Philly Producer Rolled Gold Meticulously Breaks Down A Different Cloth, Vol. 3 Beat/Remix-tape (All-around Breakdown)

Beat-twisting Philly producer and multi-instrumentalist Harry Metz AKA Rolled Gold is one of our personal favorite Hip-Hop/Hip-Hop-adjacent artists and has been for the past few years. I believe, we've covered nearly everything he's released since 2016's Rolled Gold & Uncle Crimson: The Great Fallback EP. Metz's beats and Jazz/Soul-indebted compositions are often comparable to the works of Madlib, J Dilla & DOOM, as well as Motown, Stax & Philly Internation Records' gold-dipped back catalogs. Rolled Gold's recent body of work, maybe, within the past year or two, is even vastly different than his earlier works; he's recruited a talented cast of characters (including himself) to record a nearly endless vault of original material, which he's then, able to freely go back and meticulously chop, sample, edit, incorporate, etc. to even newer and more original compositions! A Different Cloth, Vol. 3 is the third and final installment in a beat/remix-tape series Rolled Gold launched earlier this year.

It's "equally as groovy, cinematic, and versatile" as the previous two A Different Cloth installments, attests a recent press release. Vol. 3 features vocal appearances throughout from frequent Rolled Gold collaborators Rapper OHM, Uncle Crimson, Visto, Uncle Crimson, Visto, Tylar Montgomery, and Boogieman Dela. It, also, features sampled "appearances" from Dante AKA Uncle Crimson, Margel The Sophant, and Samuel Metz, amongst others. Rolled Gold himself was kind enough to gift us with a comprehensive track-by-track breakdown on the creation/making-of A Different Cloth, Vol. 3, which you can find below the break, along with each track from the EP. Rolled Gold's A Different Cloth, Vol. 1-3 are now available to stream, download, or purchase from your digital streaming platform of choice. I would strongly recommend these releases for fans of Dilla, DOOM & Madlib, as well as "live" Hip-Hop artists, such as The Roots, Jurassic 5 & Brownout.


Sincerely,

Matt "The Witzard" Horowitz
Beats & Pretzel Enthusiast

No.1: "This was the first beat I made in May, after I hadn't made any music for months (before I dropped [A Different Cloth] Vol. 2) Also, the first night I drank alcohol or smoked weed after a month of sobriety, so it def has a groovy/Funky vibe. I played all the instruments while Dante (Uncle Crimson) was sitting there drawing 'n' sh*t. Also, it fit well as the intro because it sounds good fading in after the last song of Vol. 2 fades out."


No.2: "This is the third flip of a sample I made last year, (the second flip is "Incredible Bul" from [A Different Cloth] Vol. 1) and the first flip isn't released yet. Margel The Sophant played some keys on the sample, but I didn't credit these versions 'cuz it's barely detectable and I played more keys over it. OHM's raps are from his song "Step By Step" off a project I engineered and mixed for him called N-Luv Whiff An Air Sign."


No.3: "Fall Back Comfortably" is, also, a second flip of a sample I made the previous year that my brother [Samuel Metz] played piano on (also, didn't credit it because it's reversed and undetectable.) Uncle Crimson's verse should be released soon on his Chizi Tape that is long overdue, some of the songs were written damn near 10 years ago."


No.4: "Floatin'" is a sample I made entirely myself and I was, obviously, going for a Middle Eastern/Jewish vibe lol. Visto's acapella is from "Wrong Floor," same track I remixed on "Bird Doctor" off my ADC1."


No.5: "S.R.S. Manzenem" is a shout-out to Serious Rap Sh*t Podcast and the actual shout-out is Uncle Crimson, also, off the Chizi Tape. Also, a second flip of a sample I created last year with a little vocal chop from Tylar Montgomery (featured on "Hues of The Evening" off ADC2.)"


No.6: "Clarity," another second flip of a sample I made this year, features Tylar's vocals from her upcoming release that I'm producing, engineering, and mixing myself. Visto's acapella is from a recording we did a few years ago for his song I produced called "Just Because." I just dug [through] the acapella recording and used parts he didn't use on that song; plus, they felt really inspirational to me as I was finishing up this project and they fit well with Tylar's lyrics."


No.7: "What I Can't Do" is a remix of Boogieman Dela's "Bring Me Down," which I consider the best song I've produced to date. It concludes the the series well on a sentimental, yet motivational, note and ends with the same birds chirping as the first song of the series, "Sidewalk Crax." Also, I cut the remix short, hopefully, leaving the listening hanging enough to stay tuned for whatever's next. Also, I'm considering getting vinyl pressed for the series, in which case, I'd cut the second volume in half, so the first 11 tracks are on Side A and the second 10 are on Side B... but we'll see how that goes, maybe, early next year."