Scramatix- The Best Of Scram Jones Hosted by Clinton Sparks

I think the first time I heard Scram's stuff was in about 1998 or 1997 I believe, and I noticed instantly that he was a real talent, capable and precise with great drums and a nice east coast sound that had originality. I think it was a joint by Nature I was bumping when I heard Nate shout out the producer of the song; "Scram Jones". The beat was ill and I was impressed so I took a mental note to remember the name. Over the next few months I would be taking several mental notes about this "Scram Jones" fella. More and More I was hearing his name, I even remember him being featured in the Source's "Unsigned Hype" section once. I read the article and the Source writers seemed to share my taste. They were saying the same things; complimenting his production, his taste in samples and making comparisons to established New York based producers. One thing that the article also mentioned was that Scram was a really great freestyle emcee as well. I would soon find myself scowering the record stores and the internet in search of stuff from Scram, eventually running into a few loose MP3's. Indeed, the young man could also hold his own behind the microphone. He had a freeestyle called "ABC's" or somethin' like that....the joint was insane.....he kicked a few bars from every letter of the alphabet A thru Z, a la Papoose on "Alphabetical Slaughter", wielding effortless breathe control and showcasing an ill vocabulary. Since that time on I've been a huge fan and supporter of his work, picking up his retail compilation album "Loose Cannons" and checking for all his production credits. He's worked with a lot of the east coast's biggest names and provided them all with great beats. Seldom does he strike out and just drop a totally wack beat. Over time I've come to realize that he really has a talent for flipping classic Rock samples. I've enjoyed many of his compostions that have utilized an obscure guitar riff or vocal loop courtesy of a 80's Hair band and I feel that he's the best in the business when it comes to doin that next to Agallah and Alchemist. He also is great at flipping Dancehall and Raggae samples as well. One of his biggest records came courtesy of a Dancehall sample in "No, No, No"; the infectiously groovy and commanding rythym he concocted for upstart Harlemite Jae Mills. Scram is one of the more worthwhile producers to come around in the 2K and he deserves a lot more recognition than he gets. He's a hard worker and once gave an interview saying that he makes 3 beats everyday of his life. That's dedication, and I wish more producers still had that kind of drive. This is a relatively good "best of" tape, but there's still tons of stuff out there from Scram that didn't make it on this joint, particuliarly the earlier stuff. The high points on this definitely are the Saigon joints "Desperado" and "The Color Purple", but those two have worked together extensively and they have better material out together, still the vocal sample on "Desperado" is crazy. "The King Is Dead" by Haffa is one of the more hard to find and obscure tracks on here, and is a great tribute joint to the late great King Of New York. The completely bananas "Heavy Metal" featuring Kool G Rap and "Stained" by Joe Budden are great componants of scram's extensive resume and showcases his aforementioned knack for turning out rock samples. All in All this is a positive for Scram, but there are a few mis-steps that I think should be omitted when it comes time to extract the files. Namely, the sappy and un complimentry Mariah Carey joint "You Girl" that features Juelz Santana and Cam'ron at their worst. Other good productions with noted artist flops that you should ignore on this are "Work Magic" by Lloyd Banks and Remy Martin's "Lights,Camera,Action". All in all a good download and a great insight into a worthy producer's work.

-BIG D O

1. Clinton sparks-intro
2. Scram jones-radio freestyle
3. Scram jones styles p kool g rap tragedy khadafi-the line up
4. N.o.r.e. feat. jim jones and nature-glass of sizzurp
5. Maino-bedstuy anthem
6. Scram jones feat. nas-jonesin
7. Fat joe feat. remy martin-yeah yeah yeah
8. Scram jones-abc freestyle
9. Doo wop feat. scram jones and nature-memory lane 2007
10. Saigon-the color purple
11. Grafh-get it
12. Raekwon feat. tragedy khadafi-guerilla shit
13. Black rob-ready (hes black rob)
14. Scram jones-freestyle
15. Haffa-the king is dead
16. Saigon-desperado
17. Scram jones feat. saigon grafh curtains l.g.-when animals attack
18. Scram jones-doo doo
19. Scram jones feat. kool g rap-heavy metal
20. Kool g rap-playas play
21. Peedie crack-dont stop
22. Notorious b.i.g. feat. clipse-just a memory
23. Busta rhymes feat. papoose and raekwon-address me as mister
24. N.o.r.e. feat. beanie sigel-bad man
25. Lloyd banks feat. young buck-work magic
26. Fabolous-city of ny
27. Jae millz feat. camron and t.i.-no no no (remix)
28. Scram jones and green lantern-freestyle
29. Scram jones-notorious freestyle
30. Mariah care feat. camron and juelz santana-you girl
31. Clinton sparks-outro
32. Remy ma-lights camera action (bonus)
33. Joe buddens-stained (bonus)

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