Intro
“That was [DJ Touché] Theo’s find, as far as the loop. And it’s his cuts on there, too. And, for the beginning bit and the end I think he had some old children’s Star Trek records that he used. Vocally, there was just a perfect little thing we used that referenced us both. So, we used that, going into the Moondog [sample]. I mean, that was pretty cool. And it was just something we, like, always wanted to use.
“So, that track came about pretty quickly. I would say it probably took about five minutes. But, it was a good five minutes.”
Casino Sans Pareil
“Once we had the main loop and the chorus, and then threw under the James Taylor beat, it was like, ‘Okay, this is pretty hot. We need to do this.’
“The Good, the Bad and the Ugly samples for the breakdown, which was me. The beat was Theo. Looking back on this album it’s hard to remember who found what record because we shared them so much.
“The title means ‘without equal’. There was a loose crew of us called No Equal. If you look on the back of the first Wiseguys 12” on Black Market, there’s a logo for it.”
The Sound You Hear
“Nice filtered bass on this. Early on, we discovered the best way to pull out basslines was to do a top and bottom pass filter, and combine the two. By doing that, especially if you’re layering a bass back onto its original loop, you don’t have to worry about maintaining that top end, because it’s all about putting the strength on the bottom.
“Panik Studios had a rack piece that was great. The guy there would spin around in his chair and head to the wall of racks and it was like, ‘Wow! What did you do? Keep it, keep it!’”
Room Service
“That was a thing that Theo did one night. I came back from a week away, I believe. And he was like, ‘I did this’. And I was like, ‘Sweet’. That was it. It took five seconds. It’s just, fantastic. It’s really cool. And it was just like, ‘Yeah, it has to be on the album’.
“It’s a skit. All our skits were kind of like palate cleansers or vibe changes. Like how Pete Rock would do. I mean, that was the biggest influence, for sure. And also, just showing off with our samples. We were young, back then.”
We Keep On
“This features the rapper, Sense Live. He now goes by Ollie Miggs from Bronx Slang now.
“Skip back to ’92 and he was over from New Yo
