Noteworthy - I'm the Proud Owner of a Piece of History #187

Tonight I met up with someone I hadn't seen since April when I had just got back from L.A. I met this awesome dude one night through a mutual friend who said we should tag along to his gig. For the sake of story cohesion we'll call my awesome friend Joe. Turns out Joe is an amazing lyricist and has mad rapping skills. I was in awe. Except I may have been a little too intimidated by Joe and never really kept up the stream of contact. Fast forward nearly 2 months and I get a direct message on twitter saying we should catch up. I think to myself yeah sure, why not? Unfortunately, or fortunately some would say, Joe wasn't able to meet up the past few days. I thought he must be super busy. Tonight I get a message saying, "What are you doing?". I replied, "Going down to Union Square to hang with the crazy people." He sends back a txt, "I'm recording some tracks at the moment you should drop by the studio". Excited at the possibility of hearing music, and being in a real studio, I txt back immediately with the word, "Directions". Joe txts back with the directions and drops it in there that P-Diddy has also used that studio. By this time my excitement is off the chain. 

I head down to the theatre district and make my way to the studio. I find myself at the address which is just a giant locked glass door. Slightly confused I press the buzzer and Joe comes down to meet me. We go upstairs, down a creepy black corridor, past a few other studios and end up in a huge room with a giant mixing desk. The studio was indescribable - it's the type of 'cool' that can only be replicated in America. Joe shows me what he's been working on and we talk about life for about an hour. Such fun. As it's time to leave I notice that there were a bunch of records boxed up. I asked what was happening to them. Another guy said they were going out in the trash. I quickly interjected with my biggest and most pleading smile, "Can I have one?".
"Sure," he said, "Take as many as you want".
I think my response was something like, "No freaking way!"
For fear of looking too uncool I grabbed a few that were on top. To me it wasn't about the artists on the records but perhaps who had used these records as samples. I like to think Diddy used them, or Kanye possibly sampled them, or maybe they were used on Jay-Z's American Gangster. Either way I'm stoked. I've got a piece of history, Bitch! 


Peace, Morgs