John Q from Lyrics To Go hit us up again with another sweet sample set! Like other 90s back packer albums from artists such as De La Soul and A Tribe Called Quest, The Pharcyde make great use of old jazz and funk samples. I found it extremely interesting that they sampled Madhouse, which if you don’t know was a jazz band Prince put together in the 80s.
Bizarre Ride featured the acclaimed production work of J-Swift, who provides the album with a lush, jazzy soundscape through use of live instrumentation and sampling. Aside from the samples, Swift also provided piano, as well as, bass on the album, and fellow producer JMD provided drums arrangements. All Music Guide calls the album’s production “easily some of the tightest and most inventive of any hip-hop record of the era.” NME magazine stated, “The Pharcyde use jazz samples and phat beats to the ultimate effect: to create their own sonic Utopia.”.
This collection right here should be in everybody’s library as it is in itself a library of great music. Just check the tracklist, download, and see for yourself!
- “Beale Street” by Donald Byrd
- Sampled in “Oh Shit”
- Produced by J-Swift
- “Pot Belly” by Lou Donaldson
- Sampled in “4 Better or 4 Worse”
- Produced by J-Swift
- “Blind Alley” by David Porter
- Sampled in “4 Better or 4 Worse”
- Produced by J-Swift
- “Rockin’ Funky Watergate” by James Brown
- Sampled in “4 Better or 4 Worse”
- Produced by J-Swift
- “Papa’s Got a Brand New Bag” by James Brown
- Sampled in “I’m That Type of Nigga”
- Produced by J-Swift
- “Maybe The Last Time” by James Brown
- Sampled in “I’m That Type of Nigga”
- Produced by J-Swift
- “Pass The Peas” by The J.B.’s
- Sampled in “I’m That Type of Nigga”
- Produced by J-Swift
- “Givin’ Up Food For Funk” by The J.B.’s
- Sampled in “I’m That Type of Nigga”
- Produced by J-Swift
- “Sing A Simple Song” by Sly & Family Stone
- Sampled in “I’m That Type of Nigga”
- Produced by J-Swift
- “Put Your Love (In My Tender Care)” by The Fatback Band
- Sampled in “Soul Flower (Remix)”
- Produced by J-Swift
- “Hey! Last Minute” by The Meters
- Sampled in “On The DL”
- Produced by J-Swift
- “Travelin Man” by Stanley Cowell
- Sampled in “On The DL”
- Produced by J-Swift
- “Equipoise” by Stanley Cowell
- Sampled in “On The DL”
- Produced by J-Swift
- “Maiden Voyage” by Ramsey Lewis
- Sampled in “Officer”
- Produced by J-Swift
- “The Mighty Quinn” by Ramsey Lewis
- Sampled in “Officer”
- Produced by J-Swift
- “The Grunt” by James Brown
- Sampled in “Officer”
- Produced by J-Swift
- “Funky Drummer” by James Brown
- Sampled in “Officer”
- Produced by J-Swift
- “Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos” by Public Enemy
- Sampled in “Officer”
- Produced by J-Swift
- “Countdown to Armageddon” by Public Enemy
- Sampled in “Officer”
- Produced by J-Swift
- “Season of The Witch” by Mike Bloomfield, Al Kooper, Stephen Stills
- Sampled in “Ya Mama”
- Produced by J-Swift
- “Synthetic Substitution” by Melvin Bliss
- Sampled in “Ya Mama”
- Produced by J-Swift
- “Good Stuff” by Mel Brown
- Sampled in “Ya Mama”
- Produced by J-Swift
- “Yes We Can Can” by Young-Holt Unlimited
- Sampled in “Ya Mama”
- Produced by J-Swift
- “I Don’t Know What This World Is Coming To” by The Soul Children
- Sampled in “Ya Mama”
- Produced by J-Swift
- “Summer In The City” by Quincy Jones
- Sampled in “Passin Me By”
- Produced by J-Swift
- “Are You Experienced” by Jimi Hendrix
- Sampled in “Passin Me By”
- Produced by J-Swift
- “It’s a New Day” by Skull Snaps
- Sampled in “Passin Me By”
- Produced by J-Swift
- “The Third Eye” by Roy Ayers
- Sampled in “Passin Me By”
- Produced by J-Swift
- “Hill Where the Lord Hides” by Eddie Russ *
- Sampled in “Passin Me By”
- Produced by J-Swift
- “125th Street Congress” by Weather Report
- Sampled in “Passin Me By”
- Produced by J-Swift
- “Friends” by Whodini
- Sampled in “Passin Me By”
- Produced by J-Swift
- “Today” by Herbie Mann
- Sampled in “Otha Fish”
- Produced by L.A. Jay & SlimKid 3
- “Since I Had You” by Marvin Gaye
- Sampled in “Otha Fish”
- Produced by L.A. Jay & SlimKid 3
- “Bijou” by Herbie Mann
- Sampled in “Pack The Pipe”
- Produced by J-Swift
- “Autumn Serenade” by John Coltrane & Johnny Hartman
- Sampled in “Pack The Pipe”
- Produced by J-Swift
- “Exquistion” by Cannonball Adderley Quintet
- Sampled in “Pack The Pipe”
- Produced by J-Swift
- “Two” by Madhouse
- Sampled in “Return of The B-Boy”
- Produced by J-Swift
- “The Show” by Doug E. Fresh
- Sampled in “Return of The B-Boy”
- Produced by J-Swift
- “The Roof Is on Fire” by Rock Master Scott & The Dynamic Three
- Sampled in “Return of The B-Boy”
- Produced by J-Swift
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Thanks for the tag-team effort on this set. Until til next set.
Damn, this is it! Y’all outdid yourselves! Mad thanks
This is great
yo ive been looking out for these 4 AGES
Props!!
Thanks!!! One of the greatest albums of all time and I’ve always wanted to hear the samples.
thanks a lot,i love this album..
As usual, thanks a lot Kevin, very nice set.
Thanks so much for this. This is probably my favourite hip hop album ever and easily one of the best produced albums I’ve ever heard. Just put together perfectly Thanks!
rockin funky watergate is fred wesley and jb’s, no?
You’re probably right. Think we got it off a James Brown compilation disc though.
Still racking my brains about the bass line in “Return Of The B-Boy”, anybody got an idea?
thx in advance!
Hey Kevin, the link is for some pron website?! Wassup with that?