Feb 10th
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| Yo KN readers! In honor of February being the late great J Dilla month, today’s installment of Who Flipped It Better will examine one of my favorite Jay Dee produced tracks from his expansive catalogue from Slum Village’s classic Fan-Tas-Tic Vol.1. “The Look Of Love” samples Barney Kessel’s great jazz guitar cut of the same [...] |
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20 hours, 27 minutes ago. Jan 16th
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| Happy New Year to our readers and welcome to this year’s first installment of KN’s, Who Flipped It Better. Beginning with the sample of choice for the entry, “Let Me Ride,” we’re looking at an impeccably soulful song courtesy of 1970’s Chi-Sound Records band, Windy City. This song was flipped to create the two instrumentals [...] |
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| 25 days ago. Nov 18th
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| Ayers’ smooth cut “Sensitize,” courtesy of his 1974 album, Change Up the Groove, created the foundation for this week’s battle of Who Flipped It Better. In this edition, we match up Mississippi rapper/producer Big K.R.I.T.’s, “Made A Lot” from his self-produced mixtape Return of 4eva vs. Black Rob’s “Life Story,” the title track off Rob’s [...] |
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| 2 months, 24 days ago. Nov 11th
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| For this addition of Who Flipped it Better, we match up Dom Kennedy’s, “Playa’s Punch” vs. Black Moon’s, “How Many MC’s.” East and West Coast, new school vs. old school, whose producer(s) built a better song out of the awesome bass guitar on Grover Washington Jr.’s, “Hydra?”As one of the most recognizable samples ever used [...] |
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| 3 months, 1 day ago. Aug 11th
| There's more to this one than you might think and I'm sure more people sampled it too, but we're focusing only on these two right now for good enough reason. I'll speak further on it after you refresh your memory with the these previews:Original Sample SourceDa Bush Babees - Remember We (Salaam Remi Version)L. The [...] |
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| 1 year, 6 months ago. 