SAMPLE SUNDAY----EPISODE 4

WHILE AT THE BEAUTIFUL BALTIMORE INNER HARBOR ON THIS WARM AND MUGGY MAY DAY, I WAS INSPIRED BY THE NUMEROUS SKATERBOARDERS TRAVELLING AROUND THE WATERFRONT.  THAT INSPIRATION LED ME TO THINK OF ONE OF MY FAVORITE TRACKS FROM ONE OF MY FAVORITE EMCEES:  LUPE FIASCO.

TODAY'S INSTALLMENT SHOULD COME AS NO SURPRISE.  "KICK, PUSH", FROM THE DEBUT ALBUM FOOD AND LIQUOR, IS A SONIC MASTERPIECE.  THE FIRST TIME I LISTENED TO THE INTRO, AND THEN THE JAZZY HORNS, I WAS HOOKED.  I ASSUMED THIS SONG WAS SAMPLED FROM AN OLD 60'S OR 70'S JAZZ SONG, BUT IN ACTUALITY IT COMES FROM A FILIPINO SONG CALLED "MAGTAKSIL MAN IKAW (BOLERO MEDLEY), BY FILIPINO SINGER CELESTE LEGASPI.  THE ORIGINAL IS A DENSE AND VIBRANT CUT FROM 1980.  THIS SONG IS 4 MINUTES AND 9 SECONDS OF SONIC HEAVEN TO ME, AND IT SHOWS HOW FAR-REACHING HIP HOP EARS CAN BE.  SOUNDTRAKK, THE PRODUCER WHO LACED THIS TRACK FOR LUPE, PROVES THAT HAVING A DISCERNING EAR DOESN'T LIMIT WHERE HIP HOP CAN MINE ITS SAMPLES FROM.

BOLERO MEDLEY---CELESTE LEGASPI

KICK, PUSH-----LUPE FIASCO

I'M GOING TO LET THE SONGS SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES TODAY, SO BASK IN THE GLOW OF LUPE FIASCO'S DENSE WORDPLAY AND LYRICISM, SOUNDTRAKK'S PRODUCTION PROWESS, AND THE FILIPINO JAZZINESS OF CELESTE  LEGASPI.  BELOW YOU WILL FIND ACCESS TO THE FEATURED ARTISTS VIA THEIR RESPECTIVE WEBSITES:

http://www.lupefiasco.com/

http://www.globalpinoy.com/ch/ch_category.php?category=pinoymusicians&name=celeste%20legaspi&table=ch_pinoymusicians&startpage=1&endpage=15

ENJOY THE MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND!!!  KEEP LISTENING...KEEP DUSTIN' OFF THOSE HIDDEN GEMS...