#true school

This one took a minute to set in. Honestly I’m a bit dizzy after hearing this. First off this cut is brand new. It makes me feel like I fell into a timewarp. Underground headz most definitely know Preemo. Unless you’ve been drowning in a mumble ocean full of opiates waiting for Lil Yachty to throw you a life preserver, you most definitely know the Griselda crew.

I’m flashing back hard yo. 

I’m that kid bumpin’ unreleased Mobb Deep cuts off of a DJ Juice mixtape that I bought out of a Tape Kingz catalog back in 1995 after a shift at Chuck E. Cheese.

This shit could have easily been released back in the mid 90′s, it could have easily been on DJ Premier’s New York Reality Check 101 mix,

it could have easily bumped Jay-Z’s “In My Lifetime” single off of Payday’s roster, 

these guys would’ve been on tour with Group Home 

and Jeru tha Damaja. 

This would have been in heavy rotation on college radio, Rae and Ghost would’ve been on the promo only, white label 12″ remix...

I’m having a flashback even though this cut is brand new. The Preemo beat is so classic, the Griselda crew paint pictures. This ain’t no R&B song. K-Ci and JoJo aren’t on the hook. Yeah, it’s great, it’s making me feel some kinda way. 

Herbie Hancock “Rockit”

This is the track that brought DJing to the mainstream music world.

DJ Ill Digitz, Kooley High 

Renaissance, Green Street 

Wednesday, March 15, 2017, Friends and Lovers BK

Flued One and Fashawn bring you Deep Shadows.

Aiiiiight you all... We need to talk about the man, the myth, the beatsmith, the machine, the all around awesome possum that goes by the non de plume: Nocturnal Ron.

I first met Ron in LA in 2004...? I think it was... Everything is hazy. I was working with Emcee Dopestyle on the Fool's Pool album,

we had just driven all night from San Francisco to record with another Hip Hop enigma by the name of Fathead. (Dude is wild, big up to 3-1-Omar).

Fathed took us to The Halifax apartments to meet Ron. Dude was prolific, he must make beats in his sleep. We ended up taking turns in his closet vocal booth recording just for fun.

Ron is a true artist and beatsmith, forever following the muse, combining decades worth of popular culture references with crate digging expertise and an insane work ethic. In my humble opinion he is a producer on par with the likes of Madlib, Dilla, Doom... I'm not kidding.

His projects have mad flow, its very easy to get lost in his seamless, patchwork sample compositions. Check out his impressive 100 Beats In One Week release as well as his most recent Mick's Tape volumes 1 and 2, described as music Mick Jagger would bump while on tour... Hahaha.

Big up to the Nocturnal one, a gifted beatmaker and genuinely awesome possum. As an added bonus, because I wrote this $+!t, here's my bootleg take on Ron's Mick's Tape Side 1, word booty:

-My name is Jason but you can call me Neva...

Goodnight, bless up, don't sleep.