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Justin Smith, better known as Just Blaze, began his production career in his native New Jersey before becoming one of Roc-A-Fella Records' in house producers (along with Kanye West during the same time period). This post will cover Just Blaze's early production credits from 2000-2001 and his deep crate sample sources.
Just Blaze's first big break came on Jay-Z's 'The Dynasty: Roc La Familia' from 2000. On the album, Just Blaze produced five tracks including 'Soon You'll Understand', which samples Al Kooper's film score track 'Love Theme' from 1971's 'The Landlord'. One of Blaze's fortés is flipping rock samples, and an early example is on 'In My Life' from Memphis Bleek's 2000 album 'The Understanding'. For 'In My Life', Just Blaze uses Foreigner's ultra-cheesy ballad 'I Want to Know What Love Is' (who does that?!). One of my personal favorite tracks from Beanie Sigel's album 'The Reason' is the bombastic 'Get Down' which snips a sample from Quincy Jones' score for 'The Lost Man'.
Check back for part 2 of our look at Just Blaze's production career.
The Lowdown:
Jay-Z 'Soon You'll Understand'
from 'The Dynasty: Roc La Familia' (2000) (MP3/CD)
Clean: 'Soon You'll Understand'
Al Kooper 'Love Theme'
from 'The Landlord' (1971) (MP3 not available/CD not available)
Memphis Bleek 'In My Life'
from 'The Understanding' (2000) (MP3/CD)
Clean Edit: 'In My Life'
Foreigner 'I Want to Know What Love Is'
from 'Agent Provocateur' (1984) (MP3/CD)
Beanie Sigel 'Get Down'
from 'The Reason' (2001) (MP3/CD)
Clean Edit: 'Get Down'
Quincy Jones 'Lost Man'
from 'The Lost Man' (1968) (MP3 not available/CD not available)
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