Jay-z

[god-of-rock]

Thanks to the talents of enterprising remixers, Jay-Z's The Black Album is available in a lot more versions than just clean or explicit.

Last month the Roc released The Black Album on vinyl with no beats underneath Jay's bravura lyrics, spurring producers and DJs to rework his farewell disc into creations such as The Brown Album and even The Grey Album, which combines Jay's words with music from the Beatles' The White Album.

from MTV.com



in stead of STEALING everything from everybody couldn't those hip-hoppers (and YES I am generalizing) just get friggin' fruity loops and make something themselves...?

[4th gen]

If there is a worthwhile point to your post, I must have missed it. Can you clarify?

[Jibbler]

Originally posted by god-of-rock@4 February 2004 - 20:48

Thanks to the talents of enterprising remixers, Jay-Z's The Black Album is available in a lot more versions than just clean or explicit.

Last month the Roc released The Black Album on vinyl with no beats underneath Jay's bravura lyrics, spurring producers and DJs to rework his farewell disc into creations such as The Brown Album and even The Grey Album, which combines Jay's words with music from the Beatles' The White Album.

from MTV.com



in stead of STEALING everything from everybody couldn't those hip-hoppers (and YES I am generalizing) just get friggin' fruity loops and make something themselves...?

I think the point MTV was making, is that pirated or remixed copies are being sold on the street, and some DJs are making money without paying royalties to Jay-Z.

[Busyman]

Mixtapes are on the street ALL the time. You haven't been to NY have you?
I've got versions of songs that have never been on the radio or even heard otherwise except from the street CD's.

[Vargas]

Originally posted by god-of-rock@5 February 2004 - 00:48
in stead of STEALING everything from everybody couldn't those hip-hoppers (and YES I am generalizing) just get friggin' fruity loops and make something themselves...?

well it's kinda hard to "scratch" a CD/MP3 on a turntable, i know looptroop turned down a record deal because the label would only put it out in CD format

[Tasty]

This is a CD scratcher........

[muchspl2]

https://filesharingtalk.com/index.php...T&f=18&t=98313
had this for a few days, but didn't think anyone here wanted it

[Storm]

Originally posted by Tasty@5 February 2004 - 08:18
This is a CD scratcher........

now how many ppl actually use that shit?????

besides, DJ's work with vinyl cause of the "warmer sound"

[TARPD]

what the article is saying is that jay-z released an accapella ablum and people used it to make their own mixes of the songs, nothing wrong with that