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General Discussion / sound heads?

« on: January 10, 2011, 03:08:51 PM »

Fam, does anyone know where I can get songs in .wav format? Specifically, maybach 2 or 3?

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General Discussion / can yall help me out?

« on: January 09, 2011, 01:47:58 PM »

Yo,any1 got that nigga sipho's number (cash)?
And ay, props to AG, the sites lookin dope now. Thanks, I think imma be around here more often, wasup familia.
Little brother. Peace

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General Discussion / Lupe Fiasco - Lasers... held back by Atlantic??

« on: November 28, 2010, 05:29:53 PM »

I was on his site sometime today and learnt that the album was actually being held back by Atlantic. Its apparently been ready for release for sometime, I think since its release date in December '09..

The reason for the postponement, seems Wasulu's tryna expose against some things and people that shouldn't be spoken about in the first place and Atlantic aren't having that. So he been keeping himself with mixtape drops and shit like SLR, The Show Goes On (Directed at Atlantic For Not wanting to release Lasers), B.M.F Building Minds Faster etc.

For those of you interested, theres' a petition for the release of Lasers.. untampered with hopefully, I'd really love to hear what the fuss was bout... It could be doing better honestly, Its on 37 000 signatures, thats why im posting the link: http://lupefiasco-lupend.blogspot.com/2010/07/petition-to-atlantic-records-lasers.html

Please Support after you politic... which I know yall are gonna do

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Producers - Discussion / Louisden beatbattle registration

« on: November 26, 2010, 05:21:42 PM »

Ait for those of you that dont know what it is. Its basically an online beatbattle league... Thats it
Link:
http://tinyurl.com/3x239zw

Depending on your division, you gonna be battling European production heavy weights (considering its a originally a U.K thing) like Jaisu, S-Type, Evil Needle, Kelakovski. And if you STILL dont know what Im on about, there are youtube links of the artists im talkin about below:

Jaisu:


Evil Needle:


Kela:

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Producers - Discussion / Beats for sale snippets - J-oNE

« on: October 04, 2010, 06:26:48 AM »

Ok, So I promised a snippet of what you can expect to hear in the beattape (beats for sale) like I said, there's 10 beats on the tape, the tape costs R100. Buyer can use all the beats.
I will be rotating beats for variation once again.
IF you interested in buying a copy, get at me, j_one@ymail.com

Snippet:
http://www.divshare.com/download/12723997-1bc

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General Discussion / 10 J-oNE beats - R100

« on: September 30, 2010, 08:25:29 PM »

Ait check it out. Tryna get more beats out but make a lil gains too and after I did some research, what I discovered is that... Motherf***ers are cheap and not willing to pay large amounts for exclusive beats

So Ive decided to:
1. compile tapes of 10 FULL beats for R100 each (not 100 for each beat, but 100 for each batch of 10 beats). and;
2. Allow buyers to use ALL and ANY beats they like without having to contact me

NO ROYALTIES, COMMISION, DEPOSITS, VOKOL. Just pay me R100... (sacrifice a case of amstel for a six pack for ONE weekend like really cmon)... recieve the shits, make your summer drop. SIMPLE

And no I wont just be compiling bullshit (Ill give snippets to prove it), 80% will consist of beats from THIS year.

So if you in capetown, or Venda, hit me up on my email or twitter
twitter:
http://www.twitter.com/J1_oNE
email:
j_one@ymail.com

Or call me actually:
076 812 3468 (I'll lloya you if you stalk me)

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Producers - Discussion / J-oNE - Coffee and Waffles Beattape

« on: September 25, 2010, 12:59:06 PM »

Check it out. New beattape out.

http://tinyurl.com/2u8v3vo

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Producers - Discussion / That new shit I been workin on

« on: September 10, 2010, 08:58:10 PM »

I been reluctant to post this beat but whatever, I'm registering soon , asked Dome to help me out with that.
After listening to a lotta J.U.S.T.I.C.E League the influence definately came out, prolly one of my fave beats now, if not 1st, then 2nd. Someone's actually recording on it as we speak from the other side of the ocean, Brooklyn to be exact.. but Im gonna keep the name to myself fa now haha, il give yal a sneak peak when i get it back for mixing...

btw on mixing.. im gonna need help with that so anyone who reckons they really good at that holla at me on twitter, easiest way to get aholda me right now... http://www.twitter.com/J1_oNE

Anyway the beat:
http://www.divshare.com/download/12470088-afa
Tell me whatyu think

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Producers - Discussion / J1 drumkit free

« on: May 30, 2010, 12:19:33 PM »

Wats good African's. Damn haven't been here in a MINUTE, things is different. All the smileys and shit  
 

So check it out it's a Little something I'm working on at the moment. Still busy with it, but it'd be nice to get feedback so long.
The pa**words: f*** you no more leaching.
Thanks you

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Producers - Discussion / Dance Track... J-oNE???

« on: February 20, 2010, 10:54:52 PM »

Was in a bit of a beatblock so decided I'd do something different and came up with a "deep house" track (Composed for once) if that's what they'd call it. I have no idea about house, just hear it, then copied it.

P.S. Those drums are NOT bitten, I actually made the drums last year and finished of the track a weekend ago.

All feedback appreciated.

http://www.divshare.com/download/10538271-1d8

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Producers - Discussion / Let's hear those old beats!!! :D

« on: January 06, 2010, 11:52:15 PM »

Ye, let's hear those old a** beats that I know more than half of yall got on your computers.

It should be pretty interesting to see where yall came from in terms of beats lol.

I wanna hear ALL that shit!! All those stock sounds and fruity synths and f***ed up drum patterns lol.

I'll upload mine just now from 2007. ARGH! I'm listening to one right now. It's so f***ING CHEESY!! But anyway I'll still have it up lol.

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Producers - Discussion / Sample-And-flip (J-oNE)

« on: December 29, 2009, 01:42:25 PM »

Here it is

Sample:
http://www.divshare.com/download/9925278-892

Flip:
http://www.divshare.com/download/9925283-414

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Hot Traxxx / New Lupe Fiasco

« on: December 27, 2009, 03:31:52 PM »

Lyrics:

Today, nobody cares
But tomorrow they will, they will
Today, nobody cares
But, oh, tomorrow they will, they will

They said my future was dark
You see me now?
Just look around
I’m beamin’

(We are) They used to talk
When I wasn’t around (Lasers)
You see me now (We’re not)
(Losers) I’m beamin’

I get my energy from my inner G
I be in outer space, but I got inner peace
So tell my enemies that they can’t injure me
I know that irritates, you have my sympathies
Well, you should protest, yeah, you should picket me
I’m on a losing strike, I’m on a winning streak
I’m out in left field, I’m speaking mentally
But that’s a better places than where the benches be
I’m feelin’ really good, me and different beat
Me and my different drummer, he play the timpanis
See, that’s what got me here, you hearin’ me
Me on my black man in the future shit, call me Billy Dee
See, I’m just forward-looking, that’s how I really see
See, while you Valentimes, I’m thinking Christmas trees
And that’s how this would be, even at Mickey D’s
Semicolon, close parentheses

They said my future was dark
You see me now?
Just look around
I’m beamin’

They used to talk
When I wasn’t around
You see me now
I’m beamin’

Do you remember me, the guy from verse one?
Failure’s my last name, Never’s my first one
You see I hood a lot, and yeah I nerd some
Hood’s where the heart is, nerd’s where the words from
Don’t represent either, because I merged them
‘S kids who wanna leave, and I encourage them
Go out and see the world, never return from
Yeah, you don’t come back, unless you learn some
And baby girl, what does it matter where your purse from?
Your hurr done, your nails did, your a** fat, but you’re dumb
Mix Melyssa Ford with Maya Angelou
Become a top model and Sojourner too
I try to follow this, what Muhammad do
It’s such a old soul inside the sonic youth
Swear I’m Ferrari’d up, and I’m conscious, too
I don’t prophesize: I promise you

They said my future was dark
You see me now?
Just look around
I’m beamin’

They used to talk
When I wasn’t around (Lasers)
You see me now (Ha)
I’m beamin’

Yeah, it’s me again, the guy from verse two
Well, this the last one, it’s almost curfew
It’s almost night out, so turn your lights on
Where all my 760s, witcha brights on?
Yeah, they are the ones to keep your eyes on
Like how we used to do, to keep the house warm
Now those the type of eyes, I not cry from
You see the tears of fire run out my cryin’ songs
Now the world’s shoulders is what we cryin’ on
The world’s fast lane is what I’m drivin’ on
What am I driving at? I’m tryna drive it home
I’m in the driver’s seat, but you can ride along
‘Cause never cyclops, it’s never I alone
I’m tellin’ your story wherever I perform
Now if they lookin’ for me, tell ‘em I’ve gone
Out in the bright lights, right where I belong

They said my future was dark
You see me now?
Just look around
I’m beamin’

They used to talk
When I wasn’t around
You see me now
I’m beamin’

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Producers - Discussion / Beat Battle anyone?

« on: December 26, 2009, 09:40:06 PM »

Who's brave enough for it?

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General Discussion / THEE most overlooked and misunderstood lyricist in this time (DO NOT SLEEP!!!)

« on: December 14, 2009, 08:59:27 PM »

Right now, I think Lupe's the best alive, but I'm not going to do much talking. All I wanna do is post yall this breakdown of Lupe's dumb it down and the video. DO NOT Argue with me UNTILL you have THOROUGHLY read through and comprehended the lyrics. please.

PLEASE PEOPLE!!! Do NOT SLEEP ON THIS!!! This is important.






I'm fearless (He’s brave enough to battle his critics)

Now hear this (Addressing all critics)

I'm earless (I don’t hear all of your criticisms and I don’t listen to people who tell me to dumb it down)

And I'm peerless (I’m one of a kind. There are no others like me so stop telling me to conform.)

That means I'm eyeless (The word peerless has no ‘i’s. )

Which means I'm tearless (He doesn’t care what you say, it’s not going to affect him. If he has no eyes, he can’t cry)

Which means my iris resides where my ears is (He observes rappers and the industry closely and watches their movements. The iris is the part of your eye surrounding the pupil. Iris is also a kind of plant, the people commonly put behind their ear. He learns by listening.)

Which means I'm blinded (He has no eyes so he’s blind. There has been no good music lately, so his senses must be failing)

But I'mma find it I can feel it's nearness (There are some good rappers out there, that are close to making it big, and he’s going to find them.)

But I'mma veer so I don't come near (He’s going to get out of the way of the music industry and do his own thing. He’s not going to conform so he’s going to stay in his own lane)

Like a chicken or a deer (He’s not going to be run over by the music industry. He’s no one-hit wonder. Deer’s freeze in the headlights, but he’s not going to let celebrity stop him from doing what he wants to)

But I remember I'm not a listener or a seer so my windshield smear (He doesn’t listen to mainstream rap. He is not paying attention to commercial rap and copying their formula.)

Here, you steer, I really shouldn't be behind this, clearly cause my blindness (Fans obviously know what is good music, and he doesn’t, so he shouldn’t be in the driver’s seat.)

The windshield is minstrel, the whole grill is roadkill, so trill and so sincere. Yeah, I'm both them there (A Minstrel show is when actors used to dress up in blackface and perpetuate black stereotypes by depicting blacks as lazy, ignorant, happy-go-lucky, stupid, and musical. Jazz musician Wynton Maralis has even called Hip-Hop a modern day minstrel show. White actors would cover their skin in black shoe polish, the windshield is covered in black so he can’t see. White executives are controlling black rappers and perpetuating the stereotypes of grills and the trill life. Talking about Grills has been done so much that it is becoming overkill, or roadkill. He describes the rap game as a car, and he shouldn’t be steering the car because he is not like it’s components.)

Took both pills, when a bloke in a trench coat and the locs in the chair had approached him here (This is about the Matrix when Morpheus came in wearing a black trench coat and gave Neo a choice between the red and blue pill. People in the matrix are deemed blind, but he is out of the matrix.)

And he clear as a ghost, so a biter of the throats in the mirror (Ghosts are invisible and Vampires can’t see their reflections in the mirror)

The writer of the quotes for the ghosts who supplier of the notes to the living (He is a ghostwriter’s ghostwriter. He writes the lyrics for ghostwriters who supply the lyrics to the mainstream rappers.)

Riveting is rosy, pockets full of posies, given to the mother of the deceased. Awaken at war, 'til I'm restin' in peace (Rosie the riveter is a figure during World War II. These women only worked during war time, or awaken then. Meanwhile, their sons were dying at war. “Ring around the rosie, pockets full of posies” comes from the black plague when people were dying in the streets, so people would carry floweres in their pockets.)

[Chorus 1]:

You goin' over niggas' heads Lu (Dumb it down)
They tellin' me that they don't feel you (Dumb it down)
We ain't graduate from school nigga (Dumb it down)
Them big words ain't cool nigga (Dumb it down)
Yeah I heard Mean And Vicious nigga (Dumb it down)
Make a song for the bitches nigga (Dumb it down)
We don't care about the weather nigga (Dumb it down)
You'll sell more records if you (Dumb it down)

[Verse 2]:

And I'm mouthless (Fans stuck in commercial rap won’t hear him over the radio)

Which means I'm soundless (Which means the mainstream won’t hear him so he has no power or relevancy).

Now as far as the hearing, I've found it (He has found people that will listen to him and built a solid fan base.)

It was as far as the distance from the earring to the ground is (He was never heard. His voice never even left the ground and is maximum distance away from the ears of the mainstream.)

But the doorknockers on the ear of a stewardess in a Lear
She fine and she flyin, I feel I'm flying by'em 'cause my mind's on cloud nine and I'm a mime at the same time (No matter how fly he gets, he’s still going to stay grounded. He is too fast and smart for everyone that his words are just going over their heads and no one understands him. This is because he is so far above the completion, and different (like a mime) at the same time.)

Pimps see the wings on the underground king (Pimp C is a rapper that died that was a member of the legendary rap group, Underground Kings. Because he is dead, he has grown wings like an angel. Also pimps want to become underground kings because they see the wealth that they are attaining. People believe that wealth is a way to get your wings into heaven.)

Who's also Klingon (Klingon is a group of species in Star Trek. They speak an odd language that is hard to decipher. Pimp C, like Lupe, is a good rapper that is intelligent, therefore listeners must think to understand his lyrics.)

To infinity and beyond (Another Star Trek reference)

Something really stinks, but I Sphinx like Leon (Leon Spinks is a boxer that beat an old, out-of-shape Muhammad Ali. His nose was broken in the fight and cannot smell)

Or lion in the desert (This refers to the Sphinx statue in Egypt. It has no nose because Napoleon had it chopped off because it was black and he was repulsed by the black nose. Both Leon Spinks and the Sphinx have no noses and can’t smell it. Also, the Sphinx is a gatekeeper in Greek mythology and you must answer a riddle to pa** him on your path to becoming king (like Oedipus). The entire song is a riddle that must be decoded and solved. And to pa** him you must out riddle him. Also, authors like WB Yeats use the Sphinx to signal the dawning of new eras.)

I'm flying on pegasus you're flying on the pheasant (Hercules flew on Pegasus. A Pegasus is a winged horse and is Greek for strong. A pheasant is a brightly-colored tiny bird. He is a cla** above everyone else.)

Writer of the white powder, picker of the fire flowers, spit hot fire like Dylon on Chappelle's skit (Unicorn horns were believed to have powerful magic and immortality if you grind them into powder. In Mario Brothers, if you catch the fire flower, your character becomes enflamed and can spit fire. His music that he writes is addictive, like cocaine (white powder). His words will also live on forever. Dylon is a rapper who was on Making of the Band and is made fun of on Chappelle’s Show for saying “I spit hot fire.”)

Yeah, smell it on my unicorn, don’t snort the white horse, but toot my own horn (A horse and a horn make up a unicorn. He doesn’t do cocaine, but he will brag. A horn is slang for a nose. Snorting is like tooting.

[Chorus 2]:

You've been shedding too much light Lu (Dumb it down)
You make'em wanna do right Lu (Dumb it down)
They're getting self-esteem Lu (Dumb it down)
These girls are trying to be queens Lu (Dumb it down)
They're trying to graduate from school Lu (Dumb it down)
They're starting to think that smart is cool Lu (Dumb it down)
They're trying to get up out the hood Lu (Dumb it down)
I'll tell you what you should do (Dumb it down)

[Verse 3]:

And I'm brainless
Which means I'm headless (Brain is a slang term for head, which is a slang term for a blowjob. So brainless and headless are the same thing.)
Like Ichabod Crane is (In The Legend Of Sleepy Hollow, There is a headless horseman that cuts of Ichabod’s head)

Or foreplay-less sex is (No Head Before Sex. Also lack of a courting stage with women and he is just having sex with random girls.)

Which makes me saneless (People call him insane for not dumbing it down and going commercial. He is also insane for having sex with random girls with AIDS and STDs being so prevelant.)

With no neck left to hang the chain with (His neck is not bound by a chain so he is not a slave to the industry; an industry that is filled with the idea of bling.)

Which makes me necklace-less (Because he isn’t controlled by the industry and mainstream, he is not rich, and therefore cannot afford the bling and gigantic necklaces that rappers wear.)

Like a necklace theft (He feels robbed of not being popular, and he wants to take over.)

And I ain't used my headrest yet (He’s not going to rest or sleep: He’s going to keep working to be better)

They said they need proof like a vestless chest 'bout the best, fair F-F-jet in the NES (Proof, the rapper, was shot in the head and killed and therefore had no need for a bullet proof vest. This is like the industry who needs no proof of a good rapper, but rather they just follow a formula: F-F means Final Fantasy, which was first released on the NES system. The games came in gray square things that were called jets. F-F also means First and Fifteenth, which is the best.)

Who exudes confidence and excess depth (His lyrics are complicated and deep)

Even Scuba Steve would find it hard to breathe (Scuba Steve is a scuba diver action figure in the movie Big Daddy)

Around these leagues (Leagues is a measurement of depth of water; his lyrics are so deep that it’s hard to breath: Also Lupe is in a whole ‘nother league)

My snorkle is a tuba, Lu the ruler around these seas (His snorkel (the tube that a swimmer uses to breathe under water) is like a tuba (A trumpet with a low, deep pitch) because since he is the ruler of the seas, he sermons his listeners with a trumpet sound ever time he exhales (spits). He needs his voice to be loud and deep like the sound from a tuba. Lupe is the ruler of Hip-Hop and he is using seas as a continuation of the water metaphors throughout the verse.)

Westside Poseidon, Westside beside'em, chest high and rising (Poseidon is the ruler of the seas in Greek mythology. He is the ruler of the West. He is on the Westside of Poseidon, therefore he is his left hand man. Westside Chicago is beside Lupe and supports him. Lupe is proud, and has his chest out, and is ready to rise up the ranks of raps elite. He is also raising the depth of the waters, and his lyrics.)

Almost touching the knees of stewardess and the pilot (The water is rising so high that it is going to the skies where the planes are)

Lucky they make you fly with
Personal floating devices, tricks falling out of my sleeves (Water is now so high that it is in the plane so it is a good thing that the pa**engers have personal floating devices. There is always something new with Lupe, and all of his lyrics can mean different things to different people. His words are like magic.)

David Blaine (Famous magician)

Make it rain

Make a boat (There’s so much water that you need to make a boat to float with like Noah’s Ark)

I make a plane (He is above everyone else so they are all in a boat, but he is flying above them. Also, he is so good that he raises the plane and sets a new level that rappers have to come up to. Lupe is raising the bar)

Then, I pull the plug and I make it drain (If I leave, then the rap game will be depleted of lyrical depth. Pulling the plug can be seen as dying like a person in a coma gets the plug pulled. He is also making it seem like a bathtub that is filling up with water)

Until I feel like flowing and filling it up again..(His flow is like water and he can do this anytime he wants. He can easily increase depth whenever he raps.)

[Chorus 3]:

You putting me to sleep nigga (Dumb it down)
That's why you ain't popping in the streets nigga (Dumb it down)
You ain't winning no awards nigga (Dumb it down)
Robots and skateboards nigga? (Dumb it down)
GQ Man Of The Year G? (Dumb it down)
Shit ain't rocking over here B (Dumb it down)
Won't you talk about your cars nigga? (Dumb it down)
What the f*** is goyard (???what is that???) nigga (Dumb it down)

Make it rain for the chicks (Dumb it down)
Pour champagne on a bitch (Dumb it down) (Making Fun of Weezy f***ing Baby...Get It?..Weezy f***ing Baby)

What the f*** is wrong with you? (Dumb it down)
How can I get on a song with you? (Dumb it down)