Jazzy Jay

My man, Full Flex.

Zulu Nation, Jazzy Jay in the house.

Diamond D, the whole Diggin' in the Crates crew.

And rest in peace to my man Tony Montana.

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You know what's crazy? The other day I seen my man DJ, uh, Jazzy Jay from Zulu Nation, one of the original, maybe first three DJs.

You know, he let me do my first album in the studio for little to no money.

And he was like, "Yo, it wouldn't be no Rick Rubin for Jazzy Jay.

It wouldn't be somebody else for Jazzy Jay." Asked me, would they be a Fat Joe if it wasn't for that? I had to go in the comments real quick and be like, "No, no, no.

There would not be no Fat Joe-

Yeah

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You know what's crazy? The other day I seen my man DJ, uh, Jazzy Jay from Zulu Nation, one of the original, maybe first three DJs.

You know, he let me do my first album in the studio for little to no money.

And he was like, "Yo, it wouldn't be no Rick Rubin for Jazzy Jay.

It wouldn't be somebody else for Jazzy Jay." Asked me, would there be a Fat Joe if it wasn't for that? I had to go in the comments real quick and be like, "No, no, no.

There would not be no Fat Joe-

Yeah

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No, but, um, we kinda glazed over this chapter of- Of Rick Rubin's career.

The first rap record Rick Rubin produced was, um, It's Yours by, uh, T La Rock and Jazzy Jay, and that's the first record that has the Def Jam logo on it, even though Party Time put out the record.

And I interviewed Arthur Baker, who's another famous producer whose lab- who owned the label Party Time.

Um, but the 808 used for that, um, I have a photo of it in the book, um, because he borrowed it from someone else who, who, uh, lived at the Weinstein, Weinstein dorm at NYU, and that's Pop from the band the Speedies.

Well, you, you-

You know, and tied to Jazzy Jay as well

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L, you mentioned '92.

A true gentleman.

Um, and, you know, I just wanna say that, like, him, right, being influenced by Muhammad Islam, Baby Chris, who ...

You know, AKA Chris Lighty, who is the founder of Violators, who is from Bronx forever, who is Zulu, right, the Jazzy Jay connections, the Red Alert connections.

The Zulu Nation had a heavy influence on this brother, and I think it's very honorable-

Yeah, yeah Yeah, yeah Yeah, yeah

Jay with the damage, yo DJ Honda, the unauthorized off-beat style Musashi style, lyrical swordplay And it goes like this, check it Black Castro or call me Fidel Negro King terrific, can't be hit, you're wasting time spending ammo Scientist balance polar Digital microchips in your molar Hardcore nuclear, ain't the devil happy? Ha ha, rich rap star, peep this solar Manifestation and the stars recede To the sun in this mathematical equation Police still on my dick like an invasion Lock me up, snatch up the transportation Winter in New York, South Pacific migration Wack MC's watch this nigga's frustration Believe me when I tell you that I dictate the mic Like Fidel does his nation, keep it flowing like

likeBig X the perfect target for decapitation.

Cook rhymes till they al dente.

Messengers Of Funk, Strictly Roots.

My man, Full Flex.

Zulu Nation, Jazzy Jay in the house.

Diamond D, the whole Diggin' in the Crates crew.

Yeah.

Jazzy Jay played it actually.

That's where you saw- Force MDs.

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