My man, John Q from Lyrics To Go, is back in the sample game! He hit me up and wanted to share this Black Moon set that he has been working on. Big props to John Q for puttin’ this one together!
Released on October 19, 1993, Enta Da Stage is the debut album from Black Moon. The group consists of Buckshot, 5ft, and DJ Evil Dee (of Da Beatminerz), although Buckshot is the primary emcee on most of the tracks. This album was also the debut production for Da Beatminerz’s DJ Evil Dee and Mr. Walt.
Da Beatminerz laced the album with their signature basement sound, filled with hard drums, grimy horn arrangements and dark basslines. In the album’s liner notes, DJ Evil Dee stated: “This album was done on blunted terms. Anyone who is offended by the contents of the album, FUCK YOU. Nuff said.”
A few of the samples used here were later recreated by a number of hip hop artists in the ’90s. The single “Buck Em Down” features a sample from Donald Byrd’s “Wind Parade”, a sample which was later re-used for Organized Konfusion’s 1994 concept track “Stray Bullet”. “How Many MC’s…” features a sample from Grover Washington, Jr.’s “Hydra”, which was used for earlier hip hop tracks like EPMD’s “Underground”. Evil Dee and Walt take a portion of the sample and craft it into a different loop. Check all the samples below…
- “Hard Times” by Baby Huey
- Sampled in “Powaful Impak!”
- Produced by DJ Evil Dee & Buckshot
- “Scenario” by A Tribe Called Quest
- Sampled in “Powaful Impak!”
- Produced by DJ Evil Dee & Buckshot
- “Bitches Brew” by Miles Davis
- Sampled in “Niguz Talk Shit”
- Produced by DJ Evil Dee
- “Sport” by Lightnin Rod
- Sampled in “Who Got da Props?” and “Son Get Wrec”
- Produced by DJ Evil Dee
- “It’s a New Day” by Skull Snaps
- Sampled in “Who Got da Props?”
- Produced by DJ Evil Dee
- “Tidal Wave” by Ronnie Laws
- Sampled in “Who Got da Props?”
- Produced by DJ Evil Dee
- “Fantastic Freaks at the Dixie” by DJ Grand Wizard Theodore
- Sampled in “Who Got da Props?”
- Produced by DJ Evil Dee
- “Tell Me How Do You Feel” by Lee Michaels
- Sampled in “Ack like U Want It”
- Produced by DJ Evil Dee & Mr. Walt
- “Son of Mr. Greene Genes” by Frank Zappa
- Sampled in “Ack like U Want It”
- Produced by DJ Evil Dee & Mr. Walt
- “Hihache” by Lafayette Afro Rock Band
- Sampled in “Buck Em Down”
- Produced by DJ Evil Dee
- “Wind Parade” by Donald Byrd
- Sampled in “Buck Em Down”
- Produced by DJ Evil Dee
- “It’s a Man’s World” by James Brown
- Sampled in “Black Smif-n-Wessun”
- Produced by DJ Evil Dee
- “Misdemeanor” by Ahmad Jamal
- Sampled in “Black Smif-n-Wessun”
- Produced by DJ Evil Dee
- “Spinning Wheel” by Lonnie Liston Smith
- Sampled in “Black Smif-n-Wessun” and “Enta da Stage”
- Produced by DJ Evil Dee
- “Message from the Soul Sisters” by Vicki Anderson
- Sampled in “Son Get Wrec”
- Produced by DJ Evil Dee
- “Oblighetto” by Brother Jack McDuff
- Sampled in “Son Get Wrec”
- Produced by DJ Evil Dee
- “Season of the Witch” by Mike Bloomfield, Al Kooper and Steve Stills
- Sampled in “Son Get Wrec”
- Produced by DJ Evil Dee
- “Rule of Mind” by 9th Creation
- Sampled in “Slave”
- Produced by DJ Evil Dee
- “Come Live with Me” by Ten Wheel Drive
- Sampled in “I Got Cha Opin”
- Produced by Mr. Walt
- “Ridin’ High” by Faze-O
- Sampled in “Shit Iz Real”
- Produced by DJ Evil Dee
- “Love Song to Catherine” by John Klemmer
- Sampled in “Shit Iz Real”
- Produced by DJ Evil Dee
- “It’s a New Day” by James Brown
- Sampled in “Enta da Stage”
- Produced by Mr. Walt
- “Eye of the Cosmos” by Cannonball Adderley
- Sampled in “Enta da Stage”
- Produced by Mr. Walt
- “Shifftee” by Onyx
- Sampled in “Enta da Stage”
- Produced by Mr. Walt
- “Hydra” by Grover Washington, Jr.
- Sampled in “How Many MC’s…”
- Produced by DJ Evil Dee & Mr. Walt
- “Nice Girl” by Kellee Patterson *
- Sampled in “How Many MC’s…”
- Produced by DJ Evil Dee & Mr. Walt
- “My Philosophy” by Boogie Down Productions
- Sampled in “How Many MC’s…”
- Produced by DJ Evil Dee & Mr. Walt
- “Risin’ to the Top” by Keni Burke
- Sampled in “U Da Man”
- Produced by DJ Evil Dee
- “Get out of My Life, Woman” by Lee Dorsey
- Sampled in “U Da Man”
- Produced by DJ Evil Dee
* unavailable in compilation
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DAMN.
dope… this is mos def one that i’ve been waitin for. great work.
Took a lot of work to get these samples together. Hope you’all enjoy the set.
Word, this is still one of my favorite rap albums ever… nice to have the sample list that goes with it too. Props due for the massive effort you guys been puttin into the sample thing these days
Hi kevin,..nice blog man,..but i need help with a sample that dj premier used on the Zonin` track,..do you know that original sample? Pete Rock used it first om the main ingredient or Mecca & the Soul Brother ,…as a interlude,..but that sample is just nice to hear,..thank you!
Thanks guys.
Deez, we’re def gonna get around to doing The Ownerz samples, but haven’t started diggin yet. Keep checkin back!
All praises due to yall for diggin this joint up.
Production on this album is still graveyard hard till this day.
Real talk i’ve had the album since 94 and i never realized Powerful impak sampled the baby huey break Rza used for buck 50 till i read it here. Crazy ill post for real.
Peace
dope!
spinning wheel is by lonnie smith (http://www.discogs.com/artist/Lonnie+Smith), not lonnie liston smith (http://www.discogs.com/artist/Lonnie+Liston+Smith)
dope song though, off his LP drives.