J.Rocc of The Beat Junkies has created an exclusive mix from tracks of the Droppin’ Science: Greatest Samples From The Blue Note Lab compilation, comprised of 10 classic records sampled by hip hop producers of the 80’s, 90’s and 00’s.
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Blue Note is a label that is mostly known for its releases in the jazz genre.
Label Code: LC 0133 / LC 00133
The label started in 1939 as the flagship label of Blue Note Records, a record company from New York. The label focused on jazz and built an important catalogue of traditional jazz and swing recordings through the 1940s. It’s earliest releases are now acknowledged as classics. In the 1950s it was one of the earliest labels where bop musicians appeared on. (Source: discogs.com)
Blue Note has long been the exemplar in jazz, being the home of some of the most important jazz recordings ever made. What most don’t know is that 50 years after the label’s inception, the music would prove to be an integral resource of a whole new movement and genre: hip-hop. The art of sampling in hip-hop has been around since the late-’70s, but the wave of the most creative and aesthetically driven sampling began during the early-’90s. Hip-hop artists delved into the previously unexplored genre of jazz, and the music was changed then and for the next decade to come – with Blue Note as the hub of its ingenuity and inspiration. From A Tribe Called Quest to Gang Starr to Dr. Dre to the Beastie Boys, Blue Note has been the source of a deep groove, a soulful vamp, or hittin’ beat that we associate with some of the greatest hip-hop songs. Whether it’s the soulful bass line of Ronnie Foster’s “Mystic Brew” which served as the most memorable element in A Tribe Called Quest’s entrancing “Electric Relaxation,” the colossal orchestral intro that instantaneously has you at attention awaiting the beat to drop on Dr. Dre’s “The Next Episode,” or the funky big-bang groove of Joe Williams’s “Get out of My Life, Woman” which is the sole inspiration of non-stop head-nodding on Kool G Rap’s “Ill Street Blues,” Blue Note’s got it covered. Blue Note is Droppin’ Science, bringing it back to the lab of the Jazz, Funk, and Soul chemists who gave the label some of the most influential and groundbreaking music of their time. We’ve dug deep into the crates to spotlight some of our most treasured works, as we tip our hat to some of the greatest hip-hop artists and producers ever. Who got da props? The Finest in Jazz, hands down.
(Source: treasureandnuggets.blogspot.com)
J Rocc
Real Name: Jason Jackson
Profile:
An American hip hop artist, DJ, and producer.
One of the original turntablists, J-Rocc founded the Beat Junkies in 1992 with Melo-D and Rhettmatic, but has done just as much on his own as in a group setting. Born Jason Jackson, he began DJing in the mid-’80s with a California group named PSK. Soon after forming, the Beat Junkies became a seminal force in the rise of instrumental hip-hop, including core member Babu plus future stars Shortkut and D-Styles. The group won federation championships in 1997 and 1998, after which they collectively retired from competition. Beat Junkies mixes and studio material continued to pour out. J-Rocc’s first widely issued mix album, Walkman Rotation, appeared in 1998 on Conception, and he also worked with Babu on the turntablist compilation Soundbombing, Vol. 2, plus as the Bumrush Brothers. After touring as the DJ for Madlib’s live shows, J-Rocc released his first album of productions, Some Cold Rock Stuf, in 2011 on the Stones Throw label.
(Source: allmusic.com, by John Bush)
J.Rocc of the Beat Junkies trick mixing @ Skratchcon 2000
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=103&v=Ctbl9XbrV3U
WAAAAAIT. IM JUST REALIZING THE "THINK TWICE" SAMPLE IS THE SAME AS "FOOTPRINTS" I NEVER PICKED THAT UP IM FUCKIN SHOCKED
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so dope