BY MAX LIGHT • JANUARY 30, 2019

Just Blaze is the latest guest on Let The Record Show. The highly-respected producer tells hosts Mike Pizzo and Warren Peace about the personal significance of songs by Main Source, Nas, DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince, Genesis, and others, as they play on a turntable.

At the end of the segment, the hosts play a few records that Just Blaze produced. One is the blue vinyl-Blueprint edition of 2001’s “U Don’t Know.” It is one of three songs Just laced on the #1 album, not including a hidden bonus song “Breathe Easy.” The records prompt the Patterson, New Jersey representative to talk about the Roc-A-Fella sessions and some mixing techniques behind the song. In doing so, he shares some cool news of sorts.

“[JAY-Z’s] The Blueprint wasn’t planned,” says Blaze at around 41:00. “[Kanye West] had given Jay a few beats, then [JAY-Z] came to the studio one day, walked in on a Friday and was like, ‘Just, do you have any beats?’” He had grown up with Bobby Byrd’s I Need Help (Live On Stage) in his parents’ record crates. In 2001, Just had sampled “I’m Not To Blame” as something he considered building upon. At Jay’s request, he played the beat in its current state.

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