Audio: J Dilla “Clap Your Hands” [Unreleased Bling47 Freestyle]
February 3rd, 2012 Posted in BlogSam Champ put me up on the launch of the new site from Bling47, which Detroiters and other slum villagers will recognize as a front organization for the nefarious activities Waajeed from Platinum Pied Pipers. Along with some cool videos Waajeed threw up a few straight-to-cassette J Dilla productions which he’s been keeping in a shoebox somewhere, waiting for someone to invent file-sharing. Among them was this freestyle, titled “Clap Your Hands,” or possibly “Listen To This” which–to my knowledge–has never seen the (computer) light of day before now. As ‘Jeedo put it:
I got this one on a cassette from T3 circa 1997. I’m not sure what it was for, or why Dilla had this on tape, but I thought it was hilarious. “Shut the F*ck Up and listen to this… this.” This kind of style was typical for our crew at this time – we were just finishing up the Fantastic Vol 1 album. It was never about what they said – but instead how they said it. We called it “R.A.W.” – Rugged And wild. And that is exactly what this one is – tape hiss and all. -Enjoy, Jeedo
Stream above, enjoy the view of downtown Detroit–and happy Dilla month! More Dilla events and projects coming soon.
