Quote of the Day

“The music industry no longer controls the distribution of its own product.”
— John Robinson, “Touch Em” (I Am Not For Sale)

Word!

That Nas Sample

At the beginning of last week, a “rumor” started to go round the net that the source for Nas’s mysterious sample from “Nas Is Like” had been revealed (it even made it into the Wikipedia article for “I Am…“). I listened to all the available material and can only say: it hasn’t; at least not to my satisfaction.

The claim was/is that Premier sampled John Rydgren’s “Cantata Of New Life.” Well, either the audio file that we’ve all been hearing is just not “Cantata Of New Life,” or the info was wrong and Premier didn’t sample that song but a different one, or he did, but then the beat is still “not sampled” off of the “Cantata” because Rydgren himself uses a “sample” already. Enough blabbering on my part. Listen for yourself:

Nas – Nas Is Like (pay attention to the melody starting at 0:20; that’s what it’s all about)

John Rydgren – Cantata Of New Life

The melody Rydgren uses becomes utterly obvious at around 1:06. Huh, did you recognize it? Here’s a hint: It’s an English folk song. (The tempo of the stream is a bit slow, but it still does the trick.)

The tune is called “Greensleeves” and is fairly well-known. The similarity of this to the music that’s underlining Rydgren’s gobbledegook is damn-near perfect. But if you listen very closely to the Nas song and compare it to “Greensleeves,” that similarity starts to fade somewhat quickly. Yes, I know it’s a flipped sample, but still…

This means that either we’re all a bunch of morons for not recognizing a sample that’s right under our noses (“Greensleeves”) and Primo flipped that bitch real good, or it’s a different sample entirely and we’ll keep on guessing and digging through the crates for the next years to come.

Or is this all just another promo stunt for Nas’s upcoming LP?

What’s your take?

Peas,
3ardrumm3r

South Park’d

Yo, yo, don’t fuck with this mo’fugga.

You can create your own character(s) from South Park over at the South Park Studios, where you can also watch every single episode of the show for free. If they only allowed to equip them kids with more accessories. Oh well…

Resurrected

The decision’s been made. In reference to this blog’s title and URI, I will do the obvious and turn this baby into a music platform, including concert reviews & photos, interesting artist and/or album finds, and the more or less occasional downloads of both rare and popular music. All of this will be across genres, of course.

Let the games begin.

Peas,
3ardrumm3r

Awaiting Re-Birth

Fear not, all’s well. There was no virus that cleared out all the posts. I did that myself. I got so tired of this blog and the bullshit that was on it that I threw all its contents into purgatory, for good.

Until I figure out what to do with this thing here, I’m going to keep it hanging in the air. Maybe it’ll be a diary of my daily, weekly, and monthly cultural encounters; or a “media platform,” to put it mildly, where I’ll be offering stuff; or something else entirely.

If you have an interesting idea what I could be doing here, drop me a comment and tell me all about it. I’m up for anything, as long as it’s interesting and worthwhile. Simply going by the name of the blog, something about music would make sense.

Churrs till then.