Sample Wednesday
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Wednesday, February 28th, 2007The Jaxx love their samplers.
Gary Numan – “M.E.“used in “Where’s Your Head At?”Locksmith – “Far Beyond“used in “”Red Alert””The Clash – “The Magnificent Dance“used in “Magnificent Romeo”The Selecter – “On My Radio“used in “Same Old Show”The Fatback Band – “Wicky Wacky“used in “Fatback Effekt”Earth, Wind & Fire – “Lady Sun“used in “”Breakaway””Chic – “You Can’t [...]
Sample Wednesday 27: Daft Punk
Wednesday, February 14th, 2007This is my favorite edition of Sample Wednesday so far. I think most of you will be as shocked as I was to hear some of these tracks. I couldn’t have put this together without inspiration from the girl Elizabeth- she put it well: as you hear these tracks you’ll either decide Daft Punk isn’t [...]
Sample Wednesday 26: LL & Fox Boogie
Thursday, February 8th, 2007For some reason the “I Shot Ya (Remix)” by LL featuring everybody has been looping in my mind all week, so here’s a few tracks that were sampled by Mr. Ladies Love and a waaay too young to be talking about her ill na na, Foxy Brown. Speaking of “I Shot Ya”, what ever happened [...]
Sample Wednesday 25: Guess Who
Wednesday, January 31st, 2007photo credit: Jennifer Tzar, TRACE #55
We’ve had a spare $15 iTunes giftcard for quite some time, so we figured, why not shake things up? Send over an email (be sure to include name and location) as soon as you figure out who the subject of this weeks Sample Wednesday is, and the first response [...]
Sample Wednesday 24: DJ Quik
Wednesday, January 24th, 2007George McCrae – “I Get Lifted“used in “Diggin’ You Out”Cameo – “I Just Want To Be“used in “Quik Is The Name”B.T. Express – “Once You Get It“used in “Loc’ed Out Hood”Rose Royce – “Ooh Boy“used in “Sweet Black Pussy”Emotions – “A Feeling Is“used in “I Got That Feelin”Brick – “Dazz“used in “Dollars & Sense”8th Day [...]
Sample Wednesday 23: Outkast
Thursday, January 4th, 2007Your white tee, well to me looks like a nightgown. Make ya mama proud take that thing two sizes down.Joe Simon – “Before the Night Is Over“used in “So Fresh So Clean”Five Stairsteps – “Danger She’s A Stranger“used in “Two Dope Boyz (in a Cadillac)”Allen Toussaint – “Worldwide“used in “We Luv [...]
SW22: Nas v2.0
Wednesday, December 27th, 2006“I thought Jordans and a gold chain was livin’ it up”
J Geils Band – “Monkey Island“used in “Rewind”Peabo Bryson – “Born To Love“used in “2nd Childhood”Minnie Ripperton – “Rainy Day In Centreville“used in “Where Ya’ll At”Linda Clifford – “Never Gonna Stop“used in “Street Dreams”Chris Barber – “Petite Fleur“used in “Phone Tap”Ohio Players – “Good Luck [...]
Sample Wednesday 21: The Fugees
Friday, December 15th, 2006Wednesday came, Wednesday went. Thursday came, now it went, too. You might call it Sample Weekday. Hope you all have as much fun listening to these as I did putting this together.
Ramsey Lewis – “If Loving You Is Wrong Then I Dont Wanna Be Right“used in “Fu-Gee-La”Delfonics – “Ready Or Not (Here I Come)“used in [...]
Sample Wednesday 20: Pharoahe Monch
Thursday, November 30th, 2006This is not a vietnam song/ I know women from desert storm who came back deformed/ missle ends and disease in their legs and arms/ from chemicals twice as strong as agent orange.- from “Agent Orange”
Back by popular demand, another edition of Sample Wednesday to warm your hands and feet (and ears) in this [...]
Sample Wednesday 19: Pete Rock
Thursday, October 19th, 2006“Military justice is to justice what military music is to music.”Groucho Marx
Gianni Ferrio – “Ipotesi/Un Giorno In Piu“used in “Soul Survivor Intro”Tom Scott – “Today“used in “T.R.O.Y.”Curtis Mayfield – “Don’t Worry, If There’s A Hell Below (We’re All Gonna Go)“used in “Give it to Y’all”Isaac Hayes – “Walk On By“used in “Walk on By”100% Pure [...]
SW 18: R.I.P. to the Female Emcee
Wednesday, September 20th, 2006Hip-hop legend MC Lyte & acclaimed journalist and author of “When Chickenheads Come Home to Roost” Joan Morgan @ Lehigh University. Photos taken by CalvinJohn Smiley
Scratch Magazine recently ran a great article (if not for the actual content, just for the sheer acknowledgement of the problem) posing the question “where is the female mc?” While [...]
Sample Wednesday 17: De La Pt.2 + Spinoff Winners!
Wednesday, August 30th, 2006There they are, in all their campy glory. Three winners, three honorable mentions. Congrats to Scott Williams (no not you, Skunt) who won the J.Dilla package, Chris Scott, the winner of the OBEY print, & Yasin Gregg, who gets the Spin-Off tee. Enjoy fellas!
Now, for the second half of De La’s Sample Wednesday…
“Son Of Shaft” [...]
Sample Wednesday 16: De La Soul, Part 1
Wednesday, August 23rd, 2006I once sat next to Posdnuos and his lady at a performance of Topdog/Underdog starring Mos Def and Jeffrey Wright. In the middle of the first act, a voice came on the loudspeaker and calmly told us we all had to leave, not to panic, and that yes, there was a fire in the building. [...]
SW15: Dipset
Wednesday, August 2nd, 2006**Perfection according to Chris Rock**For all the penis wielders reading this, here is the litmus test to gauge if your prospective female companion is of the minute percentage of her gender that is most highly desired by the modern urban parlayer. The key to your happiness lies in two questions. The first being, “you like [...]
SW14: Mef ‘n’ Red
Wednesday, July 12th, 2006I was actually not sure about posting an edition of Sample Wednesday this week, until I got into a very brief yet poignant conversation with one of my editors at GIANT Magazine (sidenote: the Pharrell feature in the next issue- crazy!) Scott Poulson-Bryant regarding why Method Man didn’t become one of the greats. When Wu-Tang [...]
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