producers chop the shit out of it. We ain’t making any cake out here, so if any Supertramp representative gets salty over this you can sue us for the stack of Canadian Tire money hidden in my couch and the 4 Pabst Blue Ribbons left in my fridge. Here is the sample:
http://smotri.com/video/view/?id=v135177587da
Without any further ado, here are today’s contenders for the beat battle. Put in a vote at the end in the poll or a vote in the comments section, the winner gets a 50$ gift certificate to Sub V, a bag of weed and an all inclusive tour of Bordeaux prison with complimentary Baloney sandwich. Reload the page if all tracks ain’t working proper.
Name: Boots a.k.a. Moon Boots
Bio: Montreal producer. In-house producer for rap duo OG Hindu Kush (Loe Pesci and Osa) who just released the album “In 3D” available for digital d/l right here or get your physical copy from StepYourLifeGameUp.com . Peep the Mirror album review.
Resume: Flip samples all day, everyday … This shit’s in my blood
Contact Info: http://soundcloud.com/moonboots-2 - bootsbeatmaking@gmail.com
Punchline, Shout outs or last words: Shouts to Jesus Rice / Mook-life for the opportunity. OGHK – SMALL COFFINS DROPPING SOON! LOOK OUT!
Moon Boots beat:
Name: Johnny Illdigger
Bio: Montreal-North raised producer, bought his first sampler in 1994 at 14, digging and beatmaking ever since.
Weapons of choice: MPC-60, ASR-X, Protools and a couple secret weapons.
Resume: Producer and founding member of the Boombap Cats, produced for Artcons, Murderface, Penzo Gritty, Slik Jack, Spook One and more…
Contact Info: johnnyilldigger@hotmail.com facebook : Johnny Illdigger
Punchline/ shout outs or last words: “Enemy or friend, fake the funk I put the junk to an end” Shoutout to my G.I.G.A.N.T.E family!
Background info on the beat: “I did this beat completely on the MPC-60 in an hour, all made using the Supertramp sample except the drum and i added a synth bass. I wanted to make a super simple un-recognizable beat, so I barely sampled 4 seconds of the song and flipped it in the MPC. The whole beat fits on a 1.44mb floppy disk! Added some random scratches just to add a lil flava. Sue me Supertramp!”
Johnny Illdigger’s beat:
Name: The Teknition
Bio: Once Upon A Time… And Also, Tell Them.
Resume: MurderFace
Contact Info: teknition138@gmail.com
Punchline, shout outs or last words: “Your Mother’s Favourite Producer!”
Teknition’s beat:
Name: DJ BuddaBlaze
Bio: From the Streets with no names. The Mohawk W/ A Mohawk of Kahnawake. Been in the scene since 91′. Threw up Devil Horns in “The Dark Riders & DFM playing guitar and singing in the 90s. Joined force w/ Chief Rock (Of F.B.I) in 98 and was schooled in the Art of the Chop and Flip & The Cut & Mix. Started Making Beats on The ASR-X in 99′ and the rest is a blur
Resume: K103.7FM/Off The hook Radio 90.3FM Vet. , Produced for F.B.I , Penzo Gritty,DShade, Re_evolution aka Orion. Have done soundtrack work for National Film Board, CBC Canada, YTV and a couple Quebec films.
Contact Info: buddablaze@gmail.com
website: www.buddablaze.com
twitter : @djbuddablaze
Punchline, Shout outs or last words: “The music business is a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free, and good men die like dogs. There’s also a negative side.”
Dj BuddaBlaze’s beat:
Vote:
May 9th, 2011 at 11:15 am
A lil salty i didnt know about this one. #salty Cracker. anyhoo, I redid this sample 5 years ago… beasted on it. I thought my version was less of a sucka move . but, regardless. grumpy higher end mooks usually prevail. SHOUTS to BUDHA, BOOTS, TEk , RICE, MAPS……….
May 9th, 2011 at 11:23 am
one question…..how come the song yall used is a different song or version thna the one fab used???
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jon3q6me5Sg
his sample is at 2:15
May 9th, 2011 at 12:32 pm
this was a hard decion ,mook-life stepping thecomposition game up1
May 9th, 2011 at 12:38 pm
Not the Same Song. This one was from “Breakfast in America”
May 9th, 2011 at 1:49 pm
Big Up Jesus Rice! shame only four of us were able to make it in time… p.s my beat has sub bass, so listen with headphones, not on laptop speakers, or you miss half the beat.
props!
May 9th, 2011 at 4:40 pm
lolol 80 dont be mad youll be on the next one hahaha but yo props to all producers and ill digger i voted for u not cuz ur my homie but cuz u did ur thing fam word is bond #mooklife
May 9th, 2011 at 6:17 pm
haha…playing around. fuckin sick sample to flip. good idea. I voted for Tek, but from a second listen i should have voted for….wait for it…… Boots.
Best drums – boots
Best Banger – Tek
Best Intro – Budha, no contest
Best PIcture – I dont watch face.
May 9th, 2011 at 7:08 pm
Illdigger, hands fucking down
May 9th, 2011 at 8:23 pm
illdigger flipped the shit outta that sample !!
May 9th, 2011 at 11:39 pm
Nothing but real talk in that first paragraph
May 10th, 2011 at 12:23 am
Just to let y’all know the voting will go down all week and ends on Sunday May 15th at midnight. Since most of the staff at Mook-Life don’t know how to count past their 10 fingers, we’ve hired a team of professionals to count the ballots and we’ll let you know who gets that baloney sandwich.
May 10th, 2011 at 2:07 am
illdigga..most definite. flavor!
May 10th, 2011 at 10:25 am
There’s Also A Negative Side!!! LOOOLL
May 10th, 2011 at 10:50 am
Tough choice. Everyone came through real solid this time. Been bumping them one by one all day yesterday. I think Illdigger has the best flip but overall BuddaBlaze has the most entertaining and dangerous beat. Good job mooks.
May 10th, 2011 at 12:20 pm
all of them beats are on point, but Illdigger’s flip gives me une super-crampe au cou…
May 10th, 2011 at 1:45 pm
“The music business is a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free, and good men die like dogs. There’s also a negative side.”
May 10th, 2011 at 1:56 pm
for me it was a toss up between budda blaze and johnny illdigger…
illdigger’s drums sound that wee bit more fat to me though…
plus i’ve got to give him fuckin’ mad props for rockin’ the floppy discs on the MPC…
all my MPC heads please check out this video two o’ my mates done. it’s all a live routine and it took them a good while to perfect
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOg7FrI1kwo
they should have a video each or together up soon for native instruments on their new maschine sampler soon.
mooks4life
May 10th, 2011 at 7:43 pm
Had to vote Teknition. When they make a movie about me I want that beat in the sound track. It sounds like it would be good for a scene where I’m driving around Pittsburgh at night blowing kush smoke in slow motion while reflecting on just how dope I am.
May 12th, 2011 at 9:10 am
Sheeeeit! All 4 of these flips were mad tight! Illdigger killed it though! Shouts to Tek, Boots and Budda who did the damn thing!
May 12th, 2011 at 9:17 am
illdigger hands down
May 13th, 2011 at 5:57 pm
1 wish for the TECKNISH
May 13th, 2011 at 9:10 pm
COME ON… I’m not try’na hate but IllDigga flipped that shit the MO original, plus the shit had a banging bass line AND a dope drum sequence qith rhythm (rhythm is key!). Props to everyone else too.
GIBS ONE 519
May 13th, 2011 at 10:25 pm
Budda got the skills!
May 15th, 2011 at 7:27 pm
I vote for Teknition
May 15th, 2011 at 11:41 pm
IlDigger is it! It IS the shit
May 16th, 2011 at 12:30 am
Polls are officially closed. The winner is Johnny Illdigger who edged it out at the last minute by just a few votes. I’ll get at you for your prizes. This was probably our closest battle so far and in my opinion everyone came correct with some bangers. Tune in for more Rice Report beat posts coming soon. 1.
June 6th, 2011 at 11:28 am
wow, great job by all.