Q&A With JUST BLAZE:
What’s your must-have winter item?
“Goose jacket.”
What is your DJ uniform?
“Just being comfortable.”
What’s your essential party record?
“PSA” by Jay-Z
Where do you see the future of DJing?
“With technology it’s becoming saturated. Anyone can pose as a DJ.”

About JUST BLAZE:
One of the few producers in hip-hop to remain relatively behind the scenes yet have a flourishing career, Just Blaze has been keeping heads nodding, dancefloors rocking, and providing soundscapes for artists to express themselves on for over 13 years and counting. In the late 1990s, while still learning his craft and working at the Cutting Room Studios, a chance encounter with Mase while he was working on his Harlem World—The Movement compilation album led to him producing the project’s lead single “I Really Like It,” which went on to sell 500,000 copies. With a new inspiration instilled, Just began to push his production work forward and landed records with Killah Priest, Big Pun and a slew of underground New York artists. His grind earned him a meeting with Roc-A-Fella records and later, a spot on Jay-Z’s The Dynasty: Roc La Familia. His production on this album, along with the work of Kanye West, earned them both positions as go-to producers at Roc-A-Fella Records for the remainder of the decade. He went on to produce for many of the acts signed to the Roc-A-Fella roster, and in 2001 he was a cornerstone of Jay’s classic album The Blueprint, which is widely regarded as his best work.

At the close of the decade, and after nearly 15 years in the business (when most producers in the urban world have faded away) producing hits for the most famous names in the game, Just has actually gone on to produce some of the biggest records of his career. T.I.’s “Live Your Life” (featuring Rihanna), which he produced and co-wrote was an inescapable worldwide chart-topper throughout 2009. He immediately followed up with Maino and T-Pain’s “All the Above” (which he also co-wrote and produced) which went on to quickly sell over one million copies. He then returned to his underground hip-hop roots and went on to introduce the world to the budding talent of Jay Electronica, when their “Exhibit C” collaboration took the rap world by storm and quickly hit #10 on the iTunes hip-hop charts (Elec recently signed with Jay-Z’s Roc Nation label).

In recent years, Just has returned to his DJ roots, spinning all around the world, while continuing to be highly productive in the studio with various other projects. He still manages to hold down a weekly Friday event at Santos Party House, NYC, one of the city’s premier nightlife venues (currently on hold) and has recently completed construction on a new recording studio named Rebel Base, within New York’s Stadium Red Studios facility. While this dizzying workload would daunt the average person, Just shows no signs of stopping anytime soon. As he puts it, “It’s all in a day’s work. I’ll sleep later.”

LINKS
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VIDEO
Just Blaze at the closing of Fat Beats in New York (Part 1 of 2):

Just Blaze at the closing of Fat Beast in New York (Part 2 of 2):

Master Of The Mix reality show trailer, hosted by Just Blaze:

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