THE ULTIMATE GUIDE TO LORD BEATJITZU [page 1]

BEFORE YOU GO ANY FURTHER...

"my process is smoke some weed,
get the vinyl and karate flix out,
and start slicin and dicin!"

"If it wasnt for DOOM or MADLIB id still be doin the same ol boring production!
These guys are like the JOHN COLTRANE and ORNETTE COLEMEN of HIPHOP!"

"THE GREATEST SAMPLER IN THE WORLD IS YOUR BRAIN"

"The 404 best friend is a big sack of hindu kush!!"

CONTENTS

01 - Videos
xx - Contents
02 - Aliases
03 - Bio
04 - Equipment aka Weaponz
05 - Source Material
06 - Related Artists
07 - Bandcamp Tapes You Can Still Download For Free
08 - Wordz From The Man Himself
09 - Cassette Tape History
10 - MySpace Era
11 - Beat Tape Discography [126, including cassette and vinyl only]
12 - Grilchy Era
13 - YouTube Era
14 - Production Work

ALIASES (in rough chronological order)

• 5 Element Ninja

• I Ching Da Scientist

• Beatjitzu Clan

• Blue Dragon Sect

• Buddhist Dragon

• Lord Beatjitzu

• Mazinga

• Lords of the Lo-Fi

• Temple of Beatjitzu

• OL DIRTY NINJA

• MR. TAPE HISS

• KING COBRA

• TAPE HISS KING

• Bruce Li

• Shogun Warriors

• SPACECRATEZ

• Mazinga-Z

• Godz of Wudang

• Blackbelt Jones vs. King of Kong

• Billy Mitchell

• MAZINGA KUSH GROOVE

• Billyjitzu

• Godz of Wutang

• BZA

• GODFREY HO

• L.P. DA CRATEDIGGA

• MAZINGA-303

• GORDON DA LO-FI NINJA

• CROWN CHAKRA

• SUPREME NINJA

• MAZINGA404

• WUDANG NINJAZ

• LORD KYOSHIRO

• JIM KELLY

• PROFESSOR TANG WU

• HAWAIIAN PUNCH

• DONG KONG

• LOFI NEEDLEZ

• SP CRATEZ

• SUPREME NINJAH

• WUTANG WIZARD 吴堂巫师

• CHAKA CHEWBAKA

• VOLTRON

• Lorenzo "Digitron" Ferrari

• DIGITRON

BIO

LORD BEATJITZU is a beatmaker originally from Mexico City D.F. who stays studying and constantly honing his craft. Extremely reclusive and low key, he is known strictly through sparse collaborations and various beat tapes which he has put out online posting in various forums such as SP Forums and Wu-Tang Corp, starting in 2006 with Beatjitzu Vol. 1 (released under the name 5 Element Ninja). Since then, armed with SP-404s, 202s, and all types of other equipment, together with Wu-Tang kung fu flicks and Wu-Tang records, Beatjitzu has grown a substantial cult following by putting out over 100 beat tapes and collaborations under an innumerable amount of known and unknown aliases. Beatjitzu is unique in his ability to completely alter his production style depending on which character he is presenting and each character has their own cult followings.

From 2016-2020 Beatjitzu would release a series of limited cassette tapes with Asgard Records, Sacred Jade Palace and Tree Demon Tapes ending in 2020 with "Wu-Tang Gadgetry". He then moved to strictly vinyl projects releasing his first full length vinyl release ever "Bruce Li in Beat Kune Do" via Grilchy Party in 2020. According to Grilchy Party head honcho MarQ Spekt, "Beat Kune Do" was actually going to be Beatjitzu's very last project. His previous tape release "Wu-Tang Gadgetry" was also released by Asgard Records as "Beatjitzu's last ever beat tape" and though no more cassettes have dropped since, MarQ would urge LBJ straight away for the concepts to his next projects which ultimately would lead to LBJ not retiring at all (will he ever? surely NOT!). So, joining with Grilchy he would fully produce the album "Perverted & Drunken" for Clever 1 of Da Buze Bruvaz: artists who were no stranger to rhyming over Beatjitzu tracks. Continuing forward, he then would drop "Bruce Li's Greatest Punches" and "Mazinga!" which along with Beat Kune Do were mostly greatest hits of his past beat tapes that fans were lucky to now be able to own on vinyl. In 2022 he released "A Night With Phyllis Dilla At The Congo Bongo Casino Resort And Spa". His physical releases are all sold out and are all heavily sought after by collectors.

Throughout his entire career Beatjitzu has dropped beat tape after beat tape online, usually for free, even during the physical era (2016-now). Originally posting on MySpace, then dropping Megaupload (etc.) links on forums, and then moving onto Bandcamp and SoundCloud. LBJ's habit of deleting pretty much every beat or beat tape he's ever posted online makes for collecting his digital collection just as difficult as the physicals! Coming in at over 124 tapes though, a number which doesn't even include collaborations.... it is a hard feat to ask.

In 2022 he vowed to make 404 beats using only the SP404 and using only samples from his own physical collection. Continuing in the same vein as he has through his whole career (note that he has made this vow twice before and other vows aswell!) he would delete his Bandcamp in June 2022 having released 222 of them to the public.

EQUIPMENT aka WEAPONZ

• SP-202

• SP-303

• SP-404

• SP-404sx

• SP-404 MKII

• MPC 2000xl

• ASR-10

• Numark PT01

• PO-33

• Korg Volca Sample

• Korg Volca Sample 2

• Korg Volca Keys

• Yamaha DX7

• Digitakt

• Roland P6

SOURCE MATERIAL

DON'T FORGET, NO YOUTUBE DIGGING. STRICTLY VINYL ONLY!! LORD BEATJITZU TEACHES US ONLY THE BEST !!!

Wu-Tang acapellas

I could do an entire section on the Ol' Dirty Bastard but I will keep it to just the Clan. There are entire tapes dedicated to specific members (GZA and Method Man being two others) but ODB has a special place in LBJ's repertoire. Even on the most random tapes you'll hear a random ODB clip. This documentary featurette from the "Free To Be Dirty Live" DVD which was always a favourite of mine is also heavily utilised.

RZA and Ghostface are the next two voices you will hear most after ODB.

The rest of the Clan all make appearances aswell, as well as many Killa Beez.

KUNG FU FLICKS

Primarily anything also used by the Wu-Tang Clan

Mostly stuff with Yuen Siu-tien who played Sam Seed aka the Old Dirty Bastard.

Peace to Rubber Legs too

Playlist link if you're so inclined

BRUCE LI

A treasure trove of Bruce Lee copycat films from the late 70s early 80s

JIM KELLY

Jim Kelly flicks, namely Black Belt Jones

NINJA TERMINATOR (1985)

This film is sampled so much it's insane.

Mostly under his Supreme Ninja alias but also Gordon Da Lo-Fi Ninja and even on the Wu-Cult Killahz tape!

The "SUPREME NINJA!" line is used over and over and even used (bitten lol) by other artists like MUJO.

You can also find here the legendary line: "We have to reform the ninja empire"

And the infamous Garfield Phone that has graced some of the artwork for his tapes.

Billy Mitchell / Chasing Ghosts (2006) / King Of Kong (2007)  /Videogames

For his Mazinga / Billyjitzu aliases he uses a lot of interviews with videogame legend/crook Billy Mitchell and from the films mentioned

Soundbites from Pac-Man and other games aswell taken from the docs.

Mazinger TV show

Sampled for releases under the Mazinga alias

Joey Diaz once did some skits as "Joey Karate"

Mostly used on Ol Dirty Loops aka Raiderz of Wutang

Reggae samples

Lots of soundclash samples aswell as interviews from Lee "Scratch" Perry and Bob Marley

Bruce Li In Jamaica is a great introduction to this

Related artists

the whole SP-Forums.com crew!!

• Lord Zero aka Bastard Sword - LBJ featured on his '06 album, he also produced on some of LBJ's earliest tapes

• Bolo Yeung - produced half of LBJ's Shanghai Showdown '09 tape

• THEGREENDUTCH - appears on the TDT Shaolin vs Wudang split tape

• SENJU aka SENJUGLITCH - Dong Kong has some beats on SENJU's "Purple Rare Gemz" which is the B-Side on this TDT tape release

• Sensei Himself aka Tuxedo Kamen aka Walter Day - appears on Twin Galaxies beat tapes, once considered to be LBJ himself but this was just a misconception and resulted in DTCPU's "Tuxedo Kamen Mixtape" mix from 2009 which is a mix of LBJ beats only

• CULP aka Culprit aka SZA aka Steve "WONDERSWAN303" Wiebe aka Riki 2oh2 - produced the B side of Wu-Cult Killahz and appears on Twin Galaxies beat tapes

• DPEEE aka DP aka Roy "Mr. Awesome" Schildt - appears on Twin Galaxies beat tapes

• DTCPU aka Brian "The Prodigy" Kuh aka DTZoo - appears on Twin Galaxies beat tapes

• DONGOLDMAN - appears on Twin Galaxies beat tapes

• Mr. Mumblz fka Casanova Wong - appears on Twin Galaxies beat tapes

• Vingthor The Hurler & Asgard Records

• The Jade Palace Guard / Jade Palace (Sneed & Locksmith)

• Sneed The Jade Badger 獾

• Deepcrates

• Chief Bob aka Prob Tec/Probotector aka Bleeding Face

SIMILAR STYLES aka IMITATORS / WANNABES:

• MUJO情 aka Joey Tai / Hwang Jang Lee

• Backshot Entertainment

• Ninja Fatimass aka Dirty Drunken Ninja aka Low Raw aka Jah Fatim

• Lord Motuidee aka Dirty Lo-Kong / Lo-Fi Wizardz / Shaolin Deadly Venoms / Invincible Ninja / God Beatninja

• General Invincible aka Polo Yeung [fairly sure Motuidee and Invicible are the same person but not 100%]

• Deadly Elegance aka Kabuki Ninja Lo-Fi aka The Instructor 202 / Ninja Empire 202 / Ninja Detractor 404 / Ninja Masters 202 / Ninja Squad 202 / Tsang Kong Wah 202 / Shinobi Terrorist 224 / Νίντζα Βρυκόλακες 303 / Master Class 404 / The Black Cougar Ninja 404 / Blind Recluse 404 / Kenichi Mitsuba 404 aka Professor Shinobino 404 / Unholy Masters Of Terror / Violent Wu Sorcerer / Cruel Illusion / Kukai The Monk / King Ninja / Rudolph Cheung aka Drug Kingpin Ruddolph / Z-Grade Ninjahhh / Le Pendu 542 / [Άυλος 542 / Aylos 542]

• Jisah aka JZAWU aka JZA

• GODFINGAZ aka Ghostface Ninja aka Supa Finga aka Mechafingaz aka Yakuza Supreme!! - more recent kung fu/SP beatmaker

sidenotes about some of these artists:

• Lord Motuidee actually did the artwork for some of LBJ's beat tapes: on one of them everything is the same except the artist and album name lol

• Backshot Entertainment actually released two tapes as Godz of Wutang but LBJ has confirmed that they're not his works

• There are also at least three or four times where LBJ mentions both MUJO and Lord Motuidee in his release post threads aswell as other SP natives

• Kabuki Ninja LoFi also dropped Secret Manuscript 202 which is all samples from Ninja Terminator. Definitely LBJ influenced

• Although he is in this section he is a part of this TDT release along with Green Dutch and Spearman, credited as "Deadly Elegance"

as for MUJO...

"Yo MUJO a VS tape is never gonna happen!
How you gonna battle Me with a Style that Aint yours?!?!
I repeat MUJO is not LORD BEATJITZU!
THERE CAN ONLY BE ONE!!!!"

MCs

Most notable MCs to spit over LBJ beats: Thirstin Howl III, Killarmy, Dom Pachino, Cappadonna and Verbal Kent

Others include:

• Maximus Da Mantis

• Menes The Pharaoh

• Basement Dwellaz

• Lone Ninja

• Graveyard Shifter, Cliffbanga & the FWL cats

• Caper

• Apakalypse

• Apreme

• Don Def

• Golden Swords

• Da Buze Bruvaz (Clever One & Him-Lo)

• Invincible Temple

• Dueling Experts

• Ancient Wind Society

BANDCAMP TAPES YOU CAN STILL DOWNLOAD FOR FREE

• BASTARD SWORD & LORD BEATJITZU - DISCIPLES OF THE TENG DYNASTY (2007)

• LORD BEATJITZU - KWANTUNG CONNECTION (2008)

• Lord Beatjitzu - Dirty Tape AKA Shaolin Dolemite (2009)

• BASTARD SWORD & BRUCE LI - DISCIPLES OF THE TENG DYNASTY 2 (2011)

• BASTARD SWORD & BRUCE LI - DISCIPLES OF THE TENG DYNASTY 3 (2013)

• L.P. DA CRATEDIGGA - BLUNTED ON LOOPS VOL.1 (2014)

• L.P. DA CRATEDIGGA - BLACK BELT LOOPS (2014)

• MAZINGA404 - UFO OVER INDIA (2014)

• LORD BEATJITZU - WHITE CANE BEGGA (2022)

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