Seattle producer Jake One has always been more interesting to me than similar producers. He is a G-Unit affiliate and has done tracks with 50 and E-40, but he is also adamant about the underground scene. Check out his thoughts on the unnecessary disparity between underground and mainstream hip-hop.
“What’s kind of weird about it is that 50 can do it and people will fuck with it but for some reason people only fuck with his version of it,” Jake says. “Like the song “All Of Me” with Mary J Blige on 50’s album, a couple of other people like Brother Ali had a song to that but he decided not to use it. It probably could have hit a totally different way. But in the same vein, underground fans probably wouldn’t fuck with 50’s version because they hate the person on it that’s rapping. They get so mad with that shit like that was supposed to be for them.”
And as a producer he is not just ubiquitous, he’s as solid as they come. Listen to these two tracks off of White Van Music, set to drop October 7th. The doom track is bonkers. As a side note if I could have anyone rap at my wedding it would be Doom. If the wife says no, shes out.
Jake One feat. Brother Ali and Freeway: The Truth
Jake One feat. MF Doom: Trap Door
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Jake One is a great producer and pretty interesting cat. He also pretty randomly did the theme/intro music for John Cena, which bangs hard. Both these tracks hit hard too, though I would’ve liked if Ali and Free were on the same topic.
underground to mainstream comparison’s is so pre-stakes is high, dude should just focus on making music and less about what his perceptions of what fans think are. not saying he isn’t, but nobodies talking that shit anymore except for MTV, fans already appreciate what it is for what it is, who cares if the television is retarded.
insert_name, good point. Check out the rest of that interview on Hip-hop DX and you will see that Jake makes a similar argument. He talks about how unnecessary the classifications are.