Song: Prowl
Year: 1996
Album: Nocturnal
In the summer of 1996, I thought that the Boot Camp Clik was at the top of the Hiphop hierarchy, especially since they had Da Beatminerz making great music for the past 4 years. Heltah Skeltah were my favourite Emcee's in the crew. Rock (Da Rockness Monstah) had the voice and Ruck (Sean Price) had the lyrics. This song also has an appearance from Louieville Sluggah.
Artist: CRU
Song: Straight From L.I.P.
Year: 1997
Album: Da Dirty 30
I think that this is one of the best album covers in Hiphop because it is a careful arrangement of photos to produce the letters CRU.
Artist: Portishead
Song: Sour Times
Year: 1994
Album: Dummy
This is where I first heard the sample back in 1994. This post was birthed recently when I was at the bar with my buddies and this came on. It took me a second to remember where the sample was from. They did a great job of taking the samples and seamlessly integrating them into their additional instrumentation.
Artist: Lalo Schifrin
Song: Danube Incident
Year: 1967
Album: More Mission: Impossible
This song also appears on rereleases such as Music From Mission: Impossible Anthology and Mission: Impossible ... And More! Heltah Skeltah kept it simple by looping the 4-bar sample at 0:00 and keeping it slow. CRU and Portishead both sped up that sample and used the sample at 1:33 for an intro. Portishead also switched between the 2 samples at various points in their song.
Really great work guys! Such as beautiful transformation. Keep up the exciting stuff.
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