I HAVE A SERIES OF INSTALLMENTS ENTITLED "SAMPLE SUNDAYS". THE PREMISE IS PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD AND TO THE POINT; I WILL FIND NOT SO RECOGNIZABLE SAMPLES, BE IT SOUL, JAZZ, ROCK, EVEN COUNTRY MUSIC, AND MATCH IT WITH THE HIP HOP OR NEO-SOUL SONG THAT INCORPORATES OR INTERPOLATES THE SONG. THIS IS BASICALLY MY BLOG VERSION OF "DIGGIN' IN DA CRATES". THIS IS GOING TO BE A GOOD SERIES TO NOT ONLY ENLIGHTEN MY READERS AND LISTENERS, BUT IT WILL GIVE ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO DIVE BACK INTO THE ART OF CRATE-DIGGING.
FOR THOSE THAT DON'T KNOW, LOOKING FOR OBSCURE, HIDDEN GEMS WITHIN DUSTY VINYL IS AN ART UNTO ITSELF. I CAN REMEMBER THOSE DAYS (AND LONG NIGHTS) IN THE BASEMENT OF MY MUSICAL PARTNER IN RHYME ED. WE WOULD COMB THROUGH RECORD AFTER RECORD, SEARCHING FOR THAT "PERFECT BEAT" THAT WOULD SERVE AS THE BACKDROP FOR OUR EMCEE SPEECH TO SPIT THAT "ILLOGICAL FLOW". THOSE WERE DEFINITELY WONDERFUL AND DEFINING TIMES IN OUR HIP HOP EXISTENCE, BECAUSE EACH OF US (WISDOM, SPEECH, AND AWETHENTIC) DEVELOPED AN EAR FOR MINUTE AUDIBLE DETAILS. ANYTHING FROM AN OL' JAMES BROWN/FUNKY DRUMMER CONCOCTION TO A LOOPED TAKE SIX VOCAL SAMPLE WAS FAIR GAME. WE PURPOSELY WENT IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION OF WHAT MOST WERE DOING IN THE LATE 80'S/EARLY 90'S (I'M DATING MYSELF PEOPLE). WE DEVELOPED AND CULTIVATED OUR OWN LYRICAL AND AURAL STYLE DURING THIS "GOLDEN ERA" OF HIP HOP. SO THIS SERIES IS GOING TO BE SPECIAL AND DEAR TO MY HEART.
IF THERE ARE ANY SUGGESTIONS OR TOPICS TO COVER WITHIN THIS SAMPLE SERIES, PLEASE HIT ME UP EITHER ON THE BLOG, OR AT MY E-MAIL ADDRESS: WISDOM_HIPHOP@YAHOO.COM
ONE LOVE BLOGSPOT FAM!!!!
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