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BeatSession 10|11|11

Original Sample:

Dream by The Brothers of Soul

“During the riots many shops and stores were daubed with the words ‘Soul Brother’ in the hope that looters and arsonists would leave them alone. I played on the words and came up with The Brothers of Soul.” – Fred Bridges

In July of 1967, while the city of Detroit was burning, three men (Bridges, Knight and Eaton) were on a mission to finish a song — a song that they felt was a hit. For five days, Detroit was under siege by rioters, the national guard, the army, and the Detroit police. Violating the city-wide curfew and risking arrest, the three men would make their way to La Beat Recording Company for a series of recording sessions. The song that they recorded is this week’s sample and it was part of a series of 45′s that were released during the latter part of 1967.

The 1967 Detroit Riot resulted in forty-three dead, 467 injured, over 7,200 arrests, and more than 2,000 buildings destroyed. But amid this chaos, an amazing song was recorded.

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During my last few visits to the barbershop, my barber – Flock, an avid listener of WBS — has been trying to get me onto the Mississippi Emcee/Producer Big K.R.I.T. The last two samples for the BeatSessions have been samples used by Big K.R.I.T. I admit, he’s been growing on me, both as a producer and an emcee. After the jump, check out his song, Dreamin, which also uses this sample.

peace, @illa0804/@generationill

Featured Beats and Producers:

Dreaming by Bruce Juice (Orlando, FL)

iBELIEVE JOINT (STEVE, FRED & AL) by Mr. Klimatic (Toledo, OH)

He’s Dreaming by Rhett Whatley (Atlanta, GA)

I Don’t Care by Chrizo (Las Piñas, Philippines)

For The Taking by 25/8 (Miami, FL)

Wishful Thinking (I Know This is a Dream) by NeV (Augusta, GA)

Non-Specific Protein Kinase by Mr. Kwazi (Ontario, Canada)

Big Pun – You Ain’t a Killa (Remix) by JedLi of People’s Future (Manila, Philippines)

Only Way by thadizzie1 (San Francisco, CA)

Night Court by Sideways (Portland, OR)

It’s Not my Dream by Kam0 (Paris, France)

Done by Agent Smith 78 (Chicago, IL)

I Don’t Care by 1stup (Greensboro, NC)

Jay-Z – Who You Wit III by Hi-Rock (Toronto, Canada)

The Part Where The Hero Dies by Blackph03nix (London, England)

I Don’t Care by SPNZ (Makati City, Philippines)

Victorious by Gee (Toronto, Canada)

Another Song Which Uses This Sample:

Dreamin by Big K.R.I.T. (prod. by Big K.R.I.T.)

BeatSession 05|09|10 *Cinco De Mayo Session*

In honor of Cinco De Mayo this past week, we sampled the Mexican singer Marco Antonio Muñiz and his song from 1983, “Por Amor”. In case you didn’t know, Cinco De Mayo commemorates the Mexican army’s unlikely victory over French forces at the Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862.

I found a video of a live performance of Mr. Muñiz singing this week’s sample. The quality of the video is almost as bad as the arrangement of the music in the video. And i’m not sure who the guy singing w/ Mr. Muñiz is… but the dude made me laugh.

Original Sample:

Por Amor by Marco Antonio Muñiz

Featured Beats and Producers:

The Arrival By PMbeatz (Washington DC)

Cinco’s Goof Liquid and Beef Slings by Sideways (Orlando, FL)

Ninetwo5ive and Puebla’s Revenge by illa (Miami, FL)

Another Song Which Uses This Sample:

Three by Prodigy (Produced by Alchemist)