James Brown - Samples Volume 1

Former T.R.O.Y. member Roy is still dropping his always dope, well-thought out compilations and this month is James Brown Month over at his new spot Scratch Reaction. He recently posted this on the T.R.O.Y. forums and I thought it's something we should pass on to our readers. Peace to Roy and one of the greatest musicians of all time. --Philaflava



James Brown - Samples Volume 1

1. James Brown - I Got You (1966)
2. Gang Starr - Gotch U
3. Gang Starr - Gotch U (Hunter Mix)
4. Public Enemy - Contract On The World Love Jam
5. James Brown - Cold Sweat (1967)
6. Public Enemy - Prophets Of Rage
7. Public Enemy - Welcome To The Terrordome
8. Ice Cube - Jackin' For Beats
9. King Tee - Bass
10. Chubb Rock - What's The Word
11. Three Times Dope - Straight Up
12. Sweet Tee - I Got Da Feelin'
13. James Brown - Bring It Up (1967)
14. Gang Starr - Manifest
15. Gang Starr - Manifest (Remix)
16. Ultramagnetic MCs - See The Man On The Street

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I Got You (1966)


Cold Sweat (1967)


Bring It Up (1967)

Sample Compilation 5

What you need to look out for here is how Blacula was chopped for "Higher Level." A beat only one of the greatest ears for samples could have caught. After that, check the gem by Myndcrukz featuring Twizz on the rhymes. Great,warm sample taken from the Bennie Maupin track. Bennie Maupin was a part of Herbie Hancock's famous "The Headhunters" band, known for their own brand of Funk Jazz. We finish this comp/mix out with a great end piece including Faze-O's "Riding High" on heroin highway. I always thought that EPMD's sampling of it was way ahead of it's time, and it's been used many times since.But my other favorite usage, that also works well here, is OC's outro,"Sabotage" from his incredible debut album Word ... Life.

01. Milt Jackson - Enchanted Lady

02. De La Soul - Dinninit

03. Large Professor - I Juswannachill

04. Blue Mitchell - Flat Backing

05. Akinyele(ft.Kool G Rap) - Break A Bitch Neck

06. Lucien - From A Town Called Paris

07. The Mad Lads - The Promises Of Yesterday

08. Cappadonna - 97 Mentality

09. Gene Page - Blacula Strikes

10. KRS-One - Higher Level

11. Bennie Maupin - It Remains To Be Seen

12. Myndcrukz(Twizz) - Remember The Face

13. Faze-O - Riding High

14. EPMD - Please Listen To My Demo

15. OC - Outro(Sabotage)

Preview any or all of these tracks here-

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I Juswannachill @ Yahoo! Video

Slang Editorial @ Yahoo! Video

Return Of The Boom Bap (Album Medley) @ Yahoo! Video

                      Akinyele - I Luh Her

Thanks to godmc for the Myndcrukz song and FatFaceFreddy for the Lucien track

If anybody got any of those Twizz cuts that Bobbito used to play, holla in the comments.

Especially looking for Spaceman Spif and Forever Ever.

--Verge

Sample Compilation 4

This time we start off with one of the greatest intros for a rap song ever."Strange Games and Things" by Barry White's Love Unlimited Orchestra. EPMD immortalized this song on their banger of an album,"Business As Usual". K-Def also used it effectively for the Real Live joint off of the "High School High" soundtrack. Then, check out the Maze track that Money Boss used, 10 minutes of smoothed out soul that gets pretty heavy 6 minutes in. "Is It Because I'm Black" is another one of those Civil Rights era songs that still holds weight today. Moving along, another beautiful piece of work by the late great Minnie Riperton. I got to say I like No ID's sampling of this the best. And,lastly,we wrap this mix up with one of my favorite RIP dedications ever, Gangstarr's "In Memory of..". Primo chopped the original song up lovely, and Guru delivers some choice story telling rhymes. Enjoy and stay tuned...

01. Strange Games & Things

02. EPMD - Manslaughter

03. Real Live - Get Down For Mine

04. Maze - I Need You(ft.Frankie Beverly)

05. Money Boss Players - Sat. Nite,Sunday Morn.

06. Ryo Kawasaki - Bamboo Child

07. Kool G Rap - It's a Shame(Da Butcher's Mix)

08. Is It Because I'm Black

09. Wu Tang Clan - Hollow Bones

10. Minnie Riperton - Take a Little Trip

11. No ID - Prayer for the Sinners

12. Del - Stress the World

13. Biggie Smalls - Me and My Bitch(og demo mix)

14. Here's That Rainy Day

15. GangStarr - In Memory Of..

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Thanks to godmc for the Biggie demo and thanks to drizzle for the Maze track.

Props to RacquetballGangsta for the Syl and Wu tracks.

--Verge

Sample Compilation 3

Here's some more exceptional rap shit that sampled some exceptional funk, soul, jazz shit. The way Godfather Don flipped the Betty Davis singing was genius. The John Klemmer horns that the SD50's lifted for "Leave Ya With This" are viral,at the least. And Half A Mill(RIP). "Homicide Scene" is probably one of my favorite obscure rap songs of all time. Graphic street drama with a message at it's best. The Roy Ayers song it sampled and the Bohannon song are also remarkable tracks on this comp.

01. Bohannon - Song For My Mother

02. Ed O.G. & Da Bulldogs - I Got To Have It

03. The Robbery And The Chase

04. Shabazz The Disciple - Crime Saga

05. Roy Ayers - Every Time I See You

06. Half A Mil - Homicide Scene

07. Jigmastas - Iz You Dee

08. Ahmad Jamal - Don't Ask My Neighbors

09. Cover - Underground Flow(remix)

10. Betty Davis - Anti Love Song

11. Godfather Don - Piece Of The Action

12. John Klemmer - Free Soul

13. Akinyele - Exercise

14. Kurious - Leave Ya With This

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I Got To Have It

Crime Saga

Thanks to Jaz for coming through with the Jigmastas joint.

And extra thanks to Lyrical Gymnastics for contributing tracks 8,9,12,and 14.

--Verge

Sample Compilation 2

This is a more mellow mix focusing mostly on songs that evoke thought and/or feeling, finishing off on a brighter note.

Don't sleep on how Buckwild flips the sample from "Stop On By"  for "Your World Don't Stop" especially on the hook!

01. Lou Donaldson - Stop On By

02. AZ - Your World Don't Stop (Buckwild version)

03. Jimmy Ponder - Jennifer

04. Common - Invocation

05. MF Grimm - Scars And Memories

06. The Blackbyrds - Wilford's Gone

07. Gang Starr - Say Your Prayers

08. The Roots - Silent Treatment (Beatminerz remix)

09. Patrice Rushen - Remind Me

10. Intelligent Hoodlum - Grand Groove

11. Jimmy Mcgriff - Back On The Track

12. OC - Ma Dukes

13. The Crusaders - Marcella's Dream

14. Big L - MVP (Buckwild remix 2)

15. Godfather Don - Status

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Thanks to sunra at philaflava for hitting me with the Lou Donaldson track.  

--Verge

  

The Samples Compilation 1

The point of these Sample Compilations I'm doing here is to bring you dope hip hop joints that sampled equally or, in some cases, even doper old records. I hope you all give these a thorough listen and enjoy.

We're gonna spark this one off with a 70's soundtrack cut by Herbie Hancock that is a great suspenseful, evil, dark alley sounding cut that has more samples than an Isaac Hayes record. You'll hear the rugged as all hell bass line sample for J-Force's Bullseye come in at one point and the smooth, happier sounding Edo. G 304's sample come in a little later. Then, we move right in to one of my favorite covers of "Light My Fire", by Brian Augers, The Trinity and Julie Driscoll. On this, you will notice two classic samples that this song will lead into. Somewhere towards the beginning to middle, you'll hear both parts of the classic Organized cut about females cheating with females, "Why". Then, near the very end of the song, the sample for the infamous Ice Cube dis track by Common, "The Bitch In Yoo". Great stuff already. Well, it only gets better.

Next up, we have a song that took me years to track down. Easy Moe Bee played it in a couple of his sample sets live on the radio in the mid 90's, but I could never figure out what it was. Well, I finally accidentally discovered it when copping the original break record for the Artifacts,"Wrong Side Of The Tracks". It was 9th Creation's "Rule Of Mind", which is just a dope funk soul track in it's own right. This track contains the samples for Black Moon's "Slave" and Ill Advised's "Kwestions". Two more bangers, without a doubt.

Next up is a song that I like but you might think is cheesy as Chuck E. "Star Of The Story" by Heatwave.

This was also sampled by ATCQ, but I went with Smiff N Wessun's "Nothing Move But The Money" for this. This was recorded right after the Da Shinin' sessions or maybe even during, and I consider this the last real Smiff N Wessun track. We close this out with an ill jazz track by the extremely ill organization called Catalyst. You'll hear the samples for the last two underground classics, "Leflaur Leflaur Eshkoshka" and the Triflict's "Don't Make Me Try".

1. Herbie Hancock - Party People

2. J-Force - Bullseye

3. Showbiz & Ag - Ain't No Fun

4. Edo.G - 304's

5. Brian Auger,The Trinity And Julie Driscoll - Light My Fire

6. Organized Konfusion - Why

7. Common - The Bitch In Yoo (version with 3rd verse)

8. 9th Creation - Rule Of Mind

9. Ill Advised - Kwestions

10. Black Moon - Slave

11. Heatwave - Star Of The Story

12. Smiff N Wessun - Nothing Move But The Money

13. Catalyst - Uzuri

14. Triflicts - Don't Make Me Try

15. Heltah Skeltah,OGC - Leflaur Leflaur Eshkoshka

Enjoy!

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--Verge