Classic smooth Hip Hop for a Sunday evening. This one taps George Benson’s sublime ‘Face It Boy, It’s Over’ (1968), taking the most catchy hook…
Tag: Samples
18/12/2020: “Wear Your Love Like Heaven” by Definition of Sound
I’m not sure I’d characterise this music as hip hop, as such. It’s more like breakbeat with a bit of rapping. It’s all gloriously early…
13/12/2020: “Talkin’ All That Jazz” by Stetsasonic
Sampling has long been a controversial part of hip hop culture. Not within hip hop, of course. But record labels have tended to feel strongly…
08/12/2020: “Nufoundfunk” by King Kooba
It’s hard to place this kind of music. It sits within a wide spectrum of ‘Downtempo’, or ‘trip hop’, blending influences from hip hop, jazz,…
03/05/2019: “Papua New Guinea” by The Future Sound Of London
Not many songs from the early U.K. rave era can claim the same sort of longevity as this one! It’s still widely regarded as one…
10/11/2018: “Frontier Psychiatrist” by The Avalanches
DJ Shadow left a big mark on the electronic music scene with his innovative sample magic. The Avalanches have taken that attitude to sampling and…
04/09/2018: “Cola Bottle Baby” by Edwin Birdsong
The main riff of this song has certainly done the rounds. It was sampled by Daft Punk for their 2001 song, “Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger”….
11/05/2018: “Kuj Yato” by Clap! Clap!
The title of this song, and the artist who produced it, do look a bit random. But I double checked, and this is how they…