Well due to popular demand, here are the tracks I was referring to in the previous post. Some raw Danja beats on this mixtape, let me know what ya think!! Hosted By: SUPERSTAR JAY Mixtape/ Street Album.
First up we have the title track called A Sight for Sore Eyes
[audio http://danjahandz.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/08-08-a-sight-for-sore-eyes.mp3]
Next is a track which im actually digging alot it's called Bet Ya Ain't Know feat ROB G
[audio http://danjahandz.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/11-11-bet-ya-aint-know.mp3]
and finally we have a track called No Cigar
[audio http://danjahandz.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/12-12-no-cigar.mp3]
Enjoy!
DANJA ZONE!
I wonder if this was the kind of stuff timbo heard that got Danja to come down to miami. if it is then idk hmmmm. i would have passed on some beats like this but timbo knows talent when he hears it.
ReplyDeletekeep in mind 2Guta that this is mixtape beats not his best work!! but i know where ur coming from!!
ReplyDeleteI like "Bet Ya Ain’t Know" the best, then "No Cigar", then "A Sight for Sore Eyes". Very interesting to hear these early tracks. Hints of what was to come, for sure. Thanks for posting!
ReplyDeleteI was thinking the exact same thing when Edwin slipped me the tracks.
ReplyDeleteWhen was the release date for the mixtape? That would help determine how far back we were technology wise. Which believe me, makes all the difference!
ReplyDeleteMeh... hmmmm...
ReplyDeleteThis is hilarious actually. *Runs back to the studio, super-encouraged*
ReplyDeleteaight well, the 2nd and 3rd ones arent that bad, but still. *goes to delete all his shit from 2 years ago*
ReplyDeletebeats wack! hahaha theres still hope for all of us! LOL
ReplyDeleteListen to the track No Cigar at 00:24
ReplyDeleteNow listen to Christina Milan ' Virginity ' at 00:56 ;) Same melody, different bpm !
Nice find dont u think ??
@Flo...
ReplyDeleteI heard it!!!
Nice to pick that one up...
But it was faint hahaha
Do you think he subconsciously just uses that effect?
What i mean is... In his head, he must have a template of how he puts a beat together...
For example, I noticed he doesn't use that kind of melody until the verse is finished... or about to start ... or purely just as a filler... to make the sound.. more complete I guess
I don't even know what I'm saying now ahaha
Lol you sound very clear to me: what you talk about is arrangement, aka how to make a song reach a good climax (hook), this is the role of what we call a pre chorus!
ReplyDeleteBut i cant answer the rest of your question, as i'm not in danja's head! But from my experience, sometimes you just make something, a melody comes by, you nail it, then your friends tell you ' oh man funny u used that years ago in this song '!
Or, maybe he had that lil melody from a long time ago, it didnt have the exposure his productions have nowadays, and he decided to give it a new life!
Dunno!
That's the word
ReplyDeleteArrangement... haha I'm such a noob
Honestly, when i use a particular sound I'd know full well if I came across it again...
so in that respect I think you're right about him giving it new life
@JM & Flo:
ReplyDeleteMaybe this quote out of a Danja interview answers your question why he uses some sounds very often:
"Personally, I would do 50 tracks of that same sound, just keep on doing it, making it better, and find the best version. That’s why I’ll use a sound until it comes out, until it’s released on a single, or it’s released on an album then I won’t ever go back to it again"
i had read it too, but it wont work, cuz the period when that cigar track was made isnt the same as that virginity song!
ReplyDeleteI completely get the way he works on sounds:
for exemple Hello good morning seems to be Rick Ro$$ ' No 1' cousin.. Obviously both these tracks were made in the same 'inspiration period'.
When he did My Love, i'm sure he did a shitload of tracks using this kind of blend (trance / rnb ) until the right one would work! And then once it's released, when he thinks he's done with 'this' kind of sound, he moves on!
Another example would be ' Ayo Technology ' and the other various tracks using that sid station sound :)
I could go on and on and on lol but as i said earlier, no one except the king can explain, this is just speculation :)
now Edwin, does it mean that danjahandz fanatics need a forum ? lol
ReplyDeleteahhh might have to ask Luke if he can set one up for us, will look into it!!
ReplyDeleteThere's a forum here, though it hasn't really been used in a while...
ReplyDeletehttp://narsrecords.ning.com/
Well, who's to say danja's inspiration with a certain sound doesn't span over years...
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