(From Why You Do That single; 2007)
Via this video, sum shit I read: the production duo Arkatech Beatz made the Why You Do That beat for Jim Jones and arranged a meeting with him at ByrdGang's studio, but then got caught up in heavy traffic and by the time they arrived Jones had left. Max B was still in the studio writing and recording and told the Arkatech lads he'd pass their beat CD on to Jones, so they left it with him. Max listened to the CD, heard the Why You Do That beat, loved it, decided to keep it for himself, and the rest is history innit. Now, I'm a big fan of O.G ByrdGang era Jim Jones, but praise the Lord for New York's heavy traffic that fateful day. A stroke of serendipity which was both fortunate and glorious.
(From Why You Do That single; 2007)
A quick browse through the Arkatech Beatz production discography reveals that Why You Do That is easily the best beat in their entire catalogue. That said, they were also behind the title track of Big Pun's first album so fair play to the lads.
Always loved Self Conscience off that QB's Finest comp.
ReplyDeleteYeah, that's a good one tbf.
ReplyDeletePretty impressive resume actually they actually did a few favorites of mine.
ReplyDeleteSpeaking of producers who made great work with Max B, whatever happened to Young Los? https://youtu.be/Vv0EM6CHfVw
ReplyDeleteAnonymous one - you like them Immobilarity beats?
ReplyDeleteAnonymous two - I dunno, but, yeah, Max and Los were the proverbial Good Combination.
The funny thing about this is that if Jim had got the beat, Max would have wrote the song for him, and so it'd probably end up being 85% identical to Why You Do That, just delivered by Jim 😄
ReplyDeleteThought he got his sentence reduced? Not much time off the original 2025 release date at this point.
ReplyDeleteActual murderers have done less time than Max at this point. Takes the piss dunnit?
ReplyDeleteWhy you do that is a masterpiece. "she stroked my ego when she called me a musical genius . . . baby i aint shit" The best bit is how misogynistic the song is and at the end max is like " a lil something for the ladies you know" lmao
ReplyDelete"Biggaveli the type of n*gga to skeet off the tool
ReplyDeleteRaid the cabinets and the fridge and eat up all the food"