Just Blaze & Young Guru talk Jay-Z, Dame Dash,The Blueprint, Higher, Ghostface, Busta Rhymes + More

www.hardknock.tv Just Blaze and Young Guru sit down for an exclusive conversation on Hard Knock TV. The interview starts of with Young Guru asking Just Blaze about his new song Higher and about making transition from Hip Hop into EDM. Just Blaze says that he has always made electronic beats but that he didn't always have a place to release those beats which were often ahead of their times. Now that the genre lines are so blurred it is seen as more acceptable to listen to everything. As the conversation continues Just Blaze says that now he is "comfortable doing whatever it is I want...I'm comfortable playing what I want, I'm comfortable wearing what I want and just being me as an individual...not that I wasn't comfortable with who I am but I was definitely doing a keeping up with the Jones kind of thing...I had to have a fresher jersey than Dame but meanwhile Dame was getting them for free from Mitchell & Ness cause he is Dame Dash and I had to pay $500 for it and I had to this every day for years straight..."
Young Guru tells Just Blaze that one of the biggest things that he had learned from him was to construct the record in his head before he sampled the parts. Guru talks about the making of Jay-Z's Song Cry and that when he first heard the sample Just Blaze was going to use he thought it sounded off but that after Jay-Z laid his verse to the raw beat at night, they came back in the morning and it sounded like a masterpiece after Just Blaze was done building the track. That day Jay called 2-3 producers and told them that they were not on Just Blaze's level.
Just Blaze continues by telling Guru how Jay's Girls, Girls, Girls was originally intended for Ghostface and how Busta Rhymes originally heard You don't Know and he wanted it for himself.
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From Hip Hop Dx:
About twelve years ago, Jay-Z began his Blueprint series with Just Blaze and Young Guru among the trusted few by his side. Recently, Just and Gu sat down to talk about their work while making the disc with Blaze admitting that some of the beats Jay selected weren't necessarily made with Jigga in mind.
"The only joint that preexisted was 'Girls, Girls, Girls,' which I had been holding for Ghostface [Killah]. The protools session was called 'Ghostface.' And I remember, when I first started the first version of "U Don't Know," Busta [Rhymes] happened to come by and was like, 'I need this!' I was like, 'Let me get back. I'm not sure what I want to do.' I knew it had the potential to be something explosive."
The pair also discussed the making of "Song Cry," and how much the beat changed from when Jay-Z laid his vocals to when the finished track was revealed.
"You finished the first way and I was like, 'This dude is a genius,'" Young Guru said to Blaze. "I think Jay walked in, he heard the beat and he laid the rhyme that night just immediately. That's how fast we was doing the Blueprint joints. He laid the rhyme that night. And you worked on the record that night. I have never seen...How many chops was on that?" he asked.
"96," Blaze responded.
"It was in one form, a basic form for the emcee to say the rhyme," Young Guru continued. "Then, the long intro and all the different changes came so by the time Jay came back the next day, it completely sounded different. What's on the album is completely different from what he laid the rhyme to."
According to Just Blaze, Jay-Z took that moment to call several unnamed producers who he was "cool with" to tell them, "You're good but Just Blaze is a genius." Blaze says other producers were mad at him at the time for that. Young Guru added that Blaze's other beats for Blueprint were made that weekend.

[@nighttrain7340]

Its a trip to hear just blaze speak on his acalades and some of his work cause i don't really follow him, but i have followed his music. From the game, jay-z, nas, busta rhymes, i heard some of his work on production and he is one of the dopest producers

[@pedrogates3189]

night train73 just blaze had a mean run from 2000-04

[@bigdap100]

love this interview, two of my favorites in the game. Watch Guru on Pensado's Place, its dope too. Pensado needs to get Just also, that would be ill.

[@MajorTheGeneral]

I love the interviews yall do with the legends!!!

[@StephenLee529]

Love conversations like these...JustBlaze is one of the best to ever do it..

[@TaiwoBamisile]

watched all these videos featuring them. I love it.

[@telj1]

Not sure why I missed this one but glad too see it now. Excellent video indeed....

[@AFORHTV]

Great video. It's always engaging to see 2 masters discuss the craft of making music.

[@terrillmaxwell3862]

Imagine Ghost on Girls, Girls, Girls... That's actually a perfect fit

[@razorsharp4ever]

Theses are two of my favorite people in hip hop.

[@nodfactordotcom]

great conversation!

[@DLeeMuhammad]

legendary ass people right here

[@mrdk216]

WAITIN ON PART 2!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@Nigel07able]

People are so stuck in box. If your a producer, producer everything. That how you last longer in the game. Timbo is a great example of that. Keep it up Just.

[@BrooklynBullySwag]

Ayoo.. lets get this official.. ghoatface on the girls beat.. now that he said it... it all makes sense.. in that supreme clientele era... awww man.. mix that album with that beat.. in my head.. shit just sound crazy... am I the only one that think like this?.. #AdHdcanrelate

[@davidpeters4801]

A great conversation between these two

[@MichaelCobbs]

Good interview

[@TooKoolTooCalm]

I grew up hearin just blaze beats

[@SAVANTist]

9.56 is the moment everybody looks for in life.

[@BLACKFONZIRELLI]

LOVE THIS

[@MrRickyTeague]

Just Blaze did U Don't Know, Song Cry & Breathe Easy (Lyrical Exercise) over a weekend!? Damn.

[@devon8trillionaire]

Don't forget girls girls girls

[@JarrelEmmanuel]

Nuff respect for these dudes. Soldiers

[@tochiRTA]

U Don't Know is the best beat on that album. That beat is FUCKIN RIDICULOUS. I was never big on "Song Cry". Too melodramatic and kinda ordinary as a beat. and regarding "Fire"... I'm 29 now. I remember when that track came out. First year university, clubbing a lot. And that shit used to KILL. I was addicted to that beat. And I love how funky and "hip hop" it was, unlike now where the drums/vibe aint hip hop.

[@AfricaAuddyTechCars]

Top notch stuff.

[@1MVEntGlobal]

Who can find me the instrumental being used in the end credits of the interview?

[@djsaltbeats]

Shout out Hard Knock TV... Keep em Coming Bro...You better then VLAD TV to Me

[@soldier1026]

Stop putting ads in the middle of your vids. Either have them at the beginning or the end but having them in the middle ruins the flow of the video.

[@MrRickyTeague]

3:03 LOL @ dude walking in and straight out.

[@bruceleeds7988]

Well done guys, YBE!!!

[@nunisenunica323]

Menh I lived near Patterson ::) nj in Totowa. now check #Nunination

[@mayrarojas3496]

Nuni Senunica Paterson is spelled with one "t".

[@vmstudio2001]

My GOODNESS hearing him speak is exhausting !

[@padalicous]

11:49 anyone know what the outro track is called

[@kincamell2]

LOVE

[@Jhaysea]

Did I just hear someone giving a model tokens on MFC @ 5:22

[@lerpoyh9426]

PATERSON,n.j in the house hu hu peace peace !!!!!!!!

[@alleyezonkey]

yes he does ook up more interviews by him not just on hard knock

[@mrdk216]

Imagine if all the sessions were recorded!

[@feedmepurp]

Just Blaze!

[@skyyHiRYvids]

legends are speaking...dont interrupt

[@MyNameIsWonder]

Didn't know 'You Don't Know' was meant for Busta. That could be one if the reasons Busta & Jay Had a scuffle before the release of the Blueprint album.

[@Acknowledge7]

Ghost on Girls! That would've been nice.

[@Kano61]

Blaze said in a past interview that he doesn't want to speak about Jay Electronica anymore.

[@GoodxJ]

👀

[@danextbestthing15]

I meant both of these dudes!!!

[@nmr20067]

So Girls, Girls, Girls was originally for Ghostface. Wow. That would have been hot!

[@sekou404]

Theres a wealth of knowledge there with Rocafella

[@viewsonichomie]

JUST BLAZE (JUST BLAZE VOICE) !

[@DaySoze]

genius

[@foshow38]

@rennierox listen to guru interview on combat jack show

[@odb3699]

Guru got a skinny neck lol gud interview tho! Legendary dudes

[@STAKBUNDLES]

Jersery the fuck ma niggaz! Elizabeth eastwiick 908 represettin

[@joeypcatchandrelease6590]

heck this out FRONTLINE-''TOYZ IN THE ATTIC''

[@allwiseaiv]

Paterson this Is us

[@MadVill04]

Is he guru's son?

[@LavishofNsp]

never realized how skinny just blaze was

[@thefreshlab]

lol. JUST, you still talkin bout that damn sports jerseys shit?!?! LET. IT. GO. lol

[@ForgottenCityOnline]

Just Blaze vs. Justice League 100 LIKES @DoubleK_EP

[@RENNIEROXFILMS]

Young Guru never speaks about his Wilmington Delaware roots.

[@TEthePres2006]

MEAN. But just imagine if Ghost had been on Girls and Busta had been on U Don't Know. Wow.

[@ThaDreamMerchant]

No he's not Guru's son

[@boogiewoogiebearboy]

not to cut you off...

[@TheUltimateRage]

Maybe he should get some theraflu lol

[@TheRealHipHopHeads]

jUST Disrespectful lol

[@parcelpost35]

Yeah girls girls would have been good for ghost!!

[@rODIUMuk]

this guy is killing hip hop! NOOOOOOOOOO He was the greatest of all time :(

[@edscottable]

damn...ghostface blew it. girls''''was meant for him???

[@MASACREPAOPAO]

Some one tell me if braking music genders dont stop u from making more money.domi

[@SamuelTheComedian]

I always thought just blaze was a white dude idk why

[@nunisenunica323]

hey Jazzy check #Nunination

[@rODIUMuk]

please god no

[@Drzage6]

this dude make too many beats... haha his voice is leaving him.

[@Iamthistermwinner]

Boring