Was in the middle of some early morning crate diggin'...which I normally do at 1am-6am but for some odd reason my sleep schedule has went back to normal. Anyway, found this funk/soul band called Brothers Unlimited and got a hold of an hard to find album entitled "Who's For The Young" released in 1970. I like it! "Life, Dreams, Death" is my favorite song. This is the type of 70's soul/funk that I wish I could find on command but it happens on my lucky nights...well, mornings in this case. I am sampling this track right now. Take a listen for yourself.
9th Wonder's De Blog Jam If 9th wasn't "that dude" I would go hunt that man down and tell him about himself on that "Care Bear's Count Down"...lol...aww man, this put a nice spark to my day. There was some serious jams included on here though....and I'mma flip one....you'll see.
Side Note:Contest Via TheHipHopDaily.Com off-sprung from this vid. I dig every single sample in this vid. So much so, that we’re holding a little contest for all you producers out there.
THE CONTEST IS THIS:
Sample one of the songs in the Vid. We’ll feature ALL the beats turned in, and the producers that go with them. The Cat with the BEST beat gets a spot on one of our upcoming sponsored mixtapes, and our Good Friends at BEATNOTIKS.COM will feature that producer on their site for a week. Let the games Begin.
THIS IS HOW YOU ENTER:
Comment below with your entry. It can either be a youtube link, or a thridparty download link, preferably one that features streams, like zshare, or usershare. I will post every SINGLE entry up, based on day. The contest will end this coming monday, and the winner will be chosen this friday. Contest Link
Every so often I'm going to drop a little preview of the beats and instrumentals I've been working on. Along with info behind the origin of the sample and alittle about the original artist.
1st up, Jerry Butler's "Take the Time to Tell Her"
Jerry Butler (born Jerry Butler Jr., December 8, 1939, Sunflower, Mississippi[1] ) is an American soul singer and songwriter, known as "The Ice Man" because of his cool demeanour while singing often intensely emotional lyrics.[citation needed] He is also noted as being the original lead singer of the R&B vocal group, The Impressions, as well as a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee.
Butler is also an American politician. He serves as a Commissioner for Cook County, Illinois, having first been elected in 1985. As a member of this 17-member county board, he chairs the Health and Hospitals Committee, and serves as Vice Chair of the Construction Committee. \/ \/ The original track is ill all on its on before I sampled it. This takes me back to when I was in Louisiana...just riding around in my 1984 Cutlass Supreme. Bumping old-skool soul songs such as this one. Throwing a few in the air along for the ride....ah...good times...good times.
Destination: I'm holding this one down for my vocal project entitled "Untold Skillz Of The 4 Ace Assassin". Which I'm crossing my fingers on that I can start near November. Either way, this won't just around and be forgotten. I love this track...nice chill and relaxed beat. Peep it for yourself.
Time to roll back to the crib. Just finished taking over one of my folk's cpu to finish up some music. I can't wait until I can do this at home again. smh...ah well.
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Gambitt
