As we prepare for J-Rocc to take stage alongside fellow turntablist Cut Chemist this weekend as part of our Rhythm Weekender here is a little entrée to get you in the mood for the weekends festivities...

“If you’re familiar with J. Rocc first and foremost as a DJ – or more accurately, one of the best DJs on this here Planet Earth – no one can exactly blame you. Since co-founding the renowned Beat Junkies turntablist crew in ’92, the Los Angeleno’s destroyed sets wherever steel wheels spin – clubs, radio, mix-tapes, and live shows (having backed Madlib in concert since the early ’00s, as well as Madlib and J Dilla when the two performed together as Jaylib). However, this past April, J. also exhibited himself to be a damn formidable producer, dropping an excellent and long overdue debut album, Some Cold Rock Stuf (Stones Throw), that proved his time hangin’ with Otis Jackson and James Yancey was obviously well spent. With so much knowledge and appreciation for the construction and deconstruction of tracks in the “Funky President’s” sphere it was only right that we contact his office to request an address of his all-time top sample flips“.