I was going to do a song review of Jake One's "
God Like" but i decided to stop messing around with tracks (Trap Door, and The Truth were both on
White Van Music) and just recommend the whole album. His production work is usually compared to MF DOOM's but I would say there's a big difference between the two, with Jake Ones being more rooted in instrumentation funk and soul and DOOM's being much much weirder and varied in sampling and sound (Compare these two DOOM Beats.
Here and
Here.) In an age where most pop is a mash of overproduced electronic synthesized noise (which can be done well: Dan the Automator, and the Gorillaz) it's really refreshing to hear a full live sound with a compliment of horns, woodwinds and bass. It reminded me a little bit of the "
Suite For Ma Dukes" Orchestra playing J-Dilla beats. Its a full well realized and very dramatic sound.
Slick track from MF Doom. The main sample of the beat is from a funky 70's jazz band called the Blackbyrds. The verse and song credits technically go to KMD (1991!), which is the trio that DOOM was a part of before he had the moniker MF Doom. They sound great, and I'm sure DOOM fans will love to know that there's even more catalog to dive through. Enjoy.
I was going to do a song review of Jake One's "God Like" but i decided to stop messing around with tracks (Trap Door, and The Truth were both on White Van Music) and just recommend the whole album. His production work is usually compared to MF DOOM's but I would say there's a big difference between the two, with Jake Ones being more rooted in instrumentation funk and soul and DOOM's being much much weirder and varied in sampling and sound (Compare these two DOOM Beats. Here and Here.) In an age where most pop is a mash of overproduced electronic synthesized noise (which can be done well: Dan the Automator, and the Gorillaz) it's really refreshing to hear a full live sound with a compliment of horns, woodwinds and bass. It reminded me a little bit of the "Suite For Ma Dukes" Orchestra playing J-Dilla beats. Its a full well realized and very dramatic sound.
