The Villi Phanatic Posted July 12, 2009 Share Posted July 12, 2009 As I've listened to hip hop over the years, I've realized that I like a lot of the original songs used as samples for various rap songs. Some artists and songs to name a few that I've stumbled upon recently include Melvin Bliss - Synthetic Substitution, Syl Johnson - Different Strokes and I Hate I Walked Away, and Dynamic Corvettes - Funky Music Is The Thing. I'd appreciate any recommendations along the lines of the above artists and these genres of music in general. Just to name a few more artists that I've liked some stuff from that are more well-known, I'll mention james brown of course, roy ayers, and al green. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baculus Posted July 12, 2009 Share Posted July 12, 2009 As I've listened to hip hop over the years, I've realized that I like a lot of the original songs used as samples for various rap songs. Some artists and songs to name a few that I've stumbled upon recently include Melvin Bliss - Synthetic Substitution, Syl Johnson - Different Strokes and I Hate I Walked Away, and Dynamic Corvettes - Funky Music Is The Thing.I'd appreciate any recommendations along the lines of the above artists and these genres of music in general. Just to name a few more artists that I've liked some stuff from that are more well-known, I'll mention james brown of course, roy ayers, and al green. I am mostly familiar with funk, but, off the top of my head, I would recommend Parliament-Funkadelic, "P-Funk" and "Give Up The Funk," as example songs, Jamiroquai (a modern band) has great groves in "Space Cowboy" or "Travelling Without Moving," and maybe an album like Herbie Han****'s "HeadHunter," which is jazz-funk. If you want to hear some rocking funk with a bad ass slapping bass, check out Fishbone's "Truth and Soul." Fishbone is very ska-influenced, but this album from the 80s has some great drum-bass rhythm and horn sections. (Not all the songs are funky; some are just crazy and heavy.) I am sure other folks will offer some more "hard core" funk suggestions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wysknz1 Posted July 12, 2009 Share Posted July 12, 2009 If you don't want to stray too far from the sound, try some 60's and early 70's B&B, soul and psychedelic funk. The Soul Children, produced by Isaac Hayes WAR Kalyan, the #1 band in Trinidad for 10 years The Lafayette Afro Rock Band, (considered to be the forrunners of the break beats used in a lot of hip hop etc Osibisa The Bill Black Combo, Elvis' bass player Chi Coltrane Sly and the Family Stone Mike Quatro, did some interesting stuff There was a band called CHASE, named after the main guy, a 4 trumpet main section with a 9 member band. 4 albums and some kick-A progressive jazz. Then two of my favorites are Magma, a very progressive French band( they will blow your mind) and Van der Graaf Generator. A progressive English band. Exuma Barry Goldberg, 2 Jews Blues..top notch stuff there And if you want to throw in some blues Ladies, Koko Taylor can't be beat Gospel, Mahalia Jackson...she WILL make you weep. Les McCann Taj Mahal Professor Longhair..aka Henry Rowland Lightnin' Hopkins Mississippi Fred McDowell OK OK That ought to keep you busy for a while. It's all older music and some is hard to find. But this is my hobby. You can pick up Hendrix, The Doors, Beatles, Pink Floyd etc etc anywhere. But what I listen to, you really gotta dig. But the rewards are many. If you want to go into the Psychedelic sound I can give you more to look for, that is my favorite. If none of this interests you, well now you've heard of bands you might not have ever heard of before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smitity Posted July 13, 2009 Share Posted July 13, 2009 This is outside of the sounds you've mentioned, but you may want to check out Soul Coughing. It's very jazzy (been called "slacker-jazz") with some damn good sampling and beats mixed in, along with some standard rock and hip-hop fare. They're not around anymore, but their 3 albums are phenomenal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StillUnknown Posted July 13, 2009 Share Posted July 13, 2009 check out Nina Simone, her music has been extensively sampled in hip-hop so you may recognize some of her work already Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bacon Posted July 13, 2009 Share Posted July 13, 2009 Are you at all familiar with trip-hop? That genre primarily blends hip-hop and jazz/lounge. A few records of note: Massive Attack - Mezzanine DJ Shadow - Endtroducing Tricky - Maxinquaye Portishead - Dummy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoSkins561 Posted July 13, 2009 Share Posted July 13, 2009 The Kelly Bell Band and The Derek Trucks band throw down a litlle mix of funk and blues, check em out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRobi21 Posted July 13, 2009 Share Posted July 13, 2009 Many artists sample from Willie Hutch, give him a look. Then look at early Funkadelic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ixcuincle Posted July 13, 2009 Share Posted July 13, 2009 Prominent Jazz musicians Louis Armstrong (When the Saints go Marching in, Mack the Knife) Dizzy Gillespie Charlie Parker Monk Lot of interesting music in here that I should check out, thanks for thread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Villi Phanatic Posted July 13, 2009 Author Share Posted July 13, 2009 Wysknz and others, thanks for the suggestions. I am mostly familiar with funk, but, off the top of my head, I would recommend Parliament-Funkadelic, "P-Funk" and "Give Up The Funk," as example songs, Jamiroquai (a modern band) has great groves in "Space Cowboy" or "Travelling Without Moving," and maybe an album like Herbie Han****'s "HeadHunter," which is jazz-funk. I know P-Funk and Herbie Han**** and have heard of Jamiroquai. Fishbone I'm not familiar with, I'll have to check them out. Are you at all familiar with trip-hop? That genre primarily blends hip-hop and jazz/lounge. A few records of note:Massive Attack - Mezzanine DJ Shadow - Endtroducing Tricky - Maxinquaye Portishead - Dummy Yeah, I know trip-hop and all the artists you mentioned except for massive attack. Trip hop is hit or miss to me but I do like some of it, probably Portishead moreso than the others. Edit: I'm digging a couple songs off Entroducing that I'm checking out now. I heard about the album years ago but I guess it fell through the cracks so to speak and I forgot about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sticksboi05 Posted July 13, 2009 Share Posted July 13, 2009 Pick up stuff with Ron Carter in it. Amazing jazz bassist. One of the best ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Villi Phanatic Posted July 13, 2009 Author Share Posted July 13, 2009 Pick up stuff with Ron Carter in it. Amazing jazz bassist. One of the best ever. Ah, I know Ron Carter. "My man Ron Carter is on the bass" - from Tribe on low end theory. Generally speaking, I like jazz influences in music more than straight jazz itself. I used to listen to some regular jazz like Sonny Rollins but often find it too boring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Da'uud Posted July 13, 2009 Share Posted July 13, 2009 yesterdays new quinet, and jazzanova Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryman of the North Posted July 13, 2009 Share Posted July 13, 2009 you should check out these 1- Johnny cash -sooner or later god will cut you down 2- Steve earle- trancendantal blues 3- Steve earle- tannytown some pretty soulful music. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kosher Ham Posted July 13, 2009 Share Posted July 13, 2009 Explore it all. There is great music in every genre. I love it all. Just go on Pandora and rockstar it out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thanos Posted July 13, 2009 Share Posted July 13, 2009 Rufus featuring Chaka Kahn Mandrill Average White Band early Kool & the Gang early Commodores The Meters The Blackbyrds Brothers Johnson Lakeside Slave Con Funk Shun The Bar-Kays Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Villi Phanatic Posted July 19, 2009 Author Share Posted July 19, 2009 I'm still checking out the suggestions in this thread but I figured I'd bump to see if anyone else has recommendations. And here are a few songs people might like that I came across while checking out artists mentioned in this thread: Osibisa - The Lafayette Afro Rock Band - The darkest light DJ Shadow - Midnight in a perfect world Willie Hutch - Willie Hutch - Vampin Janice Mari Johnson - Jazzanova - I can see Shock - Let's get crackin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweet Sassy Molassy Posted July 19, 2009 Share Posted July 19, 2009 Some I'd suggest you check out: The Pockets Cannonball Adderly Charles Mingus Oddisee Panacea (Hip-Hop group, but not too many know of them) Jamie Cullum Regina Spektor (sorta folk rockish, but she's an awesome pianist, with a very haunting voice, and a quirky singing style that works together great) Feist (everyone knows her from the iPod commercial with that 1234 song. But I picked up her 2 albums, and while she falls into a folk/pop categorization she's got really diverse and good music) Nelly Furtado's first album. Before Timberland and Justin Timberlake got to her, she had a very diverse range as well. Her first album has a good mixture of hip-hop, spoken word, and indie rockish tunes. Daft Punk Badly Drawn Boy Eric Dolphy Nine Inch Nails The Mars Volta (one of my favorite bands. they have a very wild sound, and you may not be able to get into them, but it's a fusion of latin, suite form jazz, progressive rock and funk sounds) I know you specified the genres, but a lot of the artists I mention while not all are directly listed in the genres mentioned, they have certain quilities that are influenced by those music-types. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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