Q-Tip comes in the room and says, “I want you to hear something”. I’m hella excited ’cause either it’s a new Tribe song or it’s a beat for me. He tells the kid to put the tape in. He does and I hear a ghostly piano loop that has some shakers in it. Too Salsa for me. That was “Runnin’ “! He plays another joint and I go crazy over it. That was “The Jam “. He explains to me that the noise I keep flippin’ over [is] someone holding the repeat button on the SP when its in 1/32 ! He played another joint, wasn’t my speed. I didn’t like the Beastie Boy sample at the top. That was “Drop! ” The next joint played and only played for 15 seconds. I wanted that one. He explained that it was just an interlude though. I still wanted it. The next joint was hard, organ sounding joint. Sounds like something a west coast artist would take… w:Ice Cube maybe. That was “Gotta Kick Something That Means Something “! I took three tracks and told Tip that I wanted to add more tracks to the album. He said cool! Yes!!! I got three tracks from Tip!!! Tip looks at me and says, “I didn’t make em…he did.” I look at the kid and speak to him and he says “What Up Doe?” “What up, kid? What’s your name?” “Jay Dee.”