Comments on WITFITS: The Amen Break

Whoa, Arabian Prince, how random. How does a guy ...

2006-06-15T10:50:45.183-04:00

Whoa, Arabian Prince, how random. How does a guy go from rapping to video game testing? Does that mean that you can go from testing to rapping?

Yea, artistically the video was interesting, but kinda boring since all you see is a record spinning or a guy standing there. I do give him credit for having it start with the needle being placed on the record and end with it being taken off.

I haven't watched a lot of videos on that site, bu...

2006-06-15T08:49:39.040-04:00

I haven't watched a lot of videos on that site, but I really enjoyed the fact that the needle arm on the record player actually progressed during the video - they could have just used 1 second loop of the record spinning, but they did not.

Little details are cool!

I worked with Arabian Prince while he was working ...

2006-06-15T08:47:53.046-04:00

I worked with Arabian Prince while he was working at Universal (games). Very very nice man, a really good guy.

jeslyfe: Thanks for the comment and for stopping ...

2006-06-14T14:19:39.160-04:00

jeslyfe: Thanks for the comment and for stopping by. The music industry stifles artists and consumers more and more each year, I think there's gonna come a time when it's all gonna come crashing down on them.

Etch: Glad you enjoyed it, I thought it was interesting enough to post (obviously). Who did you work with?

Did I ever mention that I worked for a few months ...

2006-06-14T13:44:42.323-04:00

Did I ever mention that I worked for a few months with one of the members of NWA? Strange but true.

Cool! I really enjoyed the info and the video - w...

2006-06-14T13:43:51.613-04:00

Cool! I really enjoyed the info and the video - which is surprising, since I'm not a huge music person.

Hey I'm witcha man. I've had the privelege of work...

2006-06-14T05:40:04.990-04:00

Hey I'm witcha man. I've had the privelege of working with Afrika Baambaattaa, Jazzy Jay, Eric "veitnam" Sadler, and I did a show at the Apollo - "Rapmasters", with Kool Herc. I have recently since the hurricane Katrina (I now reside in New Orleans), written a song called "Words", which I sampled Pink Floyd. I contacted their publisher, and he declined to allow clearance for the interpolation. I'm gunna use it anyhow. The sampling art has been lost since the 90's for a couple of reasons in my opinion.
1) legalities 2) technological investment, and availablity 3) time investment to acquire technique. The industry has landed lethal blows to the HipHop community, through commercialization and legalization. It's almost a lost art. I believe its going to come back around, and I plan to be an integral part of that. Word on the street is that sampling is going to come back. It's what the artists are requesting. Hey I'm either a dinosaur, or once again before my time. lol Peace.
-jeslyfe