Reminiscing over the SP1200

The reminisce over the SP1200 at the Village Voice.

Pete Rock Everything that you ever heard from me back in the day was the SP-1200. That machine made “Reminisce” ["They Reminisce Over You (T.R.O.Y.)"], “Straighten It Out,” “Shut ‘Em Down,” “Jump Around.” When I made “Reminisce”—I had friend of mine that passed away, and it was a shock to the community. I was kind of depressed when I made it. And to this day, I can’t believe I made it through, the way I was feeling. I guess it was for my boy. When I found the record by Tom Scott, basically I just heard something incredible that touched me and made me cry. It had such a beautiful bassline, and I started with that first. I found some other sounds and then heard some sax in there and used that. Next thing you know, I have a beautiful beat made. When I mixed the song down, I had Charlie Brown from Leaders of the New School in the session with me, and we all just started crying.