Sunday, January 25, 2015

Mobb Deep - Keepin' It Real (1994) sampled Bob James - Feel Like Making Love (1974)

Artist:  Mobb Deep
Song:  Keepin' It Real
Year:  1994
Album:  The Infamous Demo Tape



Honorary mentions to "Hazardous" by Godfather Don and "Can't Stop Rockin' (Tribute) (Goldfinger's Remix)" by Jemini The Gifted One, but I want to highlight those who sampled this song the best. Imagine if this song had made it on to The Infamous album? Perfection might have been even better. Excuse the sound quality, it's from their demo cassette.




Artist:  Termanology (featuring Skyzoo, Torae and Reks)
Song:  Get Away
Year:  2014
Album:  Shut Up And Rap



This is the song that inspired the blog post.  I was listening to this for the past 2 months constantly.  Termanology has a good ear for music to put his killer flow on.  This song has a good video as well.




Artist:  Rapper Big Pooh
Song:  My Mind
Year:  2005
Album:  Sleepers



Sleepers is a classic album, in part because of this song.




Artist:  Main Source
Song:  Scratch & Kut
Year:  1991
Album:  Breaking Atoms



Speaking of classic albums, this song uses a different sample, a one-bar loop that could repeat forever and still sound good.




Artist:  Bob James
Song:  Feel Like Making Love
Year:  1974
Album:  One



I don't even know where to start with this album, it has been sampled hundreds of times.  I still remember the first time I heard this record back in Hip Hop's golden era.  The Mobb Deep and Termanology sample is the four-bar loop from 0:00.  The Rapper Big Pooh sample appears at 4:11.  The Main Source loop is the one bar at 1:16. 

Tuesday, January 13, 2015

CRU - Nuthin' But (1997) sampled Gotham - Behind The Wall (1972)

Artist:  CRU
Song:  Nuthin' But
Year:  1997
Album:  Da Dirty 30



Rhythm Blunt Cru knockin' at the door.  I'm still hoping for a Mighty Ha solo album.




Artist:  Lords Of The Underground
Song:  Magic
Year:  2014
Album:  LOTUG 20: The 20th Anniversary Collection, Vol. 1



L.O.T.U.G. and Marley Marl create some of that old magic.  Looking forward to more material in 2015.




Artist:  Gotham
Song:  Behind The Wall
Year:  1972
Album:  Pass The Butter



What a great album cover.  Both songs sampled the two-bar loop at 0:12.