T.R.O.Y.

Tribe Vibes: Volume One

Posted: 15 Jun 2009 03:00 PM PDT

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

S.O.U.L. Samples

Posted: 15 Jun 2009 03:00 AM PDT

S.O.U.L. is an obscure early 70s funk group that released some of the absolute dopest tracks from that era. They recorded two albums in between the years of 1971 and 1973: "What Is It" and "Can You Feel It". From what I can gather, they disbanded shortly after the release of their second album, so unfortunately, their entire catalog contains less than 20 tracks. Producers that have sampled S.O.U.L. include Pete Rock, Marley Marl, The Large Professor, The Jungle Brothers, MF Doom, etc.

S.O.U.L. - Samples
1. S.O.U.L. - Burning Spear
2. Organized Konfusion - Releasing Hypnotical Gases
3. Pete Rock & CL Smooth - Go With The Flow
4. S.O.U.L. - Soul
5. Slick Rick - A Letter
6. Jungle Brothers - In Dayz 2 Come
7. Main Source - Fakin' The Funk
8. S.O.U.L. - Piece Of Mind
9. Craig G - What You're Used To
10. Main Source - Peace Is Not The Word To Play
11. S.O.U.L. - Message From A Black Man
12. MF Doom - Sarsaparilla (Instrumental)
http://www.mediafire.com/?ztt5nmzzj31

Preview:

S.O.U.L. - Burning Spear

S.O.U.L. - Soul

S.O.U.L. - Piece Of Mind

S.O.U.L. - Message From A Black Man

--Roy Johnson