"Bass It Baby"
Written by James McCauley and Jude Hayes
Verse One:
( Jude "Smokey Dee" Hayes):
Sure Shot rhythms combined with beats,
mixed down on tracks to make it all complete and when it comes out fresh it's no
mistake, he makes the beats so hard the dance floor shakes!
I'm Smokey Dee, he's DXJ, fresh beats he makes, fresh rhymes I say, two times
put together this is what we do, we made this jam so you can just bass it!
Chorus one:
(James "DXJ" McCauley thru
voccoder) : Bass it baby, Don't be
shy! Bass it baby, let the kick drum fly!
( "DXJ"
thru Korg DVP ) : Give us that
bottom, we want that bottom
(James "DXJ" McCauley
thru voccoder) : Bass it baby, Don't
hold back! Bass it baby make your speakers crack!
( "DXJ"
thru Korg DVP ) : Give us that
bottom, we want that bottom, oh!
Verse Two:
( Jude "Smokey Dee" Hayes):
DXJ from the bass attack, so put
your box on ten and please step back, cause if you get too close you might get
blown away, you know it really doesn't matter to me where you play,
Because nobody on the planet can bass it like us, and when you're on your way
home you and your friends will discuss the way we rock the house, you'll say
again and again you like this so, so much why don't you just buy this jam and
just bass it!
Chorus Two:
(James "DXJ" McCauley thru
voccoder) : Bass it baby, Don't be
shy! Bass it baby, let the kick drum fly!
( "DXJ"
thru Korg DVP ) : Give us that
bottom, we want that bottom!
(James "DXJ" McCauley
thru voccoder) : Bass it baby, Don't
hold back! Bass it baby, make your speakers crack!
( "DXJ"
thru Korg DVP ) : Give us that
bottom, we're dealing with that bottom!
Verse Three:
( Jude "Smokey Dee" Hayes):
I'm Smokey Dee here to entertain
with raps galore and rhymes that contain funky fresh lyrics to blow your mind,
and if you seek you'll find I'm genuine!
So just throw your hands in the air, wave your arms like just don't care, to
everybody in the place if you feel the bass, somebody say oh yeah!
Bridge:
(James "DXJ" McCauley thru
voccoder) :
Party people in the place, DXJ's going to
rock this bass!
Party people in the place, DXJ's going to rock this bass!
Party people in the place, DXJ's going to rock that bass!
Party people in the place, going to throw it in your face!
Chorus Three:
(James "DXJ" McCauley thru
voccoder) : Bass it baby, Don't be
shy! Bass it baby, let the kick drum fly!
( "DXJ"
thru Korg DVP ) : Give us that
bottom, we want that bottom!
(James "DXJ" McCauley
thru voccoder) : Bass it baby, Don't
hold back! Bass it baby make your speakers crack!
( "DXJ"
thru Korg DVP ) : Give us that
bottom, we' need that bottom!
Verse 4:
(James "DXJ" McCauley thru
voccoder) :
Well if bass is what you crave
,then bass you'll get, yeah we'll bass it so hard that you'll soon go deaf!
Computerized funk with a bass that kicks, party people in the place watch it
hit!
(Chorus Three)
Verse Four:
( Jude "Smokey Dee" Hayes):
You ought to know by now just who's
the best, you see I never met someone who didn't say that we were fresh, and
next time that you see us here's a reminder, a crew like this you'll never find!
From the USA to the coast if Nigeria, Asia, Africa and Siberia, anywhere you go
or anybody you ask, will tell you the same this is one fresh jam!
(Chorus Three)
Verse Four:
( Jude "Smokey Dee" Hayes):
Get straight to the point, no beating the bush, if the
party needs a shove we give it a push, cause all you need is the bass and this
Smokey cut, till the people on the floor just get up!
Cause I'm Smokey Dee, he's DXJ fresh beats he makes fresh rhymes I say, two
times put together this is what we do, we made this jam so you can just bass it!
Chorus Three
Verse 4
Chorus Three
Verse 5:
(James "DXJ" McCauley thru
voccoder) :
Wearing out a record can be
lot's of fun, cause when you wear it out you buy another
Outro:
(James "DXJ" McCauley thru
voccoder) :
Party people in the place, DXJ's going to
rock this bass!
Party people in the place, Gonna rock it in your face!
Party people in the place, Maggotron's going to rock that bass!
Party people in the place, going to throw it in your face!
Party people in the place, Empyre's going to rock this bass!
Party people in the place, Gonna rock it in your face!
Party people in the place, Aqua league's going to rock that bass!
Party people in the place, going to throw it in your face!
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"Bass it Baby"
As performed by The Third Degree (Featuring DXJ).
Written and Produced by James McCauley and Ron Sansone.
Executive Producer: Mitch Cason
Lead Rap: Jude "Smokey Dee" Hayes
Roland Juno 106 Keyboard and Yamaha TX81Z sound module, Roland 808 Drum
machine, and Korg DXP Voccoder: DXJ
Guitar: Paul Napolitano (Courtesy of the Trembles)
Background Vocals: Smokey Dee, DXJ, Super JB, Mitch Cason, Missy J and others
including perhaps MC Chief (Ervin German).
Recorded and engineered by Paul Napolitano and Greg Stefani at Soundshine
Studios, Fort Lauderdale, Fl.
1986
24 Track Analog
Mixed by DXJ, Mitch and Jude.
Mastered at Criteria by Mike Fuller.
Invisoclam gets deep into
"Bass it Baby" by the Third Degree Featuring DXJ.
So DXJ has this track that he is working on and
Mitch Cason says, maybe Jude should do something with that track, at the time
Jude was working with us on various demo tracks and other things, however Jude
was from New York so a lot of the tracks that we were working on were more NY
flavored than Miami Style. Bass it Baby went on to
become Jude "Smokey Dee" Hayes' first release with Jamron Records.
This is the first track that DXJ used his "Maggovocal"
style using the Korg DVP to process his voice in high and low pitch, a
distinctive style that would soon be used on "Miami Bass" records.
The demo version of this song was passed over by the likes of Joey Boy, 4 sight
and Pandisc. Suckers! The brain trust at Poor-sight wanted more bass in the
demo! The demo! A 4-track rough demo! Give us a break already...So, a lot of the
background talking in the low pitched voices throughout the record is DXJ
throwing stupid statements made by the record moguls right back at them
chumps who did not want to be bothered the jam! Needless to say
after we put it out... the weasels all started coming out of the woods!
(Hindsight is poor-sight!)
Eventually the song was
re-released on a Jamarc compilation album released through Pandisc "The
Miami Bass Machine" and also the same track was stripped down and remixed
later on as "Mix it Baby" by Maggozulu too and released on
Pandisc as a 12'' and also on the very first true Miami Bass Compilation
Album " The Bass that Ate Miami".
The psychedelic style guitar by
Paul Napolitano was also a first for Jamron and any Miami Bass record.
In the last line of the
"outro" DXJ makes mention of the Aqua League. The Aqua League was a
concept group in the works for Jamron, the themes of the songs were to be
aquatic, for quite a while James and Ron worked on songs like
"Atlantis", "Beneath the Waves" and "TechnoFish".
These songs exist in various forms, and who knows maybe one day like Atlantis
they will rise to the top!
InvisoRating:
Invisoclam gives "Bass it Baby" the highest rating
possible... a bucket full o' clams! Click here for a complete run down on
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