Jay-Z "Threat" appreciation thread

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It always rubbed me the wrong way about 9th's production on this because he barely added anything to the original R. Kelly track. Jay's version is incredible though but I dont give 9th much credit for the production.
His chops on it are subtly tricky. A few producers tried to remake it back in the day and struggled. 9th didn't flip it crazy, but Jay forced him to sample it, and it would've been stupid to sample a different part of the record. That's where the groove and the bounce was. It's far from one of 9th's best beats, but IMO he was really limited since Jay insisted that he used it.

9th made a couple remixes to it. One uses the same drum pattern and samples Curtis, and the other has a different drum pattern and samples Luther. Those are probably more what he would've gone for.


 

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His chops on it are subtly tricky. A few producers tried to remake it back in the day and struggled. 9th didn't flip it crazy, but Jay forced him to sample it, and it would've been stupid to sample a different part of the record. That's where the groove and the bounce was. It's far from one of 9th's best beats, but IMO he was really limited since Jay insisted that he used it.

9th made a couple remixes to it. One uses the same drum pattern and samples Curtis, and the other has a different drum pattern and samples Luther. Those are probably more what he would've gone for.



I was about to post something similar. The first Threat remix you posted I absolutely love, I prefer it to the original
 
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