J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League Tells All: The Stories Behind Their Biggest Hits
By Insanul Ahmed | Sep 2, 2010 | 5:24 pm | Permalink
Lil Wayne f/ Nicki Minaj "Knockout" (2010)
Barto: "We have a good relationship with Wayne's engineer, KY. He mentioned that Wayne was doing a rock album. We didn't know if it was going to be rock guitars over rap beats or whatever. He was like, 'Nah, straight rock.' So, we were like, 'Let's do it.' When we got the call we basically got right to work. We were all picking up guitars and trying to rock out, experimenting with different genres. You can tell 'Knock Out' has a very early-2000s punk sound to it.
"We weren't bored with hip-hop because everything that we had been doing had been pretty exiting. However, we are always hungry for more. I believe we are pretty talented producers of music in general, so people might box us in because they have only heard within a certain scope of what we can do. The opportunity to have placements on a rock album was too irresistible.
"I don't believe the idea of Wayne doing a rock album was initially welcome for the most part. It's funny how people just don't have faith in you. The same people who didn't have faith and were like, 'Wayne's on a rock album? Come on!' And I'm like, 'Yeah, we're going to be on it actually.' And I get a call or a text message from the same people talking about how they were fucking with the album. It's crazy. We were on board automatically for it as soon as we heard about it. I don't care what people are going to think. Let's do it, let's make it hot. Let's contribute to the album being a success. It's just part of having a vision for it and having faith."
DJ Young CUBA September 7th, 2010 at 02:51 PM
All I can say is these dudes JUSTICE LEAGUE been deserving of whats been happenin ta them....Shout out ta the BIG Homie ROOK it's CISCO aka DJ Young CUBA i'm gunna be makin some noise to sooner then later .. BIG UP's TAMPA's JUSTICE LEAGUE!!!
DJ EZ September 7th, 2010 at 04:03 PM
This was a good interview UNTIL they started talking about "writing and arranging" the music for Maybach Music 3 and "changing the game". That was a replayed sample of Caldera - Ancient Source. You can't just sample an artist then act like you are a musical genius for coming up with it. That's not right. I love yall sound though. The music is DOPE. Just not sure why there was no credit given for MM3. It's better to give credit, then to OVER-do the self promotion and then next year it comes out in a lawsuit that it contained a sample. Keep up the good music, fellas.
Da September 7th, 2010 at 04:51 PM
ouch...i didnt even know. but yeah, uh, obvious sample. they didnt compose shit. they make good beats tho!
silent September 24th, 2010 at 09:48 PM
you dont know what the fuck your talkin about dude. they compose everything they do. read a fuckin xxl why dontcha!!!!
nigga plz September 8th, 2010 at 02:30 AM
change the game? GTFOH. go make some hot dog music u fat asses
silent September 24th, 2010 at 09:50 PM
another one. look stop hating because you guys are telemarketers with a rap dream. get off they dick, and get a real career you fuckin cocksucker!!!
smcj September 8th, 2010 at 07:29 PM
wow u hate on people but took time out ur day to read the whole thing lmfaf nigga plz u stupid
DJ EZ September 10th, 2010 at 12:06 AM
And now YOU'RE hating on people's OPINIONS!
DJ EZ September 10th, 2010 at 12:08 AM
I take that back. Dude really was hating with the fat comment.
REAL September 11th, 2010 at 07:15 AM
ANY PRODUCTION TEAM THAT SWAGGER JACKS AS HARD AS THEM DESERVES NO PRAISE WHAT SO EVER!!! GO CREATE YA OWN SHIT AND GET OFF THE NIGGA DICK U BEEN RIDING 4EVER!!
silent September 24th, 2010 at 10:04 PM
you fuckin fags make me sick!!!!! embrace these niggaz for getting out of the hood and makin something of themselves!!!!!! stop hatin, show some love, or go to another site and comment on the niggaz that you like to listen to. you dont like J.L.?,... FUCK OFF!!!!!
DJ EZ September 28th, 2010 at 07:07 PM
LOL. So which member are you?
DurteKash718 September 13th, 2010 at 04:50 AM
Yo THem Niggahz iz Nice as well 1500 or nothing and after that is us FeDeRaL Notez Productions outta flatbush brooklyn aka the kush Real Talk Ya'll We produced,arrange,compose,Record,song writers as well we play several instruments Check Us Out On www.facebook.com/federalnotezproductions Big shout out to the justice league & 1500 or nothing - STOP HATING ON NIGGAHZ THAT"S ILL THN U IF UR FAULT THAT U LISTEN TO THE RADIO & U CAN"T BE CREATIVE & ORIGinal ! .....DK718 of the NoTeZ !
kedordu September 14th, 2010 at 03:38 AM
I RESPECT THESE GUYS BUT DJ QUIK HAS BEEN MAKING THIS KINDA MUSIC AND HAS GROWN OFF IT . ''OH WELL'', ''THE DIVORCE SONG '' , ''EL DEBARGE INTERLUDE'' ALL OF QUIK GROOVE SERIES . BOMB BUD 2, ''I WANNA SEE'', , TIP TOE REPRISE ,PUSSY MEDLEY REPRISE, ETC SINCE 92 .