Example Of The Soul-Sampling Element

FORCE OF NATURE - Nujabes - Fat Jon

Along with J-Dilla of course, these producers have had a big impact on my style. The technique and the importantly but slept on element...the choice of sample. I get lucky every so often (plus w/ the help of fellow music lovers, you know who you are) in finding samples as soulful, reaching and touching as this one. It captures you. One who cannot feel this is one without heart or a soul. I'm going to have to step my sample-digging-game up.

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Recent Fav. Gem

Was watching the blu-ray boxset of Samurai Champloo that I won from the hiphopgame.com contest....that also came with two autographed Fat Jon CD's....
...and at the end of one of the episodes this song played. This song is beautiful.
I'm sampling it tonight!

Shoutout to the homie J.Storm for finding the S.C. soundtrack that contains this track.
Play it for yourself and catch a vibe.

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