![]() I think maybe he laid a bit of extra atmosphere over it and they added him to the credits, his name pulled in extra sales. Premier is not credited on the Just Tha Beat Mix which is strange because that's what this is, with a bit of extra production. The Clean Street Version is remixed by DJ Premier and features a rap from AZ. By the mid 90's though, it was all a marketing ploy to enable the record companies to bleed the record buying public dry. The missing format could affect sales and kill a release. The 7", the 12", the Cassette Single & the CDS were all important for a few years. This was a serious problem for awhile (pre-CD ghettoblasters) because, the emergence of CD Single made the format choice awkward. To further complicate matters the release was only allowed to be made in three (I think?) formats. ![]() ![]() Why put the edit on both releases? For those who are unaware of the UK's ridiculous guidelines, a single release was only allowed to have a certain amount of minutes on it otherwise it would not be counted for chart inclusion. The second part of the single release features the full length CJ Mackintosh Mix but also has the Radio Edit which always annoys me. It doesn't matter though because, what the Wet Mix does in the bedroom, this will do on the dancefloor. This would have been an essential track had the Wet Mix wasn't already perfect. The last track on this CD is what the fuss is about really, Carl McIntosh, no relation to CJ, provides his own remix of Cruisin' and a great job he makes of it. For a short while in the early 90's, this sparse production style was referred to as Drum & Bass, anyone else remember that? Track 3 is subtitled Just Tha Beat Mix and features a rap from AZ. The musicians and backing are all top notch (assuming the band is live too, of course). The first CD features a superb Live rendition which proves that D'Angelo is no studio creation. Although Cruisin' and Brown Sugar were superb releases, Lady was always lauded as a great album track, way before it's single release. The Brown Sugar album finally got some recognition when Lady made the charts a year later in 1996. Great work Honey, looking forward to the YD 12". OK Family, major props to the lovely Kymba who has provided not only both parts of this 2 CD release but also, all of the artwork, scanned full size so all the dodgy small print can be read. ![]()
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