as i'm sure is the case with most of you,the passing of Isaac Hayes inspired me to flip something of his...i didnt try to get all crazy with it,just wanted to make a simple tribute track.
i hope heads realize what a genius this man was-he wasn't just a guy with a cool voice;he produced,arranged and played multi instruments on all his albums,obviously wrote most of the lyrics-and was incredibly ahead of his time.also- when he was really young,before he became a solo artist,he played keys on a lot of early souls greatest songs...a lot of people don't realize this-i actually didn't know about his accomplishments before his solo work until just a few months ago-but you'll see "I. Hayes" on mad credits-espescially a lot of early atlantic stuff.
anyway,i actually picked up his double album "Black Moses" a couple months ago (in the DOLLAR BIN!!it has a 4 foot tall full body shot fold out cover thats been hanging on my wall since i got it )-this is a record that gave portishead careers,and has been sampled by a handful of hip hop producers-still theres quite a few joints that havent been touched yet.the song i used is "Mans' Temptation"....when i heard this record i thought it was the best all around soul album i had ever heard,and i still think so.

While he wasnt young,he still died young-its tragic to see anyone go early,espescially someone thats given so much to the world...

i started working on this yesterday,and i just saw theres a sample of his up for the battle-i'm gonna try to get on it if i can.
this isnt tracked out,my new interface is on the way,when i get it i might mix this for real-it definitely doesnt sound as good as it could.sorry about the wav download,i havent got a mp3 converter yet..

R.I.P. Mr. Hayes..

www.mediafire.com/download.php?9j7pv0thwqd

word!!!

Track is really dope! Did you used any kinda kick or just the sub?

thanks man..yea i used kicks-dry on the second 4 bars of the intro and i put subsonic on them through the rest-you cant hear them too great (in this mix)just listening straight from a computer,but they thump pretty hard through my shitty stereo speakers.good looking...1

Yo dru, had to came back and tell ya how dope that shit really is.
I just listened to "Man's Temptation" and man you really did good at it.

I played that beat at least 5 times during the last days... You're one of my fav producers in here for shure! I just wondered for how long you're already doing this beat makin shit... ???

Anyway; burner beat! Want more...

All those mp3 loving people take this:
adru black_moses_mix.mp3 - 3.98MB

thank you man,i really do appreciate that a lot,seriously,its high praise coming from you.im actually surprised this didnt get more feed-not from a personal praise my beat standpoint,but i dont see anyone on here actually saying anything ABOUT the man-even while using his sample in a battle immediately after he passed away-except a chef comment that bordered on being disrespectful.you showed your respect though,& picked a really dope track ,i'd like to try to do something with it tonightif i can.its just kinda dissapointing to not see any threads dedicated to him on a production website.anyway..

as far as how long i've been making beats-its kinda complicated-i got my first machine (ensoniq asr)in like 96-i started to learn it a little, made a few decent beats on it,but then my life went crazy and i lost all i had-i then got an eps in 98-but the same thing happened again-somehow the eps was one of the only things i held on to-after a bunch of months institutionalized i lived in this group home where all i did was sell trees and make beats,i was really just looping shit though-then the cycle repeated twice more-i had a sampletrack for about 8 months in 01-02,thats when i first learned how to chop shit up...got another one in 06..and here we are in 08 with a 404.
so even thoughi got started 12 yars ago,altogether its been like 3 or 4 years or something of actually having equipment and records.

lol...guess that wasnt all neccesary i just think its a kinda interesting story.i ALWAYS wonder what coulda been,beats and rapping...
thanks a lot for taking the time to post the mp3..peace

by the way wax-since you have the song you should see what you can do with it-theres mad different movements & change ups in it,i didnt even scratch the surface of what could really be done with the song.

SICK beat man, a true tribute to Mr Hayes


i tried to listen earlier but mediafire kept crashing on the WAV file (thanks Wax for mp3 version)

thanks drew..this beat is far from spectacular-but i've been in a big rut lately and this helped me start to get out of it...i'll probably go back and do more with it at some point