EPMD-The Sample Business Never Personal Part 2...

Yes Yes Y'all (Kick It E)...



Here is part 2 of my breakdown of the ill Business Never Personal album and I want to thank you all greatly for the links, love and props the first post got.

6-Scratch Bring It Back Pt 2 (Mic Doc)

The only DJ Scratch produced track on the album is just incredible, kicking off with a classic KRS ONE sample from BDP's-Duck Down (1992) 12" and Sex & Violence LP
http://www.sendspace.com/file/vdt2px



and Busta Rhymes from the classic
A Tribe Called Quest-Scenario (1991) and Low End Theory LP
http://www.sendspace.com/file/l6aoxm



samples riding a rumbling bassline and drums from
The Emotions-I Like It (also used by Old Dirty Bastard (RIP) and The Arsonists)
http://www.sendspace.com/file/8hq8b4
off the album So I Can Love You (1969)



and a sample I haven't been able to track down (and believe me I have tried...ha ha)

then as Parrish delivers a sloppy off beat flow, E comes in and tells him to get off that bullshucks and kick the hardcore style for the b-boy...PMD happily obliges and rips shop over Scratch's simple but highly effective concoction off the haunting strings from
ESG-UFO
http://www.sendspace.com/file/bcni8k

and the timeless break from
Melvin Bliss-Synthetic Substitution (1973)
http://www.sendspace.com/file/mhw87s



after PMD finishes, DJ Scratch absolutely murders the turntables and cuts the shit out of
EPMD ft LL Cool J-Rampage(1991) and Business As Usual (1990)LP
http://www.sendspace.com/file/76zikk




7-Cross Over

Once again, Erick & Parrish stayed true to their roots by using yet another Roger Troutman sample, but it was all good and this was the single that got them a new fan base, here E & P used the vocal "wherever you are, uh huh whatever you need..." from
Roger Troutman-You Should Be Mine (1991)
http://www.sendspace.com/file/s66hyo




The interesting thing is the sample was actually from a track released a year earlier and came from the above Roger album while the bubbling woh woh was taken from legendary Jazz drummer's


Idris Muhammad-Say What
http://www.sendspace.com/file/0x46di
from the Turn This Mutha Out LP (1977)



plus in the mix is a sample from (see if you can spot it :D)
Curtis Mayfield-Don't Worry If There's Hell Below...(1971)
http://www.sendspace.com/file/ljhoo6




*This track (mainly vocal refrains) has also been heavily sampled by NWA, Tim Dog, Artifacts,Big Daddy Kane, Redman, Masta Ace,Stetsasonic, Pete Rock, Ultramagnetic MC's and more than a few others.


8-Cummin At Cha (ft Das EFX)

Perhaps the most basic of tracks of BNP, it just used a simple slowed down loop of the (let's be honest) well over used (I'm not not even got to go into how many artists have used it, even freaking Oasis used it once)
The Winstons-Amen Brother (1969)
http://www.sendspace.com/file/bt7ggw





break and well placed vocal samples from
D-Nice-25 Ta Life from the 12" and To The Rescue LP (1991)
http://www.sendspace.com/file/dae5b4




and
Cypress Hill-How I Could Just Kill A Man from the 12" and Cypress Hill LP (1991)
http://www.sendspace.com/file/blrr84




As E & P and their new stars Krazy Drayz & Skoob (Das EFX) giggedy gave the fans more of what they wanted, after Dead Serious blew up.

9-Play The Next Man

EPMD continued their love affair with Parliament and looped up and used sections of the seriously out there but oh so ill
Parliament- Sir Noise D'Voidoffunk (Pay Attention - B3M) from the Funkentelechy vs. the Placebo Syndrome LP (1977)
http://www.sendspace.com/file/csxkcf



and was also a favourite sample that a lot of West Coast artists Ice Cube (more than once), NWA,E 40, Schoolly D,Yo Yo plus The Afro's, Black Sheep and er C & C Music Factory have all used elements of it as well.

The "I Aint The One" cut in hook is provided by the vet Big Daddy Kane and his Marley Marl produced and timeless
Big Daddy Kane-Raw (1987) from the 12" and Long Live The Kane LP (1988)
http://www.sendspace.com/file/mu7n25




joint and the drums from

The Grassroots-You and Love are the same from the Feelings LP (1968)
http://www.sendspace.com/file/sfrwpt




What made me laugh the most is later in the track, E & P are chanting "And if ya Man done son, trade him in for a new one... cut him off man, cut him off", I'd love to know who wrote that...E or P?

10-It's Going Down

This is easily in my top 5 EPMD tracks of all time and also one of my favourite tracks of all time, I still get those chills when I listen to this and the first time I heard was on the Juice soundtrack, I remember actually breaking up a rewind button on a shitty tape deck because I thrashed the tape so much...ha ha. no half steppin, I kick back like a weapon

Here we have quite possibly my favourite use of the timeless
Mountain-Long Red from the Mountain Live LP (1972)
http://www.sendspace.com/file/2skpw3




I still can't believe how ill and hard they made those drums sound and the way they sampled from the late, great
Marin Gaye-I Want You
from the I Want You LP (1976)
http://www.sendspace.com/file/uxergp



but also the noise that resounds through the track and (I think) the Run DMC sample, and the Get On Down vocal snippet from the infamous and classic
Billy Squier-Big Beat from the Tale of The Tape LP (1980)
http://www.sendspace.com/file/kh21pc





11- Who Killed Jane?

The Jane series was always an amusing theme for EPMD records and every album since has had some crazy shit happen too her, here on the 4th segment they decide to kill her off or did E get shot?...(stay tuned).... over the dope drums from

Joe Tex-Papa Was Too from the I've Got Do A Little Better LP (1966)
http://www.sendspace.com/file/rngtuw


which was actually an answer back to Lowell Fulsom's Tramp...
and a cool sample from...
Curtis Mayfield-Stone Junkie from the Curtis Live LP (1971)
http://www.sendspace.com/file/42gp7r



and of course the infamous

Rick James-Mary Jane from the Come Get It LP (1978)
http://www.sendspace.com/file/turne1



and remember kids



was always Devoid of the Funk...

Peace

Jaz aka The Rap Nerdologist...

Back To 1992 Volume 2...

Peace my good people, thanks so much for the ill comments and feedback it truly is appreciated...now as promised here is the second compilation of the Back To 1992 post...

I felt that the write up for the first one pretty much covered the year in general and really in a year as dope as 92 was, the music spoke truly for itself.

Enjoy this trip down memory lane and if you were wondering, yes I did hear Foundation 7's-Compredator in 92 (maybe 93) on a mixtape but I had no idea who it was, I only found out last year and man am I glad I did, an incredible and timeless slice of pure Hip Hop and only this year was I lucky enough to find the other version of one of my all time fave joints...it's on there...much thanks and love to Travis,(cheers for the RHLT and A TEEM goodies) Dart & Dan and all of you other awesome family blog kids, keep the requests coming, trust me some of these may take a while but we will find them.

peace

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=GJ6SS24N

1. kurious - walk like a duck (prod_beatnuts)

*from his debut 12" inch released in 1992



2. kool g rap & dj polo - on the run [al capone version](prod_trackmasterz)

*from the 12" inch released in 1992, original version appears on the live & let die lp


3. mysterme & dj 2020 - unsolved mysterme (version 2) (prod_joe_quixx)

*released as a promo in 1992, was played on radio and used on mixtapes and officially released in 1993

4. eric b & rakim- rest assured

*from the legends fourth album release



5. showbiz & a.g._ft_deshawn_&_big-l (r.i.p.) -represent

*from their classic 1992 debut album



6. jvc force-big trax

*from the 12" inch, b/w 6 ft back on the map



7. chubb rock ft grand puba & red hot lover tone - three men at chung king (prod_trackmasterz)

*from the legend's fouth album release




8. common - breaker 1-9 (beatnuts remix)

*original version appears on his debut can i borrow a dollar? lp.




9-epmd-crossover (trunk mix)

*original version appears on the legends fourth album release, business never personal




10-king sun - sippin' brandy

*released as a promo in 1992, was played on radio shows, released in limited qualities.

11-rough house survivors-so! survivors, we can rhyme (prod_tony dofat)

*from their dope 1992 debut (and sadly) only album



12-double xx posse-the pure thing (prod_t-ray)

*from their debut 1992 album and not gonna be able to do it 12"





13-the college boyz-underground blues

*from their fine debut 1992 album



14-brothers uv da blakmarket -not u again

*from the 12" and debut (and only) 1992 album,ruff life




15-ateem- yeah (diamond d remix)

*original version appears on their dope debut and sadly only album.



16-k solo letterman (pete rock remix)

*original version appears on his 2nd lp, times up



17-red hot lover tone - give it up (diamond d remix)

*original version appears on his dope 1992 debut album



18-foundation 7-compredator

*as far as i know this crew had just the one 12"

19-home team-pick it up (prod arthur_&_luke)

*also on the via saturn from satellite lp

20-little shawn - clap ya hands (prod_howie_tee)

*from his 1992 debut (and only) lp



21-yb- who's gonna take the blame

*from his 1992 debut album



22-heavy d_ ft_ b.i.g.(r.i.p) grap luva, rob o, busta rhymes,guru and 3rd eye- a buncha niggas
(prod_jesse_west)

*from heavy'd & the boyz fourth album release




23-black moon-fuck it up (prod_da_beatminerz)

*from the debut who's got the props 12"

24-lord finesse-you know what im about

*from the trespass sound track

25-mc ren- final frontier (prod_bobcat)

*from his first solo ep, kizz my black azz

The Funk A Liscious Fat Funk Flav Boyeeeee

Most would think that Long Island's Craig Mack's 1994 debut on Bad Boy records (when Puff had some credibility) was the first thing he ever did, but they would indeed be wrong...

Mack was actually there in the greatest year ever of rap music, 1988 on a record as MC EZ along with Troup with "Just Rhymin"/"Get Retarded"on Fresh records and after that single he became a roadie for EPMD and during a tour he met Puffy, who asked him to appear on the remix of Mary J Blige's You Don't Have to Worry (1992), kids were paying attention to this amusing ugly dude with the woozy flow.

1993 came around and Puffy created Bad Boy records and Mack was the first to sign on the dotted line,Mack hooked up with the great Easy Mo Bee and recorded the classic 94 anthem Flava In Ya Ear, which only become ever more massive when a posse cut version was recorded and featured,The Notorious B.I.G. (RIP) LL Cool, J, Busta Rhymes & Rampage with a host of other rap acts cameoing in the video.

The album Project: Funk Da World was released in late September 1994 and reached gold status, Q-Tip remixed and appeared on the Get Down remix.

Mack came back with another album, Operation Get Down in 1997 but it didn't have the same feel or sound that his debut album did (and I don't think rocking a suit with his mouth wide open helped matters either lol), he had also severed ties with Puff as well, probably due to being another of Puff's many artists that he has dicked over for his own gain.(see Shyne, Black Rob, Easy Mo Bee, G Dep, Biggie etc...)


He has a new scheduled for release this year but there has been no further information, in my opinion he will always be remembered for this album and that's a good thing.

Here is the album and a few remixes...enjoy



http://www.megaupload.com/?d=T94MKR0P

1. Project: Funk Da World
2. Get Down
3. Making Moves With Puff
4. That Y'all
5. Flava In Ya Ear (Easy Mo Mix)
6. Funk Wit Da Style
7. Judgement Day
8. Real Raw
9. Mainline
10.When God Comes
11.Welcome To 1994
12-Shinika (b-side)
13-Flava In Ya Ear (ft Busta Rhymes, LL Cool J, Rampage, (Easy Mo Bee Remix)
14-Get Down (feat. Q-Tip) - (Remix)
15-Flava In Ya Ear (Original Version)

MC EZ & Troup-Get Retarded (1988)
http://www.sendspace.com/file/8q3k8k

The Requests Post...

Everyone else has one and really it's only right...so if you have asked me for something, please check this post frequently...I try and cover as many requests as I can and some may take longer than others.

for Hunter...

a_tribe_called_quest_ft_afrika-if_the_papes_come (original version) 1990


http://www.sendspace.com/file/t6gx1s

Mad thanks to my man Fritz for the hook up


aero requested these, so I thought it would be rude to not share if you didn't have these classics already by the way please don't hesitate to ask if you have been searching high and low for a certain track.cool

Classic 1988 Shabazz produced track from Sugar Bear who also had the dope Ready To Penetrate and then vanished, Kool DJ Red Alert featured Ready To Penetrate on his 1988 We Can Do This LP, Don't Scandalize Mine was a huge radio and club hit and still packs in the crowds in nightclubs around the World, the track sampled Talking Heads-Once In A Lifetime, long before KC Flightt's Planet E and Chuck Chillout and Kool Chip also freaked it on Rhythm Is The Master from their dope Masters Of The Rhythm LP (1989)



Sugar Bear-Don't Scandalize Mine
http://www.sendspace.com/file/flsavg

DJ Chuck Chillout & Kool Chip-Rhythm Is The Master
http://www.sendspace.com/file/4a4hb5

From the 1989-Masters Of The Rhythm LP



Talking Heads-Once In A Lifetime
http://www.sendspace.com/file/78xefb





http://www.kooldjredalert.com



Another timeless and classic joint from 1988 produced by CJ Moore and released on the Tommy Boy recordings label,All Rappers Give Up had a little funk style similar to EPMD and used the Roger Troutman So Ruff, So Tuff loop (Breeze, CMW, Ice Cube and many other West Coast artists all used this).

Black By Demand also released Cant' Get Enough (mixed by Paul C (RIP), Dearly Beloved and In The Mist of Funk*

Black By Demand-All Rappers Give Up
http://www.sendspace.com/file/3big1j

Breeze-Watch The Hook (prod L.A. Posse Not Mikey D's one)
http://www.sendspace.com/file/a9sib5

From the 1989-Breeze.T.Y.S.O.N. LP



Zapp & Roger Troutman-So Ruff, So Tuff
http://www.sendspace.com/file/5bdq6r




aero, I am sorry I can't find TDS Mob at the moment but I am sure some other cool bloggers will have it.



*I can't find these either...


Mark: here is the Kool Moe Dee ft Chuck D & KRS ONE-Rise N Shine (1991)...it's great to hear this again and I noted that there is an abundance of familiar samples in the production....see if you can pick some out...

http://www.sendspace.com/file/nwld0p





Peace

EPMD-The Sample Business, Never Personal? Part 1

In celebration of the vets Erick Sermon and Parrish Smith's 20 years in the rap game this year, I was inspired by a post I saw over at Flood Watch Music

and I wanted to break down the samples used on my second favourite EPMD album, not only that I wanted to talk about how clever some of the sampling was on this album and how Erick Sermon has always had a penchant to sample the same records.

Does it matter?, no of course not and it's part of what makes EPMD work and continue to work, as they announced recently that YES a new album is on the way titled what else?...We Mean Business...say word.

Business Never Personal is EPMD's raw and timeless underground album, right from the get go,from the LP cover with E & P rocking dark hoodies (with the EPMD logo) over their faces in an underground subway.

1992 was a great year for EPMD, but also a damaging one and the albums title is incredibly ironic, because it was certainly personal when Erick allegedly paid some hoods to break into PMD's house, there were no charges filed and opinions differ on what year the break up happened, some say it was in late 1991 and others say it was 1992, it doesn't matter you all know what happened next... they broke up, released solo albums of varying quality, E formed the Def Squad with Redman and Kieth Murray and P had Das EFX, K-Solo and The Knucklehedz and continued on with the Hit Squad name and then thankfully they reformed in 1997 and have had 2 albums since and a greatest hits album as well and a Hit Squad album (Zero Tolerance, 2004) which was pretty hit and miss...now let's break this album down like a scientist does microbes. :D

Aside from the blistering and mind boggling cuts and scratches from the World Famous...DJ Scratch



(*pic taken by D-Nice)

www.d-nice.com

It was the in your face chemistry from two vets announcing to the World that they had not gone anywhere and were ready for combat and to take over the rap game on the truly underground banger

1-Boon Dox

http://www.sendspace.com/file/nv5uzh

I still have not yet heard again such a dark, moody and eerie usage of the infamous

Commodores-Assembly Line

http://www.sendspace.com/file/u2yjij

from their 1974 Machine Gun album

which in essence is an incredible track of true musicians at work, the build up to where the break kicks off in at 5:12 is just as important as the break to these ears.
also great is the perfect usage of the

Earth, Wind & Fire-I Can Feel It In My Bones (1971) vocals "ohhhhh yeaaahhhhhhh"-

http://www.sendspace.com/file/67o2az

from the

plus the classic great, late James Brown's (R.I.P)-The Payback (1973)

from his 1973 The Payback album




http://www.sendspace.com/file/zvxsuv

There is also a brief sample from Brand Nubian's-Slow Down (1990)

http://www.sendspace.com/file/3d5uhf


from the 1990 One For All LP



which sampled Edie Brickell's-What I Am 1988 pop hit to great effect

http://www.sendspace.com/file/ozmrc2

from the 1988 Shooting Rubberbands At The Stars LP




If any track of the album represented, gritty, hardcore underground funk, it was this joint and an incredible way to kick off the album.

I remember when I first got this album on cassette (small plastic things with reels of tape and two holes) and I was traveling back to Wellington from Auckland after I went and saw Public Enemy & Ice-T live.

The reason I got it on tape was because it was cheaper than the CD at the time and we only had a tape deck in the car, but from the moment we put it on, we were all going oh hell yeah...and rewinding verses and tracks...anyway I was just reminiscing about the album so I thought I would share.



2-Nobody's Safe Chump

The second track was simplistic in production but still made the head nod, the intro was funny, Joey I don't know a god damn Joey says Erick Sermon as he and Showtown walk up some stairs to check some dudes beats, and over the classic jazz drums of

Young Holt Trio's-Wah Wah Man

http://www.sendspace.com/file/bktpdt

from the 1971 Born Again album



with a clever sample from the smooth Bobby Womack's-Nobody Wants You When You're Down And Out

http://www.sendspace.com/file/6yzmtl

from the 1973 Facts of Life album




E Double lets us know "I'm serious boy but not Jermaine Jackson, I also have a 12th gauge shotgun for action" and PMD informs us "nobodys safe in the rap race, so keep your hoodies on and your boots laced"

We also get a run down of who is in The Hit Squad and a small usage from the timeless 1982 hit
Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five's-The Message

http://www.sendspace.com/file/2l7w3s

from the 1982 The Message LP



3-Chill

I don't know what possessed E & P to sample Foreigner's- Street Thunder (1984)

http://www.sendspace.com/file/tg8jnw

from the 1984 I Want To Know What Love Is 12"



but damn it works, they slowed down the original to get an ill keyboard loop with a slowed down loop from

Zapp's-Dancefloor

http://www.sendspace.com/file/5gaw5x

from the 1982 Zapp II LP




at the same tempo, and they used samples from their own classic You Gots To Chill record, DOC's voice (yeah hah hah) and the legendary Rakim's-My Melody (1986)

http://www.sendspace.com/file/nkwbli

from the 1986 Eric B For President 12" and 1987 Paid In Full LP



Rakim vocal refrain "rough enough to break New York from Long Island" and the 'wah wah' sample from the infamous

ESG's-UFO

http://www.sendspace.com/file/79g1ch

from the 1981 ESG LP



4-Can't Hear Nothing But The Music


Now this is why I chose the title of this post, I don't think any other producer has used the infamous
Skull Snaps-It's A New Day

http://www.sendspace.com/file/kejrb4

from the 1974 Skull Snaps LP



break as much as Erick Sermon has and I wonder if he did it to get back at Dooley-O, who is credited with finding the legendary break and being the first to use it on the classic

Stezo-It's My Turn

http://www.sendspace.com/file/utn1wo

from the 1989 To The Max 12" and Crazy Noise LP



E also used them on "Hittin Switches, "The Ill Shit", "Stay Real" (remix) and for Das EFX's "Mic Checka" and "East Coast", (although those were produced by Solid Scheme, E was an executive producer on the Dead Serious LP)

The reason I say this is because Stezo was EPMD's ex dancer and had beef with E & P (over what I don't really know) and Dooley was Stezo's boy and produced his diss track "Piece of The Pie" in 1989 which only saw an official release in 2004 it's dope but the disses are fairly tame, but the funniest part is when Dooley says their 3rd album would be titled Out of Business, it was actually their 5th) and speaking of dope make sure you check Dooley's I Gotcha LP (2006) and the Basement Tapes both are really ill.

Stezo-Piece of The Pie

http://www.sendspace.com/file/io2bte

from the 2004 Piece of The Pie 12" (Stones Throw)



Other samples used on Can' Hear Nothing But The Music included Barbara Mason's soulful voice "oohhhh baby" and strings from

Barbara Mason-Give Me Your Love

http://www.sendspace.com/file/iown67

from the 1972 7" (written by Curtis Mayfield)

They also used a small sample from Curtis's original version

http://www.sendspace.com/file/p91tqx

from the 1972 Superfly soundtrack




and the often used Schoolboy Crush from the Average White Band, there is some incredible compression on this track and everything just sounds timeless

Average White Band-Schoolboy Crush

http://www.sendspace.com/file/j8lfs2

from the 1975 Cut The Cake LP



and of course the infamous Kool and The Gang's-Jungle Boogie, of which they were no strangers to using

Kool and The Gang-Jungle Boogie

http://www.sendspace.com/file/ml55w2

from the 1973 Wild & Peaceful LP




5-Headbanger ft Redman & K Solo

This stomping cut showed us what we could have got if the Hit Squad didn't break up Red, E & P and K Solo all deliver blistering performances and the energy on Headbanger is mad amazing it uses samples from
Parliament's loopy funk classic "One of Those Funky Things"

Parliament-One of Those Funky Things

http://www.sendspace.com/file/suv3f0

from the 1978 Motor Booty Affair LP



Along with Erick Sermon cleverly stitching up two classic break beats together

Honey Drippers-Impeach The President

http://www.sendspace.com/file/pmru3f

from the 1973 7"

and

Joe Tex-Papa Was Too

http://www.sendspace.com/file/kpz4uw

from the 1968 Live & Lively LP



There was also a Headbanger radio remix 12":

http://www.sendspace.com/file/vsd6sf






Well Alright that's part 1 done and I hope you enjoyed this post, it has taken some time but I enjoy it and part 2 will be up really soon.

Peace

Coming Soon...Capital D interview...

Tone B Nimble & Capital D

Thanks to the awesome crew at All Natural Inc I am lucky enough to provide you with an interview from one of the most intelligent, thoughtful and truthful MC's to ever grace rap records...

David Kelly, better known as Capital D from Chicago's All Natural has released a lot of dope music over the years and has a new solo album on the way.

Please stay tuned to this blog for an interview with him and some new tracks.

http://www.allnaturalhiphop.com

Peace

Jaz