RIP Baseline Studios

I Googled "Just Blaze" the other day just to see what was good with one my all-time favorite super producers and ran into a bunch of articles about Baseline Studios recently closing. I really had no idea. Whether or not it's for the better, it's still sad to see a place so epic close down. We're talking about the place that Just Blaze made the beats for AND recorded Jay-Z's timeless classics (also for Memphis Bleek, Beanie Sigel, etc.)... the home of Roc-A-Fella!

... damn... RIP Baseline Studios.

(photo by Alexander Richter, view his "Baseline Studios: The Final Photos")

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