DJ Red - 15 Years (Trouble On Vinyl, Unreleased 1996)
Day 15 of the DnB Advent Calendar and we have a first for DnB 365: an unreleased tune. This track was on a 10" Trouble On Vinyl dubplate with 'Murder One' (which appeared on Here Comes Trouble Vol. 3) but for whatever reason never came out. One possible explanation for that is the samples used, as it's packed full of them.
Let's start with the sample that gives the track its title - "I snorted cocaine for about 15 years... with my dumbass". This is Richard Pryor from an infamous 1970s routine. The drug references continue with the "All I have in this world" line from Scarface, also sampled on DJ Hype's 'True Playaz Anthem'. Lastly we have some of the Eazy-E's spoken intro from NWA's 'Approach To Danger':
"What you want is an unexpected approach, that may delay a suspects awareness of your presence, until you have a chance to assist the situation you are confronted"
You also get some of the unsettling piano in 'Scorpio's View' from Lalo Schifrin's Dirty Harry soundtrack that was sampled in the NWA track. Around all of this DJ Red crafts a hard stepping track featuring a hyperactive treatment of the Think break and reese style bass before a more punchy bassline is introduced along with some rough, ferocious Amen.
Unfortunately you don't get to hear that much of '15 Years' in the YouTube clip above but you can hear a bit more of the tune in this Brockie set on Kool FM from February 1996 with MC Det on the mic. DJ Kane has recently revived the Trouble On Vinyl label so maybe this track will see the light of day at some point.
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