1. Luke Kelly
2. Depeche Mode
3. Jamal
4 "To The Beat Ya'll"
5. Jody Watley
6. Doland D & Ice T
7. " Try To Do Me "
8. " Pillow Talk "
9. " Bob George "
10. " Dancing Machine "
11. Johnny Osbourne
12. Wild Cherry
13. " Chatter Box "
14. " Russian Roulette "
15. Charlie Parker All Stars
16. " Lucifer "
17. " Come On Lets Kick It "
18. Two Live Crew
19. "I Need Your Loving "
20. " Superstition "
21. Deep Heat
22. " Juss Cool "
23. " Caveman Boogie "
24. The Maytals
25. " Mr. Machine "
26. Newcleus
27. Q-Tip
LOU HAD THE BRUSH LIGHT ROLLING SNARES AND HORN DOWN AT THIS POINT , NOT MUCH TO SAY EXCEPT ITS A VIBES FOR DANCING FEET CLASSIC.
YA CAN CHOP IT , LOOP IT , STAB IT , THE SAMPLE JUST HAS ACRES OF SPACE IN ITS SOUND THAT HAS BEEN FLIPPED SOFT , MEDIUM AND HARD.
ANOTHER CLASSIC SAMPLE FROM LOU WAS " POT BELLY " WHICH ALSO GOT MURDERED BY THE EMERGING NATIVE TONGUES AND FELLOW STONER HIP HOP PRODUCERS.
ENJOY.
IT'S YOUR THING.
CHECK THE SICK DJ CUTS ON A NICE LONG INTRO
THATS NOT ALL AND THATS NOT IT......THIS BREAK HAS BEEN ON MORE TRACKS THAN A SMACK HEAD....BUT YA CAN DIG AND DIG AND DIG.......
IF YA A HIP HOP / BREAKS / SOUL HEAD JANUARY'S TIME OF THE MONTH MIGHT TICKLE YOUR EARS IN A NICE WAY.
SO BEEN A NICE START TO THE YEAR FOR ME AND THE DJ TING.......IT JUST GOT BETTER AS I HAVE BEEN ASKED TO OPEN FOR THE RUBBER BANDITS , HATE THEM OF LOVE EM THEY THE BIGGEST THING ON THIS ISLAND IN A MINUTE.
HERE'S THIS MONTHS MIX A JOURNEY FROM SOUL , 90'S NECK BREAKERS OF THE HIP HOP VARIETY , SOME TOASTY REGGAE AND A SPLASH OF BAD MAN DANCEHALL.
THE WEST COAST ESP. DR. DRE LOVED THIS BREAK , IT COULD BE SAID THAT IT WAS THE WEST COASTS " APACHE " .
IN MY CLOUDY MIND I WOULD GUESS EVERY FORTY THAT WAS CRACKED OPEN AT A PARTY ON THE WEST COAST WAS DONE TO THIS TRACK , AT NEARLY 10 MINUTES EVEN A NOVICE COULD ROLL A PHATTY AND BE BLASTED BY THE MAIN SAMPLING POINT , THEN THE MAGIC KICKS IN........AROUND 7.15 MARK BUT THE START BEEN NICKED TO BIT'S TOO....
FIRE WAN UP FOR THE MIGHTY PIMP MACHINE THAT WAS MISTER...
BY 1987 - 1988 THE HIP HOP CAT WAS WELL AND TRUELY OUT OF THE BAG , SAMPLING WAS EXPLODING FOR A WHOLE MESS OF REASONS AND THE KIDDS WHERE GOING SAMPLING CRAZY , SAMPLING EVERYTHING THEY COULD GET THEIR HANDS ON.
WITHIN A TWO YEAR PERIOD THE SAMPLING GAME WAS ABOUT GETTING OLD AZZ SAMPLES , OBSCURE SHEEETTT BUT FOR A SHORT TIME KNICKING A PRESENT BIG TUNE WAS DA NORM.
HIP HOP HAD ( ON VINYL AT LEAST ) STARTED TO BE NON NEW YORK BASED AND ONE OF THE FIRST CITIES TO MAKE AN EUROPEAN SMASH WAS WASHINGTON'S " GO-GO " SOUND.
( I'LL STRETCH THE POINT BY THROWING IN THAT IT COULD BE AGRUED THAT THE FUTURE GROOVE OF HOUSE / TRANCE / TRIBAL TECHNO TOOK NOTES FROM GO-GO WITH ITS RIDD-MIC LOCKED GROOVE EFFECT )
GO-GO BLEW UP AND THEN VANISHED..........ONE OF THE MANY STYLES THAT HIP HOP EMBRACED AND DISCARDED IN ITS MISSION FOR THE NEW THING.... HIP HOUSE , SWING BEAT , HIPPY HOP ETC......
I DO REMEMBER SOMETHING ABOUT A RATHER SUPERB DOC ON THE WASHINGTON GO-GO SCENE AND WHAT THE HELL WENT WRONG.....AND IN COMPILING THIS POST I REMEMBERED " I WANT TO SEE THAT FILM "....IF I FIND ANY INFO WILL POST HERE.
HERE ARE A SELECTION OF TAKER'S
CUTTING AND SCRATCHING ( YOU WOULDN'T HAVE A CHANCE OF GETTTING THIS TUNE PAST DEMO STAGE WITH THE AMOUNT OF SAMPLES ON HERE )
IF YA TENDER ABOUT LYRICS............AVOID
DOUBLE POST HERE OF THE SAME TUNE ( U.K'S ANSWER TO STEINSKI'S LESSONS 1-3 )
2ND POST INCLUDED AS IT FEATURES FOOTAGE OF THE LEGENDARY WILD BUNCH PARTY SCENE CIRCA 87.....RARE GROOVE , HIP HOP , BREAKS AND BEATS WERE ALL FUSING AND THIS WAS THE LAST STEP BEFORE THE EXPLOSION OF RAVING.
ACTUALLY F_CK IT.....IN DOING THESE BREAKS POSTS I FIND OTHER STUFF UNRELATED / RELATED TO THE TITLE SUBJECT AND THESE YOKES ARE STRANGLEY ADDICITIVE VIEWING WILL BE POSTING THEM ON MY BLOG www.thebeautyofnothing.blogspot.com ( TOO MUCH RESIZING TO DOUBLE BOMB HERE )
A PERSONAL FAV OF THE SWING BEAT ERA ( ITS THE DRUM SAMPLE LOOP BUT THE JAMES BROWN GUITAR EQ'S IT OUT )
88 WAS A BIG YEAR FOR THIS SAMPLE , HIP HOP WAS ABOUT WRITING LYRICS ABOUT YOUR DJ..........HOW TIMES HAVE CHANGED.
ACTUALLY THIS WHOLE TREAD IS GOING SIDEWAYS TODAY.......MUST BE THE EFFECT OF RIHANNA FANS WHO VERBALLY ASSAULTED ME LAST WEEK.
OK IF YA EVER BEEN DIGGING AROUND YOUTUBE FOR DJ / HIP HOP RELATED THINGS YOU MAY HAVE COME ACROSS THIS GUY.
SO LETS GET STRAIGHT TO THE POINT...IT IS SO EASY TO RIP ON THIS GUY............I MEAN MEGA EASY.....BUT THATS TOO SIMPLISTIC I SAY FAIR BALL TO DUDE , HE LOVES HIS FUNK AND YES I'D LOVE TO HEAR HIM LIVE......NOT FOR SKILLZ ETC ( HE MAY HAVE KILLER SKILLZ BUT SO FAR I CAN'T TELL ) BUT HE F_CKING LOVES HIS MUSIC AND HAS MORE ENEGRY THEN A NUCLEAR POWER STATION AND IF I WAS 13 - 15 AND GETTING INTO HIP HOP , THIS CAT WOULD BE A SOURCE OF OF TONNE OF INFO THAT A MERE 10 YEARS AGO COULD HAVE TAKEN YEARS TO GATHER.
HE'S GOT TONNES OF VIDEOS AND IF NOTHING ELSE THEY ARE ALWAYS GOOD FOR VIEWING / LISTENING TOO WHILST SMOKING A BAG OF KRACK.
HIS CHANNEL IS HERE http://www.youtube.com/user/funktuall
AND AFTER THAT ABOVE WHATS THE POINT IN FLIPPING MORE TROUBLE FUNK " LETS GET SMALL " BASED TUNES.
Teknizzel a.k.a. Ciaran Wilkinson from Cork has set up a pretty sweet little podcast, with 2 installments so far. Ep.1 called the "Hard Stuff" is full with up to date hip hop from acts such as Elzhi, Jay Electronica, Oddisse, DJ Spinna, Scarface and many more. Installment number 2 entitled "The Soul Stuff" is laced with enuff classic soul to motivate Clayton Bigsby to at least do the two step. Tek spins classics from Al Green, The Five Stairsteps, Nina Simone and many others. Both mixes are well worth checking and subscribe here so u don't miss any future mixes from Ciaran.
A SAMPLE IS A SAMPLE..............BUT THERE IS SOMETHING ABOUT HIS GEM........THE PATTERN WOULD BE A STANDARD IN REGGAE & DUB BUT THERE IS SOMETHING ABOUT THE " AIR " ON THIS ONE.
HI- RECORDS WAS A ROCK-A-BILLY & SOUL LABEL FOUNDED IN MEMPHIS IN 57........LIKE MANY A LABEL OF THE TIME THEY HAD THERE OWN STUDIO......BLAH BLAH BLAH......LIKE THE METERS THERE IS JUST SOMETHING ABOUT THE ROOM ESP IN THE EARLY 70'S....IT COULD BE THE MIC'S , IT COULD BE THE DESK , IT COULD BE ANY NUMBER OF THINGS BUT PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING RECORDED THERE HAS THAT "SOUND" AND LIKE ALOT OF SOUL , FUNK , REGGAE AND ROCK STUDIOS.....WHEN THEY GOT SOME SUCESS THEY BOUGHT NEW GEAR...........AND IT SEEMS THAT "SOUND" VANISHED.....BUT FROM THE MID 90'S TIL PRESENT DAY ( MARK RONSON , DAP KINGS , THE ROOTS ).........EVERYONE TRYING TO CAPTURE " THAT SOUND"....LESSON NEVER THROW ANYTHING OUT AND IGNORE ADVANCES IN ANYTHING ...AND STRIP NAKED AND GET DOWN WITH DA FUNK.
SO DOPE I STOLE DAT ......SECTION.
THE FIRST TRACK THAT GOT MY YOUNG MIND THINKING " WHAT THE FU_K I NEED THAT 12 MORE THEN AIR ITSELF............" THEN A FEW YEAR'S LATER THE DRUMS I LOVED TO DEATH I DISCOVERED WHERE A " SAMPLE " THEN I NEEDED THE ORIGINAL TUNE.........SO THERE I AM ON MY YELLOW WALKMAN WALKING AROUND DA TWO FOUR ( FOR LIFE BIIIICCCCTTTTTTTHHHHHH ) ROCKING OUT TO MISTER " I CAN'T GET INTO THEM PANT'S BY SINGING A MENU TO YA...EXCEPT I AM PROMISED TO GOD " AL GREEN.
PROB THE LAY-MAN'S & LADIES INTRODUCTION TO THIS TIME-PIECE.
FUNNY SIDE STORY TO THIS ONE
A DUDE I'VE KNOWN YEARS ( HE MOSTLY A WELL ROUNDED HARDCORE , GARAGE ,PUNK FELLA BUT HE BURNS THE BROWN SQUIGGY ) HADN'T SEEN HIM FOR AGE'S THEN OUT OF THE BLUE I GET A TEXT......ALONG THE LINES OF
" EH.WHAATTTTTTAAAAA THE F_CK..........FOUND A 2ND HAND CD TODAY....MELLOW MELLOW SOEMTHING OF F_CKING OTHER ....WHAT THE F_CK .....MASSIVE ATTACKS FIRST ALBUM IS ALL F_CKING NICKED........THEY JUST TOOK LARGE CHUNKS OF BARRY " I AM THE WARLUS " WHITE .... AND F_CKING TONNES OF OTHER SH_T.....AND WORSE STILL THE ORIGINALS ARE BETTER ......NEXT TIME I SEE YOU I AM GOING TO KNOCK THE SH_T OUT OF YOU FOR NOT INSISTING I LISTENED TO AL GREEN BEFORE ......YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED....LOVE & PUNCHES R___________"
MOST SLEPT ON CELEBRATED CLASSIC EVER..................MAYBE.
RELAX TAKE NOTES
FROM MAINSTREAM TO UNDERGROUND THIS SAMPLE SUITS EM ALL.....FIRST OF THE SINGLE SHOT'S
SINGLE SHOT'S PART II
I DIDN'T SWEAT HER
BIGGIE LOVED IT SO MUCH HE DID AT LEAST 3 TRACKS TO IT .........FLIPPED SWEET HERE WITH HARP.......WAS THEY BORROWING THE EASTERN IDEA FROM " TRIED BY 12 "?......R.I.P BIGGIE ...........THE VOICE....... THE FLOW.........
IRONIC ENUFFF STUFF FOR NASTY ........THE WAY WAY LIFE WORKS OUT..EH
DA BRAT KILLS IT ON JACKIN ON BEATS STYLLLEEEEEE ( 1 MIN MARK DOUBLE TIME FLOW......)
TUNE TUNE TUNE TUNE.................AND A MESSAGE TO BOOT..I LOVE MESSAGES.
MESSY AS SHEEEEEEETTT.............BUT IT ALL WORKS..................THE MOST RATTED UNDERRATTED FREESTYLE FELLOWSHIP...."HOW DO YOU LIKE YOUR HIP HOP THESE DAYZ"
TALKING ABOUT UNDER-RATED.........
TRIP HOP STONERS LOVE THIS HYPED TO BIT'S ALBUM THAT SOLD LIKE 6 COPIES..... ( BEATZ KREW PROB TOO STONED TO TACKLE A RECORD SHOP )
ACTUALLY IT WOULD BE INTERESTING WHERE SAMPLING / TRIP HOP WOULD BE NOW IF THE NET ( DOWNLOAD CULTURE ) HAD EXISTED AT THE LEVEL IT DOES TODAY.....MY FEELING THERE WOULD BE TRUCKLOAD'S OF CHILLED DOPENESS ABOUT RATHER THEN TRIP HOP BEEN A DIRTY WORD....( SORRY LEFT TURN THERE )
STRINGS NICK
BEEN GANGSTA MOANY..........GROWN MEN TALK FROM CAT'S WHO WAS SHOOTING AT LEAST 200 PEEPS PER 12.
NAS COME'S BACK FOR A 2ND ATTEMPT..
BUT BIGGIE IS WIGGLING AND JIGGLING OUT OF HIS CORNER AND HITS BACK WITH A THIRD OFFICIAL SHEEEEEEEETTTTTTTTTTTTT
( THIS WAN MAKES ME SUCK UP MY CHIN AND PRETEND I GOT 50 GLOCKS AND MOUTAIN OF SNOW....)
CHOOPING IT....REVERSING............U KNOW HOW DEM FRENCH IZZZZZZZZZZ....KKKKKKKKKEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK !!!!!!!!!!
THIS COULD GO ON AND ON BUT IT'S NOT GOING TO........I GOT GUNZ TO CLEAN.
For me Mayers first album "A Strange Arrangement" was on of the best albums released last year, and was on heavy rotation round these parts for quite some time. Now he's back with some new material to promote his new U.S. tour. Produced by Classic's "No Strings" the electro boogey track shud easily motivate any dance floor.
Check out this pretty dope cover by Bilal courtesy of VTECH. Bilal reworks Bob's reggae classic into a smokey soulful number. Keep an eye over for future video's in the series feature more covers from Bilal including Portisheads "Strangers". Bilal latest album "Airtight's Revenge" is out now.
SO FELLOW POOL SUPPORTER & SUFFERER JAY " DA CHOP SHOP " MANG
ASKED ME WOULD I DO A BLOG POST HERE EVERY MONDAY........BASICALLY DROP A TUNE AND THEN FOLLOW WITH TUNES THAT FLIPPED IT AS A SAMPLE / DRUM KIT / BASS SOURCE ETC.
( THESE POST'S ARE NOT GOING TO GET OBSCURE FOR THE SAKE OF IT..WELL NOT YET )
HERE'S PART ONE.
THE EMOTIONS " BLIND ALLEY "
BASICALLY I LOVE THIS TUNE........NEVER EVER EVER BORE'S ME .
IT'S DAMN NEAR PERFECT ( ACTUALLY I'LL STICK WITH PERFECT ) UPLIFTING , SOULFUL AND DAMN FUNKY , IT ALSO HAS THAT EXTRA INGREDIENT OF BEEN ACTUALLY A SAD SONG.
ONE OF MY MANY STARTED NEVER FINISHED MIXTAPE'S WAS GOING TO BE A WHOLE MIX DEDICATED TO THIS BREAK AND UNLIKE MANY HEAVILY USED SAMPLE'S PRETTY MUCH EVERY TUNE THAT HAS BEEN BUILT AROUND "BLIND ALLEY" HAS BEEN A BANGER.....SUN.......
ONE SIDE NOTE.
ON MY MIXX I HAD ABOUT 6 TUNES THAT WHERE FROM OUTSIDE OF THE WORLD OF NEW YORK HIP HOP BUT THE 30 OTHERS JOINTS WHERE ALL FROM THE NEW YORKS BEAT LABS , SO I GUESS YOU COULD SAY THAT "BLIND ALLEY" IS A NEW YORK BREAK ANTHEM.
ENJOY
GOLDY
www.goldy.vwat.net
THE EMOTIONS " BLIND ALLEY "
BUCKWILD FLIPS IT ALL LOVELY
NICKED KIK & SNARE AND THE DUNG DUNG
OLD SCHOOL STYLLLEEE ...........TOW COPIES ON TWO TURNTABLES.
KNOWING HOW MUCH THIS BLOG LOVE THERE PRIMO............R.I.P. GURU
AND HOW THE FU_K COULD I FORGET THIS. ( STUPID FU_KING SICK......."YEEEEPPPPPP"
Vol.1 mixed by yours truly goes back to July 07, kicks off on a Dilla tip and continues on a mellow enuff vibe for the most part, building up towards the end. Vol.2 comes from Corks Jus Me, some choice tunage along with some choice cuts and scratches make this a must listen for any budding turntalbalist out there. DJ Fonetik a.k.a. Handsome Paddy arrived on the scene to deliver Vol.3 a pure hip hop party mix, good times all the way. Limericks A2DF supplied the first of his many mixes for us for Vol.4 and his Funk & Soul laden odyssey's are always worth a listen
Brand New Heavies feat. Q Tip – Sometimes (j.dilla mix) Slum Village – Climax (Girl Shit) The Pharcyde – Runnin (j.dilla mix) DJ Jazzy Jeff feat. Eshon Burgondy & Black Ice – Run That Back Queen Latifah – U.N.I.T.Y. Maxwell – Don’t Ever Wonder Digable Planets – Cool Like That Groove Theory – Tell Me (dennis blaze blend) Masta Ace – Sitten On Chrome (rock a way mix) A Tribe Called Quest – Check The Rhyme A Tribe Called Quest – Oh My God A Tribe Called Quest – Can I Kick It A Tribe Called Quest feat. Eryka Badu – I C U Doin it Eryka Badu – Back In The Day Common – Doinit’ Slum Village – Raise It Up Pete Rock feat. CL Smooth – Rock Da Block DJ Jazyy Jeff feat. Peedi Peedi – Brand Nu Funk 07 Eryka Badu feat. Angie Stone, Queen Latifah & Bahamadia – Love Of My Life (remix) Faithless – Mohamad Ali Guru – Loungin Gangstar – Just To Get A Rep DJ Premier feat. Kanye West, Nas, KRS One & Rakim – Better Than Ever (remix) Aretha Franklin – Rocksteady Lauryn Hill – Doo Wop (That Thing) Common – Dream Soul 2 Soul – Love Enuff Coolio – Fantastic Voyage DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince – Summertime (yam who remix)
Perfect Circle- Lullaby Dj Krush- No More Dj Day- Still Aint Hard To Tell Black Milk- One Song John Robinson- The Visionary Lupe Fiasco – I Gotcha (Colm Keneficks Red Hula Hoops rmx) (inst) C Rayz Walz- The Essence Bjork- Army Of Me Beck- E Pro Buck 65, Dj Flip and Freezemaster Slick- Chokehold Eddy Senay- Aint No Sunshine Thes One and Raashan Ahmad- Alright (inst) Colm Kenefick- Dancin sSkulls Beastie Boys- Flute Loop Mustafa Ozkent- Burcak The Poets of Rhythm – More Mess On My Thing Billy Garner- I Got Some Blackalicious- Chemical Calisthenics El P – Up All Night Breakout- Planet Rock pt.1 Lee Moses- Reach Out, I’ll Be There
Handsome Paddy vs Lords of the Underground – What I’m After Quantic – We Got Soul (Rob Life Remix) Whitelabel – If You Want My Love/ ODB – Shimmy Shimmy Ya Fire – You Don’t Know (Kenny Dope Edit) The Bamboos feat. Ohmega Watts – Get In the Scene America – Slow Down Alliance – Get On Down Keno 1 Feat Alice Russel – Ghetto Fly Ultramagnetic MC’s – Poppa Large / Ultimate Force – C’mon The Soul Snatchers – Get Yourself Together The Sweet Vandals – Runaway People Giant Panda – TKO Pete Rock & CL Smooth – Go With the Flow The Go! Team – Ladyflash Hydroponic Sound System – Uptown Shakedown Mindless Boogie – Boogie (Wade Nicholls Edit) Open Souls, The Tornadoes & Tyra Hammond – You Got Me Thinkin Nicole Willis & the Soul Investigators – Feeling Free Quantic – Transatlantic Parov Stelar – Kiss Me Twice
Dee Edwards - Why Can There be love Lynn Collins - Mama Feel Good (people)7 Myra Barnes - Super Good (king)7 Magnum - Funky Junky (the pheonix)7 Incomparible 7 - Funky Grandpa (top hit)7 Funka Fize - Because Your Funky (royce recs)7 The Village Callers - Hector (rampert)7 Charles Wright - Must be Your Thing( warner)7 Wilbur Bascomb - Just a Grove in G (carnival )7 Betty Wright - Slip and Do it (alston)7 Julie Driscoll & The Holy Trinity - Save me (marmalade)7 Marva Whitney - I'm Tired (king)7 Sly Johnson - Ode To The Soul Man(twilight)7 Jackie Harris - Do it Do it (westbound)7 Rare Function - Disco Function (soul ultd)7 Miami ft R Moore - Party Freaks ( drive)7 Clarence Reid - party (alston)7 Firefly - Love is Gonna Be On Your Side (emergency)7 Gino Soccio - Try it Out ( atlantic) Gwen Mcrae - Love That Im Givin -(cat)7 Miz Davis - Sing a Happy Song(now)7 Eddie Horan - Who Slippin Who (amberst)7 Onaje - I Will be Your Dj (race records)7 Hot Ice - Dancing Free (amor)7 Eastside Connection - Over Please (disco 7) Creators of a New Beginning - Stick your finger in the ground(grayston)7 Tony Aiken - Better Days (shrylden records)7 The Devils - Xorcists -(people)7 4th Kingdom - Call it Dope(janjon)7 All the People - Cramp Your Style ( blue candle)7 Lloyd Price - Bad Conditions ( turntable)7