Adrenaline and 100% Dundee rock.
Adrenaline! | The Roots ft. Dice Raw & Beanie Sigel
My senior year of college I was deep into my thesis, angry with myself and ready to get the hell out of school and Massachusetts. The net effect was endless, solitary hours in the foundry, wearing a welding helmet I modified so nodding along with The Roots wouldn’t slam the visor down on my nose.
Mid-way though the year I drove up to Holyoke to see The Roots live. The opening act was Run DMC. It snowed enough the drive up and back was isolating, like my foundry and work. I felt detached in a way I hadn’t before. I couldn’t shake the feeling.
After the show I stuck around to pay my respects. Prerequisite awkwardness overcome, Dice Raw, Scratch and ?uesto told me about playing laser tag with the just-finished master of “Things Fall Apart” blasting over the speakers of the venue they rented. They shared how the synth chords in “Adrenaline” sounded ominous in that setting. I shared the story about my foundry, discman and tinny little speakers. DMC and Jam Master Jay joined the conversation just as the laser tag story started up. They all said my foundry sounded cool. I went back feeling for the first time like it was.
