De La Soul - The Instrumentals (1988-1998)

Your De La Soul collection should consist of their first four instrumental LPs, numerous soundboard recordings from concerts in between the years of '88 and '98, a gang of shelved demos from the "De La Soul Is Dead" and "Buhloone Mindstate" sessions, etc. Instead, you're left fiending for these things, and chances are that you'll never see anything released.

Here are all of their known instrumentals from between the years of '88 and '98. If I missed anything, hit us up in the comments section.

De La Soul - The Instrumentals Volume 1
1. Me Myself And I
2. Me Myself And I (Oblapos Mode)
3. Potholes In My Lawn
4. Buddy (Native Tongue Decision)
5. Ghetto Thang (Ghetto Ximer)
6. Say No Go (New Keys)
7. Say No Go (Bonus Beats)
8. Keepin' The Faith
9. Keepin' The Faith (Straight Pass)
10. Millie Pulled A Pistol On Santa (Full Mix)
11. Ring Ring Ring (Sax Mix)
12. Saturdays (Mo Mo Dub)
http://www.mediafire.com/?hq3g1l3nnyy

De La Soul - The Instrumentals Volume 2
1. The Dawn Brings Smoke
2. Breakadawn (De La Remix)
3. Breakadawn
4. Ego Trippin'
5. Ego Trippin' (Egoristic Mix)
6. Lovely How I Let My Mind Float
7. En Focus
8. Fallin'
9. Stakes Is High
10. Stakes Is High (Remix)
11. The Bizness
12. The Bizness (Remix)
13. Itzsoweezee
14. Trouble In The Water
15. More Than You Know
http://www.mediafire.com/?wmgvgzg4yfn

Preview:

Me Myself And I


Me Myself And I (Oblapos Mode)


Potholes In My Lawn


Buddy (Native Tongue Decision)


Breakadawn (De La Remix)


Breakadawn


Ego Trippin'


Fallin'


Stakes Is High


Trouble In The Water


--Roy Johnson

Galt MacDermot - Samples

Galt MacDermot is easily one of my favorite soul-jazz pianists/organists of all time. After discovering "Duffer" on a breaks compilation about a decade back, I decided to snatch up whatever I could find. Fortunately, a good portion of his late 60s/early 70s albums and soundtracks had been repressed: "Woman Is Sweeter", "Shapes Of Rhythm", "Cotton Comes To Harlem", etc. Also, Galt released the amazing "Up From The Basement" compilations in early 2000, and both volumes were entirely composed of unreleased tracks, including an alternate version of "Duffer"!

Unfortunately, I had a difficult time tracking down his 1971 masterpiece "The Nucleus". The Chicago-based record store "Dusty Groove Records" was purchasing 'em from Galt's dead stock at a rate of ten per order, and I was always late on the draw. What made it worse is that Dusty Groove wouldn't let you reserve a copy in advance! I'd search ebay and see it going for upwards of $100 (most likely from sellers who purchased numerous copies from Dusty Groove). Eventually, I got fed up with the BS and decided to contact Galt himself. I was able to snatch up three copies of "The Nucleus" at $25 a piece, as well as two copies of his classic "Hair Cuts" LP from 1969 (instrumental renditions). I also purchased a gang of others, including "Ghetto Suite", "Isabel's A Jezebel", "Two Gentlemen Of Verona", "The Karl Marx Play", etc. Suffice to say, I was a very happy man.

Galt's late 60s/early 70s catalog remains largely untapped in terms of sampling potential. Here's a good portion of what's been utilized up to this point (although my cut-off period for all things hip hop related is right around 2001/2002, so you'll have to excuse me for not being familiar with artists that have sampled Galt in recent years).

Galt MacDermot - Samples
1. Galt MacDermot - Golden Apples Part II
2. K-Def - Galt Is Loose (Instrumental)
3. Jay Dee - Mash (Instrumental)
4. Galt MacDermot - Cathedral
5. MF Doom - Pennyroyal (Instrumental)
6. Galt MacDermot - Bedroom
7. Beatnuts - Uncivilized (Instrumental)
8. Galt MacDermot - Stockyard
9. Quasimoto - Return Of The Loop Digga
10. Galt MacDermot - Harlem Medley Pt. I
11. Quasimoto - Discipline 99
12. Galt MacDermot - Coffee Cold
13. J-Live - The Truth
14. Gangstarr - Werdz From The Ghetto Child (Instrumental)
15. Galt MacDermot - Space
16. Busta Rhymes - Woo-Hah (Instrumental
17. Busta Rhymes - Woo-Hah (Worldwide Remix Instrumental)
18. MF Doom - Cinquefoil (Instrumental)
19. Galt MacDermot - Ripped Open By Metal Explosions
20. Artifacts - C'Mon Wit Da Git Down
21. Galt MacDermot - Duffer
22. Galt MacDermot - If Our Love Is Real
http://www.mediafire.com/?kzn1zmemvom

Preview:

Galt MacDermot - Golden Apples Part II


Galt MacDermot - Cathedral


Galt MacDermot - Bedroom


Galt MacDermot - Stockyard


Galt MacDermot - Harlem Medley Pt. I


Galt MacDermot - Coffee Cold


Galt MacDermot - Space


Galt MacDermot - Ripped Open By Metal Explosions


Galt MacDermot - Duffer (Bonus Track)


Galt MacDermot - If Our Love Is Real (Bonus Track)


As a bonus, here is the amazing "Hair Cuts" LP that I purchased from Galt himself back in 2001. I remastered it with click repair.



Galt MacDermot - Hair Cuts (1969)
1. Aquarius
2. Sodomy
3. Donna-Hashish
4. Easy To Be Hard
5. Where Do I Go
6. Don't Put It Down
7. Hare Krishna
8. Good Morning Starshine
9. Let The Sunshine In
http://www.mediafire.com/?fmctmryysxm

Obviously, hit up google for out-of-print Galt records like "The Nucleus", etc. Also, make sure to purchase everything that has been repressed over the past decade. If you're a fan, then you owe it to the man. Hell, I've probably contributed at least $300 to his cause!

--Roy Johnson

The Early Years of Jay-Dee

Before Slum Village, Jay-Dee was part of a group called 1st Down which was him and Detroit Mc Phat Kat. In 1995, they signed to Payday(Jeru the Damaja, Group Home, Showbiz & AG,...). They only released a 12" inch "A Day Wit The Homiez" in 1995. Even though they didn't release a full album; in 2002 they re-released the single on cd with 3 bonus tracks. "A Day Wit The Homiez" has to be one of my favorite Jay-Dee track ever produced. Phat Kat dropped an album last year that contained a few beats by Dilla.

At the same time as 1st down, Jay-Dee produced for Detroit group 5 Elementz which included Proof of D12, Mudd, and Thyme. They recorded an album in 1995, "The Album That Time Forgot". As the album was mostly produced by Jay-Dee, it reminds a lot of LabCabinCalifornia by The Pharcyde. Thyme was also featured on "Open Mic" off Eminem's Infinite in 1996. Anyway, it's a great album!

Also the first remix that Jay-Dee ever did was One Little Indian which came out in 1995. Then he produced 3 tracks for a group called Natives From Da Undaground. After that he would go on to produce for the Pharcyde, De La Soul, Busta Rhymes, and his group Slum Village. The rest is history!

RIP (1974-2006)

1st Down - A Day Wit The Homiez
5 Elementz - The Album That Time Forgot
Little Indian - One Little Indian (Jaydee Shit Remix)
Natives From Da Undaground - Whatcha Gonna Do For Me

Props to Ho1ogramz and godmc

--Thomas V