RIP, DJ EZ Rock

[Songbird]

He and Rob Base made "It Takes Two" -- as iconic as any song in the rap canon.

Details are somewhat sketchy: http://www.blackmediascoop.com/dj-e-z-rock-dead-at-46/

"Joy and Pain" was a pretty big hit, too, but nowhere near the same stratosphere as It Takes Two.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=phOW-CZJWT0

(Pictured on the right next to Rob Base)

 

[Mizzougrad96]

It Takes Two was rated as one of the top 10 rap songs of all-time...

I can't say I disagree...

 

[Drip]

RIP

 

[Bubbler]

I wanna rock right now ...

 

[poindexter]

What do you call that backround yelling in that song? I remember it annoyed a lot of people back in the day. I always have liked it.

 

[Bubbler]

What do you call that backround yelling in that song? I remember it annoyed a lot of people back in the day. I always have liked it.

From a James Brown song.

 

[Football_Bat]

What do you call that backround yelling in that song? I remember it annoyed a lot of people back in the day. I always have liked it.

Yeah! WHOO! Yeah! WHOO!

It's a sample from a James Brown track. Play James Brown's greatest hits and you'll go, "Hey. I recognize that drum solo on this-and-this and that vocal on that-and-that." Very heavily sampled back in the day.

 

[Double J]

1-2-3, get loose, now.

 

[93Devil]

I wanna rock right now ...

Rob Base has come to get down.

 

[Football_Bat]

I wanna rock right now ...

Rob Base has come to get down.

I'm not internationally known.

 

[3_Octave_Fart]

It takes two to make Fart go out of sight . . .

 

[Evil ... Thy name is Orville Redenbacher!!]

I like the Whopper ...

 

[Football_Bat]

Methinks late-80s rap hits are getting mixed up here.

 

[Double J]

I like the Whopper ...

**** the Big Mac.

 

[Double J]

Methinks late-80s rap hits are getting mixed up here.

Nope.