Ah, I’m so glad to finally get this set off my hard drive! You all have no idea how long we’ve been working on this set. I would say probably since the beginning of the year. We’ll it’s as complete as it’s gonna get for now and I know a lot of people want this one. Lot’s of 90s hip hop in this set (Nas, Pete Rock) sprinkled in throughout the soul samples. Exile did a hell of a job producing this whole album… easily one of my favorites from last year. Unfortunately, they must not have made too many copies, cuz the album has been out of print for about a year now. I didn’t get a chance to pick it up when it first came out and now I can’t find it anywhere. If anyone has some spare copies of this CD laying around, hit us up. Both Thomas and I are looking for copies of this to add to our collections.
- “Summer Dream” by Jack McDuff
- From the album Sophisticated Funk (1976)
- Sampled in “My World Is…”
- Produced by Exile
- “I Can Sing A Rainbow/Love Is Blue” by The Dells
- From the album Love Is Blue (1969)
- Sampled in “My World Is…”
- Produced by Exile
- “Blue” by Joni Mitchell
- From the album Blue (1971)
- Sampled in “My World Is…”
- Produced by Exile
- “L’Amour Est Bleu (Love Is Blue)” by Vicky Leandros [download]
- Sampled in “My World Is…”
- Produced by Exile
- “Real Fright” by Iron Butterfly
- From the album Ball (1969)
- Sampled in “The Narrow Path”
- Produced by Exile
- “Mother/Son Bedroom Talk” by The Blackbyrds
- From the album The Blackbyrds (1974)
- Sampled in “So(ul) Amazin’ (Steel Blazin’)”
- Produced by Exile
- “Papa Was Too” by Joe Tex
- From the album I’ve Got To Do A Little Better (1966)
- Sampled in “So(ul) Amazin’ (Steel Blazin’)”
- Produced by Exile
- “G-Building” by M.O.P.
- From the album Warriorz (2000)
- Sampled in “So(ul) Amazin’ (Steel Blazin’)”
- Produced by Exile
- “The 6th Sense” by Common
- From the album Like Water For Chocolate (2000)
- Sampled in “So(ul) Amazin’ (Steel Blazin’)”
- Produced by Exile
- “Black Cowboys” by Jeru the Damaja
- From the album Wrath of The Math (1996)
- Sampled in “So(ul) Amazin’ (Steel Blazin’)”
- Produced by Exile
- “Comin’ Up” by Saukrates
- From the 12″ single “Sumthin For Da Streetz” (2004)
- Sampled in “So(ul) Amazin’ (Steel Blazin’)”
- Produced by Exile
- “How Time Flies” by The O’Jays
- From the album Survival (1975)
- Sampled in “In Remembrance of Me”
- Produced by Exile
- “The World Is Yours” by Nas
- From the album Illmatic (1994)
- Sampled in “In Remembrance of Me” and “The World Is (Below The Heavens…)”
- Produced by Exile
- “They Reminisce Over You (T.R.O.Y.)” by Pete Rock & CL Smooth
- From the album Mecca and The Soul Brother (1992)
- Sampled in “In Remembrance of Me”
- Produced by Exile
- “One Love” by Nas
- From the album Illmatic (1994)
- Sampled in “In Remembrance of Me”
- Produced by Exile
- “Fakin’ Jax” performed by INI
- From the album Center of Attention (2003)
- Sampled in “In Remembrance of Me”
- Produced by Exile
- “Quicksand” by Martha & The Vandellas
- From the single “Quicksand” (1963)
- Sampled in “Blu Colla Worker”
- Produced by Exile
- “When Sunny Gets Blue” by Unknown Artist *
- Sampled in “Blu Colla Worker”
- Produced by Exile
- “Theme From ‘Love Story” by Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
- From the album Flying High Together (1972)
- Sampled in “No Greater Love”
- Produced by Exile
- “I Wanted It Too” by Roberta Flack
- From the album Feel Like Makin’ Love (1975)
- Sampled in “Show Me The Good Life”
- Produced by Exile
- “Always Together” by The Dells
- From the album Musical Menu (1969)
- Sampled in “Simply Amazin”
- Produced by Exile
- “I’m So Glad” by The Impressions *
- From the album First Impressions (1975)
- Sampled in The World Is (Below The Heavens…)
- Produced by Exile
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I’ve posted a bit here before, I usually just browse but I wanted to thank you guys for posting this up! I want to showoff because I’m an ass like that,
http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f148/macknmexican/cds2.jpg
Y’all should be jealous.
Lol, try Amazon.com, they usually have a good selection of hard to find albums.
was there no sample for cold hearted?
yeah, it’s missing a lot of samples but it’s insanely hard to find the others, exile did his job really REALLY well.
Thanks for this kev and Thomas
The Impression- I’m So Glad (Blu- The World Is (Below The Heavens)….)
Show Me the Good Life
Samples:
Robert Flack – I Wanted it Too
Blu shouted out Roberta Flack and this track at a recent show I saw him at.
Here is the link:
http://limelinx.com//media/32178daa498b4791bf22a6e7120c64f4.aspx
1:36, check it out
Thanks
The best album a lot of people haven’t heard. BTW Amazon doesn’t have it less than $89…we’ve looked for it.
Thanks for the update on samples.
haha, thanks Matt… ass… lol. Amazon don’t have it though. I think there was one private seller on Amazon selling it used for like $89. I don’t want it that bad.
Thanks to Paul and TFF for the sample credits! I’ll get those and update this set.
Why not just pay 9.99 at the itunes store? I can’t believe that album is out of print already. I know physical copies are nice, but i’ve lost one too many copies to friends like illmatic.
I like physical copies. I don’t loan out my cd’s to anyone…so I’m not worried about losing them. I like the cd booklet and credits as well (seeing them).
Yo Thomas i feel you bout reading credits on CD’s. Questlove hands down had the best ones cause he would always break down the making of the album in the liner notes. I cant front though i still download certain joints cause i’m far from balling.
Does anyone know what exile used for “cold hearted” That beat always sends chills down my spine.
I’ve already paid 9.99 for the album on iTunes. Thomas got me into collecting physical CDs again. It’s an art long lost, I guess.
I’m not totally in the “digital” age as far as putting things all on the iPod and having a who hard drive of music. I’m scared to death that if I go all digital and my computer crashes and I lose everything….I don’t have confidence me calling Amazon or iTunes/Apple will hit me off with the music I lost. Plus, the music sounds better on CD in the car than it does on the iPod.
Toyko don’t know the sample.
I found the album available on a german site I use to order my CDs. They still got it on stock for around 21 USD plus shipping.
http://www.hhv.de/index.php?action=changeLanguage&lang=en&rid=106187&show=startSeite
Beautiful Cover artwork, by the way!
Jon Brion’s version of he needs me in Punch Drunk Love should sound familiar to anyone who likes the bonus instrumental at the end
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4PwsDb6K6S0
and i remember hearing in that rbma session that the sample for the other bonus track was actually some cookie monster song or something
The Impressions – I’m So Glad
First Impressions 1975
Sampled on The World Is apparently, I can’t hear it.
http://www.zshare.net/audio/5034417307943aa2/
Let me know if you can.
man, if youre in Toronto, and were looking for the CD at the right time, it actually wasnt that hard to find. The HMV downtown musta sold at least ten cuz they restocked the blu and exile section a couple times when they imported it. play de record actually had it around the time it actually came out in the summer without the import price too.
Not in Toronto… you must be thinking of Deez.
the artist for the track “when sonny gets blue” which was sampled at the end of blu collar worker is sarah vaughan and i think that french joint “love is blue” which was sampled on my world is, is by paul mauriat, maybe!!!
fo the record, i just recently order 2 copies of the below the heaven album!!! GYEAH!
Thanks Gerard… I’ll check out the Sarah Vaughan track. And “Love Is Blue” was originally written by Paul Mauriat, but has been recorded by many.
Where did you order your copies? I need 2.
http://www.sanity.com.au (austrailia website)
http://www.cduniverse.com
http://www.cdplus.com
Sarah Vaughn – When Sunny Gets Blue
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMf4shREPwc
if anyone knows how to rip stuff from youtube, have at it
i actually found this cuz i seen johnny mathis wrote the song originally i believe
I think the sample for Blu & Exile Below the Heavens Is Im so Proud not Im so Glad by the impressions for track The World Is
Unlisted Bonus Track have a sample of “Walkin’ In The Rain With The One I Love” Of Love Unlimited
ops, my mistake, the sample of Walkin’ In The Rain With The One I Love” Of Love Unlimited is for Fancy Clown of Madvillain. I just trade the too because they have sounds of people talking.
The Dells version of “Love is blue” is the good one
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# “L’Amour Est Bleu (Love Is Blue)” by Unknown Artist *
* Sampled in “My World Is…”
* Produced by Exile
I’ve had this song forever…not sure why I didn’t give it to you Kev
http://usershare.net/l6zqm39l26f2
detroit emarlds -i’ll never sail the sea again
cold hearted
http://usershare.net/mfv30u24fxi4
Link for those who don’t have the Detroit Emeralds song.