If you are a fan of Busta Rhymes you owe a lot of thanks to the production of DJ Scratch. The legendary producer/DJ/Battle Champion has laced the Dungeon Dragon with everything from radio hits like “Gimme Some Mo,” “Cha, Cha, Cha” & “New York Shit” to countless album cuts. With Busta’s latest CD, B.O.M.B. in stores now DJ Scratch shared how he made one of the more memorable cuts, “I’m A Go Get My” with comedian Mike Epps!
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You’ve got a record with Busta Rhymes out called “I’M A Go Get My” that samples Mike Epps. Please tell us how that came together.
DJ Scratch: I was watching the movie All About The Benjamins, featuring Mike Epps and Ice Cube. The whole movie is about him winning a lottery ticket. There was a scene where he was giving the man his lotto #s and dancing and singing, “15, 30, 45, 47..” When I saw it in the movies I said “when that comes to DVD I’m gonna make a beat out of that.” So when it came out I chopped up the lotto #s and made a beat out of it. Kanye West wanted that beat for his second album. I actually gave the beat to him. Kanye was the first person to have it. When I first made the beat and I listened to it, everybody didn’t see that movie, so I had to make the hook more [understandable]. So I added my voice in between the numbers to create a sentence “I’mma go and get my 45 over on 47th, in 15 minutes or even 30, be back with 37 niggas with them 38s.” When I changed the chorus Kanye couldn’t use the beat cuz it was on some gun shit. That’s not the kind of music Kanye does. Anybody else who says violent acts loved it! The Game wanted it but he was in transition so he didn’t use it. Busta took it and while that’s not him either [the gun talk] he’s so creative that he came up with the idea of being in the club chillin and one dude gets his ass beat in the club and he says “I’mma go get my 45 over on 38th…” His creativity meshed with mine made an incredible record.
We had a little sample clearance issue with the beat, which I don’t understand because the movie stars a rap artist! So we called Mike Epps and he came in and did the shit himself with his voice. The way the record starts it begins with the scene in the store. He came in and did a whole new skit that leads into the record. He said the sentence and I chopped it. Then at the end of the record he plays the guy that gets beat up. Mike Epps is actually on the record now.
How often do you run into sample clearance issues?
DJ Scratch: Not that much. Only one time I had a sample denied, “Cha, Cha, Cha.” With the Barry White sample. The original version was more edgy and Barry White didn’t like people saying “bitch” or anything over his music. So Busta changed the vocal and he cleared it.
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