Comments on: Grover Washington, Jr.

By: Ill-Literate

Ill-Literate — Mon, 19 Jun 2006 17:39:19 +0000

Yeah man, my boy Dash of Tribe of Kings sound says “hip-hop is an educator–straight up.” The Native Tongues sound is a great example of that: teaching you about classic jazz. They sent me back too, way back.

Sometimes it’s not even classic jazz. Sometimes I rock that Edie Brickell joint on account of Brand Nubian!!! Ish is fiyah!

By: george booker

george booker — Mon, 19 Jun 2006 08:23:40 +0000

j dub’s comment is kind of perverse and offensive.

probably even more than college radio (and this is saying a lot) hip hop taught me about great music once i started wondering where samples came from.

thank you, shaolin soul compilations and stones throw records.

my friend and i had a strange habit when digging up sample sources of referring to things as “de la samples,” as if the greats of soul, funk, and jazz had taken their samples from prince paul rather than the other way around.

that evolved into a joke my other friend and i shared about de la being very “retroactively influential.”

listening to the roy ayres ubiquity compilation was shocking in that i knew all the rhythms and flourishes and was totally ignorant as to where they came from.

By: j dub

j dub — Sun, 18 Jun 2006 23:16:27 +0000