[COLLECT] Rare Baby Blue Collectibles (Part 2)

Posted 11 months, 1 week, 2 days, 5 hours, 30 minutes ago by Tonedeff



Anyone remember Cassettes?

Kno 53-Snippet Beat-Tape (2001)

My first interaction with Kno was essentially an IM-argument as to whether “616 Rewind” should have a hook. I even recorded an intro for it to prove a point (just know that it had the word “Hexagon” in it and that you will never hear it, haha). He didn’t want one – and he was right.

Fortunately, we respected each other’s work enough to continue building after the dust settled, and he sent me a “beat-tape” – yes, the literal-item you hear about in all your golden-era rap songs but never see. Apparently, Kno had yet to get his hands on a CD Burner (which were still kinda new-fangled and expensive at the time), so this is what I got in the mail.

There’s 53-beat snippets on this puppy. I’m almost positive that everything on this cassette was generated from day one of his beatmaking days, save a few of ‘Continuum’ joints, but I could be wrong. More interestingly, there’s a great deal of the original skeletons for what would eventually become Will Rap For Food on it. Hell, there’s a couple of beats on this thing I’m gonna have to ask him to dig up for future use. haha

I guess this post is kinda silly, considering the title… cause I never plan on putting this up on eBay. But… in case I actually do attempt to sleep with Kno’s future 18-yr old daughter, keep an eye out.

Hollerate,
Tone.