In honor of the 10-year anniversary of the Beat Generaton series, BBE is releasing The Beat Generation 10th Anniversary Collection, a compilation disc that will feature tracks by Jay Dilla (as Jay Dee), DJ Jazzy Jeff, Pete Rock, Madlib and will.i.am, among others. The project will release on March 29.
The Beat Generation series has been significant in its work with a diverse group of talent. Dilla, Jazzy Jeff and others were able to work magic under the series and their work continues to inspire many around the world.
In 2002, Jazzy Jeff spoke to HipHopDX about what The Beat Generation allowed him to do.
“Just the idea of somebody giving you the creative freedom, and that’s one of the reasons I didn’t go first or second or third in this series. When someone gives you that kind of freedom, what [the] hell am I gonna do with this kind of freedom when no one has ever given it to me? It wasn’t until Jay Dee kind of did his (Welcome 2 Detroit), he set the tone for everybody like, ‘Okay, I see where he’s going…oh man, he’s going for some hardcore Hip Hop… It’s not about doing a genre of music, it’s about letting you know what makes you up as a producer. How fucked up is it that a little, tiny label out of London gives you this type of freedom, and Sony don’t? The hard thing is, once you start doing records like that, you kind of ask yourself, ‘How can I go back to doing anything else?’ “
cool, RIP Jay Dee
hmm, if this will be left-overs from these artists BBE releases then hell yeah i’ll check for it – The Beat Generation was one of the best album series for sure. but it sounds like this will just be a collection of the “best” songs from those releases. pass
Nice….You know i regret selling Will.I.Am CD. I remember before it came out reviews were saying that that CD would change the way producers “produced” …Look were he’s at now?! Yeah he went pop but dude is a serious beat maker. …Out of BBE beat generation CD’s. I beleive Pete Rocks was the best…OH and just so you purest know. There were 2 versions..let the digging begin hahahaha. Dillas was WAAAYYY OUT THERE! It had some nice beats but i think it was more of an experimentation for dude….The Clapper = WOW!!! with a Young blu spittin’
I’ll def. will be buying this! There’s 3 names that I think should deserve to get mentioned here or should be on the compilation.
Primo, KanYe, & Hi-Tek