The Godfather Don Samples - Volume 1

I've been holding out on this one for a long minute. It just didn't feel right without having some of Don's horn samples on here, but they'll have to be on Volume 2.

One of my favorite producers on the mic, of all time, who made those beats that any producer wished he had done himself. The first track, Cloudburst, starts off with a Natural Elements' sample. KA - I Mean This. You'll also catch a Double XX Posse sample in there if you pay close attention. If you can catch it, name it in the comments. All I'll say is it's off their "Ruff, Rugged, And Raw" album from 1995.

I could go on about how great some of these originals are and what other samples you'll find on them, but that would take up too much space. Do peep Marcella's Dream and see how Buckwild flipped that one for Big L's MVP Remix, though. Crazy.

Most of the Don joints here are from the Hydra Beats instrumental records he dropped in the mid 90's. The other tracks I figured you guys already had, so I just used the instrumental versions. Except the last three, which happen to be three of my favorite GFD tracks. I don't have the instrumentals for those.

If you know of any of his horn loop sample sources, please do tell in the comments.

01. Cloudburst

02. GFD - Depressed (instrumental)

03. Anti Love Song

04. GFD - Piece Of The Action (instrumental)

05. Piece Of Mind

06. GFD - Do You Know (instrumental)

07. Before I Rest

08. GFD - For My Pa (instrumental)

09. Vibrations

10. GFD - Buster (instrumental)

11. I Never Told You

12. GFD - 7 Degrees Of Elevation

13. GFD - Creepin (instrumental)

14. Marcella's Dream

15. GFD - Status

16. GFD - Forever My Lady

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I didn't name the original artists to avoid problems for the sampling artist. But the links on the song titles

will lead you to either more information and more music by the original artists, or to a place to support said artists.

Peace to Lyrical Gymnastics at T.R.O.Y. for the Piece Of Mind connection.

--Verge

DJ Premier - Originals

As the cover states, this is a continuous mix of funk & soul as sampled by DJ Premier. It also has some rock, jazz, fusion, and soundtrack cuts. And it's actually divided into three lengthy tracks. Which is better, IMO, than the entire mix being on one track. No tracklist at all here. There's a bunch of obvious samples that you probably already know. But don't sleep, there are quite a few I never heard and they are treats. You should notice a few that were used by other producers, too.

Something strange about this CD, though. The same exact mix was released in 2002 as "Primo's Bakery". And there is no credit on either mix as to who mixed it. WTF?! Unless it was by Primo, himself, or somebody who wants to remain anonymous. I dunno, man.

On google, all the info I could find on "Primo's Bakery" were places to download it and places to buy donuts and banana bread. The only info I could find on this release was the label to purchase it from, Boomkat.

Definitely worth a cop just for that bad ass cover. Too bad it's not on vinyl. Not yet, at least.

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--Verge

Dusty Fingers: Volume 16

If you have followed the Dusty Fingers series and are wondering when the hell this volume dropped, well, it didn't. Not really. Not on vinyl, at least. You had to have bought the complete collection on CD to get this one. It comes in a nice little package and contains all 16 volumes plus 3 volumes of Schoolyard Breaks, and everything is in MP3 and WAV format. You can cop here. Or try to find a better deal elsewhere.

For those who don't know, after the Lenny "Break Beat" Robert's (RIP) highly praised Ultimate Breaks and Beats series came Dusty Fingers. Going above and beyond any of the others, Dusty Fingers is arguably the greatest break beat and rare gem compilation series of all time. Danny Dan The Beat Man laid a foundation of the illest breaks, from rare soul to foreign soundtracks, for some of your favorite producers to sample from. Don't be fooled, a LOT of producers used these for some dope songs.

Legend has it that, at one point, Dan had so much vinyl, one day the floorboards at his mother's apartment collapsed and his records almost killed a kid living downstairs. Damn.

These aren't the compilations that would come out after something was sampled, saying who sampled what. Many of the greats, besides digging on their own, also looked to Danny Dan for the freshness.

Enjoy this 16th volume of Dusty and be sure to go all the way back to Volume 1 for some great music that has heavily influenced our music from 1997 to today.

01. Day Light (intro)

02. City Police

03. Beams

04. Superfine From Behind Lady

05. Hawks

06. Hey Jude (yet another ill take on this one)

07. Me Libertei

08. Klaun A Tanecnine

09. Lupin 3

10. Night Walk

11. My Lost

12. The Look Out

13. She's A Lady

14. Gatto Nero

15. Modern Mixture

16. Planetarium-Vched

17. Go For Broke

18. Leathal Enjection

19. The Big One (pause)

20. Maskerade (drums)

21. Superstition (drums)

22. When Your Hot (outro)

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--Verge

Who Flipped It Better? Hiero vs. Large Pro

When I first heard this George Duke record, I immediately recognized the sample for Hieroglyphics', "You Never Knew". Dope sample. A Plus also incorporated a Patrice Rushen singing sample and sped it up to great effect. They wound up with an energetic, fast paced, warm weather anthem that made for a dope single and great video.

The first time I heard Large Pro's, "Dancin' Girl", I recognized it as having the same sample as "You Never Knew". I had to go back and dig for the original because it's not easy trying to remember every single song you ever heard and who used what for what. Nahmean?

Anyway, I was expectedly impressed with the way LP flipped that Duke sample. He looped that shit up lovely and turned it into a mellow, lounging at the tittie club anthem.

Not much more to be said here. Two great producers, two hip hop anthems.

Both dope, but in different ways. This is another example of the talent and creativity that goes behind sampling. Another example of how everybody hears things differently and how a good ear for samples can keep things fresh.

Previews:

George Duke - Seeing You

Patrice Rushen - Didn't You Know

Large Professor - Dancin' Girl

Hieroglyphics - You Never Knew

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Don't sleep on the "sampling" link within the post.

--Verge

Tribe Vibes: Volume 3

A1 Star of the Story [Verses From The Abstract]

A2 Upon this Rock [Verses From The Abstract Drums]

A3 Steam Drill [Infamous Date Rape]

A4 New Rags [Buggin Out]

A5 Tribute to Obabi [Excursions]

A6 Time [Excursions]

A7 Midnight Cowboy [Show Business]

A8 Brazilian Rhyme [Mr.Muhammed]

B1 Exp (skit) [If The Papes Come]

B2 Pot Belly [If The Papes Come]

B3 Who's Makin Love [Hot Sex]

B4 All You Need Is Love (skit) [Luck Of Lucien]

B5 Sir Duke [Footprints]

B6 Keep On Doin It [Rap Promoter]

B7 Dig On It [God Lives Through]

B8 Rain Day [Go Ahead In The Rain]

C1 Walk Tall [Footprints]

C2 No Deposit, No Return [Bonita Applebum UK Remix]

C3 Between the Sheets [Bonita Applebum Remix]

C4 Why [Bonita Applebum Video Remix]

C5 Sunshower [Can I Kick It?]

C6 The Way You Do [Can I Kick It horns]

C7 Hard Times [Can I Kick It Remix]

C8 What a Waste [Can I Kick It Remix]

C9 Dreams [Electric Relaxation]

D1 New Horizons [Electric Relaxation/Hot 4 You]

D2 What Can You Bring Me [Rock Rock Yall]

D3 Leo [Stepping It Up]

D4 Little Sunfower [The Love]

D5 Didn't I

D6 Soul Concerto [Spirits]

D7 Cosmic Reign [Lyrics To Go Remix]

D8 The Hump [Mr. Incognito]

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I went ahead and included two full versions of tracks that were only snippets on the original vinyl of Tribe Vibes 3 because they are just that dope- Joe Farrell's "Upon This Rock"(which was sampled by Wu Tang for something in this century that I just can't remember right now and the drums were used by all these people and more) and Cannonball Adderley's "Walk Tall".

Of course there are mad tracks on here that have been sampled by many other people since, as on all Tribe Vibes. The first cut, "Star Of The Story", is an Rn'B joint that you either hate or love. I'll admit that it's pretty cheesy, but I like it, who cares. It was also used for that Smif N Wessun white label, "Nothing Move But The Money", which you can download here.

There's just a ton of great music on here. I'm not gonna waste any more of your time trying to make a case for it. It's Tribe Vibes. You know what it is. Enjoy.

If You Missed The First Two Volumes:

Tribe Vibes Vol.1

Tribe Vibes Vol.2

And stay tuned for Volume 4.

--Verge

Tribe Vibes: Volume 2

A1 Luther Ingram - Pity For The Lonely [Public Enemy]

A2 Billy Baron - Communications Is Where It's At [Public Enemy]

A3 Funkadelic - Nappy Dugout [Ham N' Eggs]

A4 Freda Payne - We've gotta find a Way [Ham N' Eggs drums]

A5 Sly & The Family Stone - Remember Who You Are [After Hours]

A6 Les McCann - North Carolina [After Hours]

A7 Cannonball Adderly - Soul Virgo [Bonita Applebum]

A8 Slave - Son of Slide [Go Ahead In The Rain]

B1 Roy Ayers - Running Away [Description Of A Fool]

B2 Average White Band - Love your Life [Check The Rhyme]

B3 Funkadelic - Tales Of Kidd Funkadelic [Everything Is Fair]

B4 Kool & The Gang - Soul Vibrations [Scenario Remix]

B5 The Fatback Band - Wicky Wacky [Show Business]

B6 Cal Tjader - Aquarius [Tour Guide on Midnight Marauders LP]

B7 Jack Wilkins - Red Clay [Sucka Nigga]

C1 Weldon Irvine - We Gettin' Down [Award Tour]

C2 Charles Earland - Low Down [Award Tour]

C3 Milt Jackson - Olinga [Award Tour]

C4 Steve Arrington - Beddie-Biey [The Chase Pt.2]

C5 Kool & The Gang - Who's Gonna Take The Weight [Oh My God]

C6 James Brown - Just Enough Foom For Storage [Lyrics To Go]

C7 Minnie Riperton - Inside my Love [Lyrics To Go]

C8 Clyde McPhatter - Mixed Up Cup [Lyrics To Go drums]

D1 Bola Sete - Bettina [8 Million Stories]

D2 Albino Gorilla - Psychedelic Shack [Midnight]

D3 Roy Ayers - I Feel Like Making Love [Keep It Rollin']

D4 David T. Walker - On Love [God Lives Through]

D5 The Cyrkle - The Visit [Get A Hold]

D6 Gary Burton - I'm Your Pal [1nce Again]

D7 Henry Franklin - Soft Spirit [The Hop]

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As is par for Strictly Breaks' Tribe Vibes series, you're getting a massive amount of funk, soul, and jazz here on Volume 2. From 'Nappy Dugout' to 'North Carolina' to 'Just Enough Room For Storage', your appetite for greezy, gutbucket type funk will be straight. On the soul and RnB tip, 'Pity For The Lonely', early 80's sounding 'Beddie Bye', and the sampled a thousand times over 'Inside My Love' should keep your lady in the mood to deal with your punk ass. Closing this volume out is a spiritual jazz track called 'Soft Spirit'. You'll hear the sample for 'The Hop' in the intro, but it veers off into a deep reservoir of space jazz from that point on.

Even if you had these, you still may want them again being that we including an extra here and there that weren't on the original vinyls.

Catch Volume One here.

Volumes 3 and 4 coming soon, stay tuned...

--Verge

Tribe Vibes: Volume One

A1. Jagger The Dagger (Push It Along)

A2. Loran's Dance (Push It Along)

A3. I'm Gonna Love You (Push It Along)

A4. Fourty Days (Luck of Lucien)

A5. Think Twice (Footprints)

A6. Funky (I Left My Wallet In El Segundo)

A7. Memory Lane (Bonita Applebaum)

A8. Daylight (Bonita Applebaum)

A9. Fool Yourself (Bonita Applebaum drums)

B1. Walk On The Wild Side (Can I Kick It)

B2. Spinning Wheel (Can I Kick It drums)

B3. Inner City Blues (Youthful Expressions)

B4. Electric Frog (Mr. Muhammad)

B5. A Chant For Bu (Excursions)

B6. S.O.B. Drums (Excursions drums)

B7. Young And Fine (Butter)

B8. Gentle Smiles (Butter)

B9. I Like Everything About You (Butter drums)

C1. Down Here On The Ground (Vibes and Stuff)

C2. Is It Him or Me (The Infamous Date Rape drums)

C3. Baby This Love I Have (Check The Rhyme)

C4. Ain't No Sunshine (Everything Is Fair drums)

C5. Green Dolphin Street (We Got The Jazz)

C6. Uncle Willie's Dream (What)

C7. Oblighetto (Scenario)

C8. Little Miss Lover (Scenario drums)

D1. Mystic Brew (Electric Relaxation)

D2. Inside Love (Electric Relaxation)

D3. Absolutions (Oh My God)

D4. Why Can't People Be Colors Too (Oh My God drums)

D5. Martins Funeral (We Can Get Down)

D6. Outside Love (Electric Relaxation drums)

D8. Ekim (Steve Biko)

D9. Dirty Old Bossa Nova (Jam)

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I was originally going to give yall two volumes of these Tribe Vibes at a time, but they're just too damn great. I don't want them to get lost in the infinite sauce of T.R.O.Y. downloads that are clogging up your hd's. These really deserve thorough listens, especially this one. Just picking out samples that other people used since is enough to keep you busy for a while. And if you need an intro into funk laced soul and jazz music, this is a great start.

If you're not familiar with Jagger The Dagger by Eugene McDaniels, you'll immediately recognize it as being sampled a number of times for some other pretty notable rap joints. I bugged when I first heard this song and it remains one of my favorite funk tracks of all time. The shit is just straight rugged and evil sounding. Like many other originals, I heard this one after hearing the hip hop usage and couldn't believe just how great it was. Which leads me to this -

What gets you more hype when hearing samples?

Actually knowing what was sampled as soon as you hear the hip hop track?

Or finding the sample after hearing the hip hop track?

For me, it's probably a little bit of both. On one hand, I feel like I know my shit when I know the original first. But sometimes it takes away from the freshness if you already heard the sample. There's even times I feel that the original was so good it shouldn't have been touched at all.

On the other side, there's a certain rush I get when I stumble on an ill sample that I never knew about. Especially if it's off a real tough record or somewhere nobody would have thought it was on.

If you have a preference, hit up the comments.

Thanks to HHIR for the full versions of Absolutions, Outside Love, and Ekim.

--Verge

Rhinestone Cowboy - The Long Awaited Sample

After months and months of digging and speculating, interacting on different forums and with different people, it finally surfaces. Much to the chagrin of another producer who used the same sample for an unused instrumental, a kid who rarely posts at Philaflava dropped the name of the record just a little while ago. The poster fittingly goes by the name of Midnight Marauder and tonight he truly marauded for our ears and I would just like to extend a thorough thank you to the man who we don't know much about.

Now, for the last few months, this subject has brought about a bit of controversy. The main argument being about producers unveiling their sample sources. Of course, this phenomena goes way back to the late 70's, early 80's, when DJ's used to use different means to hide the names of records they spun. It was usually to make sure another DJ didn't bite and use the same record or to just stay being the only DJ with that record, rendering his material exclusive. Understandable, completely. 

But nowadays, things done changed. The internet is a wonderful thing. You got blogs like Kevin Nottingham and Hip Hop Is Read releasing entire album sample sets. You got people over at The-Breaks listing samples for your favorite songs every day, in an easily navigable presentation. You got guys like myself and Roy Johnson doing their own unique sample sets, breakdowns, and challenges. It's a new world. Bask in it! You never know when things can change for the worse.

Some might say that asking what someone sampled is lazy and wack and against what this culture used to represent. Some people say that sharing and building on the information can only lead to good things. The one thing I can add here is that insulting and trying to belittle someone for requesting sample information is an uncalled for, wack move.

There really is no reason for me to get into the argument, I mean, to each his own. If someone doesn't want to give up a sample source, they don't have to. Especially if they are a pretty big name, they can face litigation. And if your name is recognized on a much, much smaller scale, you still don't owe anybody a sample source revelation. But it might help your career out by getting your name out there a little more. In these days, fans want that interactivity with artists.

There's nothing to debate. The credit goes to the writers, performers, producers, musicians, and engineers of the original record. Credit also goes to the hip hop producers for doing that magic that they do so well at turning a little old sample into a beautiful new hip hop joint.

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Thanks to leftright and everyone else from The-Breaks and Philaflava message boards. All you guys are some diggin'

fanatics. And your non stop work on uncovering this was and is appreciated.

--Verge