Ask Xadrez about old school Funk and Soul or Rap samples

xadrez · #1 03-24-2006, 04:05 PM

This is probably getting old, but what the hell.

Sponger. · #2 03-24-2006, 04:07 PM

Did you know that "the message" by Grandmaster flash was actually terrorist propaganda and also doubled as a trigger for terrorist sleeper cells?

Look at the lyrics, its in there. I promise.

#3 03-24-2006, 04:11 PM

I'd like to know how the greatness of soul music, and Motown, got replaced by the trash of Rap. That's all.

4_2_it · #4 03-24-2006, 04:12 PM

Will they ever catch the guy who killed Jam Master Jay?

xadrez · #5 03-24-2006, 04:14 PM

[ QUOTE ]
Sometimes I think I’m going insane, I swear I might
Hijack a plane

[/ QUOTE ]

I think Grandmaster Flash is merely conveying the bubbling angst and frustration he is experiencing due to being persecuted and trapped in an urban ghetto.

___ · #6 03-24-2006, 04:14 PM

ID please:
"I'm like a cat but you can call me a tiger, cuz I'm going out like a maniac(?)"

Not sure about the last word, but the rest is right.

xadrez · #7 03-24-2006, 04:21 PM

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I'd like to know how the greatness of soul music, and Motown, got replaced by the trash of Rap. That's all.

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NYC DJ's in the late 70's started using 2 copies of the same record to loop small segments of drum breaks while an MC rapped over the loop. The records used were soul/r&b/funk and disco records. Later on when it was taken to the studios the original artists merely continued doing what they knew how to do ie:make beats.

Perceiving it as crap has little to do with the assertion that it is a progression or a mutation of the older genres you enjoy.

xadrez · #8 03-24-2006, 04:21 PM

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Will they ever catch the guy who killed Jam Master Jay?

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Unfortunately, they wont ever find him/her.

xadrez · #9 03-24-2006, 04:23 PM

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ID please:
"I'm like a cat but you can call me a tiger, cuz I'm going out like a maniac(?)"

Not sure about the last word, but the rest is right.

[/ QUOTE ]

Is this a rap song or a soul/funk song? I can identify the samples used for rap better than I can identify lyrics.

___ · #10 03-24-2006, 04:24 PM

[ QUOTE ]
[ QUOTE ]
ID please:
"I'm like a cat but you can call me a tiger, cuz I'm going out like a maniac(?)"

Not sure about the last word, but the rest is right.

[/ QUOTE ]

Is this a rap song or a soul/funk song? I can identify the samples used for rap better than I can identify lyrics.

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Rap. Some more lyrics that may or may not be right, "You wanna f___ with me then come on and f__ with me/ you wanna calm me you'll need a whole army".