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DJ Jazzy Jeff Talks Mac Miller's Appeal, Draws Comparisons To His Work With ...
Exclusive: The DMC champ explains how Mac Miller's use of a Lord Finesse sample brought himself, DJ Premier and others to the table, and Miller's good-times raps remind him of his own legacy in Rap.
On Tuesday June June 22, HipHopDX spoke to DJ Jazzy Jeff. The Philadelphia, Pennsylvania native is a turntablist icon, in addition to his vast production credits in Hip Hop and R&B. The longtime musical partner to The Fresh Prince (b/k/a Will Smith) was joined by latest protege, Toronto, Ontario's Ayah, who will release her second free project, Back For More , on July 12.
In a segment of the discussion, Jeff spoke about an upcoming tape with DXnext alum Mac Miller , a Pittsburgh emcee, who is known for promoting simple fun in his raps - with a deep appreciation for the early '90s Hip Hop that was created by Jeff and his peers. The turntable master (and Ayah) chimed in on Mac's appeal, and explained how other icons are getting hip to the game.
HipHopDX: Your generation to me are the torch passers. Not that you’re giving it up but you can say to kids, my age and younger, alright you’re a part of this hip-hop thing whether you’re an artist, a DJ, a producer, whatever it is and Mac (Miller) is an interesting guy because here he is, he’s not claiming to be from the streets. Talk about what he’s doing, as a legend Jeff, say “You know what, I can get behind what this kid’s about.”
DJ Jazzy Jeff: Well you know what’s funny is, I kind of go into the whole 20-year cycle that when everyone was going crazy off of the Electro music all that was to me was the '80s reincarnated. And what comes after the '80s is the '90s. I think the thing that really caught me attention was off of the "Kool-Aid and Frozen Pizza" that he did off of the Lord Finesse ["Hip 2 Da Game"] beat and it was just something off of the throwback era of the '90s and you got this 19-year-old kid spitting on it that’s doing the song justice and it caught my attention, which made me call someone like DJ Premier and put him onto it and it caught his attention and me just reaching out and giving a thumbs up like, “Yo this is hot.” [Mac Miller contacted me and] was just kind of like, “Yo I’m a huge fan, would love to do something, I’ve got an idea to piece together this '90s Hip Hop mixtape that I would love to have you a part of it," and that’s pretty much how that all came along. And what I gave to Premier and the other guys was like you know we’re blessed enough to be around to watch this cycle come around to our hey-day. So how dope would it be for us to help this new generation. If the new thing is '90s Hip Hop, why not get a '90s Hip Hop legend to help you do it. So it’s crazy because it’s a full cycle.
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We were here in the early 90s when hip hop was really good. And we have the rock. We lived here when Kurt Cobain died. We went through grunge; we went through all of these different things. It's all in our subconscious so it comes out naturally.
In a segment of the discussion, Jeff spoke about an upcoming tape with DXnext alum Mac Miller, a Pittsburgh emcee, who is known for promoting simple fun in his raps - with a deep appreciation for the early '90s Hip Hop that was created by Jeff and his
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'90s Hip-Hop Slang Dictionary | XXLMAG.COM
Believe it or not, there was a time when calling yourself “Big Willie” or “jiggy” was cool. That time was the 1990s. The ’90s are widely regarded as the golden age of hip-hop. But while reminiscing on the decade during ’90s week, it dawned on us that it may also be the golden age of language. Don’t front, you know you used to spell fat with the “ph.” But for those who forgot, we decided to take a trip down memory lane and collect our favorite sayings of the ’90s. Word up.
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RT : My Pandora radio is a freakish Frankensteined monster of 60s hits, 70s rock, 80s pop/punk/grunge, and early 90s hip-hop. It's bizarre.
RT : if a nigga respect AZ...then he should deff understand Nas sayin hip hop died in the 2000s...not the 90s
if a nigga respect AZ...then he should deff understand Nas sayin hip hop died in the 2000s...not the 90s
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