Another Nice track is the Sylvers' Only One Can Win. Dilla lifted the hook for my favourite track from my favourite instrumental album (& I don't even generally like instro albums): Two Can Win from "Donuts".
On Donuts, Jay Dee also sampled Rubber Band, more famously used by Cool and Dre for "Hate It or Love It". I give Curtis a hard time, but the first verse on this is some pretty powerful introspective ish. Feels kinda like a 2pac verse:
Speaking of whom - this is about as creative as my segues get! - probably my favourite 'Pac song, which samples In All My Wildest Dreams by Joe Sample (how apt), is "Dear Mama". Though not for want of trying, few songs have captured so well the feelings pretty much everybody has for their Moms. Great video too:
Another great sample on a 2pac song is from What You Won't Do For Love. Originally a Bobby Caldwell song, I've put up my favourite version of this, by Roy Ayers (absolute legend!). Due to his incarceration and unfortunate death, I'd imagine there are as many 2pac videos that don't feature him as there are that do, but his presence on the records is just as powerful. "Do For Love" is a great animated video that really captures the spirit both of the song and of the man:
Another track on the more mellow tip is William Devaughn's Be Thankful For What You've Got In all honesty, until about 5 minutes ago I'd always assumed this song was by Curtis Mayfield - who isn't a bad guy to sound like anyway. Luda used it on the supercool "Diamond In The Back", which I think is impossible not to like - unless you got no soul that is!
Back to marvelous Marv for T Plays it Cool from the "Trouble Man OST". Proof he didn't even need to sing to create a mind blowing song. Jazzy Jeff updated it with some scratches and hip-hop drums on A Touch of Jazz. Sort of song I would breakdance to if I knew how to spin on my head.
Kool and The Gang - probably my favourite jazz/soul/funk/disco/r'n'b/allthatgoodstuff band - had their excellent Summer Madness (feels like sipping lemonade laid back in the shade) sampled by Jeff & the Fresh One on pretty much the ultimate summer tune, Summertime. It was also used by Aaliyah on A Girl Like You feat Treach from Naughty By Nature which is "cooler than a polar bear's toenails" to quote Big Boi. More recently Punjabi MC sampled it, by way of Summertime, on Raat Da Na Bole - crazy track. Long may it be popular amongst the sample-happy, if only to keep Kool & co. seeing the royalty cheques. They deserve it.
To finish off, a supersick joint that NEEDS sampling! Gloria Gaynor (I will survive) is absolutely incredible on Casanova Brown & the beat bangs. Until I've honed my MPC skills sufficiently to do it justice, I can picture Just Blaze or Pete Rock maybe doing something with this track. Most important though is that I hear Ghostface rap over this here beat before I die. Can picture the Wally Champ rapping the B'Jesus out of this joint. Need to get in touch with his A & R peoples, maybe bring me in as a creative consultant for this one.
Seeing as I haven't put up any of his tracks, had to show love to Isaac Hayes, being the supercool cat that he is. He has a great line on his Wu-Tang collabo I Can't Go To Sleep:
"Don't get mad...'cos it ain't that bad..."
No matter the situation soul children, truer words were never spoken.
On Donuts, Jay Dee also sampled Rubber Band, more famously used by Cool and Dre for "Hate It or Love It". I give Curtis a hard time, but the first verse on this is some pretty powerful introspective ish. Feels kinda like a 2pac verse:
Speaking of whom - this is about as creative as my segues get! - probably my favourite 'Pac song, which samples In All My Wildest Dreams by Joe Sample (how apt), is "Dear Mama". Though not for want of trying, few songs have captured so well the feelings pretty much everybody has for their Moms. Great video too:
Another great sample on a 2pac song is from What You Won't Do For Love. Originally a Bobby Caldwell song, I've put up my favourite version of this, by Roy Ayers (absolute legend!). Due to his incarceration and unfortunate death, I'd imagine there are as many 2pac videos that don't feature him as there are that do, but his presence on the records is just as powerful. "Do For Love" is a great animated video that really captures the spirit both of the song and of the man:
Another track on the more mellow tip is William Devaughn's Be Thankful For What You've Got In all honesty, until about 5 minutes ago I'd always assumed this song was by Curtis Mayfield - who isn't a bad guy to sound like anyway. Luda used it on the supercool "Diamond In The Back", which I think is impossible not to like - unless you got no soul that is!
Back to marvelous Marv for T Plays it Cool from the "Trouble Man OST". Proof he didn't even need to sing to create a mind blowing song. Jazzy Jeff updated it with some scratches and hip-hop drums on A Touch of Jazz. Sort of song I would breakdance to if I knew how to spin on my head.
Kool and The Gang - probably my favourite jazz/soul/funk/disco/r'n'b/allthatgoodstuff band - had their excellent Summer Madness (feels like sipping lemonade laid back in the shade) sampled by Jeff & the Fresh One on pretty much the ultimate summer tune, Summertime. It was also used by Aaliyah on A Girl Like You feat Treach from Naughty By Nature which is "cooler than a polar bear's toenails" to quote Big Boi. More recently Punjabi MC sampled it, by way of Summertime, on Raat Da Na Bole - crazy track. Long may it be popular amongst the sample-happy, if only to keep Kool & co. seeing the royalty cheques. They deserve it.
To finish off, a supersick joint that NEEDS sampling! Gloria Gaynor (I will survive) is absolutely incredible on Casanova Brown & the beat bangs. Until I've honed my MPC skills sufficiently to do it justice, I can picture Just Blaze or Pete Rock maybe doing something with this track. Most important though is that I hear Ghostface rap over this here beat before I die. Can picture the Wally Champ rapping the B'Jesus out of this joint. Need to get in touch with his A & R peoples, maybe bring me in as a creative consultant for this one.
Seeing as I haven't put up any of his tracks, had to show love to Isaac Hayes, being the supercool cat that he is. He has a great line on his Wu-Tang collabo I Can't Go To Sleep:
"Don't get mad...'cos it ain't that bad..."
No matter the situation soul children, truer words were never spoken.
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nice
los videos estan buenos..cuidexe
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