HELLO SAMPLE WORLD!!! I'VE BEEN AWAY FROM MY PASSION FOR A LITTLE BIT, BUT I'M BACK TO BRING YOU THE BEST IN SAMPLED HIP HOP MUSIC. EVEN THOUGH I'VE BEEN AWAY FROM THE INTERNET COMMUNITY FOR THE MOST PART, MY MIND HAS STILL BEEN ABSORBING AND EARS HAVE BEEN ALERT. IT'S GOOD TO BE BACK, YA DIG?
TODAY'S GEM CAUGHT ME OFF GUARD JUST A TAB BIT. ANYONE THAT HAS HEARD THE NAME ENGLEBERT HUMPERDINCK IMMEDIATELY LAUGHS OR CHUCKLES, INCLUDING YOURS TRULY. YOU WOULDN'T ASSOCIATE THE SOFT, SOOTHING,EASY LISTENING SOUNDS OF MR. HUMPERDINCK TO ANYTHING REMOTELY HIP HOP, BUT I STAND CORRECTED. WHILE LISTENING TO ONE OF MY FAVORITES LITTLE BROTHER, I WAS ASTONISHED AT WHAT I FOUND.
THE LITTLE BROTHER CUT IN QUESTION IS "THE HONORABLE", FROM THEIR 2005 ALBUM THE CHITTLIN CIRCUIT 1.5. THE SONG IS A COOL, BRAGGADOCIOUS CUT FEATURING MR. METAPHOR HIMSELF CHAUNDON, A NY TRANSPLANT THAT FIT PERFECTLY WITH THE JUSTUS LEAGUE COLLECTIVE. I LOVE THE SONG BECAUSE PRODUCER 9TH WONDER MATCHED THE DOPE LYRICS WITH A SOLID SONIC BACKDROP.
LISTENING TO "THE HONORABLE", YOU WOULDN'T THINK THAT 9TH WONDER WENT THROUGH HIS DEEP CATALOG OF MUSIC TO FIND AN OBSCURE ENGLEBERT HUMPERDINCK SONG, BUT HE DID. THE SONG IN QUESTION THAT 9TH SAMPLED FROM IS "AFTER THE LOVIN'", FROM THE 1976 ALBUM OF THE SAME NAME. THE HUMPERDINCK RECORD WAS RELEASED ON EPIC RECORDS DURING A TIME WHEN DISCO WAS GAINING STEAM THROUGHOUT THE MUSIC INDUSTRY.
WITH CREATIVITY, A VARIED MUSICAL CATALOG, AND A KEEN EAR FOR SAMPLES AND CHOPPING, 9TH WONDER CREATED A SONG THAT IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE LITTLE BROTHER CUTS. THIS IS THE WAY HIP HOP SHOULD SOUND TO ME, SEAMLESS AND EFFORTLESS!
EVEN THOUGH LITTLE BROTHER IS NO MORE AS A CREATIVE FORCE, THEY STILL HAVE CREATED ONE OF THE BEST HIP HOP DISCOGRAPHIES BAR NONE, IN MY OPINION. FROM THE LISTENING TO LEFTBACK, LITTLE BROTHER HAS CREATED TIMELESS MUSIC. THE SAME CAN BE SAID FOR ENGLEBERT HUMPERDINCK, ACTUALLY. EVEN THOUGH HIS NAME HAS BEEN PART OF COUNTLESS PUNS AND JOKES, YOU CAN'T DENY THAT HE HAS DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY INFLUENCED COUNTLESS OTHERS WITH HIS MELODIC AND SMOOTH MUSICAL STYLINGS.
I HOPE A LITTLE LIGHT HAS BEEN SHED ON BOTH LITTLE BROTHER AND ENGLEBERT HUMPERDINCK, AND IT FEELS GOOD TO BE BACK IN THE MIX WITH SAMPLE SUNDAY (ALBEIT A DAY EARLY).
HAPPY DIGGIN', HAPPY LISTENIN'!!!
ONE LOVE
WISDOM
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