Raymond Scott-Lightworks

[scitsalcoryp]

love the tape hiss...this song makes me happy..

I hope it does you

[dglassb1]

this ones a banger

[TheDinosaurDrugs]

This is your Grandpa's dubstep.

[cometothesabbat]

Instrumental version is even better.

[beauevans]

Dilla Dilla Dilla... n he chopped the voice so it says light up a spliff, so fucking dope. i cant believe this was made that ong ago. good shit

[LOWOWLmusic]

this is madness:)

[whitewallwonder]

I knew Dilla sampled this, but I'm just now finding out Jim Henson worked with Raymond Scott for a lot of his experimental films. I love making connections.

[royalnaz1]

i agree the way dilla flipped this was incredible.

[Spunjo1221]

wow ...that's the definition of avant-garde



[scitsalcoryp]

A Lot of Happiness here

Thank You God

[MsBarbablu]

who is the singer

[MrSamWhitemoon]

Raymond Scott probably had an iPod too. And drove a DeLorean at 88 mph.

[lonelywolfy]

best track on Donuts. tho there're so many good ones.

awesome to be able to hear the original.

[mechazaowa]

ohhh shit, this guy is fucking waaaay ahead of his time

[Turbo187KillerB]

I love Raymond Scott's stuff, way ahead of his time.

[illson72]

man, if i was still doin Hip Hop radio i would play this joint st8 up! no blend,just raw...i need this record!!!

[djaystlouis]

knives219 must be deaf, how can DOOM out flip Dilla!!!

[sleestack808]

the first rap song?

[StudioKillah]

Mind fck ! Sounds so fresh, like it couldnt be over 10 years old.

[aware0311]

For sure ahead of its time!

[aware0311]

So fresh!

[eenurj]

where can i find 'Manhattan Research Inc" ?

[DefineAfroSoul]

This dude was clearly ahead of his time

[123456vp]

Raymond scott>dilla

[poopstack]

@123456vp no need to compare the two. they were both innovators in their own right. why cant we just enjoy them both respectively.

[Kportis28]

From a producer perspective, the way he chopped this is banannas. he's like the mozart of the mpc, Gone to soon but will live on forever through his music and genius

[parnowihavetogoblind]

unquestionably better than the dilla edit

[soopaman216]

the way Dilla flipped this is incredible.

[uhohwhoops]

This is soooo sick

[Anirml]

sounds alot like Björk!

[KrissyKr1s]

"the name of the game is....Raymond Scott" soooo ahead of his time, pure GENIUS!

:D

[transitaautomatic]

the world needs more raymond scott types.

[rolffz]

Raymond Scott = GENIUS

[shortah15]

DILLA

[HexicNexus]

Light up the spliffs

[Chuckus69]

@HexicNexus That probably has to be the greatest moment in sampling history.

[thebrokenhomes]

wow, this was made 60 years ago?!? sheeeeeeeeeeeeeet. AMAZING.

[dwadefan4lyfe2]

Dilla FTW!!!!!!!

[sharpsponge]

so awesome

[moniqe123]

jay deeeee RIP.

[onunazodnem]

this man raymond was waaaaay ahead of his time

dope!

[zwerty007]

lightworks is actually longer than this

[typecastaaron]

WOW! the original is killin! i'm losin faith in producers cus the og samples are so fckin hard

[Teriyaki32186]

@typecastaaron yea true but @ the same time we won't have found this gem if it wasn't for guys like Dilla, that ones that let forgotten classics live on. Thank God for Raymond Scott and J Dilla.

[other6people]

he barely had to do anything. this is already fantastic

[tygaelement]

Too many people misunderstand hip hop.

Hip hop uses music to make new music.

it's a unique genre resurrecting the past. & indirectly promotes & highlights obscure recordings.....

It's the musical equivalent of time travel absorbing artists, genres ,recordings or era. & djing & sampling are the pilots instruments.

Raymond scott was a innovative producer who manipulated classic valve synthesisers which constantly needed tuning to create some outstanding funky music...

rip dilla..

[transitaautomatic]

just amazing music and a amazing man.

[fabiopercy]

i wonder how dilla could know music like that...a tru musical pioneer...i love his work so much, i miss him and damn, in italy i cant get to listen to any of his joints

[dwadefan4lyfe2]

Dilla is def the G.O.A.T. of beat making

[sethmojo]

2 cents.. Much of hip hop now is about looking backward by sampling the things that you grew up or are listening to currently whereas experimental music such as this was created with electronics instruments that this man created himself or were recently invented. It would be more reasonable to compare this to Kool Herc or Grandmaster Flash. Those were the innovaters of Dilla's musical style. But on Dilla's side, he turned a lot of people on to this man.

[likenem]

After she says the name of the game i think it is going to say i see you peeing in you pants sissy

[rishbob]

The FlyLo remix of Lightworks is sooo dope. This is even more amazing.

[6angelo9]

this shit is dope..dilla flipped it..does that shit say the 50's & 60's?..that's a pretty high tech sound for that era..this shit got flavor..

[likenem]

was this like the first techno because some of the beats don't sound organic

i know techno is from detroit but i'm saying this kind of sounds like it

[pattyluss]

So good.

[illson72]

man, if was still djing parties i would've found a way to play this joint!

[beertron7]

DILLA

[VinceDirty]

When I hear this I wanna be 8 years old "meddling" in a laboratory with different potions, and possibly create something amazing

[VinceDirty]

When I hear this I wanna be 8 years old "meddling" in a laboratory with different potions, and possibly create something amazing

[MrMLD72MLD]

♥

[ThatWasMyPoptart]

my theme song! ;-)

[retrolyte]

Thanks for posting this! For serious.

[dnjp4life]

light up the spliffs everyone!

[Pieperson277]

Allright.

wow.

cant belive how much dilla chopped this up.

-.-*

Hes still genius... just surprised.

[Spideredge]

I had a feeling I'd run into this song someday after hearing it on the DOOM album. Ironically I found it through DJ lance bringing it up. I came looking for raymond scott to sample myself. Talk about great minds think a like.

[other6people]

this is better than j dillas. way better

[futuristfood]

the name of the game is surely lightworks! damn! im making it linger..the name of the game is YOU. baby!

[OmightyrefleX]

i love how dilla flipped the voice making her say "light up the spliffs!" ahaha

[VIttoVendetta]

@OmightyrefleX hahahaha your right :D

[myish08]

@OmightyrefleX YO!!!! I KNEW THATS WHAT I HEARD!!! IM NOT ALONE ON THIS !!!!!!

[mamamoon78]

@OmightyrefleX ...U took the smoke right out my lungs(words out my mouth)! PURE GENIUS. Its that line that made me search out this song. I had to know what she said for real that this amazing cut creator flipped...DILLA U kept Hip Hop alive in my heart through her bad times...LUV U

[12345enterhit]

@OmightyrefleX I was wondering if it said that inthe real song lol

[MrMLD72MLD]

♥

[likenem]

J dilla just made it easier to spit a rap off of it

R.I.P

[stevesk8r]

also sampled by MF DOOM!!! look up lightworks by mf doom

[anthos818]

@stevesk8r MF Doom didnt sample it. Its a J Dilla production.

[stevesk8r]

@anthos818

well, i sorta meant that

whatever lol

[lyricsfromsweden]

@anthos818 yeah he did, because dooms version is slightly different <-- if that means a little bit different

[OfficialReKLisT]

@lyricsfromsweden mf doom just altered the dilla beat so he cud rhyme over it

[giannid93]

@anthos818 nonetheless, a DOPE ASS TRACK

[sammaroney]

@anthos818

DOOM did sample it actually, but it's true, the great J Dilla was first

[Knives219]

@anthos818 MF Doom did sample it... And its hell of a lot better than J Dillas version

[OfficialReKLisT]

@Knives219 no he didnt lmao

[TheObscureMind]

@Knives219 He rapped over J Dilla's beat, he didnt sample it .

[Kayyoooo]

@stevesk8r Its a dilla beat, but doom rhymes on it

[Ostee1]

@stevesk8r got it from dilla!

[5Kpro]

@stevesk8r j dilla made it, i wonder what mf doom would have flipped it into...

[warhero23]

ok, to put it quite simple, If it wasnt for J-Dilla, i wouldnt have realized who made the sample in the first place. Because I was born WAYYYY after Raymond Scott made this piece (and I think the original score is hot by the way) Thats why im here listening to it right now. J-Dilla was and still is WAY ahead of his time, and so is Ray Scott. Jay Dee didnt steal a got damn thing, he's paying tribute...HELLO!!! sit down and just enjoy hip-hop at its best. Response to devote and bnd's argument.

[iantm]

I knew who it was before Dilla sampled it. Scott's work was practically rediscovered in the 1990s and early 2000s with a few forward-thinking compilations.

[dashiellhouse]

well isn't that good for you? practically rediscover THIS!!!

[dashiellhouse]

how would you know who knew more about what then who? different is not more or better. things change as time goes on.

but most importantly:

THERE IS AND WILL ONLY EVER BE ONE J DILLA!!!!

DON'T YOU EVER FUCKING FORGET THAT!!!

[danihali]

Raymond Scott and J Dilla perfect examples of people ahead of their times.

[rffffrf]

Dilla was really a virtuoso of his time.

RIP Dilla.

I still can't believe he managed to sample all of this Avant-garde / kitschy modular work into Hip Hop. Kills me.

[777marv]

if it wasnt for i would know nothing about raymond scott. so stfu, hip hop has made me appreciate all types of music.

[devote]

So say if The Beatles or Radiohead or (insert random rockband here) covers a song and doesn't add anything new to it..is that OK cause people are more comfortable with white rock than black hip-hop I'm putting it rather bluntly...but come on..

Was it OK that white rock artists stole Black musicians works and made millions off of them?

[dashiellhouse]

wonderfully put

[keithhyman]

Are you saying The Beatles paid no royalties to The Isley Brothers for their nearly identical cover of "Twist and Shout" or are you just ignorant?

[devote]

If you'd read some of my earlier posts you would have noticed me mentioning 'royalties'

So your assumption about a song I didn't even mention is ridiculous.

[devote]

If you think he just looped it and added some 'beats?'

then your kidding yourself

He brought this dusty vinyl into a new light/life

You can argue all you want but you will never have a smidgen of the talent J Dilla had in one finger...He knew more about music than you will ever know.

[HuggumsMcgehee]

Who the heck said he just added some beats?! Do they not have ears? Can they not hear? All joking aside, some people don't seem to understand how difficult the kinds of things Dilla does are. This ain't Bad Boy records, it's James Dewitt Yancey.

[bnd221]

I really cant deny what you said at the end...But what i'm trying to say is that Raymond Scott knew more about music than you, me and all the J Dillas in the world and should be appreciated and praised respectfully.....Do we agree at least on that?? The sad fact is that music from the old days had much more quality and was made with a lot bigger effort than most of the music from genres popular today....And i just cant exclude J Dilla from that context......

[anthos818]

@bnd221 I think you need to check out more of Dillas work.

[chicagoconnoisseur]

@anthos818: I agree with you anthos. Dilla was the one cat who put in time and effort. bnd221, I understand what you're trying to say, but Dilla played his own instruments, sang vocals and painstakingly chopped up samples until they became something completely new. He went beyond the limits to create his music.

[worldofbong]

@bnd221 Agree totally.. what Scott did was creation, what Dilla did was rearrangement (not a diss, but this is what he was technically doing musically). If you think it takes more skill to do a remake than an original composition, I'm wondering how many original compositions you've created..

[Woscoe1503]

@bnd221 u really dont know shit about dilla and the work he has done dilla is educated from all sorts of genres like classical shit....do ur hw kid and no disrespect to raymond scott i got mad respect for his work as well

[bnd221]

@Woscoe1503 I'll just illuminate a quotation from your reply which renders you completely incompetent to participate in this debate: 'dilla is educated from all sorts of genres like classical shit....'

when i look at these words i can imagine how thousand pictures would look like :D

[FKRAPCITY]

@bnd221 HAHA. some people do make us HH fans look like idiots i'm sorry. i don't agree with what you say about including JDilla in the bracket of effort. He put in a lot of effort, i can't stand the pop and mainstream rap idea of sampling where they just literally take a part of a song and do nothing creative to it. but this was different. in my opinion anyway, raymond scott is a revolutionary and i would of never known about him if it wasn't for j dilla putting him in a modern context. peace

[eggynapalm]

@bnd221 anyone who doesn't agree with this is a little bit stupid. without people like raymond scott we wouldn't have a lot of the music we have now. and as much as i love j dilla of course he's included in that statement.

[kuriosity89]

@bnd221 Yeahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh the fact that you say "All the J Dillas in the world" proves you haven't listened to enough Dilla to know that there will only ever be one.

[freethodunk]

@bnd221 it's absurd that people still cling to these types of beliefs. all styles of art across the spectrum of media are dismissed at first. how about modernity vs. academic painting? how about anything ish i mean are you retarded? people stick with shit until something else changes their mind but that doesn't happen all at once. it's always a process

[gshooting]

@devote I'm sorry but it is quite clear that J Dilla did not add much to this track, just a few air horns and a few sounds. This delusional dick riding of Dilla is ridiculous and is ignorant to the fact that someone better than him might come along

[devote]

You are acting like a fool...sad

I also study & work at a music studio

and ANYONE that does with your attitude doesn't last long and aren't able to adapt out of there little box there trapped in.

I have a descent vinyl/cd/tape collection of music from the 30s till right this week...See I don't just fall prey to my ignorance and ignore good new music..Sure I love old music just as much as i love new music...

[devote]

and that is just one part of the song...and you've gotta be kidding yourself if you don't think producers have to pay royalties to use this stuff..

This is called being innovative they do it in every type of music movie book genres.

[bnd221]

oh, so paying for another man's idea is all good, maybe even equal to something that someone created with his own brain? innovative?!?!?! i'd say lazy..... they do it in every type of music? ye maybe the kind of music u've ever listened to...that seems obvious

[dryraininbetween]

all music is influenced by the work of others whether it is acknowledged or otherwise. Hip Hop and other genres of music that use sampling simply accept the fact that no music can be entirely original and engage in a much more direct and open relationship with the music that influences it. Raymond Scott was as much influenced by the conventions of earlier artists as J Dilla was

[BabEEBro]

Well Said

[gshooting]

@dryraininbetween How could you possibly know? He didn't have the access to sampling as such that J Dilla had. If you were to pick a genius out of the two, there should be no no doubt in your mind based on this song that it is Raymond Scott. This song is at least twenty years ahead of its time possibly even fifty, since the beat sounds modern. Fifty years, that's older than J Dilla lived. Raymond is the genius and Dilla is the incremental innovator.

[dryraininbetween]

@gshooting

Perhaps J Dilla did take Raymond Scott's work and alter it slightly but, from a postmodern perspective, all Scott did to create this track was compile a number of musical influences in his life to create the music as we hear it. Essentially all art can be seen as a mashup of influences, hip hop just directly quotes those influences and cites them rather than rewording the influences into something different in entirety. J Dilla just used electronics to make music differently

[gshooting]

@dryraininbetween There's a huge difference between influence and directly sampling an entire track. All Scott did? You're trying to dimminish Scott's efforts and equate them to Dilla's work aren't you?

[dryraininbetween]

@gshooting

lets not get heated on the subject. What I am trying to say is that their method of creating music has some inherent similarities. Whether one can be held above the other as more genius is subjective. I listen to Scott more than J Dilla personally but I don't consider Dilla any less of an artist. The fact that Dilla decided to revive this track shows that he has great respect for Scott so I'm not sure why his sampling would bother you so much

[gshooting]

@dryraininbetween I never said that the sampling bothered me, I mean ffs it's hip hop, it's to be expected. But was isn't to be expected is equating sampling as creating an entire track from scratch (obviously using musical influences). That isn't subjective. That's just a fact.

[dryraininbetween]

@gshooting

I can respect that opinion. I personally consider the technical aspects of Scott's work as being some of the most breakthrough advances in modern musical production.

I guess i just see the musical aspect in a different way

[DoeRaker]

LOL

[myish08]

FUCKING GENIUS!!!!!!! I DONT CARE WHAT YOU HATERS SAY...... i thought it was from a commercial from the 70's

[LLMelvinL]

Same here.

[1nikolica]

raymond one and only shall enther tha gates of haven

[longrodv0nhugendong]

sikkk. 5 stars

[eldimitor]

J D is fo shure amazing But az a DJ don't forget what Dj Means (even in composing but don't forget Tha real artists dat he remixe

[rocafella2k10]

J dilla is a god in music

[bnd221]

bwahahaha

[themanimal07]

lmao. you're an asshole.

[bnd221]

some ppl are confusing a real work of art and plagiatism....what is this j dilla doing among comments under this piece? if put beside mr. Scott, he'd just fade away in the wind like trash...

[Regigigas135789]

what the hell is wrong with you

[bennybompson]

ignorance

[bnd221]

yes, you're right...ingorance is all that new age hip hop shit deserves.....EVERYONE can sample something which someone else has done with talent...

[devote]

Then go make money then..?

Why can't you...hmmm maybe it's because you have no idea how hip-hop let alone music is made with an ignorant statement like that..

[bnd221]

i'd rather chop my arm off than make money in such discrediting and hummiliating manner to the authors from which these lowlifes STEAL material for their retarded pieces u call hip hop or even music....YUCK....even if i ever decided to make money that way, i at least know there will be enough idiots like you to support me:D

[devote]

Wow..

Are you happy making ignorant statements about music you obviously know noting about..

Just cause you've watched some puffy & eminem videos does not mean you have room to say shit about real hip-hop or real music in general...

Again you have no idea how this music is made!

How can you say steal there work...?

Most of the music produces i listen to chop things up so finely there using it as notes to a whole different song..

[bnd221]

i dont have an idea how this music is made? as a studio technician i think i do, and i have a feeling i would as a miner also.....the word is EFFORTLESLY....i believe you listen to various 'music produces' as you say, which are chopped up finely, i believe u that also, but i was talking specificaly about the disgrace J dilla made out of this song. What did he do there?!??!?! what?!?!? looped a part of the song and added some beat......WHOA IM GONNA CUM, IT'S GENIALITY AT IT'S BEST.

[bnd221]

it's so geniusly crafted it can almost be compared to beethoven...gimme a break and dont be smart about music...really cba by people who build their music standards on producers like J dilla...that shit he made out of this song isnt even music...but after all we agree in one thing: no one who watched some puffy&eminem videos is eligible to say shit about music in general, so go and see some more, and maybe listen to something from when they didnt make videos yet...

[jonkinthetonk]

i don't think raymond scott would approve of you being such an asshole especially to another guy that obviously holds him in the same regard as you do..

[dashiellhouse]

what are you doing to offer in place of what you don't like?

[ReaLrecoGnizeREAL71]

Rest In Beats JAY DEE!!!

[TheModestShowman]

I always wondered where that synthy horn came from.

[JahGuidanze]

wow this is some lsd shit props to Raymond Scott and Dilla!

[jy1723]

JDILLA AND PETE ROCK

[namkooc]

ur ring finger lol

[FakeCowGod]

wish i wasn't just a wee one while he was still living. i would love to have met him!

i made a lady gaylord music vid (song from this album)

[Petary791]

Man I thought the Dilla version was creepy, this one is definitely more cracked out. And all these sounds in the 60s? Mad props to Raymond Scott.

[EddieWordMusic]

Thanks for this posting, This is a rare find... Dilla was on some next level shit when he sampled it (R.I.B.)

[EternalGuardian07]

J Dilla is the fuckin man!

[TripleXBeatz]

CoSign!

[dxarmy94]

How did Jay get the singer to from this song to say in his song "light up the spliffs"?

[roblegit1212]

Editing.

"Light up the.." from "Light up the Sky"

+

"Sp" from "sparkle"

and "ips" from "lips".

"Splips" sound like "spliffs"

=

"Light up the spliffs"

I have a background in dialogue editing, and strong pitch recognition from my musical chops. The edit was pretty obvious to my ears, but maybe not to the average joe.

[godspalace1]

i think its a lil bit simpler he just took light up the sky and heart does flips

light up the s-flips

[roblegit1212]

It tis heart does flips. that little voice crack is right in there.

[2f2fbattlepope]

I thought it was pretty easy to spot.

[clutchyhopkinz]

u kinda proved he was the best producer ever just now

[TripleXBeatz]

nah its the a combination of the S from "light up the S"... and "Flips" but the trick is to trim back a little on Flips and catch the S from the end of Does "heart doeS>flips.

I sampled it and tried it my way, robles way, godspalaces way..

trust me.. its what I said. try it if you have a sampler.

[UrbanCrunkMovement]

I think godspalace1 is right, you're over complicating it.

[franksvenatra]

at what time? All i hear is 'his heart does flips'

[deadlyErnest1]

you have to give credit to raymond scott

[insomniajo]

Dilla!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[TB4000]

I literally thought there was a game named Lightworks. -_-

[nerdsound]

i gotta give much respect to j.dilla for sampling a really great tune! this is amazing!! the original and the j. dilla version r.i.p. mr.dilla gem collector forever ! he brought originality to hip hop!

[BIGPCT93]

dilla...genius. no other adjective. seriously.

[brireif]

or a noun like, um, mozart?

[deadlyErnest1]

wow...

[601already]

THA COLD WAR WAS REAL. REAL HEADS KNO IT

[LongDivision8]

wow the original is pretty spacey. Dilla of course made it hot!

[marlon661]

this beat without dilla is still hard!!! what did dilla do? my mind is now blown you can be an ill producer just put a drummer track on a ill song and say "listen up"? this is te best song ever on doughnuts. thats it i'm going to a record store to find and oldsong andput an 808 on it. see you at the gramys.

[marlon661]

your a dumb ass. if its in you its in you. its not work, its first nature. it comes. its in you. you keep workin and let those that BE, BE

[marlon661]

you're not a dumb ass, i take that back. you are just young. you keep living and you will get to a point when you just ARE. 4give the dumb ass remark. peace