Back at cha for 2011 with your weekly installment of the freshest breaks from the golden and renaissance eras of hip hop. With lack of publishing rights and clearances on samples these days the sound and feel of hip hop has changed a bit. No longer are we invited to experience and explore music across various genres and generations of sound, but instead we are fed alot of the same ol’ lame ol’. Whether it be due to industry politics or just a new generation of producer enthusiasts seeking mass appeal, the art of sampling has truely become a lost art . Check for Crates & Breaks on the weekly for a dose of culture and gems from days past and the producers and artists that have come to define true school quality hip hop.
• Gap Mangione “Diana in the Autumn Wind” (1968)/Slum Village “Fall in Love” (2000)
• Dorothy Ashby “Cause I Need It” (1969)/ INI “Fakin Jax” (1995)
• Don Randi “Theme From “The Fox”” (1969)/ Black Star feat. Common “Respiration” (1998)
• The Emotions “If You Think It (You May as Well Do It)” (1972)/Raekwon feat. Nas, Ghostface “Verbal Intercourse” (1995)
• Ramon Morris “Don’t Ask Me” (1974)/Big Pun feat. Noreaga “You Came Up” (1998)
• Maynard Ferguson Mister Mellow” (1977)/ Showbiz & A.G. “Next Level” (Nyte Time Mix) (1995)
• Catalyst “Uzuri” (1972)/Heltah Skeltah (Fab 5) “Leflaur Leflah Eshkoshka” (1996)
• Nancy Wilson & Cannonball Adderley “Never Will I Marry” (1961)/O.C. “Word Life” (1994)
• Taj Mahal “The Cuckoo” (1968)/ Gang Starr “The Planet” (1994)
• Lowell Fulsom “Tramp” (1966)/EPMD feat. LL Cool J “Rampage” (1990)
