snuh ([info]snuh) wrote,
@ 2008-11-18 20:23:00
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hip-hop interlude

This is totally self-indulgent, but after years of music blogging, I deserve it. For those of you that totally despise Hip-Hop, I have a cute cat video to hold you over:


YouTube: Roomba Driver


Afrika Bambaataa & The Soulsonic Force: Planet Rock (Instrumental) - 22MB

Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five feat. Melle Mel & Duke Bootee: The Message - 11MB

Public Enemy: Bring The Noise - 6MB

Ultramagnetic MC's: Give The Drummer Some - 5MB

Big Daddy Kane: I Get The Job Done - 7MB

Kurtis Blow: The Breaks - 12MB

Kool Moe Dee: Wild Wild West - 8MB

Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock: It Takes Two - 8MB

Biz Markie: Just A Friend - 5MB

Apache: Gangsta Bitch - 7MB

Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth: They Reminisce Over You (T.R.O.Y) - 6MB

Doug E. Fresh & The Get Fresh Crew: The Show - 8MB

Eric B. & Rakim: Paid In Full - The Coldcut Remix - 9MBweb hit counter

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[info]terry
2008-11-19 05:20 am UTC (link)
I'm not a huge hip-hop fan but I used to watch BET back in the early 80's when it first came on the air. They played a lot of the rap pioneers such as Kurtis Blow, Fat Boys, Run DMC, etc. along with independently produced music videos that never ran on MTV. One of them was "Beat The Rap" by Scott Free which I recently found after not seeing for over 20 years.

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[info]snuh
2008-11-19 06:45 am UTC (link)
You're the King of Lost Video - have you checked the views on your Amy Poehler vids? Scott Free has to be one of the early white rappers - this may be his myspace page: http://www.myspace.com/scottfreeky


LL Cool J: Jingling Baby - 6MB

Run-D.M.C.: It's Like That - 7MB

2 Live Crew: Throw The Dick - 5MB




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[info]terry
2008-11-19 04:28 pm UTC (link)
I've gotten a pretty good response from my Amy Poehler videos probably more than I expected. I should really post more videos considering I'm still hanging onto hundreds of VHS tapes from the 80's and 90's. Might as well make them useful.

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[info]elks
2008-11-19 06:42 am UTC (link)
woohoo! i love it all!!!

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[info]snuh
2008-11-19 06:50 am UTC (link)
I'm glad someone loves Hip-Hop besides me. Some of my friends just can't stand it, at least I know how to drive them away.

Kool Moe Dee: How Ya Like Me Now - 9MB

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[info]elks
2008-11-19 06:46 am UTC (link)
i also feel like i lose 345395 points as a hip hop head for not realizing ultramagnetic MC's give the drummer some existed. i thought black milk came up with "give the drummer sum" all on his own.

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[info]snuh
2008-11-19 07:41 am UTC (link)
Ah, you've come upon the Legend of the Funky Drummer, perhaps the most sampled song of all time. From Wikipedia:

"Funky Drummer" (also known as "The Funky Drummer") is a funk song recorded by James Brown and his band. The recording's drum solo, performed by drummer Clyde Stubblefield, is one of the most frequently sampled rhythmic breaks in hip hop and drum and bass music. By some accounts "Funky Drummer" is the single most sampled recording ever.

"Funky Drummer" was recorded on November 20, 1969 in Cincinnati, Ohio and originally released by King Records as a two-part 45 rpm single in March 1970. Despite rising to #20 on the R&B chart and #51 on the pop chart, it did not receive an album release until the 1986 compilation In the Jungle Groove.

The piece takes the form of an extended vamp, with individual instruments (mostly the tenor saxophones and organ) improvising brief licks on top. Brown's ad-libbed vocals on "Funky Drummer" are sporadic and declamatory, and are mostly concerned with encouraging the other band members.

As in the full-length version of "Cold Sweat" he announces the upcoming drum break, which comes late in the recording, with a request to "give the drummer some." He tells Stubblefield "You don't have to do no soloing, brother, just keep what you got... Don't turn it loose, 'cause it's a mother." And indeed Stubblefield's eight-bar unaccompanied "solo" is a slightly modified version of the same riff he plays through most of the piece.

After the drum break, the band returns to the original vamp. Brown, apparently impressed with what Stubblefield has produced, seems to name the song on the spot as it continues, and repeats it: "The name of this tune is 'The Funky Drummer', 'The Funky Drummer', 'The Funky Drummer'." The recording ends with a reprise of Stubblefield's solo and a fade-out.

Here's both tunes:
James Brown: Funky Drummer (Part 1 & 2) - 10MB

James Brown: Cold Sweat - 6MB

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[info]carless_sam
2008-11-19 07:01 am UTC (link)
Try some Rufus Harley, though. Philly's late funk bagpiper.



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[info]snuh
2008-11-19 08:38 am UTC (link)
Yodeling, Bavarian music and Electronica always mix:

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Yikes ! Hip Hop & Yodeling..
(Anonymous)
2008-11-20 11:18 pm UTC (link)
There must be a "Piper Down" some where's.. ;) Mike Myers - Piper Down (http://www.fileden.com/files/2007/12/14/1643577/piper_down.mp3)

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Re: Yikes ! Hip Hop & Yodeling..
(Anonymous)
2008-11-20 11:24 pm UTC (link)
Forgot name..Michael..MMRules..
OpenID doesn't like me,one bit !
Doesn't take blogspot..O'vell.. :)

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Re: Yikes ! Hip Hop & Yodeling..
[info]snuh
2008-11-20 11:31 pm UTC (link)
I'll fix it for you:

Mike Myers: Piper Down

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(Anonymous)
2008-11-19 11:23 am UTC (link)
Afrika Bambaataa and Johnny Rotten nuclear destruction.

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[info]snuh
2008-11-19 06:35 pm UTC (link)
You mean World Destruction.

Time Zone featuring John Lydon & Afrika Bambaataa: World Destruction - 8MB

U.T.F.O.: Roxanne, Roxanne - 9MB

Public Enemy: Welcome To The Terrordome - 10MB

Eric B. & Rakim: I Know You Got Soul - 7MB

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Problems
(Anonymous)
2008-11-19 01:10 pm UTC (link)
I can't play any of these amazing songs... help.
Can you send them to me by email?
Cheers,
Ryan

rca47@yahoo.com

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Re: Problems
[info]snuh
2008-11-19 01:14 pm UTC (link)
Yeah, my host seems to be down. I've sent them an email, they usually get right on it. Hopefully, it's up soon.

In the meantime, here's where you can download all the tunes in a zip file: hip-hop interlude zip

Edited at 2008-11-19 01:55 pm UTC

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Re: Problems
[info]wdpk-webzine.blogspot.com
2008-11-19 02:23 pm UTC (link)
Hello.

Thanks a lot for all the good tracks.

When you have a host problem, I suggest you to use Mediafire instead of Megaupload. In Mediafire, you don't have to tape security letters and to wait before downloading. Here's the url : http://www.mediafire.com

Have a good day, and keep posting good music.

Maxime, WDPK webzine : http://wdpk-webzine.blogspot.com

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Re: Problems
[info]snuh
2008-11-19 02:29 pm UTC (link)
http://www.mediafire.com only allows 100MB, the zip file is around 180MB. Support is on it, hopefully they can deal with the DDoS attack. A few days ago, I had someone download over 200GBs of files. I blocked the IP, my guess this has something to do with that.

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Re: Problems
[info]snuh
2008-11-19 06:36 pm UTC (link)
Okay, all back to normal.

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[info]firefred
2008-11-20 12:17 am UTC (link)
I think Public Enemy and Africa B. are great. Thanks for posting! Apart from that, I don't know a lot about hip-hop. Although I remembered Grandmaster Flash :)
Only other guy I can think of right now is 50 cent - the early stuff.
I guess I prefer dub and ska.
2 Live Crew always made me laugh!

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[info]snuh
2008-11-20 12:33 am UTC (link)
Glad you enjoyed it! As I wrote elsewhere, in Planet Rock, Bambaataa laid down the foundation for Hip-Hop and Electronica's future. Back in the day, I was lucky enough to see most of these acts in concert. For me, it's music to let loose to, it gets my blood flowing. 2 Live Crew manages to make me laugh as well!

Edited at 2008-11-20 03:30 am UTC

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[info]kwigz
2008-11-20 09:20 pm UTC (link)
this will be the soundtrack to my commute home tonight.
a million thank you's.

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[info]snuh
2008-11-20 09:22 pm UTC (link)
I'm glad you enjoyed it - I think I pretty much covered all the best of old skool.

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[info]jaimechiens
2008-11-21 07:54 pm UTC (link)
hey! i arrived on your page via elbo.ws. i love all the songs and quotes you post so i sent over a friend request. hope you dont mind, just wanna make sure i dont miss any future posts =)

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[info]snuh
2008-11-21 08:13 pm UTC (link)
The more the merrier - welcome!

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Super thanks for all that you do!
(Anonymous)
2009-09-11 07:23 pm UTC (link)
Been looking for lots of these for a while - many tunes throughout the blog,'preciate keeping things live w/o dead links. Maybe the Powers that Be will take a cue from Apple and free up da Tunz of old!

Thanks

J

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Re: Super thanks for all that you do!
[info]snuh
2009-09-14 07:42 am UTC (link)
Glad you enjoyed, I pay all sorts of crazy money for the bandwidth keeping the files alive.

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