{"id":121180,"date":"2017-08-27T16:48:58","date_gmt":"2017-08-27T14:48:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blackouthiphop.com\/?p=121180"},"modified":"2017-08-27T16:48:58","modified_gmt":"2017-08-27T14:48:58","slug":"rhythm-roulette-dj-jazzy-jeff-serato-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/rhythm-roulette-dj-jazzy-jeff-serato-edition\/","title":{"rendered":"Rhythm Roulette: DJ Jazzy Jeff (Serato Edition)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"344\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tzNTC7q4lhE\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>At right around the 1:32 mark of the latest episode of MASS APPEAL\u2019s &#8220;Rhythm Roulette,&#8221; featuring the magnificent DJ Jazzy Jeff, you can see the legendary artist and actor pensively place his chin in his hands as he carefully listens to one of the three records he dug out of the crates at random, figuring out which portion of it he\u2019ll use just minutes later as he crafts his instrumental. At that moment, it becomes clear that this isn\u2019t just a bit of press for Jazz. This is life. The act of making music is home for him, as he alluded during the introduction of the segment.<\/p>\n<p>So much so, that the records were brought to him. Jazz, who regularly tours internationally, didn\u2019t have time to hit the record store after returning home from a recent trip, so his friend and vinyl enthusiast Gene Brown brought the crate digging to Jazz in the back of a van. And dig he did. After the DJ swiped off the traditional blindfold, Gene revealed that Jazz had come up with Back for More by Al Johnson\u2014\u201cclassic\u201d\u2014Say No More by rock act Les Dudek, and the 1973 self-titled album by funk act Reuben Howell.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou know what that is?\u201d exclaims Jazzy as he listens to one of the records, turning around to check for incredulous looks on the faces of his comrades. \u201cThat\u2019s scratching! That\u2019s scratching with someone singing on it! That\u2019s why I was tripping!\u201d Despite being at the forefront of DJ culture for the last 30 years, he still gets giddy when he hears it being done right.<\/p>\n<p>What happens next is part of the reason why Jazzy won rap one its first Grammy. Enjoy the latest episode of \u201cRhythm Roulette\u201d above.<\/p>\n<p>Jazz got the chance to work with a brand new Serato software plug-in called Sample that integrates with Serato\u2019s O.G. production software, Pitch \u2018n Time. As the name suggests, Sample allows users to chop samples and manipulate them freely. BPMs can be adjusted to the utmost extreme without any loss of audio quality. A highly intuitive interface allowed Jazz to quickly find, chop, key-shift, and time-stretch samples.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"121181\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/rhythm-roulette-dj-jazzy-jeff-serato-edition\/2017-08-27-04-47-08-pm\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/2017-08-27-04.47.08-pm.png?fit=1694%2C940&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1694,940\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Rhythm Roulette: DJ Jazzy Jeff (Serato Edition)\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/2017-08-27-04.47.08-pm.png?fit=640%2C355&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/2017-08-27-04.47.08-pm.png?fit=640%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-121181\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/2017-08-27-04.47.08-pm.png?resize=540%2C300&amp;ssl=1 540w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/2017-08-27-04.47.08-pm.png?resize=768%2C426&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/2017-08-27-04.47.08-pm.png?resize=1024%2C568&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/2017-08-27-04.47.08-pm.png?w=1694&amp;ssl=1 1694w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/2017-08-27-04.47.08-pm.png?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At right around the 1:32 mark of the latest episode of MASS APPEAL\u2019s &#8220;Rhythm Roulette,&#8221;&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-121180","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-videos"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pG6fW-vww","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121180","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=121180"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121180\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=121180"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=121180"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=121180"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}