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This morning we are continuing or exploration of J Dilla samples… In the mid and later 200os, the entire rap world was buzzing about Dilla’s beat tapes. As many producers often do, J Dilla would give out “tapes” of his beats for Emcees to preview and hopefully, buy. In order to avoid his beats getting [...]
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Last week a listener asked me to explore some J Dilla beats on the SEVEN O CLOCK SAMPLE, so I said… Ok, let’s TURN IT UP! DIlla passed away in 2006, after a long battle with Lupus. Many knew Jay Dee was sick, but few saw his death coming. When he passed, the Hip Hop [...]
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For most, J Dilla is considered one of the most influential producers of all time in hip hop and even beyond the confines of the genre. For example, take a look at the Timeless series from Mochilla. Timeless took the works of Arthur Verocai, Mulate Astatke, and J Dilla and had an orchestra re-interpret their [...]
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This week on the Seven O Clock Sample, I’ve decided to open Pandora’s box, and explore the music samples of Kanye West. There is no doubt that Kanye has lost his mind over the past few years, …but his production quality has remained stellar! In 2005, Common called on Mr. West to bring the soul [...]
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Many, many, many artists have sampled The Islet Brothers. So when I decided to pick my favorite Isley Brothers samples for this week’d seven o clock sample segment, this song was a no-brainer! “Footsteps in the Dark” was released in 1977 by The Isley Brothers as an album track featured on the group’s double-platinum album, [...]
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Today I’m presenting one of my absolute favorite samples. I’d been looking for this sample for a very long time. I knew what the song was, but I could not find the album, when I finally got it, I was bragging to Tarik that I had found one of my favorite samples, to which he [...]
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Lots of songs never make it to the radio that are getting lots of attention online. Live tracks, sanctioned and unsanctioned remixes, mash-ups, overlooked gems by unsigned artists. Every week on “Are You Feeling This,” we invite you to hear what the buzz is all about. You tell us what you think. Vote in the [...]
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I know that I promised that we’d explore only James Brown Hip Hop samples in the month of June, however with Q Tip coming to town this Thursday and all the excitement here at the station around that, I felt I had to give you a little Q Tip sample this morning. Q Tip’s newest [...]
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This week on the 7 o clock sample, we are exploring one of the most influential and classic hip hop albums of all time. A Tribe Called Quest’s LOW END THEORY. In 1991, the third 12″ single for this album was released by Jive records. That single was ” SCENARIO” , which after almost 20 [...]
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