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04-12-2011, 08:07 AM
Yesterday Complex.com posted this amazing interview article where Buckwild broke down the science of 33 studio sessions that produced classic records he produced. It was a truly great read, featuring the likes of Kool G Rap, OC, Organized Konfusion, Lord Finesse, Nas, Jay-Z, AZ, Black Rob's "Whoa" of course, Jadakiss, Method Man & Redman, DITC, Fat Joe, Big Pun, Terror Squad and much, much more.
a few days earlier i made a Buckwild compilation for my iPod that's been getting front-to-back plays the last 3-4 days, real good and now that i have heard it quite alot i think i came up with a really good sequence. it features both Buck's work with the biggest artists at the time as well as his simultaneous work with underground cats like Lace Da Booms, Street Smartz, DITC (not the ordinary shit), etc. you definitely gonna love this one, i know i do!
75 minutes of BUCKWILD HEAT!
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-jj31S991joU/TaQr5A5RlBI/AAAAAAAAALM/1bVGjjO-0n8/s1600/00-buckwild_-_still_diggin%2527.jpeg
What I wanted to focus on this time was this legendary beatsmiths work between 1997 and 2000; the main reason for this being to sort of give fans an unofficial follow up to his self-released 2xCD compilation, "Diggin' In The Crates", which highlighted 39 classics that he laced between '93 and '97 (that LP's a must-have, but unfortunately it is currently out of print). Another reason was that I find that period of time to be a very interesting part of his catalouge; he was still carrying on the elements he fully embraced in the early '90s, diggin' deep in the crates and hooking up raw, but often jazzy or soulful underground productions in a true boom bap fashion. But around the time of this period he was sort of also more and more coming in to his own as a producer in my opinion and he was the main behind several HUGE records at the time. Many of which became singles -, functioning like some sort of extended hand of The Hitmen (for Bad Boy) and the in-house producers of the Roc-A-Fella camp - come to think about it I think Buck might've been under Roc Management around this time..In other words he delivered many chart records and singles for big names and allowed himself to introduce a somewhat commercial sound on certain records (remember this was the late '90s though and the mainstream of then can't even compare to the painfully generic mainsteram hip-hop more polished element in his music but unmistakenly never forgetting his roots and undoubtly always utilizing more-or-less rare samples but often in a new and exciting way. He pretty much changed it up here, but not completely, and this is something that every succesfull artist(with some very few exceptions).
So with this mix I want to show y'all, at least what I think, is a very good representation of Buckwild's sound and evolvement between '97 and 2000 and therefore I included several records you most likely already heard and combined them with work he did for underground cats, remixes or alternative versions (there actually were a couple of rare rare tracks by Shamus amongst others that's real ill but due to the mismatched sound quaity compared to the other songs it was better to use other joints instead, albeit more popular that you most likely heard (like Jigga's "Lucky me", and of course Biggie's "Story toTtell" but don't let that turn you off of the album). Of course his crew DITC naturally appears on a couple of songs, but none of their regular album material.(the original version of "Way Of Life" and Lord Finesse's "Down For The Underground" are both highly potent joints to say the least and last but not least I added the classic Terror Squad '99 posse cut; "Rudeboy Salute".
I know y'all gonna enjoy this one so I'm not gonna hold it up anymore and go straight through the heavy beats and rhymes. Just one last thing, the cover you see is taken from a mixtape of Buckwild productions released via Gasface Media some years back but I think it fitted well (plus Buck doesn't seem to like being in front of cameras, there's very few pics of him available). Aight then, TURN IT UP!!!
01. Big Punisher - "Dream Shatterer"
[B]02. Lord Finesse - "Down For The Underground"
03. Black Rob - "WHOA!"
04. DJ Clue pres. Lord Tariq & Muggs - "Cops & Robbers"
05. Street Smartz . "Don't Trust Anyone" (Ft, PI & LS)
06. DITC - "Way Of Life" [Buck's Original Version]
07. Lace Da Booms - "Muder Seaason"
08. Afro Jazz Ft. Big Red - "You Can't Stop"
09. Terror Squad Ft. Buju Banton - "Rudeboy Salute"
10. Beanie Sigel - "What A Thug ABout"
11. Royal Flush & Mic Geronimo - "Makin' Moves"
12. Mic Geronimo - "How You Been?"
13. Akinyele - "Sister Sister"
14. Rhymester - "マイクの刺客"
15. Big Punisher - "Nigga Shit"
16. Notorious BIG - "I Got A Story to Tell"
17. Ma$e - "Another Story to Tell"
18. Jay-Z - "Lucky Me" [Ft. Stevie J on guitar and keys]
19. Organized Konfusion - "Invetro"
it's full of hardcore and "commercial" songs but always with the Buck flavour to it, and of course the commercial music of the later '90s wsa cats like Jay-Z, Notorious BIG, and such anthems as Black Rob's "Whoa" (which is of course included), etc so hahah. check the joint with Beanie Sigel, "What A Thug ABout" , love that one. matter of fact the whole tape is crazy. i even included one Japanese MC and a group of dope French MC's with one track each that Buck laced for them and trust me those beats are off the chain. i love the ending of the album too, with first Jay-Z, Buckwild and Stevie J and a singer delivers a reflective joint that's great but very different from what we're used to from Buck and this is followed by another very introspective joint (haha that's really the correct term for that song, litreally speaking) - "Inverto" by Pharoahe Monch and Prince Po.
also check out the previosuly unreleased song of PROOF ft. T3 and produced by DILLA!! Pete Rosenberg released it in celebration of the lifes and times of Jay Dee (probably recorded around 2003 or something - maybe for "I Miss The Hip-Hop Shop".
a question for those who visit my blog, do you read what I have to say about the music or do you just go for the music?
just click the link in my sig to fast get these mentioned above :) and don't forget to fucking TURN IT UP!!!
a few days earlier i made a Buckwild compilation for my iPod that's been getting front-to-back plays the last 3-4 days, real good and now that i have heard it quite alot i think i came up with a really good sequence. it features both Buck's work with the biggest artists at the time as well as his simultaneous work with underground cats like Lace Da Booms, Street Smartz, DITC (not the ordinary shit), etc. you definitely gonna love this one, i know i do!
75 minutes of BUCKWILD HEAT!
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-jj31S991joU/TaQr5A5RlBI/AAAAAAAAALM/1bVGjjO-0n8/s1600/00-buckwild_-_still_diggin%2527.jpeg
What I wanted to focus on this time was this legendary beatsmiths work between 1997 and 2000; the main reason for this being to sort of give fans an unofficial follow up to his self-released 2xCD compilation, "Diggin' In The Crates", which highlighted 39 classics that he laced between '93 and '97 (that LP's a must-have, but unfortunately it is currently out of print). Another reason was that I find that period of time to be a very interesting part of his catalouge; he was still carrying on the elements he fully embraced in the early '90s, diggin' deep in the crates and hooking up raw, but often jazzy or soulful underground productions in a true boom bap fashion. But around the time of this period he was sort of also more and more coming in to his own as a producer in my opinion and he was the main behind several HUGE records at the time. Many of which became singles -, functioning like some sort of extended hand of The Hitmen (for Bad Boy) and the in-house producers of the Roc-A-Fella camp - come to think about it I think Buck might've been under Roc Management around this time..In other words he delivered many chart records and singles for big names and allowed himself to introduce a somewhat commercial sound on certain records (remember this was the late '90s though and the mainstream of then can't even compare to the painfully generic mainsteram hip-hop more polished element in his music but unmistakenly never forgetting his roots and undoubtly always utilizing more-or-less rare samples but often in a new and exciting way. He pretty much changed it up here, but not completely, and this is something that every succesfull artist(with some very few exceptions).
So with this mix I want to show y'all, at least what I think, is a very good representation of Buckwild's sound and evolvement between '97 and 2000 and therefore I included several records you most likely already heard and combined them with work he did for underground cats, remixes or alternative versions (there actually were a couple of rare rare tracks by Shamus amongst others that's real ill but due to the mismatched sound quaity compared to the other songs it was better to use other joints instead, albeit more popular that you most likely heard (like Jigga's "Lucky me", and of course Biggie's "Story toTtell" but don't let that turn you off of the album). Of course his crew DITC naturally appears on a couple of songs, but none of their regular album material.(the original version of "Way Of Life" and Lord Finesse's "Down For The Underground" are both highly potent joints to say the least and last but not least I added the classic Terror Squad '99 posse cut; "Rudeboy Salute".
I know y'all gonna enjoy this one so I'm not gonna hold it up anymore and go straight through the heavy beats and rhymes. Just one last thing, the cover you see is taken from a mixtape of Buckwild productions released via Gasface Media some years back but I think it fitted well (plus Buck doesn't seem to like being in front of cameras, there's very few pics of him available). Aight then, TURN IT UP!!!
01. Big Punisher - "Dream Shatterer"
[B]02. Lord Finesse - "Down For The Underground"
03. Black Rob - "WHOA!"
04. DJ Clue pres. Lord Tariq & Muggs - "Cops & Robbers"
05. Street Smartz . "Don't Trust Anyone" (Ft, PI & LS)
06. DITC - "Way Of Life" [Buck's Original Version]
07. Lace Da Booms - "Muder Seaason"
08. Afro Jazz Ft. Big Red - "You Can't Stop"
09. Terror Squad Ft. Buju Banton - "Rudeboy Salute"
10. Beanie Sigel - "What A Thug ABout"
11. Royal Flush & Mic Geronimo - "Makin' Moves"
12. Mic Geronimo - "How You Been?"
13. Akinyele - "Sister Sister"
14. Rhymester - "マイクの刺客"
15. Big Punisher - "Nigga Shit"
16. Notorious BIG - "I Got A Story to Tell"
17. Ma$e - "Another Story to Tell"
18. Jay-Z - "Lucky Me" [Ft. Stevie J on guitar and keys]
19. Organized Konfusion - "Invetro"
it's full of hardcore and "commercial" songs but always with the Buck flavour to it, and of course the commercial music of the later '90s wsa cats like Jay-Z, Notorious BIG, and such anthems as Black Rob's "Whoa" (which is of course included), etc so hahah. check the joint with Beanie Sigel, "What A Thug ABout" , love that one. matter of fact the whole tape is crazy. i even included one Japanese MC and a group of dope French MC's with one track each that Buck laced for them and trust me those beats are off the chain. i love the ending of the album too, with first Jay-Z, Buckwild and Stevie J and a singer delivers a reflective joint that's great but very different from what we're used to from Buck and this is followed by another very introspective joint (haha that's really the correct term for that song, litreally speaking) - "Inverto" by Pharoahe Monch and Prince Po.
also check out the previosuly unreleased song of PROOF ft. T3 and produced by DILLA!! Pete Rosenberg released it in celebration of the lifes and times of Jay Dee (probably recorded around 2003 or something - maybe for "I Miss The Hip-Hop Shop".
a question for those who visit my blog, do you read what I have to say about the music or do you just go for the music?
just click the link in my sig to fast get these mentioned above :) and don't forget to fucking TURN IT UP!!!