Monday Five - December 6th, 2010

It's an all hip-hop affair this week.

Here come the hot-steppers...

One. Dead Prez - 'Mind Sex'

Two. RZA - 'Good Night'

Three. Dela - 'Music Is My Sanctuary' (Remix)

Four. Madvillain - 'Raid'

Five. Nas - 'Foul Breeze'

...and, some bonus Lord Finesse w/ Big L. footage just cos' they the man! CLASSIC footage from the early 90's on 'Yo! MTV Raps'.

Sample & Flip #6

When you flip a sample as a producer, sometimes it may have been used by another before you.

In these situations it pays big time to either flip and chop it in a completely different way, or get your #1 idol to remix your track with said sample.

It goes without saying that DJ Cam is clearly heavily influenced by one of the greatest; DJ Premier. 

On his killer LP 'Soulshine' he had Primo remix his track 'Voodoo Child' which featured Afu Ra on raps.

Next up, from their '8 Diagrams' LP and produced by RZA, Wu Tang Clan's 'Life Changes' is a track that they created as a dedication to Russell Jones aka Ol' Dirty Bastard.

Here's the Clan performing it live at the Montreaux Jazz Festival in '07 with Method Man doing the kick-off verse.

And thirdly, here is my favourite use of the sample. The now legendary Madlib uses his chopping skills to lace Percee P's 'The Woman Behind Me' remix.

Lovely!

So where does that sweet sample come from that provides the back-drop for these three killer hip-hop productions?

Why it's Freda Payne on her classic 'The Road We Didn't Take' from her 1971 LP 'Contact'.

Mean as.