Featuring: Adam Mansbach J. Period Brian Viglione
Producer: Jknyc
Adam Mansbach: There's a famous story about him having a drum battle with -- is it John Bonham? Is that the cat?
Brian Viglione: From Led Zeppelin?
AM: Yeah
BV: Yeah, sure
AM: Yeah. This is documented in the liner notes to the Impulse Elvin Jones, there's a two-record set, if you've ever seen it, on Impulse. There's a whole series of them. They did an Ahmad Jamal one. They do these two-record sets, and they're excerpts from different songs, different album, you know?
BV: Yeah
AM: And the liner notes to this detail how Elvin gave an interview to Downbeat, one of those blindfold tests, in like '69, and inadvertently disses John Bonham -- I'm pretty sure it was John Bonham. They play him some shit and Elvin's quote is something like, "He needs to lose his ass in space, cause he ain't playing shit"
And somehow, this got back to Bonham. I guess they were friends, I don't know. They end up having this battle in London, in some big hall, balconies, standing room only. And Bonham shows up with some huge set, some big-ass rock set with fifteen different kinds of splash cymbals. Elvin's got the four-piece joint, and blows him the fuck away. The end
Brian Viglione: From Led Zeppelin?
AM: Yeah
BV: Yeah, sure
AM: Yeah. This is documented in the liner notes to the Impulse Elvin Jones, there's a two-record set, if you've ever seen it, on Impulse. There's a whole series of them. They did an Ahmad Jamal one. They do these two-record sets, and they're excerpts from different songs, different album, you know?
BV: Yeah
AM: And the liner notes to this detail how Elvin gave an interview to Downbeat, one of those blindfold tests, in like '69, and inadvertently disses John Bonham -- I'm pretty sure it was John Bonham. They play him some shit and Elvin's quote is something like, "He needs to lose his ass in space, cause he ain't playing shit"
And somehow, this got back to Bonham. I guess they were friends, I don't know. They end up having this battle in London, in some big hall, balconies, standing room only. And Bonham shows up with some huge set, some big-ass rock set with fifteen different kinds of splash cymbals. Elvin's got the four-piece joint, and blows him the fuck away. The end
more tracks from the album
Adam Mansbach Podcast
- Adam Mansbach/J. Period Excerpt #1 - #RageIsBack Mixtape
- Adam Mansbach/J. Period Excerpt #2 - Blends
- Adam Mansbach/J. Period Excerpt #3 - Blake Lethem
- Adam Mansbach/J. Period Excerpt #4 - Elvin Jones
- Adam Mansbach/J. Period Excerpt #5 - Bonham vs. Jones
- Adam Mansbach/J. Period Excerpt #6 - “Party and Bullshit”
- Adam Mansbach/J. Period Excerpt #7: GTFTS
From the album
Outside the Lines With Rap Genius popular songs
- New Podcast: Rakim (#65)
- New Podcast: Pharoahe Monch!
- New Podcast (67): Nas and Illmatic
- New Podcast!! OTL 71: Saul Williams
- New Podcast!!! OTL 72: Todd Kreidler
- Big Daddy Kane Excerpt #1 - “Young, Gifted and Black”
- Big Daddy Kane Excerpt #2 - “Set It Off”
- Big Daddy Kane Excerpt #3 - “I’ll Take You There”
- Big Daddy Kane Excerpt #4 - Production Disputes
- Big Daddy Kane Excerpt #5 - Erick Sermon Dis
- Meyhem Lauren Excerpt #1- “Thousand Dollar Gym Shoes”
- Meyhem Lauren Excerpt #2 - Outros
- Meyhem Lauren Excerpt #3 - Pitchfork
- Meyhem Lauren Excerpt #4 - Karl Kani
- Dante Ross Excerpt #2: Busta Rhymes
- Adam Mansbach/J. Period Excerpt #1 - #RageIsBack Mixtape
- Adam Mansbach/J. Period Excerpt #2 - Blends
- Adam Mansbach/J. Period Excerpt #3 - Blake Lethem
- Adam Mansbach/J. Period Excerpt #4 - Elvin Jones
- Adam Mansbach/J. Period Excerpt #5 - Bonham vs. Jones
- Adam Mansbach/J. Period Excerpt #6 - “Party and Bullshit”
- Adam Mansbach/J. Period Excerpt #7: GTFTS
- OTL 39: Mystikal Excerpt #1 (Back From the River)
- OTL 39: Mystikal Excerpt #2 - Shake Ya Ass