WORDS FROM THE HERO
Dela is one of the many Beyond Talented Beat Smiths in the collective of Producers "BEAT FANATIC" - I met Dela via SlopFunkDust (T. the Beat Specialist) and haven't looked back since. In a world filled with J Dilla Clones, Dela Stands out keeping his production Far from Simple Highly Organic and Soulful. To put it simple. duke is Dope, PERIOD. So Jazzy I always feel at home while listening to Dela Production. He is responsible for one of my favorite BEATS of ALL TIME. which is his "STAKES IS HIGH -REMIX"and is responsible for the most requested song in the Dutchmassive Catalog "BUTTERFLIES" tho the song gets cut short, the impact it has made on broken and newly in love hearts all over the globe is beyond anything I ever imaged.
BUTTERFLIES - PROD BY DELA by dutchmassive
One day you will hear the entire Song, but until then...Enjoy Part I.
the Fact that Dela Sampled Robert Glasper is absolutely Amazing.....(1)because I myself sampled Robert Glasper and (2) it shows me that Im not the only one not afraid to sample something just because it is current.... DOPE IS DOPE....and DELA IS THE DOPENESS
The first time I heard Robert Glasper’s music was in the summer of 2007. I was hanging out with the homie phinydee in the jazz record shop he used to work at, in Paris. We were trying to finish Changes Of Atmosphere at the time, so quite often I would stop by the shop so we could discuss featurings, label deals, yadda yadda.. So anyway, Phinydee had In My Element playing in the background, and of course “Dillalude” caught my ear… “hold on, what is this ?!” But shortly we got back into babbling about distribution, mastering, budget and all that, so I didn’t get to give the album a proper listening. Until october 2009. A that time, Robert’s latest, Doubled Booked, was on heavy rotation at the crib, and after I twat (twitted ?) about it, twitters @FROactiv and @fwmj advised me to get my hands on In My Element. A couple weeks later I found a copy in Archambault in MTL, so I copped it, went home and played it and… DAYMN! This album is 1) very dope 2) absolutely full of samples. Some of the interludes are basically hip-hop beats already… So.. I was like, I can’t sample the whole album and get away with it, can I ? Can I ??? I felt guilty already, so I figured I might as well do it, but call it a remix album or something.. And I started making these beats. So there you go now, The Robert Glasper Beattape is up for free download. If you like it, please support good music by copping In My Element, you’ll like it too. It’s on iTunes, and you should be able to find the CD in the jazz section of your nearest record store.. Enjoy !
Download: Dela – Robert Glasper
Changes Of Atmosphere CD (2009)
1. Changes Of Atmosphere (Intro) Featuring Liza Garza
2. I Say Peace Featuring J-Live
3. Live The Life Featuring J.Sands
4. The City Featuring J-Live & Surreal
5. Won't Do Featuring Miles Bonny
6. Stress Featuring Queens Connex & Termanology
7. Long Life Featuring Talib Kweli
8. Veuiller Veiller Sur Vos Reves Featuring Les Nubian & John Banzai
9. Vibrate Featuring Blu
10. How To Fish Featuring Reach
11. The Plan Featuring Dynas
12. It Is What It Is Featuring Naledge
13. Chill Featuring Large Professor & Meemee Nelzy
14. Changes Of Atmosphere Featuring Supastition
15. Live The Life (Original Mix) Featuring J.Sands
16. Chill (Lark Chillout Mix) Featuring Large Professor
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