{"id":396554,"date":"2022-01-20T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-01-20T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/doug-e-fresh-talks-early-days-of-rap-with-jalen-rose\/"},"modified":"2022-01-20T08:00:00","modified_gmt":"2022-01-20T05:00:00","slug":"doug-e-fresh-talks-early-days-of-rap-with-jalen-rose","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/doug-e-fresh-talks-early-days-of-rap-with-jalen-rose\/","title":{"rendered":"#Doug E. Fresh talks early days of rap with Jalen Rose"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#Doug E. Fresh talks early days of rap with Jalen Rose<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>If hip-hop had a Constitutional Convention, my \u201cRenaissance Man\u201d guest would have had a seat at the table and a prominent spot in the stately portrait. He\u2019s a pioneer, a founding father and a rap historian. He\u2019s <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2021\/09\/19\/cedric-the-entertainer-parties-with-russell-simmons-before-emmys\/\">Doug E. Fresh<\/a>. And \u201cLa Di Da Di,\u201d did I have some questions for the man known as the original Human Beatbox.<\/p>\n<p>I wanted to know how he came up with mimicking sounds using only his body and what the heck h<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ened between him and Slick Rick. He took me on a wild ride through the early days of the genre and inside his wacky, wonderful mind.<\/p>\n<p>First, he told me about his humble laboratory where beatboxing truly came to be: the apartment of DJ Barry B from the Get Fresh Crew. One day, Barry\u2019s mother heard a beat coming from his room.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou may not think that this is a person doing it,\u201d he told me of the sound. \u201cHis mother \u2026 said, \u2018What was that? That was a nice beat.&#8217;\u201d <\/p>\n<p>But then he explained that it was literally man-made. And a lightbulb went off.<\/p>\n<p>        <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Podcast\" width=\"100%\" height=\"188px\" src=\"https:\/\/embed.acast.com\/5ac23cd2-7cf4-542c-a68e-d6559d0d7d38\/61e8db85575e2d00123720ce?accentColor=2a2a2a&amp;bgColor=f6f6f6&amp;font-family=proxima%20nova&amp;logo=false&amp;secondaryColor=cc3333\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden;\"><br \/>\n        <\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen that\u2019s when Barry said, \u2018You should [be] the Human Beatbox. And you should call it that.&#8217;\u201d Imagine hip-hop without beatboxing? Doug E.\u2019s skills changed the art form, especially when he teamed up with Slick Rick. They went on to create two of the most iconic songs in early rap, with \u201cThe Show\u201d and \u201cLa Di Da Di,\u201d which is one of the most sampled songs in the genre.<\/p>\n<p>A year later, they broke up, and their split remains one of the biggest mysteries in rap. When I asked about it, Doug E. was very diplomatic. <\/p>\n<p>\u201c[We were] creating new styles that never existed,\u201d he said. \u201cSo what happened? \u2026 I think personally that we were young,\u201d adding that their egos got in the way. But they both went on to have incredible careers and now tour together. I often wonder what could have been if they remained intact, but he doesn\u2019t. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe were two different entities who needed room to breathe,\u201d he told me. \u201cWe still family. We have grown, and we close.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Doug E. is still putting out new projects. He recently released a live album, \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/music.apple.com\/fm\/album\/this-ones-for-chuck-brown-doug-e-fresh-salutes-the\/1585667913\">This One\u2019s for Chuck Brown<\/a>,\u201d in which he \u201csalutes the godfather of go-go.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"776\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/doug-e-fresh.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=776\" alt=\"Doug E Fresh in 2018\" class=\"wp-image-20895621\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/doug-e-fresh.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1552 1552w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/doug-e-fresh.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1164 1164w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/doug-e-fresh.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=776 776w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/doug-e-fresh.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=388 388w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/doug-e-fresh.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 776px) 100vw, 776px\"\/><figcaption>Doug E. Fresh, aka the Human Beatbox. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images for BET<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>He told me how Run-DMC introduced him to Brown at a show in DC, and his life was changed. But Doug E. has changed many lives on his own, with his art and his mentorship. That includes the <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2021\/08\/02\/biz-markie-remembered-by-friends-kin-hip-hop-royalty-at-memorial-service\/\">late Biz Markie<\/a>, whom he met in 1982 at a Long Island club and recognized that he had heart. Biz asked for his number and he called Doug E. every day. One time, he came home and Biz was there chilling with the matriarchs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s in the house with my mother and my grandmother \u2026 And then my grandma was like, \u2018Yeah, I just sent him to the store to go get me some cigarettes\u2019 \u2026 I was like, \u2018Yo, how did you get so in the family that quick?\u2019 After that, I could not shake him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Doug E. noted that hip-hop battles replaced real-life street violence for many performers, so he was always in his warrior mindset. And when artists like Biz, the Fat Boys, Run-DMC and, heck, even Officer Larvell Jones, the beatboxing cop from \u201cPolice Academy,\u201d started making it mainstream, he wasn\u2019t flattered.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m from the battle era, so I\u2019m looking at it as like, \u2018What are you doing \u2026 When you\u2019re biting my style, I gotta check you.\u2019 But then as I grew older, I started to look at it [like], maybe it was for me to create this style so everybody can give me their interpretation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2019\/04\/01\/doug-e-fresh-files-1m-lawsuit-over-alleged-rodent-infested-construction\/\">Living in Harlem<\/a>, he was also plugged into the fashion scene. His neighbor was designer Dapper Dan, who created most of his looks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDapper Dan was the answer to your problem, bro. You go in there with any idea, any style, anything you had on your mind,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"714\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/doug-e-fresh2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=714\" alt=\"Doug E Fresh in 2019\" class=\"wp-image-20895620\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/doug-e-fresh2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1428 1428w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/doug-e-fresh2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1071 1071w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/doug-e-fresh2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=714 714w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/doug-e-fresh2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=357 357w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/doug-e-fresh2.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 714px) 100vw, 714px\"\/><figcaption>Doug E. Fresh\u2019s break up with Slick Rick remains one of the biggest mysteries in rap. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">FilmMagic<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>And of course, his onetime collaborator Slick Rick would pile on the jewelry. But Doug E. remembers when Rick only had one chain with an R on it. Now, \u201cwhen he <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">travel<\/a>s, he puts his jewelry in a separate case. He travels with close to $1 million in [gems].\u201d<\/p>\n<p>At 55, the elder has a new agenda: using the rap <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a> to spread the gospel of healthy living. He praised Busta Rhymes for his weight loss, and even has a foundation called <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/hhph.org\/\">Hip Hop Public Health<\/a>. So if we do ever get that Slick Rick-Doug E. Fresh reunion, maybe the album will be about eating your veggies. But it will still be a banger.<\/p>\n<p><em>Detroit native\u00a0Jalen Rose\u00a0is a member of the University of Michigan\u2019s iconoclastic Fab Five, who shook up the college hoops world in the early \u201990s. He played 13 seasons in the NBA, before transitioning into a <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a> personality. Rose is currently an analyst for \u201cNBA Countdown\u201d and \u201cGet Up,\u201d and co-host of \u201cJalen &amp; Jacoby.\u201d He executive produced \u201cThe Fab Five\u201d for ESPN\u2019s \u201c30 for 30\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">series<\/a>, is the author of the best-selling book, \u201cGot To Give the People What They Want,\u201d a fashion tastemaker, and co-founded the Jalen Rose Leadership Academy, a public charter school in his hometown.<\/em>\n                        <\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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Fresh talks early days of rap with Jalen Rose&#8221; If hip-hop had a Constitutional Convention, my \u201cRenaissance Man\u201d guest would have had a seat at the table and a prominent spot in the stately portrait. He\u2019s a pioneer, a founding father and a rap historian. He\u2019s Doug E. Fresh. 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