Release Date: 14 January 2022
Label: Mr Bongo
Packaging Type: Slip Sleeve (CD or Vinyl)
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 7119691279077
Genres: Rap & Hip-Hop  Rap & Hip-Hop  
Release Date: 14 January 2022
Label: Mr Bongo
Packaging Type: Slip Sleeve (CD or Vinyl)
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 7119691279077
Genres: Rap & Hip-Hop  Rap & Hip-Hop  
Description
Endlessly sampled, covered, quoted and requoted, this may well be one of the most influential hip-hop singles ever released but, in many ways, its importance goes beyond its sheer classic status as a single in its own right.
In retrospect, it shows the duo of Erick Sermon and Parrish Smith as pioneers in production, creating a funk-based sound that helped to provide a blueprint for artists on the other side of the country. In 1987/88, most West Coast rap still adhered to an East Coast audio blueprint. By 1989, they were leaning as heavily on Zapp and Roger Troutman samples as EPMD were on this single.
The foundations of the track are interesting, with a snatch of Juice's much-plundered 'Catch a Groove' (which has popped up everywhere from The Beastie Boys to Kings of Pressure) overlaid with big chunks of Kool & The Gang's 'Jungle Boogie' and Zapp's irrepressible 'More Bounce to the Ounce'. Vocodered funk was a rarity in New York hip-hop until this song, but it's the West Coast G-Funk artists who really ran with it.
Tracklisting
Terry Callier
Satyajit Ray
Novalima
Lula Cortes
20th Century Steel Band
Aratanha Azul
20th Century Steel Band
Various Artists
EPMD
EPMD
EPMD
EPMD