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Doug E. Fresh

7 statements across 1 episodes · 1 bullish · 1 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Jun 13, 2023 by Doug E. Fresh · across every show →

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Jun 13, 2023
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Doug E. Fresh: I was the sole originator of the human beatbox
“And then when I was doing it was only me. You know, I was the beginning of this style.”
Doug E. Fresh Jun 13, 2023 ▶ 12:40 Evolve or Die: The Future of the Creative Process, Artist Authenticity, and the Value of the Music
Jun 13, 2023
Assertion Contradicted
Doug E. Fresh: No artists owned their masters in 1984 and 1985
“That's how I was able to own my masters in 8485. No artist had ownership of their masters, but I paid for my own records to be made because nobody was making the record the way I wanted to make it.”
Doug E. Fresh Jun 13, 2023 ▶ 24:30 Evolve or Die: The Future of the Creative Process, Artist Authenticity, and the Value of the Music
Jun 13, 2023
Disclosure
Doug E. Fresh never charged fellow hip-hop artists for sampling his tracks
“And a lot of artists, just for the record, a lot of fellow hip hop artists, we never charged them.”
Doug E. Fresh Jun 13, 2023 ▶ 16:03 Evolve or Die: The Future of the Creative Process, Artist Authenticity, and the Value of the Music
Jun 13, 2023
Assertion Partly supported
Doug E. Fresh recorded 'The Show' and 'La Di Da Di' at 16
“I was at Harlem World when I was 14, and then at 15 Harry Belafonte had me set up to do Beach Street. And then after that, 16 is when I made the show, and Lottie Dottie and 17 is when it came out.”
Doug E. Fresh Jun 13, 2023 ▶ 7:00 Evolve or Die: The Future of the Creative Process, Artist Authenticity, and the Value of the Music
Jun 13, 2023 negative
Insight
Doug E. Fresh: Creating a hit song you hate traps you in prison
“To me, if an artist has a hit record, And he doesn't like that record. He hates it. I think he put himself in prison for the rest of his life.”
Doug E. Fresh Jun 13, 2023 ▶ 49:51 Evolve or Die: The Future of the Creative Process, Artist Authenticity, and the Value of the Music
Jun 13, 2023 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Doug E. Fresh: Father grew up near the Marley family in Jamaica
“My family, you know, they're Jamaican, so music was a big thing with my pops, like, he lived close to where the Marley family lived back in Jamaica, so, like, you know, that was a big thing for him, music, so it kind of got passed off for me.”
Doug E. Fresh Jun 13, 2023 ▶ 2:27 Evolve or Die: The Future of the Creative Process, Artist Authenticity, and the Value of the Music
Jun 13, 2023
Assertion Supported
Doug E. Fresh: 'La Di Da Di' features zero external instruments
“The fascinating thing about the song is it's only me and him. There was nothing else in the song. There's no, I'm the beat. I'm the change, I'm the lyrics, and he's the lyrics”
Doug E. Fresh Jun 13, 2023 ▶ 15:02 Evolve or Die: The Future of the Creative Process, Artist Authenticity, and the Value of the Music
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