How did Lord Finesse and Dre hook up for "The Message"?

[eazye]

I'm just curious how it wnet down.Cause I will find it hard to believe if Dre chose him just like that (not taking anything away from Finesse, cause he's mad tallented, and "the Message" is amongst the best songs off the album) in front of people like Pete Rock, DJ Premier, Large Professor... (I'm giving those examples because I assume he wanted an East Coast producer for that particular track)

[ABN]

dunno, maybe they just know eachother and was up in the studio togheter. they´ve must´ve gone in the studio togheter coz the beat fits the vibe of the rest of album so i doubt Dre just picked a beat.

[eazye]

Yeah, I also think it was recorded especially for the album

[Al Bundy]

whoa lord finesse and dr dre? what album is this?

[ABN]

whoa lord finesse and dr dre? what album is this?

just a little album called 2001 that sold over 10 million units WW.

[T-Dub]

ThaFormula.com - How did Lord Finesse get involved in Chronic 2001?

Hittman - Well, Mel and Lord Finesse do record shopping and all that type of thing.  So he was just around in the same circle and he just happened to play some beats, and Dre was like "Damn that shit is sick".  

http://thaformula.com/hittman_dj_ben_baller_whos_next.htm


ThaFormula.Com - How did you end up getting that track on 2001? That caught me off guard when I saw your name on that album…

Lord Finesse - Well I got on it through Mel Man. I went and played tracks for Dre. That song was a song that was on my album you know. I think Dre had walked out the room and Mel Man was like "yo you got that track?" 'Cause Mel Man loved that track. He used to call it the Chinese joint. I think Dre was out the room but I think the door opened and he must of heard it. He was telling him how crazy that track was and he asked me later on down the line, "can I get that?" I mean how you gonna tell Dre no? I said, "hell yeah you can get that, you know that's no problem." It's still an outlet, I always looked at it as an outlet of my music still getting out there even if it was on his album. So I didn't really look at it like, "nah this is my joint and you cant have it." I looked at it like "damn." I looked to do numbers with it 'cause it was an incredible track but I wasn't gonna do the numbers he was gonna do so hey you can get that. But that's how that came about.

http://www.thaformula.com/lord_finesse.htm

[Elevz]

^^ Props

[eazye]

^^ Props

[Al Bundy]

whoa lord finesse and dr dre? what album is this?

just a little album called 2001 that sold over 10 million units WW.

hot damn. i haven't listened to 2001 since vice city came out! back when I first was getting into rap. i'm gunna check it out