I would even say that cti is wack, bob james is hella wack smooth jazz garbage, or that take me to the mardi gras is actually a wack ass cover of a wack paul simon song or some shit before i would say daytona 500 is wack.
I'm not you.
Daytona 500 was a weak beat to me thats all. To my ears the track has little listening value.
what was wack about daytona 500? sure it was sloppy, but that shit felt live, like he was just cutting doubles.
Just because rza is wack now doesnt give people the right to walk around talking bout daytona 500 beat was wack.
I would even say that cti is wack, bob james is hella wack smooth jazz garbage, or that take me to the mardi gras is actually a wack ass cover of a wack paul simon song or some shit before i would say daytona 500 is wack.
Can I call this as the best post-board-upgrade rant to date?
I hate to seem like the Bob James fanboy here but...
There was some often sampled honky who was not down with "the rap." I thought it was him, apparently not.
I think it was Bob James, at least that was the rumor. I wonder if that came about because of the whole Souls of Mischief "Cab fare" sampling of the Taxi joint. Wasn't there some misunderstanding there? Something about people saying it was Bob James who tried to file a lawsuit aginst them or some shit, but it ended up being somebody else who owned the rights to the record? I dunno, it's all real hazy, but I believe that weas discussed at length here on the strut at some point. I may be way off on that...
BJ hated "Cab Fare" - he said they made him sound cartoony, like on some Mickey Mouse schitt, by speeding him up (I believe it was the WildStyle DVD where Paul Simon's publisher put the kybosh on Mardi Gras) but he's cool w/sampling if he likes the use of his material
Speaking of the suitcase, I saw a picture of it somewhere recently, it was brown leather (i'm assuming, maybe it was vinyl) with little gold CTIs all over it a la a louis vuitton handbag or something, right? I hope this story unfolds completely one day. I know there've been multiple people on here claiming to be on the case, but no results yet.
There's a little insert in a lot of the LPs w/a pic of the suitcase - you'd get in by sending in a bunch of those inserts w/some cash I think... so I'm sure there's plenty of them out there...
Yeah, that's true about cabfare. I did a whole radio show on Bob James and him being sampled and I was able to track him down for an interview. This was in like '97. I believe his exact quote was "The bastardized my piece!". He was definitely down with hip hop but also wanted his compensation or at least recognition. I gotta dig that up and post it. I know I have that interview somewhere. He was a real cool and down to earth dude.
Yeah, that's true about cabfare. I did a whole radio show on Bob James and him being sampled and I was able to track him down for an interview. This was in like '97. I believe his exact quote was "The bastardized my piece!". He was definitely down with hip hop but also wanted his compensation or at least recognition. I gotta dig that up and post it. I know I have that interview somewhere. He was a real cool and down to earth dude.
In his defense, the Cabfare beat did kind of suck.
Yeah, that's true about cabfare. I did a whole radio show on Bob James and him being sampled and I was able to track him down for an interview. This was in like '97. I believe his exact quote was "The bastardized my piece!". He was definitely down with hip hop but also wanted his compensation or at least recognition. I gotta dig that up and post it. I know I have that interview somewhere. He was a real cool and down to earth dude.
In his defense, the Cabfare beat did kind of suck.
I honestly never liked that song either and never got all the hype about it....people calling it classic and all that. I like Souls but I can do w/o "cabfare" in their discog...
I was never sure whether he meant Mardi Gras or Nautilus.
I don't know for him, but myself, i was referring to Nautilus and not Mardi Gras (scroll up). I was drunk...
All i remember from BJ was him saying he liked Guru. With that said, what about Earl Klugh. He never gets no love, like Bobby Byrd in the shadow of James Brown.
Yeah, that's true about cabfare. I did a whole radio show on Bob James and him being sampled and I was able to track him down for an interview. This was in like '97. I believe his exact quote was "The bastardized my piece!". He was definitely down with hip hop but also wanted his compensation or at least recognition. I gotta dig that up and post it. I know I have that interview somewhere. He was a real cool and down to earth dude.
In his defense, the Cabfare beat did kind of suck.
I honestly never liked that song either and never got all the hype about it....people calling it classic and all that. I like Souls but I can do w/o "cabfare" in their discog...
I agree. The hype behind this was generated, IMO, by the fact that they had gotten dropped from Jive, their second LP on Jive was pretty hard to find (import only for the vinyl if I recall correctly), and they had just started the Heiro Emporium online and that was the only place to get their new music. Plus add the nostalgia factor that they used the Taxi theme and you had some straight backpacatnip.
You see what you want to see so I looked at that graphic like "looks legit"... Anyway now I'm up on the chunkier drums version. I never thought I would learn something new in this thread. Thanks biz!
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Daytona 500 was a weak beat to me thats all. To my ears the track has little listening value.
Can I call this as the best post-board-upgrade rant to date?
I didnt kno about that : http://thebizneversleeps.blogspot.com/
Doesn't Daytona 500 use Nautilus and not Mardi Gras? Or am I thinking of the wrong Ghostface track?
No, you're right. I have no idea what he's talking about in that quote.
Yeah, that's true about cabfare. I did a whole radio show on Bob James and him being sampled and I was able to track him down for an interview. This was in like '97. I believe his exact quote was "The bastardized my piece!". He was definitely down with hip hop but also wanted his compensation or at least recognition. I gotta dig that up and post it. I know I have that interview somewhere. He was a real cool and down to earth dude.
In his defense, the Cabfare beat did kind of suck.
I honestly never liked that song either and never got all the hype about it....people calling it classic and all that. I like Souls but I can do w/o "cabfare" in their discog...
I don't know for him, but myself, i was referring to Nautilus and not Mardi Gras (scroll up). I was drunk...
All i remember from BJ was him saying he liked Guru. With that said, what about Earl Klugh. He never gets no love, like Bobby Byrd in the shadow of James Brown.
I agree. The hype behind this was generated, IMO, by the fact that they had gotten dropped from Jive, their second LP on Jive was pretty hard to find (import only for the vinyl if I recall correctly), and they had just started the Heiro Emporium online and that was the only place to get their new music. Plus add the nostalgia factor that they used the Taxi theme and you had some straight backpacatnip.
Either way I'm glad my copy has the bells.
I ride for the bells.
If the regular version had no bells I'd be looking for the version with the bells.
Anyway now I'm up on the chunkier drums version. I never thought I would learn something new in this thread. Thanks biz!
...and you hear what you want to hear.
I remember a lot of people hear ghost bells in the no bells version.