I’ve listened to this on the way to work every day for the last three or so weeks. Big L is amazing obviously, but what I love about Lord Finesse is is how annoyed he always sounds, like the fact that he has to get on the mic and tell everyone what time it is is a real bother. His level of general irritation at the fact that some people still don’t understand his greatness is weirdly inspiring.
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Round about 1997 I bought a cassette called Neckthrust One by Mixmaster Mike, who was a member of the SF DJ crew Invisibl Skratch Pikliz. During this time, I was very into the scratch DJ scene in the Bay Area. Hand to god, in 1997 I thought to myself, “The Beastie Boys should hook up with these guys,” and then, in 1998, it happened and Mixmaster Mike has been the Beastie Boys’ DJ ever since. You won’t believe I really thought that. And since you don’t know me, you shouldn’t. But I did. I know the truth and that’s all that matters. The fact that the Beastie Boys have never been any good since then is immaterial.
Anyway. Mixmaster Mike. Neckthrust One. I listened to it often. I had a cassette deck and a walkman and, a couple of years later, a car with a tape deck. And this was in all three, often. Mike did most of it live to tape with two turntables and a mixer.
This passage has an instrumental bit—>Lord Finesse’s “You Know What I’m About” —> Snoop Dogg’s “Pump Pump”. I didn’t know what the Lord Finesse song was for years. This was before Google. There was not a search engine for me to find it. Later I learned that LF had many brilliant tracks to his name. I also learned that his voice was pitched way up here, as was Snoop’s, I’m guessing +5 or so on Mike’s decks. And I much later learned the the Lord Finesse track sampled the theme from “Scooby Doo”. And there’s an organ bit in the Snoop song that connects it. This cassette rip could be better, but maybe you’ll enjoy it.
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