SAMPLE SUNDAY-----COLD MONDAY EDITION

WE'RE ONLY A FEW WEEKS AWAY FROM SPRING, BUT I'M ALREADY LOOKING FORWARD TO SUMMER 2011.  I AM SURE THIS IS GOING TO BE A SUMMER TO REMEMBER, BOTH MUSICALLY AND OTHERWISE.  TO LOOK FORWARD TO THIS SUMMER OF ANTICIPATION, I HAVE A VERY DOPE SONG, SOMETIMES OVERLOOKED, WITHIN THE UNMATCHED CATALOG OF THE ONE AND ONLY SHAWN COREY CARTER.  LAST NIGHT, WHILE ATTENDING A DOPE SHOWCASE AT 5 SEASONS, MY EARS PIQUED WHEN DJ TNT DROPPED THIS GEM ON THE CROWD, A SONG I HAVEN'T HEARD IN A GOOD WHILE, BUT A SONG THAT WILL HAVE ME LOOKING FORWARD TO "JAY-Z SEASON", SO TO SPEAK!

PRODUCED BY JUST BLAZE, "DEAR SUMMER" ACTUALLY WAS RECORDED FOR MEMPHIS BLEEK'S 2005 ALBUM 534.  THE DOPE, JAZZY SAMPLE THAT SERVES AS THE BACKDROP FOR THE SONG IS A WELDON IRVINE CREATION, "MORNING SUNRISE". 



"MORNING SUNRISE", FROM THE WELDON IRVINE ALBUM THE SISTERS (SAUCERMAN, 1979), IS A SURE-FIRE BANGER EVEN NOW IN 2011.  I LOVE THAT JAZZY, ATMOSPHERIC SOUND FROM 1970'S MUSIC.  IT DEFINITELY HAS SERVED AS THE SOUNDSCAPE FOR MANY A HIP HOP SONG.  WELDON IRVINE IS A SOMEWHAT OVERLOOKED  ARTIST DURING THAT HOTBED PERIOD OF THE 1970'S.  TRACE HIS DISCOGRAPHY AND WRITING CREDITS TO SEE HOW INFLUENTIAL OF AN ARTIST HE WAS, AND STILL IS, ALMOST NINE YEARS AFTER HIS UNTIMELY DEATH AT AGE 58.  MUCH LOVE GOES TO THIS INFLUENTIAL BROTHER WHOSE TOUCH GRACES THE MUSIC INDUSTRY, FROM JAZZ, TO FUNK, TO R&B, TO HIP HOP, AND BEYOND.

IT MAY BE MARCH 7TH, BUT "DEAR SUMMER" IS MY ODE TO WARM TIMES AND HOT RHYMES.  BEFORE I GO, I CAN'T FORGET TO SEND HAPPY BIRTHDAY WISHES TO THE ONE AND ONLY SPEECH, MY RHYME PARTNER FOR THE BETTER PART OF THREE DECADES! 

ONE LOVE! ONE BEAT!