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EarthTraveler on "40 blocks from ilverlake"

EarthTraveler — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 01:49:29 +0000

Thanks for the tip, Sactown.
Checking it all out, right now.
By the look of the names, it should be a real feast

manifest on "40 blocks from ilverlake"

manifest — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:25:29 +0000

its the nuts, baby...

SactownConnection on "40 blocks from ilverlake"

SactownConnection — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 22:56:01 +0000

JK93 said:
SactownConnection said: I got that story from the liner notes of The CD for James Brown's Funky People Part 3 (compilation of People records tracks... Go get all of them, they're tight as hell)

I only have the first two and they are indeed tight. Gonna have to pick up vol 3 for that track. Thanks duke!

I think that, of the three, the second one is my absolute favorite (the two Bobby Byrd tracks and "Blow Your Head" are damn near hard as f*** to beat), but the third one has some major dopeness on it... to name a few:
-"Blow Your Head" with no synth overdubs (just the band jamming)
-"Who Knows?" by Beau Dollar and "There Was A Time" by Dee Felice Trio (two awesome instrumentals)
-the "Original Rock Version" of "Talking Loud and Saying Nothing" ("How ya like me now?").
-"Doing the Do" - another Bobby track...

hooo it's bad.

JK93 on "40 blocks from ilverlake"

JK93 — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 19:45:31 +0000

SactownConnection said: I got that story from the liner notes of The CD for James Brown's Funky People Part 3 (compilation of People records tracks... Go get all of them, they're tight as hell)

I only have the first two and they are indeed tight. Gonna have to pick up vol 3 for that track. Thanks duke!

SactownConnection on "40 blocks from ilverlake"

SactownConnection — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 21:05:25 +0000

JK93 said:
SactownConnection said:
In case no one's ever heard of this sort of thing happening before: one of the tracks the JBs did was "Soul Power '74" (an instrumental re-working of James Brown's track)... well, the Average White Band put out a hit track called "Pick Up The Pieces" shortly afterward, and the JB's looked upon it as a total rip-off (especially since the AWB's track was such a hit), and they were pissed... so they released a super souped-up track called "Pick Up The Pieces One By One" in 1975 and called themselves the Above Average Black Band (or A.A.B.B.) with strings and everything.

Really?!? Can't say I can really hear a huge similarity between Soul Power and Pick Up the Pieces. At least not enopugh of a similarity to cause a beef...

That's what I thought too, that's why I was so blown away when I heard the story. If I remember correctly, I got that story from the liner notes of The CD for James Brown's Funky People Part 3 (compilation of People records tracks... Go get all of them, they're tight as hell)

JK93 on "40 blocks from ilverlake"

JK93 — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 19:59:29 +0000

SactownConnection said:
In case no one's ever heard of this sort of thing happening before: one of the tracks the JBs did was "Soul Power '74" (an instrumental re-working of James Brown's track)... well, the Average White Band put out a hit track called "Pick Up The Pieces" shortly afterward, and the JB's looked upon it as a total rip-off (especially since the AWB's track was such a hit), and they were pissed... so they released a super souped-up track called "Pick Up The Pieces One By One" in 1975 and called themselves the Above Average Black Band (or A.A.B.B.) with strings and everything.

Really?!? Can't say I can really hear a huge similarity between Soul Power and Pick Up the Pieces. At least not enopugh of a similarity to cause a beef...

JK93 on "40 blocks from ilverlake"

JK93 — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 19:56:38 +0000

you smoke dodo? said:

My fav tune is definitely "let off a few", tiny song (1:43) on street level. Such a dope beat...

"Let Off A Couple" you mean? Classic sample. Same tune as "Hit Me With That" and Apache's "Gangsta Bitch".

If you don't own the LP that tune comes from, get digging right now.

Better yet, see if you can pick up a copy of Mithai...

EarthTraveler on "40 blocks from ilverlake"

EarthTraveler — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:53:55 +0000

SactownConnection said: Honestly, I think Beatnuts should re-sample JLo's version and make her sound all f***ed up and make the beat even fatter...

In case no one's ever heard of this sort of thing happening before: one of the tracks the JBs did was "Soul Power '74" (an instrumental re-working of James Brown's track)... well, the Average White Band put out a hit track called "Pick Up The Pieces" shortly afterward, and the JB's looked upon it as a total rip-off (especially since the AWB's track was such a hit), and they were pissed... so they released a super souped-up track called "Pick Up The Pieces One By One" in 1975 and called themselves the Above Average Black Band (or A.A.B.B.) with strings and everything.

Didn't really show up AWB like they thought it would, but still makes for a funny story...

Haha, true indeed.
That is a cool story, where did you get that?

Dwight on "40 blocks from ilverlake"

Dwight — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 07:07:35 +0000

Gotta love the Beatnuts. A Musical Massacre and Street Level are my sh!t.

SactownConnection on "40 blocks from ilverlake"

SactownConnection — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 05:19:13 +0000

Honestly, I think Beatnuts should re-sample JLo's version and make her sound all f***ed up and make the beat even fatter...

In case no one's ever heard of this sort of thing happening before: one of the tracks the JBs did was "Soul Power '74" (an instrumental re-working of James Brown's track)... well, the Average White Band put out a hit track called "Pick Up The Pieces" shortly afterward, and the JB's looked upon it as a total rip-off (especially since the AWB's track was such a hit), and they were pissed... so they released a super souped-up track called "Pick Up The Pieces One By One" in 1975 and called themselves the Above Average Black Band (or A.A.B.B.) with strings and everything.

Didn't really show up AWB like they thought it would, but still makes for a funny story...