In a recent exclusive interview with Rock The Bells, DJ Jazzy Jeff spoke of his musical relationship with Bob James, and shared that he would soon be performing with James for his Tiny Desk Concert. “Bob James actually sued us many years ago for sampling ‘Winchester Lady’ on ‘Here We Go Again’,” Jeff shares. “Hip-Hop was new and we were using shit, and people didn’t know. During the pandemic, I was forced to shut down and spend a lotta time in the studio and I’ve never been more creative. During that time I got a call to remix some Bob James classics.
I was excited initially then I thought, Bob James isn’t dead. Instead of remixing something, I’d like to do something new with him. So we got on the phone and the first thing he said was ‘Is this the DJ Jazzy Jeff that we had an issue with?’ We laughed about it, and I explained to him why we sample in Hip-Hop. I explained to him that I was able to produce Jill Scott and Musiq Soulchild because I went down the rabbit hole and discovered who played on his records, and he loved it!”
Check out a snippet of the concert above.
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