Just Blaze

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Just Blaze
Just Blaze on the cover of Scratch Magazine in 2005
Just Blaze on the cover of Scratch Magazine in 2005
Background information
Birth name Justin Smith
Origin Paterson, New Jersey
Genre(s) Hip hop
Occupation(s) Record producer
Instrument(s) Music Production Center
Drums
Keyboard
Turntable
Sampler
Drum Machine
Label(s) Fort Knox Entertainment
Associated
acts		 Jay-Z (2000-present,) Cam'ron (2002-04,) Saigon

Justin Smith (born in Paterson, New Jersey), better known as Just Blaze, is an American hip hop music producer. Just Blaze has produced tracks for The Beastie Boys, Jay-Z, Usher, Kanye West, Busta Rhymes, Jadakiss, Memphis Bleek, Beanie Sigel, The Game, DMX, T.I., Fat Joe, Rhymefest, Ghostface Killah, M.E.D., Fabolous and Joe Budden. He also recorded several tracks for the popular video games Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2004 and NBA Street Vol. 2 and is a playable character in the game as well.

A large part of Just Blaze's technique consists of altering the speed of samples, as well as adding in his own drum beat. In this way, he draws some of his influence from Wu-Tang Clan producer RZA[citation needed], who has utilized sped-up soul samples in several of the group's beats. Just Blaze has used this technique with songs like "December 4th" from Jay-Z's The Black Album (which uses a sped-up sample of "That's How Long" by The Chi-Lites) and "Touch the Sky" from Kanye West's Late Registration (which uses a slowed-down sample of Curtis Mayfield's "Move On Up.") However, he doesn't always do this; on "Public Service Announcement (Interlude)" from The Black Album and Foxy Brown's "Foxy Lady", for instance, the speed of the sample used is left unchanged.

Just Blaze has recently started a record label, Fort Knox Entertainment which is distributed through Atlantic Records. His first artist is Saigon. He is currently producing Saigon's debut album, The Greatest Story Never Told. It is expected to be released in 2007. This will be the first album that he has predominantly produced; he has generally contributed a few beats at most to various artists, rather than collaborating with them through the duration of an entire album.

His brother is Daren Smith, aka DJ Poun'. He is a resident DJ at the Atlantic City 40/40 club. He has recently appeared on VH1's The White Rapper Show, giving two competing teams his latest productions, at which point the teams had to make a song and then have it played at the strip clubs.

Contents

  • "Black Mask (We're Taking It All)"

  • "Kunte Kinte"

  • "That's Right" feat. Jay-Z

  • "If You Feel Me?" feat. Jay-Z

  • "Ch-Check It Out (Just Blaze Remix)"

  • "Off Wit His Head" feat. Prospect
  • "Wrong Ones" feat. SunKiss

  • "Play The Game"

  • "Want Me Back"

  • "Heavy Weighters" feat. Swan and F.T.

  • "Street Shit"
  • "Here We Go Again" feat. Flipmode Squad
  • "Everybody Rise Again"
  • "Match the Name With the Voice" feat. Flipmode Squad
  • "We Got What You Want"
  • "Shorty" feat. Chingy, Fat Joe and Nick Cannon
  • "Get Flat" feat. Butch Cassidy

  • "Troublesome (La, La, La)" feat. Noreaga

  • "My First Love"

  • "Build This City"
  • "I Really Mean It"

  • "Forever Fresh" feat. Big O
  • "The Extravaganza" feat. Kool G Rap and Young Chris

  • "I'm A Bang"

  • "We Don't Care" feat. Free
  • "React" feat. Redman
  • "Guns out in a circle"

  • "Let Go (Hit The Dance Floor)" feat. Jadakiss

  • "Return of the Hustle" feat. Swizz Beatz
  • "BK's Finest" feat. Jinx Da Juvy
  • "Breathe"
  • "It's Alright" feat. Sean Paul
  • "Just Don't Stop" feat. Bathgate
  • "Ma' Be Easy"
  • "Can't Let You Go" feat. Lil' Mo and Mike Shorey
  • "Can't Let You Go (Remix)"
  • "Fire (Remix)" feat. Joe Budden and Paul Cain

  • "Safe 2 Say (The Incredible)"

  • "Art Of War"

  • "F-AVA" feat. AVA

  • "Church For Thugs"
  • "No More Fun and Games"
  • "Why You Hate The Game" feat. Nas and Marsha Of Floetry
  • "The Remedy"
  • "Fall Back" feat. Freeway & City Boy of AZ Boys

  • "The Champ"

  • You Got The Power feat. T.I.

  • "Fire In Hell"
  • "Thug Luv"

  • "I Like It" feat. Ma$e
  • "Family Crisis"

  • "Love Me (Early version of Just A Little While)" Feat. Naledge

  • "Intro" (from "The Dynasty: Roc La Familia")
  • "Interlude" (from "The Black Album")
  • "Public Service Announcement"
  • "The R.O.C." feat. Beanie Sigel & Memphis Bleek
  • "Soon You'll Understand"
  • "Girls, Girls, Girls"
  • "Song Cry"
  • "U Don't Know"
  • "Streets Is Talking" feat. Beanie Sigel
  • "As One" feat. Memphis Bleek, Freeway, Young Gunz, Peedi Crakk
  • "B**ches & Sisters"
  • "Show You How"
  • "Hovi Baby
  • "December 4th"
  • "Meet The Parents"
  • "Stick 2 The Script" feat. Beanie Sigel & DJ Clue
  • "Flow"
  • "Some How Some Way" feat. Beanie Sigel and Scarface
  • "Reebok (Interlude)" " feat. 50 Cent
  • "PSA pt. 2"
  • "U Don't Know (Remix)" feat. M.O.P
  • "Hovi Baby (Remix)"
  • "99 Problems (Remix)"
  • "My Name Is Hov"
  • "Allure (Remix)"
  • "Warm It Up (Jay Freestyle)"
  • "Show Me What You Got"
  • "Kingdom Come"
  • "Oh My God"
  • " 1-900 Hustler"

  • "Club Song"

  • "Pump It Up"
  • "Fire" feat. Busta Rhymes
  • "Give Me Reason"
  • "Pop Off"
  • "Fuel"

  • "The Second Coming"

  • "View From Masada"
  • "Hard Times"
  • "Gotta Eat"

  • "Storm (Just Blaze RMX) feat. Jay-Z

  • "Give It To Me"

  • "C'mon (Just Blaze Remix)"

  • "Get Back"

  • "We Get Low"
  • "They'll Never Play Me"
  • "Everythings a Go"
  • "Hell No"
  • "R.O.C."
  • "Intro - U Know Bleek"
  • "War"
  • "Round Here" feat. Trick Daddy and T.I.
  • "Just Blaze, Bleek & Free" feat. Freeway
  • "Hypnotic" feat. Jay-Z and Beanie Sigel
  • "Yes"
  • "Dear Summer" feat. Jay-Z
  • "534"
  • "Straight Path"
  • "Grip"

  • "Kookies (Just Blaze Remix)"

  • "My Country" feat. Cornell West and Assata Shakur

  • "Ballin Boy"

  • Niggarican feat. Peedi Crakk

  • "This Bitch" feat. Bathgate

  • "Diamonds" feat. Bars & Hooks

  • "Super Freakin"

  • "Dynomite (Going Postal)"

  • "King of Detroit"
  • "What We Do"

  • "Hey Sexy Lady (Put It On Me Just Blaze Remix)" feat. Brian & Tony Gold

  • "Let's Go"

  • "Here With Me"
  • "Diamonds & Mac 10's"

  • "These Nuts"

  • "Roc The Mic"
  • "It's Not Right"
  • "B**ch N***az"
  • "Don't Realize"
  • "Want Me Back"

  • "King Back"
  • "I'm Talking to You"
  • "Help Is Coming"

  • "Never Been In Love"

  • "Baggy Pants"

  • "Against All Odds"

  • "Throwback"
  • "Throwback (Remix)" feat. Jadakiss

  • "Friday Night"
  • "Tough Luv" feat. Denim

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