March 04, 2004

The Jay-Z Construction Kit

The Jay-Z Construction Set is a toolkit with all of the necessary software and raw materials to create a new remix of Jay-Z's Black Album. It includes nine different variations on the Black Album, over 1200 clip art images, and a couple hundred meg of classic samples and breaks. Jay-Z Construction Set is being distributed off-line via CD-ROM and on-line through filesharing networks and protocols such as BitTorrent.

Read more here.

Posted by mallarme at March 4, 2004 12:06 PM
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badass!

coincidentally, i'm listening to the grey album right now. have you downloaded it yet? if not, i've got a copy.

Posted by: anna at March 5, 2004 10:41 AM

Oh yeah, I got it a while back. :)

Posted by: mallarme at March 5, 2004 10:57 AM

Right enough, can anyone actually get their hands on the kit itself? I got all the albums I want off bannedmusic.org, but i can't get the construction set, any tips?

rob

Posted by: rob at May 20, 2004 10:59 AM

Well, according to the site I linked to there, it's available via BitTorrent and other file-sharing networks. So just install BitTorrent and search for it.

Posted by: mallarme at May 20, 2004 11:20 AM

Ummmm, I don't want to sound stupid here; but I downloaded and installed Bit Torrent and I'm not able to see an application per se. It just says that it's installed and to find appropriate links on a webpage and click on them. It gives me a big screen-page of errors when I try to run the app in the Bittorrent installation folder. I've used it sucessfully before. Any hints?

rob

Posted by: rob at May 20, 2004 05:08 PM

Sorry. I've never installed BitTorrent myself. I don't like the idea of sharing my bandwidth.

Posted by: mallarme at May 20, 2004 05:35 PM

http://www.vladd44.com/bittorrent.htm and http://www.moviecodec.com/thread/1527.html (the first is a FAQ, the second is a message board)

Posted by: David at May 20, 2004 05:41 PM

Thanks a lot David, but supernove didn't have the torrent - arrgh! I'm considering trying to buy it off someone making money off it. Thanks for all your help, what's everyone's favourite Black Album mash-up/track?

Rob

Posted by: rob at May 21, 2004 02:30 AM

I'm not sure. It's been a while since I listened to it, but "99 Problems" is good. Of course, the source was already good on that one. I know there are some songs that actually improve thanks to DM's mashup, but I can't remember which ones they are right now.

Posted by: mallarme at May 21, 2004 08:09 AM

For me the first track; Public Service Announcement and 4th December are the best, and it's probably no co-incidence that they're most laid back. I'm an indie-kid at heart.

rob

Posted by: rob at May 21, 2004 08:16 AM

You probably like Sufjan Stevens then, yes? :)

Posted by: mallarme at May 21, 2004 08:45 AM
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