It opens with 40 seconds of seamlessly mixed portions of the song it samples from, then perfectly segues into a beat that flips the original track into something fractured and gorgeous.Įach button below plays a half-second sample from "I Can't Stand (To See You Cry)" by The Escorts (1974), itself a cover of The Whatnauts' "I Can't Stand to See You Cry" (1973). "Don't Cry" does one of my favorite things in hip hop production: it lays bare its own materials. Read it.) The book got me listening to Donuts again, and in particular I picked up on "Don't Cry". (My brief review: it's a great book, technical while remaining accessible. I was inspired reading Jordan Ferguson's book about Donuts, J. Note: the interactive content on this page only works in Chrome and Safari (desktop/mobile) for now.
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