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The “Harlem Shake” producer links up with Rae Sremmurd and AlunaGeorge for a new track.
Breaking Down the Beat: Just Blaze Speaks on Producing with Baauer; Breaks Down “Higher” and “Harlem Shake”
Just Blaze is hustling and he’s making moves in circles that Hip-Hop enthusiasts were unaware of. He’s down with the controversial Baauer, who crafted the unlikely hit song, “The Harlem Shake.” Recently multiplatinum super-producer, know to his mother as Justin Smith, spoke with Lee Hawkins of The Wall Street Journal about his new songs ”Higher” and ”The Harlem Shake,” co-produced by the now widely popular EDM/Trap producer, Baauer. In the exclusive interview, Just Blaze took the time to break down the songs and detailed the thought process behind the release of the singles which have now garnered millions upon millions of views. Defying traditional ideas behind the release of a record Just Blaze and Baauer created juggernaut of a song by catering to world of club DJs “I actually just came off of a 20 city tour, myself and my partner Baauer, you may have heard of him he has the whole s**t that has everyone going nuts, we did a 20 city tour. The interesting thing about that is, the tour was conceived before that record blew up. We sat down and talked about the possibility of going on the road and doing a show together and in the process of that we said, ‘Well you know what? Lets do a record together.’” “So we sat in this room about a month ago and we came up with this record called “Higher.” And we knew that it was cool, but I dont think that either of us really anticipated what was going to happen there.” Using portions of a Jay-Z sample that was given to them for their tour, Baauer and Just Blaze combined synths, organs and tweaked drums to create a multi-layered composition that is now world renowned. “Traditionally if your are releasing a record through a traditional outlet like iTunes, Amazon record stores or whatever, sometimes people who release music on the internet release records on Monday because journalists and PR people are back at their desks, bloggers are at their desks, we sat here on a Thursday night at about 4 in the morning and I was like,”Lets release this tonight.” Despite some people in their camp thinking that Baauer and Just Blaze should hold on to the record, Just Blaze wanted to release the record for DJs to play at parties immediately. Preying on thirsty DJs looking to add to their Friday and Saturday partyy sets, Just Blaze and Baauer dropped the record at 4 a.m. on a Thursday morning only to wake up to thousands of views and downloads. For more information on the Wall Street Journal’s exclusive interview with Just Blaze, take a look at the videos below and learn more about how Just Blaze co-produced and marketed “Higher” and “The Harlem Shake.” Just Blaze Interview: The Business of Beats Justin Smith, known as music producer Just Blaze, who produces for artists such as Jay-Z and Eminem, talks with Lee Hawkins about his role in VH1’s DJ show, “Master of the Mix” and the lucrative business of beat-making and production. Plus he shows step-by-step how he built the beat for hit song “Higher.” Producer Just Blaze on Creating the ‘Harlem Shake‘ Justin Smith, known as hip-hop producer Just Blaze describes how he and his production partner, Baauer, made the now world-renowned “Harlem Shake” song and dance go viral. He also discusses strategies for making a song a hit on the dance club circuit. Hip-Hop Producer Just Blaze Builds a Beat Justin Smith, known as music producer Just Blaze, who produces for artists such as Jay-Z and Eminem, gives the Wall Street Journal’s Lee Hawkins a step-by-step explainer on how he and his partner, Baauer, built the beat and production for the hit song “Higher”.
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Artists Sampled For Bauuer’s “Harlem Shake” Want Compensation From Diplo
(AllHipHop News) No matter if it’s on planes, in NBA locker rooms or underwater, Bauuer’s “Harlem Shake” song has sent people into frenzies once the words “do the Harlem Shake.” Ten months, a Diplo endorsement and #1 Billboard Top 100 debut later, the artists sampled in “Harlem Shake” have emerged requesting compensation. Former reggaeton performer Hector Delgado and rapper Jayson Musson claim Bauuer sampled parts of their music without their permission. The song opens with Delgado singing the lyrics “con los terroristas” from his 2006 single “Malades.” The ubiquitous “do the Harlem Shake” phrase originates from the song “Miller Time” by Musson’s former rap group, Plastic Little. Bauuer told The Daily Beast last month that he found the sample online. Delgado’s music publisher, Machete Music and Musson are negotiating monetary compensation with Diplo’s Mad Decent label, which released the Harlem Shake song in May of 2012. According to Musson, negotiations are going smoothly. Bauuer’s “Harlem Shake” song was the first song to ever debut atop the Billboard Hot 100 from an artist who had no previous chart history. This precedent was due largely to the revamped Billboard charts which now includes YouTube streaming data. As of today (March 11th) the Mad Decent YouTube channel’s link of “Harlem Shake” has amassed over 11 million views. [ALSO CHECK OUT: Scotty The Kid – GOLDEN Produced by Bauuer]
EXCLUSIVE: G. Dep Comments On “Harlem Shake” Craze; “It Ain’t Defining Harlem”
(AllHipHop News) The Internet dance craze called the “Harlem Shake” has garnered over 44 million YouTube views worldwide, but there’s one person that has yet to speak on the phenomenon. That’s G-Dep, the former Bad Boy Records artist, that helped popularize the original version of the dance that came out of kids in Harlem, USA. “Yea I got an idea of whats going on with it, them guys that put that out, they from China?” G. Dep asked, speaking to AllHipHop.com exclusively. “Thats crazy, I mean that’s love, at the same time but coming from Harlem, if it’s not the Harlem Shake that’s not what it is. I mean that’s obvious. ” Presently, Dep is serving 15-life after confession to a 2-decades old unsolved murder. While the first version of Harlem Shake originally spawned from G Dep’s song “Special Delivery” back in the late 1990’s, the newest version of the song only slightly resembles the strut G. Dep and Diddy created. In the videos people from across the world have attempted the new Harlem Shake synching their flailing body movements to Baauer’s EDM song called “Harlem Shake.” Currently, Baauer is an artist signed to famed producer Diplo’s imprint called MadDecent, a label and artists that G. Dep was unaware of at the time of the interview. G. Dep even was still a little unclear about what exactly the dancers were doing, and while he said he appreciated the “love,” he also made it explicitly clear that the new dance is not the Harlem Shake as it was known in the 2000’s. “We gonna call it the ‘Harlem Shake Part 2.’ We can’t call it the Harlem Shake, we gotta at least call it the Harlem Shake part 2, because from what I understand they aren’t even doing the Harlem Shake,” G Dep said. “So we just talking about anything now? Anything is the Harlem Shake? Its like, I had a bowl of cereal today, lets call it the Harlem Shake.” Jokingly G. Dep suggested that Harlem should adopt the phrase “Harlem Shake” as a slang term of sorts. “It ain’t really defining the culture of Harlem, coming from Harlem and bringing the rhythm, but you know we can call it the Harlem Shake Part 2. We gonna make a new slang out of it. It’s like, ‘I was walking down the street and… oh man that was the Harlem Shake.’ ” G. Dep joked. [ALSO READ: G. DEP HAPPY WITH 15 TO LIFE SENTENCE] Just last year G. Dep turned himself in for having shot a man in 1993 unaware that he killed the man. G. Dep was sentenced to a 15-year to life sentence and is currently serving his bid on Rikers Island. As for G. Dep’s music and if he’s had any contact with Diddy, G Dep said has music on deck and that he only remains in contact with Black Rob. “I’m still writing, we got some music we gonna put out real soon. I’m going to put out that we were working on before I came in . Look out for that sooner than later, as far as me getting something out there that would be a plus and we working on getting something out there on a bigger scale,” he said. “I haven’t spoken with Diddy, but I still write back and forth with Black Rob from time to time, we write each other and I know he’s putting out his album.” As our time on the call with G Dep was running out due to Rikers Island jail call restrictions, G. Dep left AllHipHop with a few parting words. “I just want to thank everyone for their support, keep shaking man. This telephone call is Harlem Shake man,” he ended with one last quip. Check out the original “Harlem Shake” in G-Dep’s “Lets Get It” [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=az7pn5zfUsU?feature=player_detailpage&w=640&h=360] Here is the new version of the dance…that’s not quite a dance. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hpEnLtqUDg?feature=player_detailpage&w=640&h=360]
