This is by no means a loop. LEYET came across this sample one day while crate-digging and it sounded it all too familiar to him. 

If you're a producer or an artist, I'm sure Dilla touched your soul at some point in your career. Dilla is one of the main reasons LEYET became a producer. He first heard of Dilla through listening to Erykah Badu, who was another one of his favorites growing up.

After he stumbled upon "Tarika Blue" by Dreamflower, the record in which Dilla sampled for Erykah Badu's "Didn't Cha Know" he began to dive in & study Dilla's sampling techniques. He found so much more than what he was looking for. He quickly learned that Dilla was layering different chops and using different effects on each of them as if they were his own different instruments. This completely blew him away and made him fall in love with Dilla's work that much more. 

Going forward, he decided to find drums that sounded as close to Dilla's on this record as possible. He re-created Dilla's effects, automation, and even added his own twist on the production with added drums, an intro and outro, and Erykah's vocals from "Didn't Cha Know". This piece of work was a study tool for him and nothing short of homage.

Didn't Cha Know (circa2012)

Inspired by "Basketball Jones", from one of his favorite movies, "Space Jam", LEYET dives in once again studying the production's ins and outs. 

Aside from the intentional reflection of the original, this piece is completely original and only uses a vocal sample from the hook at the end. Re-producing this track taught him more about sound selection, his own sound library, his drumkits, and how to keep a consistent groove. 

This track was created for a hometown friend but he had to take out the hook for copyright infringement purposes. This is all 3 verses meshed together. Once again, LEYET pays homage to the greats who touched this production.

B-Ball Jones (circa2012)

Here you will find all of LEYET's mixes, masters, co-writes, productions, and songs. 

This account is full of playlist from circa 2012 to the current year. Most of these tracks were never released but some have been. This is merely for people who appreciate growth and art for what it is.

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