2Dope ~ Live In The Studio '93
Who:
Double D in the house! 2Dope, aka Stan 'da G.O.B and myself.
What:
Proceed (and continue) to rock the mic.
When:
Sometime in late Spring, 1993. Exact date is lost for all eternity. Around April or so. Ok, I actually say on the tape, it's April 24, 1993. In the wee, wee hours of the morning.
Where:
WILY Studios, Wiley Hall, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA.
Why:
Just a little somethin' to break the monotony...

Basically, Stan has been my man forever. We started doing the hip-hop thing in '91-92, and when I went to Purdue and started recording, it was imperative that he get his ass down there so we could do some stuff together. It took a little while, but he finally made it down there in the spring of my freshman year. By that time I already had strained relations with my roommate and my grades were struggling, so it was a relief to have such a good friend around. Plus, we rocked the house.

Not only that, we got some interesting phone messages from disgruntled former girlfriend's friends ("You fuckin' pussy!") and spent about 2 hours trying to figure out the real words to Naughy By Nature's "Hip-Hop Hooray". Plus, we spent much time "at the co-rec!"

Stan had even wrote and recorded his own gem ("Get Loose") while I was away and he was in PA. He brought it with him and invited me for a little guest shot on the remix, so we went into the studio with that and a couple other ideas, and basically spent an entire night and some additional time in the studio fuckin' around. I did a couple solo tunes, and then we worked hard on "Get Loose (Remix)" and re-did "Sax Track", and even attempted to cover "Hip-Hop Hooray" and "Holler If Ya Hear Me" as well. We also rocked some little freestyle jams and pretty much displayed general idiocy. One of the best nights of my life. :-)

Tracklist:
Joe Bob's A Prick (OB Solo, only known recording)
I Can Take It (OB Solo, later ends up as Bring It Strong)
(enter G.O.B)
Off (Take One)
(freestyle)
Get Loose (Remix, Take One)
(hey tiss!)
Get Loose (Remix, Take Three)
(wild thing)
2Dope Hooray (Take One)
2Dope Hooray (Take Three)
Off (OB Solo, Take Two)
Scream 2 (OB Solo)
Get Loose (Remix, Take Four)
Sax Track
Holler If Ya Hear Me

Some of the solo OB jams (Off, Scream 2) were later recorded again for his next solo LP (Can't Stop) and I Can Take It later was resurrected with a new title (Bring It Strong) for New Day. The third take of Get Loose was later released on OB's second greatest hits CD, Second Bestos. We actually ran out of tape toward the end of Holler If Ya Hear Me... good thing, too 'cuz we were *seriously* fuckin' up the words.

This classic night in the history of music is now available on CD. Unfortunately, the only ever known recording of Joe Bob's A Prick has been lost forever and I Can Take It is only half intact. Everything else is there.

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