1998, by J Rawls

1998

by J Rawls

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1.	Master Chef 03:46	buy track
2.	Settle the Score 02:56	buy track
3.	Bossa Nova Fly 02:37	buy track
4.	Remarkably Intelligble 04:24	buy track
5.	How U Luv Dat 02:22	buy track
6.	Keep on Livin' 02:39	buy track
7.	Let it Soak 02:52	buy track
8.	Good Ol' Soul Music 02:31	buy track
9.	Witty Banter 02:01	buy track
10.	Call Me 03:16	buy track
11.	Blaxploitation 02:30	buy track
12.	Do or Die 04:27	buy track
13.	Centipede 03:18	buy track
14.	New Recruits 02:18	buy track
15.	Better & Better 01:53	buy track
16.	TIme Tunnel 02:11	buy track
17.	Starburst 02:19	buy track
18.	Without You 02:47	buy track
19.	Still a Father 02:14	buy track
20.	Pick up the Pace 01:50	buy track

about

About 20 years ago….I was just starting out in this music game. This was the time that I was making 3-4 beats a day! Of course this was all before I had kids so I had nothing but time on my hands. I put it to good use!

This summer, I was cleaning my studio and came across a DAT tape that I hadn’t played in years. I listened and on it was 20 of my beats that I had made during the first part of 1998. These beats were raw and crunchy. They were the ASR-10 at its finest and it felt good listening to them again! I remember that Jazzy Jeff said to die empty, meaning, let people hear all of your creations. So I thought, I would love for people to listen to some early J Rawls bangers.

If you are a J Rawls fan, then some of the beats you have undoubtedly heard before. You will hear some of the tracks that some of your favorite artists heard when they wrote to my beats. I can hear that hi hat that I created around that time. I think it’s on almost all of these beats LOL! If you are not then you will get a sense of that raw 90’s underground hip-hop flavor. Most of these are in song mode so I hope that we will hear these in freestyles and ciphers all over the world.

On January 1st, 1998, I will be releasing these 20 beats. The DAT you see on the cover is the actual DAT I got these from! Enjoy this peace of history!

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released January 1, 2018

01 Master Chef
02 Settle the Score
03 Bossa Nova Fly
04 Remarkably Intelligible
05 How U Luv Dat
06 Keep on Livin'
07 Let it Soak
08 Good Ol' Soul Music
09 Witty Banter
10 Call me
11 Blaxploitation
12 Do or Die
13 Centipede
14 New Recruits
15 Better & Better
16 Time Tunnel
17 Starburst
18 Without You
19 Still a Father 2:15
20 Pick up the Pace 1:50

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