As anyone who knows the Duj personally can attest, we take our St. Patty’s Day serious. How serious?
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“BLACK IRISH”
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A few notes on this song’s creation. If you’ve listened to NO CLEARANCE, then you’ve probably recognized the Duj’s affinity for holiday tunes. Well this beer-drinking, parade-watching day seemed lonely, so we had to give it an anthem. St. Patrick’s Day also happens to be my birthday, so I’ve seen it all the way from green cupcakes in school to alcohol poisoning at the parade.
When thinking about what the concept for the track would be, I kept remembering the term “Black Irish”. Now all that really means is an Irishman with Black hair, but it definitely got me thinking about flipping the term differently. Taylormade hit us with a beat that he had produced a while back. The bagpipes and funky bassline were exactly the backdrop we’d needed to get this song going. After telling Rhet & Mas about the idea on Saturday, I got a call from Apex excitedly telling me that he was having a brainstorm. Apex is the Duj’s resident actual-factual Irishman, so of course I had to listen to this idea. “Yo, I’ve got the perfect title for this song…it should be called Black Irish”, he said. “It already is,” I replied. This synchronicity seems to happen a lot in the world of Dujeous, and when it does…it usually means we’re on the right track.
Ape, Mas, Rhet, and I recorded the song Sunday night in Harlem at Mas D’s crib, over a perfect smorgasbord of Popeye’s & Guinness Stout. Before we arrived, Mas D had written his own version of an Irish drinking song that he wanted to incorporate into the recording somehow. We all agreed that it wouldn’t be right to record an Irish drinking song without getting drunk first, and so it began. 5 hours later, I had finished engineering my 1st session ever (sorry for the distortion, D!), and nearly every surface was covered with those brown glass bottles that we know so well. Ape came through with the hook, and we even managed to get D’s long-lost Uncle Schamus on the adlibs at the end. And so in honor of St. Patrick’s day…BLACK IRISH.
– MOJO THE CINEMATIC, MARCH 17TH 2009.
And Here’s another bonus! Mas D had a little something he wanted to include in these liner notes…a message from Uncle Schamus himself! (Or something like that.)
Teyk uh sakahnd on this moost owspeeshoos of olydays tu tarn tu yer loovd wun and sahy, “I loov yah!” Spraid a lih-uhl cheer! Drank a coopel bairs! Drass in soom-m grane! Jahyn in, sang the refrain! Hairs tu a loovly St.Patrick’s Day fahr yew ahnd yers!
Bahst wishes! The Duj
**TRANSLATION**
Take a second on this most auspicious of holidays to turn to your loved one and say “I love you!” Spread a little cheer! Drink a couple beers! Dress in something green! Join in, sing the refrain. Here’s to a lovely St. Patrick’s Day for you and yours!
Best wishes! The Duj
