Lord Finesse Talks Crate Digging, Origins of the Half Moon Fade, Producing the Iconic “The Awakening,” and Working with Dr. Dre

People's Party with Talib Kweli

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🗓️ 25 July 2022

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Legendary hip-hop producer and rapper Lord Finesse talks about the formula that lead to “Funky Technician,” what it was like working with Dr. Dre on “The Message,” and takes us behind the scenes of his groundbreaking album “The Awakening.” Whether you grew up during hip-hop's golden era or simply have a deep appreciation for the greats, this interview is a must-listen. Talib and Jasmin's interview is full of hidden gems from one of hip-hop's greatest living producers.

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0:00.0	Peace and love party people. This is Talib Kuala Lee to BKMC, the MCEO. You are about to hear an
0:04.8	excerpt of People's Party hosted by me and my lovely and talented co-host Ms. Jasmine Lee. What up
0:09.7	Jasmine? What up Peeps to hear our entire combo and all of our episodes with stars from the game
0:14.8	to Lil Kim, to Anthony Anderson, to my sister Tiffany Haddish, subscribe to the Luminary channel on
0:20.4	Apple Podcasts. Alright, so you discovered Big L at the record store. Can you walk us through that
0:26.5	meeting and what do you think it was about him that compelled you? Well, I was doing an autograph
0:32.5	signing in his record store on 125th Street called Rock and Well. I was doing mixed tapes in that.
0:38.6	That's where I met Buck while. So I'm doing an autograph signing. Let's do comes in him and his man.
0:45.6	He comes in but he you know, I was too cool to send my man over. Yo, my dude won the ron for you. He's
0:52.0	nice. Yeah, I was hearing that shit left him right. Right. I'm like, yeah, well, you know,
0:59.3	I'm gonna give him my manager's number and you know, he chalked out a little manager. If my manager
1:05.3	say nice thing, I work with him. So, you know, he went back to hell. Hell is like, fuck that.
1:12.6	Tell him I'm wrong for him now. And if I'm whack, I'd never run for him again.
1:16.7	Well, I'm like, oh, word is that it's like that. So, I always like that. It's the confidence. Yeah,
1:24.6	he came and when he robbed for me, I've never heard a cat at that age that polished. You know,
1:33.6	of course, there was a lot of things he needed to work on. But for that age had to be 16 to 17.
1:40.2	He was sharp. I mean, when he finished ramen for me, I was acting for his numbers. You know,
1:47.7	I want the beeper number, house number, you know, because I've never ran across a kid that talented.
1:56.4	You know, I'm around a gym around my crew. So I'm in Harlem here and him. And I'm like, yo,
2:03.6	he's the next level. Of course, it's a ton of similarities when you compare alameen.
2:11.8	But the difference is I've seen the upside. If you this nice now, I know you're going to be
2:21.6	a monster. You know, and what it was, it was like, I would pick them up from, y'all got a half
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