

This track has a heavy Michael Jackson influence. In Newcleus’ case it is the prominent bassline â probably THE most famous bassline in all of hip hop â that is influenced by Situation. This was found on a recently unearthed cassette, and aside from a short dropout and some slight stereo drift actually has a fairly good sound quality. He was one of the founders of Newcleus, known for their great songs Jam On It and Space Is The. However, since he had room at the end of 1 side of the tape, he threw on this song which he had only done as a joke. Starting out as Jam-On Productions in the late 1970’s, the crew hailed from Bed-Stuy (do or die) and rocked parties all throughout Brooklyn. jam on revenge (the wikki wikki song) When Cozmo was shopping the Newcleus project (then called Positive Messenger), all of the material had a New Wave, Jazz, or Electro feel to it.
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Along those lines, the main and most stand-out differences are the TR-808 drum track, replaced in the later version by a much more involved RX-11, and the smooth Pro One square wave solo at the end, which would be replaced by a DX-7 electric piano jazz solo. If you know Newcleus for either Jam On It or Computer Age, you probably don’t know what happened to them after either of those songs, and let me tell you it’s pretty fucked up.

While much of the arrangement is basically the same as the later version, since this was done with the same instruments as the other Positive Messenger and early Newcleus material it has a much more straight-up Electro feel to it. Newcleus' Jam On It (7') at Bradlees in West Caldwell, New Jersey circa 1984. Though it was included on the demo tape that Cozmo was shopping, when the group was putting together the “Jam On Revenge” album they felt that it’s melancholy vibe didn’t fit in with the more uptempo feel of the rest of the tracks. Olsson's has really become a reflection of and influence on the D.C. In actuality, the album version was a Jazzier remix done as the group’s first foray into MIDI technology in 1984.This original was written and recorded in 1982. Japanese hip-hop generally tends to be most directly influenced by old school. This is the only Positive Messenger song that was redone for the 2nd Newcleus album “Space Is The Place”.
