Song: The Life I Live
Year: 1996
Album: Center Of Attention
InI is one of the groups that drop jewels to live your life by. I still think about lines like "You never succeed or progress, searching for peace through material objects" from "Fakin' Jax". From the cassette I first heard this album on (thanks RGH) to the compilation with the lost Deda "The Original Baby Pa" album, I have collected various versions of this album. In total, I count 20 tracks across all versions. Fakin' Jax and this song are the crown jewels. If you listen to the lyrics carefully, you'll note that Rob-O's 30th birthday was ruined by 9-11.
Artist: A Tribe Called Quest
Song: Bonita Applebum
Year: 1990
Album: People's Instinctive Travels And The Paths Of Rhythm
A Tribe Called Quest introduced me to this sample, but they mostly used it for their introduction.
Artist: Rotary Connection
Song: Memory Band
Year: 1968
Album: Rotary Connection
The Chicago group that introduced the world to Minnie Riperton, their catalog is great. Anything with the Cadet Concept label is worth listening to. Listen carefully to the background and you'll hear Minnie's operatic voice signing.
The InI bassline is a 4-bar creation. The first 3 bars are the sample starting at 0:34 and the final bar is the one bar from 0:36. The chorus signing is 8 bars: bars one to four are the sample from 0:16, the next 6 beats are again from 0:16, the next 8 beats move to the sample starting at 0:37 and then then final two beats are from 0:24.
A Tribe Called Quest used the sample from 0:15 throughout the song. The vocal sample starting at 0:16 was used only in the introduction.
