Souls of Mischief, John Mayer improvise.

[TheeJennyBaby]

a funky homosapien till infinity <3

[duhjuce]

..and Isaac Hayes too

[blaze445566]

recognise real.

[bagelman3]

crowd= kill it with fire

[KingRogan]

It's nice that the crowd is dead, you can hear the song a lot better. This would be a great collabo to listen to on the beach.

[lortiz84]

That crowd is Lame as fuck.

[mimikatepupu]

First time to hear.... Love it! <3

[sfreester]

dirty

[duncanSE18]

till infinity baby

[kidzwgunz]

does the audience even realize that just blaze is with john mayer... within 2 feet of them!

[brothabl]

@kidzwgunz yo, everybody in that audience need they ass beat, 93 til + ill guitar don't get no more hip hop than that, what a f-in waste, both them cats ill

[weedyboydetectives]

wack audience looks so baked and retarded

[ponketin360]

audience=zombies

[McCrown1]

Nope, it doenst fit, prefer it without the guitar

[Pharsphere]

faggots dont even know what they are hearing.

[rashneesh]

93 to infinity MF's dont know they sht and mayer can play anything i dont even care too much about his comercial nstuff but ive seen him jam with other musicians and he is awesome

[thesamtasticvoyage]

totally killed our buzz

[thesamtasticvoyage]

wtf

[larrywalkerntbi]

Are these people in the "audience" dead or something?

[larrywalkerntbi]

You can tell John Mayer has spent a lot of time listening to B.B. King and Eric Clapton.

[hizo420]

Trendy Hipster Geeks

[hizo420]

WAAAACCCCCKKKK

[slfandoz]

this is damn smooth! only way i can describe it!

[66vapor66]

this is fantastic!! soooo relaxing!

[TITISIMO25]

seriously though they (the crowd) probably just like his radio songs

[cyain09]

That crowd should get its ass kicked. Non reaction having motherfukkers.

[juealzbandana]

man i should've been there it was like 3 years ago right?

[xman682]

judging by his hair...yeah

[Cable0076]

Ahh...He ripped it!

[nasmatic23]

Yeah WTF one of the best beats ever n Mayer is killing it grooving hard, heads don't even look like they're enjoying this.

Assholes.

[daryl2280]

they most likely dont know who John Mayer or Souls of Mischief. I went to Tribe Called Quest Reunion tour in 06 (one of the best nights of my life so far) and Ali did a tribute to Dilla, and i was the only one jumpin up and singing when Ali put on Climax. There were people at the stage resting there heads on there hands. Tip was makin fun of them

[jorihaar]

this is really easy-listening...  it's a Superrr-lounge-song

[electronicchronic]

john is a real rock star. you guys shud watch his video making music with john mare he is really quite funny

[ThaFunnyGuy]

it would have been funny to see the dj record johns riff then play of of him

[lenny121]

sweet!.. this must be a pretty rare preformance

[skymunro]

fuckin herb moron popster yuppie fucks...don't know shit bout souls of mischief/ Hieroglyphics...I bet they think del the fucky homosapien is a robotic monkey...

[muralshack]

hipsters allways look so bored.

[kingster911]

haha cuz they're boring people. bland haircuts, ugly clothes, stupid jokes, and even dumbed humor.

[ridemytube247]

420

[Jcrack514]

this is called 93 till infinity .. not this is how we chill

[eonnee]

Can there be a comparable verbarado to John's now days?

[streetyskater]

this is how we chill

[ranchwagon66]

I knew who John Mayer was, but I did not know he was this good. Great music.

[MilkshakePlease]

That goes for a lot of people.. check out his Trio band.. he is nasty.

[raiderfreak4lf]

is it souls of mischief for the first beat? if so what is it regardless of who it is its tight

[Pombarr]

The first beat is indeed Souls of Mischief - '93 till infinity

[Supaj00]

the people there look soo bored. They should have stayed home if they can't enjoy this genius

[henri333]

@Supaj00 they're just chillin

[redw22]

why do stupid white ppl always feel like they have to bob their heads to everything? and not keep in time to the music?

[rel289]

them cats in the background dont even acknowledge wat he just did lol wow

[btub09]

This guy really has it man. Amazing thats all i have to say.

[rel289]

john mayer is ill 4 dat

[axleflip]

3:00-is the Just Blaze produced, "Touch the Sky" beat from Kanye West's 'Late Registration" album. The song uses a slowed-down version of Curtis Mayfield's, "Move On Up."

[greykdi]

thanks very much for the info bro !

[greykdi]

whats the name of the song they start playing at 3:00

[timduncan69]

look at those two dumb bitches not watching Just blaze and mayer preform and just talking...

[jmydn]

i tried to thumb this shit up like 5 times.

[310gooner]

damn John Mayer knows his shit!!!! Badass tune

[tomh124]

Say what you will about Mayer, but his phrasing, and his improv skills are, in my opinion at least, some of the best going around today.

[FaiselQazi]

I love when he just stands up cuz he can't keep it in anymore.

[thaOFK]

the originial is one of the greatest hiphop songs eva, but this tune man, oh shit i love it so much...!

[dearmalika]

Great!

[kll115]

I like how John knows the "On Point" time to start with the beat. that's something other than skill. Mayer is amazing.

[wildgrlie55]

anyone know if this was in boston???? or if not where this was???

[tomtdogg13]

a blues mix to "93 Till Infinity" i'm feelin this

[JustMauro9254]

john has a freackin killer ear

[toosdedoos]

wow he just figured out that second theme out reallll fast

[nateguitarsoccer]

thats also one of the things that beklee looks for at an audition. playback

[ArdieM]

ur funny :)

[sportsportsport]

some sweet licks, which I can recognize from his live DVD 'where the light is'. Check that shit!

[TheDudeOnTheDrums]

man i wish john did more stuff like this.

improv jazz/blues is what he does best (:

[eggnog631]

this shit is in the back of alife, downtown nyc. mad cool.

[tomtdogg13]

is you crazy? this is from oakland bro. unless you talkin' bout where John Mayer is performing, idk lol.

[eggnog631]

yea its where hes performing

[utoobjoe]

Is the track that Just Blaze is using at the start a mixing track or is it an actual song?

If its a song can anybody tell me that name of it pleaseeee?

[tsdcs]

It's the instrumental to "'93 till Infinity" by Souls of Mischief.

[djappleb]

This is reeal cool, music today needs more things like this; skilled musicicans performing well.

And to no1sh0kz, u have no idea what ur talking about soul is the backbone of of his music. u should respect every artist for their unique contributions

[jthala]

off the hook... souls, JM, all that but the beat give it up to billy cobham - heather from the 70's props to heiro for flipping it and coming out with a classic

[sagedrummer]

wow, John Mayer can actually play, who da thunk it from that shit he puts out on the radio!

[kdense08]

An artist is more than radio deep, you have some growing up to do.

[sagedrummer]

thanks for you nice comment about growing up, get a life you fucking loser,

[wikkedchik90]

wow mayor likes this!!!!! he is officially the bomb

[no1sh0kz]

big up souls of mischief and john mayer! fuck kanye west and his shitty beat. no soul in kanye, hes a prick.

[Doumanumero1]

Haha imagine going to a party and John Mayer is just playing.

[Golfmackan]

sounds like paradise to me

[uhohmygah]

wats up with that latino chic throwin up gang signs. hahaha.

[fenderstrat888]

the people standing around in this video look so uncomfortable

[pleziermetrogier]

YEAH YEAH!! 93 till infinity! love that song, and now johnny m. is jamming on it.

What?! thats insane!

[lionheartninja]

damn that got my head bumpin

[nibbles1637]

that improv jam was freekin sexy

[TheFith]

Souls AND John Mayer? Awesome.

[producerniknak]

Fakin the jax dj (he uses no vinyls...)but a nice video....

[theangryleft]

Fakin Jax? That's Just Blaze. One of the smartest, most chill people in hip hop. He's got his skills to pay the bills and knows his hip hop. THe fact he uses a computer right now is well documented and has his views. The fact he's got thousands of pieces of vinyl and uses them puts you to shame.

[Kooovin]

the audience looks like a bunch of zombies.

[ReggieRawls]

there not used to rap rock mashups but john mayer is awesome always a favorite in my book

[Soius7]

The beat is more Jazz/Soul then Rap

more like a 90's Funk if u ask me

[Patritz]

yeh cus it samples a smooth jazz 70s song

[TITISIMO25]

hip hop/rap is greatly influenced by those genres...even though it may not seem that way if you turn on mtv nowadays

[cochoncreole]

Yo it's not improvising but freestlyling but nice vid!

[briandbz23]

? its both

[1992Rigz]

not bad

[conormang]

What everybody else said. Who are these people and why are they there, when we aren't?! Injustice!! To quote 'landflatjeff16', "I'd be making a scene". Souls of Mischief = sick. John Mayer = sick. Put em together? Niiiiiiiiiiiiice.

[landflatjeff16]

agreed, thanx for the name drop. lol

[rhomdizzale2]

lol. thats so lame. the crowd is like, wat tha fuck?.. man, if i was there i wouldve gave a five minute, yeaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!

[steez8]

john mayer sort of turned into a modern day springsteen.

not that that's a bad thing. this improv is so dope.

[landflatjeff16]

nobody in this place deserves to be there. JOHN MAYER OVER SUM SOULS. REALLY. BADASS. i would be making a scene.

[ryANGELUS]

hahaha this crowd has NO clue!!

[watchreality]

your right, nobody in the crowd has probably even heard of this song....sad!

[MerkabaStar]

the crowd sucks because they have no clue about the track! Classic !

[RogerMoron]

that was a pretty popular track

[landflatjeff16]

very popular track, one of my tep ten.

[andy21212121rfggadg]

why are ppl just stand aroud???dicks!

[landflatjeff16]

i know right. if i was there and heard this drop, i would lose it. when the hell are u ever going to hear john mayer over souls of mischief!!!!

[andy21212121rfggadg]

john mayer nails this,nice mix by just blaze to!love it

[TheGodOfAllThings]

kind of a wierd lookin gig, eh? Sounds good though

[hannemann]

hey there, I can't find the shoes he is wearing on the internet...I was flicking through it the whole day :(

@stormymonday91: can't be adidas shoes coz there's air jordon on the top...so its nike

@ dlalla: the Nike air jordan 4's IV retro fire red look similar, but they're not the same...the front looks completely different...but in camparison to the other hundred shoes I`ve looked up they are the most similar ones...

ay man, if you know the shoes let me know THX

[rhcmikey]

stormymonday91 was saying that John Mayer is wearing Adidas. You're talking about the shoes around 2:40, which are definitely not the shoes that John is wearing. I don't know what they are either but I agree that they aren't 4s. And yeah, this crowd sucks.

[mikoOWNz]

truly beautiful... damn..

[antonino00]

LOL, the crowd is wack.

[NasserMan]

true, that shit went right over their heads

[paulobaka]

Damn rich young hipsters are pulseless stiffs, no soul whatsoever. That was sic, threw it down

[sektr7g]

this is how we chill from 93 til!

[MzRina88]

Where the heck is he at? The crowd is blammin dead! You're supposed to MOVE when you hear that and dudes standin around scratchin their heads.

[SandwichandDrink]

beautiful

[hannemann]

can anyone tell me, what kind of shoes are the white ones?

[dlalla]

Nike air jordan 4's IV retro fire red.. If im right..

[stormymonday91]

if u mean the one John is wearing those are Adidas Gazelles designed by Neighborhood

[rashneesh]

those sheep dont belong there

[ikariss77]

i like what john does on the second instrumental, he gets into it right away!

[bonis317]

this is pretty cool.. does mayer do this a lot?

[bonzo230]

by the way why is the crowd look like they could care less if a rock blues god is jamming in front of them???

[bonzo230]

its not kanye west lol. its souls of mischief like zebs said. pretty fuckin sick. 2 of my fav artists right here

[theoneandonlyDoofus]

what's that last song john is improvising on?

wanna know!

[zebs823]

93 til infinty- souls of mischief

[christuhfah]

touch the sky by kanye west, original sample with horns is from "move on up" by the great curtis mayfield

[gnargnargnar]

Lol... white undiversified folk not sure what to do when what they hear is not a Top 40 hit. Oh, Bay Whiteys for Hiero for days!

[totaleclipse666]

great video, amazing beat perfectly complemented by mayer's riffin...i like how all the people there are just standing around awkwardly

[labrabear]

that dj is useless

[nathankmart]

definently a tasty declicious concotion of music mmmm for the mind the body and thee one and only soul

[ayokae]

nice

[litz52]

John Mayors riff is hott but that brunette in the yellow is smokin' hott.

[TheStreetCorner]

lol

[DaiMer82]

The master of improv!

[KelferMookie]

this is how we chill from 93' till!

for yall who don't know!

[godkonx]

hes a master of improvisation, plus no 2 live shows and he songs herein are ever the same

[CEASONE77]

sum of the best collabirations come from hiphop and rock! look at jay-z and linkin park!

[Wattersonb]

and i think he molded his style with the dj's style amazingly

[nathankmart]

the dj wasnt even doin shit he just took instrumentals from souls of mischief 93 till infinity it was john mayer doin all the shit

[Brodey]

and thats Just Blaze btw

[Wattersonb]

i think he did a great job! it sounds great, it fits and its not exactly simple to improvise blues over the top of dance music that is already pretty well put together, and doesnt have alot of room for any remarkable guitar. I think john does better when he molds with all the instruments around him rather then just tearing someone to bits. patience is key in a good guitar player. but thats only my oppinion

[nathankmart]

that was not dance music my friend that was hip hop

john mayer can suck my cock but i must say that this was pretty good

[hieb801]

PRETTY DOPE VIDEO!

[shodown11]

Wow ppl fightin on u tube neva seen that b4 lol..Listen ALL music is sampled period. Souls of Mischief sampled this song from Billy Cobham. So to say Mayer ruined the song of another sampled song is crazy. If you kno ur history you would kno that Jazz "sampled" songs from old negro hymns. Music has been here since the beginning of time. Jus listen to d music and lamp and chill. It aint that serious. if you don't like it cool,but don't spread your hate bcuz the rest of like it.life 2 short lol

[shodown11]

Wow ppl fightin on u tube neva seen that b4 lol..Listen ALL music is sampled period. Souls of Mischief sampled this song from Billy Cobham. So to say Mayer ruined the song of another sampled song is crazy. If you kno ur history you would kno that Jazz "sampled" songs from old negro hymns. Music has been here since the beginning of time. Jus listen to d music and lamp and chill. It aint that serious. if you don't like it cool,but don't spread your hate bcuz the rest of like it.life 2 short lol

[djmane1]

shodown, you have no idea what I'm talking about. hahaha

stay out of it

I'm not debating whether something is sampled or not

[djmane1]

it sounds like smooth jazz

so it sounds like a bunch of crap

john mayer do us a favor and don't play over hip hop beats

[MelleB90]

Oh right, and what takes skill?

Pressing some buttons in a random beat making program or playing guitar like John Mayer does?

[djmane1]

I didn't say anything about skill

it's artistry

and what john is doing over that hip hop beat is wack

he's shitting over a great hip hop track

this has nothing to do with what's better beat making or playing guitar..it's what he's doing with them

by the JOhn Mayer ain't shit compared to PRINCE's guitar skills and style

[amratheblack]

you should be ashamed for even typing this.

[djmane1]

I didn't say anything about skill

it's artistry

and what john is doing over that hip hop beat is wack

he's shitting over a great hip hop track

this has nothing to do with what's better beat making or playing guitar..it's what he's doing with them

by the JOhn Mayer ain't shit compared to PRINCE's guitar skills and style

[3510211]

djmane1, your a fucking moron. First off, the dj in this video is doing shit all and acting like hes groovin to his music. All the fuck he does is press a button. Anybody can do that. Does he need to know how to improvise over a Amaj7 chord with the lydian mode? No. 90% of hip hop samples rock/blues/jazz riffs. Even kanye's fucking song in this video is sampling Curtis Mayfield so fuck off. And yes there are better guitarists than Mayer AND Prince, however its all apples and oranges.

[MelleB90]

Thank you and exactly.

I think Mayer is doing a pretty good job improvising over this track, anyway.

And no matter what,

enjoy and live music

[djmane1]

once again 35 and other haters you are the real morons, this has nothing to do with hip hop production.

this has to do with john mayer playing over the sOM beat..

does he have skills?? yes

does it show here ?? yes

does it sound good ???? HELLLL NO

you want to seee some real improvisation

check out charlie christian, count basie, louis armstrong

they are the best at what they do....stickin to the realm of music they do, and not RUINING others like this clip showed above

[3510211]

oh no doubt, i'd rather listen to django reinhardt improvise than john mayer...i really don't understand how you say he shows skill here but it sounds bad? doesn't that go hand-in-hand? Nonetheless, the DJ is this video is doing shit all, and producing hip-hop beats is really not that difficult.

[djmane1]

you can have skill at something

like a person can have the skill to paint something

but what that person paints isn't going to be liked to everyone else...

Can you answer this question honestly? have you ever created a hip hop beat before?

and if it's not that difficult, let me hear the one you made.

[3510211]

When a person says that someone has skill in something, it means that they appreciate their work and recognize their talent. Do you mean to say that this particular video doesn't show John Mayer's true ability to play the guitar? Because either way, i don't really care...i dont even listen to john mayer.

[djmane1]

Skill just means you have the ability to do something.

Someone in your neighborhood could have the skill to play the guitar, that doesn't mean that he or she is good at it..

the real talent, is how you convey your "SKILL" to produce great ART with style and fashion.

I just think a guitar solo over a great hip hop beat ruins the og SOM song. YOU GUYS ARE JUST IN AWE BECAUSE HE'S PLAYING OVER A CLASSIC HIP HOP INSTRUMENTAL. are you fooled by the beat in the background?

[3510211]

Yes, skill means ability...and I'm not in awe I'd rather listen to Jason Becker or Eric Clapton. I don't even know why i should debate this. I visted your webpage...you produce lame dance music.

[djmane1]

what you think is lame maybe great to someone else

jason becker , eric clapton ....geez i was starting to have respect for you...

[3510211]

Jason becker, eric clapton, and Dj Tiesto right?

[djmane1]

anything can be easy to do...it's what they create that counts..  anyone can learn to play a guitar, just like anyone can program beats on a drum machine...but does it come out sounding good, that's what counts...what john mayer is doing does not sound good to me, although he does have the skill to play guitar..

stop giving these people praise for improvisation...that is nothing new in AMERICAN music... django , as you said is an excellent example of this

[djmane1]

you all are all stuck on the SKILL, and you are not focusing on the actual art..

if you actual think it's sounds good, that's great

i think it sounds like complete crap to me..

remember it's just my opinion and I love it when people get butt hurt over opinions..its so hilarious

[3510211]

Improvisation basically determines whether you can play or not in my honest opinion. Of couse song writing is important as well. However, when you make hip hop beats you use programs such as FL Studio and simply click on virtual instruments...You don't really need to know what your doing...

[djmane1]

I'm not saying that playing an instrument is harder than hitten a machine or program..

but you do need to know what goes with what to make something sound good....a good hip hop producer won't JUST use sounds from a program, such as fruity loops....9th wonder uses fruity loops but creates great ART, great music in the process....

I disagree with your skill comment..

I have the skills to write a story, because I know what goes into one.  That doesn't mean I'll appreciate what comes out of it.

[djmane1]

Improvisation, 35, I disagree with you again.

Improvisation is the ability to play on the spot, with no sheet arrangements, just head arrangements

is john mayer doing it in this clip, yes,

does it sound good??? HELL NO is my opinion

[3510211]

Thank you for the definition of improvisation because I was not aware of what the word means. Also, is asking yourself questions and then answering them right afterwards in order to get a point across incredibly lame? HELL YES.

you're just mad cuz I'm making sense and your not right?

HELL YES