Chill Will F.T.E. - Masterpeace 2
Harlem's own shows love to his fellow mixtape DJs.
Chill Will From The Eastside was one of the premier innovators in the NYC mixtape world, incorporating 4-track mixing into his tapes early on. He was a major inspiration to his peers—in fact, within the pages of Do Remember!, DJ Green Lantern cites Chill Will tapes as being instrumental in exposing him to the creative options working with a 4-track could unlock.
That creativity shined bright specifically throughout Chill Will’s Masterpeace series. Here he is talking about the first Masterpeace tape, and what set it apart from his other work:
Chill Will: There was so much stuff on that cassette. I had blends, I was rapping, I was producing. I had R&B, reggae, hip-hop. So that’s what created a “Masterpeace,” and I just stuck with it. Masterpeaces have more blends, more production—they’re more creative.
But what he did with the next tape in his Masterpeace series was groundbreaking. Here’s the man himself talking about his approach to Masterpeace 2, and how he brought in fellow mixtape DJs from around his way to contribute to the tape:
Chill Will: I was one of the first DJs to put a slew of other DJs on one mixtape. You got Ron G, Showtime, Action Pac, Ted Smooth—these were brothers in their prime starting to get up. I took my time and worked with Black Rob, G. Dep, Loon, but I also saw vision in the DJs. I said, “Let me put these DJs on Masterpeace 2 and showcase the great DJs of today.” It was just love.
Big respect to Chill Will! Check out his interview inside “The Skills” chapter of Do Remember! for more.
Stream Masterpeace 2 below, and stay tuned for more 50 TAPES posts as we celebrate the release of Do Remember! The Golden Era of NYC Hip-Hop Mixtapes, out now via Rizzoli.
Chill Will F.T.E. - Masterpeace 2