Release Date: Election Day 2004
Wayne and Wax - A It Dat (Featuring Dami D and Wasp)
This Side:
1) A It Dat
2) A
it Dat (instrumental)
3) A
it Dat (a capella)
That Side:
1) DJ C It Dat
2) DJ
C It Dat (version)
Dubbed "riddim professor" by the Boston Phoenix, Wayne
and Wax is a currently writing a Ph.D. dissertation on the thirty-year
interplay between hip-hop and reggae. While living in Jamaica during the
first half of 2003, Wayne conducted dissertation research, recorded an
album’s worth of songs, interviews, and soundscape samples, and
initiated a series of digital music workshops in high schools and prisons
in and around Kingston. The resulting album Boston Jerk was one
of our favorite this past year. The beats are phat and the lyrics are
brilliant. "A It Dat" is a tune featuring vocals by Wayne and
up and coming Jamaican DJs Dami D and Wasp. Mashit 005 will contain the
original dancehall flavored tune — including instrumental and a
capella versions — as well as a pair boombastic remixes by DJ C.
"An academic who has taught an electronic-music history course
at the Harvard Extension School and is working on his dissertation on
hip-hop and reggae's symbiotic relationship, Wayne&Wax puts his theory
into practice, dropping beats and rhymes with Jamaican DJs Dami D and
Wasp on the bouncing mutant dancehall of 'A It Dat.' Those
wanting to come up with their own alternate theories can work from the
acapella and instrumentals of the track but will have a hard time matching
the junglist jump-up remix by Mashit founder DJ C."
- Howard Shih, Grooves Magazine
"...it's really good... weaving together dancehall-inspired beats,
collaborations with Jamaican deejays (meaning MCs), field recording
type elements, and his own rhyming, to end up somewhere kinda in between Pirate
Flava and Original Pirate Material. Makes you think maybe
all academics should make records to flesh out their theories and research
findings."
- Simon
Reynolds
“There's plenty of information and free music to download on WayneAndWax's
site. This track is taken from the album 'Boston Jerk' - music
he wrote, apparently, to accompany a dissertation entitled 'Routes,
Rap, Reggae: Hearing the Histories of Reggae and Hip-Hop Together'.
Don't be fooled by the academic reference - 'Boston Jerk' is full
of humour and is a smart north american take on the contemporary
Jamaican sound. This is being released through Mashit - a label I
only recently discovered and I felt very sorry that I hadn't got
there sooner! A mainstay of the label is Boston's DJ C, purveryor
of some damn fine breakcore. On his
own site there is a huge collection of MP3s to download.”
- Fat
Planet Blog
"Phat moving and grooving neo-jungle with full hiphop-vocals out
of the boston-underground. Ragga-halftime-intro, breakdowns and sizzling
amens. Also includes the mighty hiphop-original (plus instrumental &
acapella). Flows like Larry Bird on a bassline-drive."
- NTT Distribution
- Dortmund - Germany
For more info on Wayne and Wax check out www.WayneAndWax.com
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