"Lot`s of lovin`"
There was a time, when music, especially Rap music, made me feel like I had butterflies in my stomach. One example for this phenomen was the 1994 album from ´Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth´ called ´The Main Ingredient´. It was and still is soulful and funky!!!
Here is one of my favorite tracks.
“All The Places” is a archetypal example. It starts with the strings, fit to lift the hairs at the nape of your neck. Chills when the beat drops…a buttery guitar loop winding around the cavernous drums, a silky, swarming bass line teeming around the drums and guitar, CL’s raps effortlessly gliding over Rock’s rhythm. Celestial vocals chime in every few bars, most noticeably on the chorus, where it joins one of the many Biz Markie vocal samples on the album. What’s most astounding about Pete Rockerfeller’s work here is that virtually all of these musical elements are lifted from the first 30 seconds of Donald Byrd’s “Places and Spaces.” You can glean Pete’s love for the beat, by the way he lets the instrumental ride for nearly a minute after CL’s verse concludes. You have to bob your head.
(by Aaron Matthews)
Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth - All the places <-- download
Pete took the sample from Donald Byrds much-lauded album ´Places and spaces´. It is the first track on the B-Side of the vinyl release on the famous ´Blue Note´ label.
So enjoy history...
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