Rather than sample old bass lines or drum patterns, Smith sampled snippets of dialogue from the videos and documentaries that he had watched while homesick, drawing particular inspiration, he explained on his label's YouTube page, from "Fiorucci".
I nodded while he explained, but I decided on the spot that I wouldn't catch a single bat (and didn't).
"I am a single man," he explained while on a break, "and I have a beautiful house in Morris Park in the Bronx.
"I arrived to stand in solidarity with my Chilean brothers," he explained, while nibbling on a bologna sandwich.
"Honestly, that record was the thing that saved the label, because a year ago we were going to fold because we couldn't figure out how to make money," he explained while sipping on a beer in front of Major Lazer's trailer at Coachella.
But attention and sales have steadily faded, and this month Mr. King decided to call it quits, at least for a while, explaining on his Web site that he needs to work on other, more conventional books.
He explained — while writing e-mails on his laptop — that as a chief executive and investor, he needed dependable Internet access at all times.
Mr. De Sole became hooked on sailing, he explained, while living in the United States, where he studied and practiced law, and sailed his first boat in Chesapeake Bay.
"Radio Wimbledon was a lifesaver as I was driving cross-country, so I could listen to them on my smartphone while driving," Gudris explained on email.
"I felt like some kid worked really, really hard and I inherited all of his money," he explained while making a rare TV appearance on "The Ellen Show" in April.
