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Sleeve Notes1993
Born to Roll

Born to Roll

Masta Ace Incorporated · 1993
Recording

Recorded at Firehouse Studios in Brooklyn during the SlaughtaHouse and Sittin' on Chrome-era sessions. Masta Ace performed and produced the remix under his Ase One credit, recasting Jeep Ass Niguh as a bass-heavy car-system record. Released by Delicious Vinyl in 1994, it became Masta Ace Incorporated's biggest crossover single. The track reached number 23 on the Billboard Hot 100 and extended the SlaughtaHouse concept into the lowrider and booming-system imagery that shaped Sittin' on Chrome. It remains Masta Ace Incorporated's best-known single and a durable example of an East Coast artist deliberately reworking a record through West Coast car-culture sonics. Its success made the remix more visible than Jeep Ass Niguh and kept it central to Masta Ace retrospectives.

ArtistMasta Ace Incorporated
Year1993
GenreHip Hop
StudioFirehouse Studios
LabelDelicious Vinyl
ProducersAse One · Masta Ace
How curators tag this
Hip Hop100%
Sound check
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SamplesFig. B
Knowledge Me
Original Concept · 1986 · sampled
Funky Worm
Ohio Players · 1972 · sampled
Drivin' Down the Block (Low End Theory)
Kidz in the Hall · 2008 · sampled-by
Born 2 Roll
Freddie Gibbs · 2010 · sampled-by
Rollin
Curren$y · 2008 · sampled-by
Year · 1993Fig. C
Monkey Ska
Derrick Harriott · 1993
We Can Get Down
A Tribe Called Quest · 1993
Be Black Baby
Grady Tate · 1993
Put Your Handz Up
The Whooliganz · 1993
Show Me Love
Robin S · 1993
Same GenreFig. D
Ease My Mind
Arrested Development · 1994
Drop It Like It's Hot Pt. 1 (original version)
Snoop Dogg · 2015
Who's Gonna Take The Weight?
Gang Starr · 1991
I Ain't No Joke
Rakim · 1987
A Chorus Line 2000 (Remix)
The Ultramagnetic MC's · 1997
Artist · Masta Ace IncorporatedIn the Sleeve Notes
1990s
1993Born to Roll (“Jeep Ass...” remix)You are here
Undated
—Style Wars
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