{"id":4282,"date":"2010-06-09T14:40:47","date_gmt":"2010-06-09T19:40:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ethanhein.com\/wp\/?p=4282"},"modified":"2014-05-12T15:48:56","modified_gmt":"2014-05-12T19:48:56","slug":"brand-nubian-meets-edie-brickell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ethanhein.com\/wp\/2010\/brand-nubian-meets-edie-brickell\/","title":{"rendered":"Brand Nubian meets Edie Brickell"},"content":{"rendered":"

While I was researching the Spoonie G meme<\/a>, I noticed that Brand Nubian<\/a> uses a lot of remarkably creative samples. It inspired me to do a sample map<\/a> of their classic first album, One For All.<\/a> Click to see it bigger.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Hear all the tracks sampled<\/a> on One For All, via Kevin Nottingham’s awesome blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The track “Slow Down”<\/a> in particular jumped out at me.<\/p>\n

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“Slow Down” uses some samples of the usual hip-hop suspects: “Kool It (Here Come The Fuzz)”<\/a> and “NT”<\/a> by Kool & The Gang, and “Let’s Take It To The Stage”<\/a> by Funkadelic. It also samples a less expected song, “What I Am”<\/a> by Edie Brickell & The New Bohemians. Usually hip-hop producers use material of previous decades, but “What I Am” was only a year or two old when Brand Nubian sampled it.<\/p>\n

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“What I Am” is perfect for sampling. It has a great funky-reggae groove<\/a> and two killer hooks, Kenny Withrow’s<\/a> sliding sus-2 chord guitar riff and Edie’s slightly edgy voice singing “What I am is what I am.” Besides Brand Nubian, here are some other folks who have sampled it:<\/p>\n