DJ JS-1 - No One Cares
(2xCD) Ground Original/Fat Beats Records JS1GO3CD, 2011-06-21
If you're fed up with producers who make "fake J Dilla beats" and "pop-star radio DJs" like
DJ JS-1 is, the best thing to do is slap them across the face with some real boom bap sounds. So that's exactly what the Queens, New York DJ did with his new single,
Boom Slap, and who better to amp up the slap than two of the kings of boom bap,
KRS-One and
Rahzel. The respective visionaries of rapping and beat boxing join their friend
JS-1 on the first leak from
No One Cares, which will be released on June 21st via
Fat Beats Records. "My biggest selling single to date was my first single,
Essentials, which featured
KRS & Rahzel," says
JS-1. "That was on my first album,
Ground Original 1 in 2002. With this album being
Ground Original 3 and the final installment of that series, I wanted to close out with a
KRS & Rahzel track. Since his start in the early 90's,
DJ JS-1 has witnessed hip-hop evolve over the years, and
Boom Slap explains exactly how he feels about hip-hop in 2011. "I'm all about boom bap, regardless of how some of these new-jacks feel," explains the DJ/producer. "There are tons of people making pretty music, and that's nice for an R&B group, but we make that boom bap that slaps you when you hear it." This song does just that, as
JS-1's hard-hitting beat serves as the foundation for
Rahzel's background vocals and patented vocal scratches, while
KRS verbally assaults the beat with his unmistakable flow. "The style of hip hop we create is not going anywhere," says
JS-1. "People can say what they want - make what they want - but this style will always be here. Forever, and ever, we will be here forever..."
