
The first time I ever sat down to make a beat, I dug through a stack of my dad's records. After getting through the overwhelming amount of traditional irish music, I came across Harry Belafonte's Calypso album, and was pleasantly surprised when I recognized track 1, "Day-O (The Banana Boat Song)". I came up empty looking for the beat today, but even if I had found it I doubt I would want to share (first beats don't usually sound like hits). About ten years later the same sample turns up as the fuel to Lil Wayne's leading track from [...]