Props to Soulcontrollah again for these AZ sets. AZ’s 4th studio album was kinda of a comeback of sorts after this 3rd album 9 Lives wasn’t received well commercially or critically. This album had some bangers such as “Fan Mail,” “Once Again,” “I’m Back,” and the Grammy nominated “The Essence” featuring Nasir Jones.
Production throughout the album was handled mostly by D/R Period, Buckwild, Chop D.I.E.S.E.L., Miller Time, and a few others. Hit the cut for the info and link…
1. “Welcome Back” by John Sebastian
From the album Welcome Back (1976)
Sampled in “Once Again”
Produced by D/R Period
2. “She Can Wait Forever” by George Duke
From the album Rendez-Vouz (1984)
Sampled in “A-1 Performance”
Produced by Portlay
3. “I Just Wanna Be There” by Ronnie Dyson
From the album Love In All Flavors (1977)
Sampled in “Wanna Be There”
Produced by Chop D.I.E.S.E.L.
4. “Musical Love” by Mary Jane Girls
From the album Mary Jane Girls (1983)
Sampled in “The Essence”
Produced by Baby Paul & Mike Risto
5. “Each Day I Cry A Little” by Eddie Kendricks
From the album Eddie Kendricks (1973)
Sampled in “Fan Mail”
Produced by Miller Time
6. “Just As Long As We Have Love” by Wilbert Longmire
From the album With All My Love (1980)
Sampled in “Paradise (Life)”
Produced by Miller Time
7. “Loving You The Second Time Around” by Eddie Kendricks
From the album Boogie Down (1974)
Sampled in “I’m Back”
Produced by Buckwild
8. “I’m A Bachelor” by The Temptations
From the album A Song For You (1975)
Sampled in “Hustler”
Produced by Chop D.I.E.S.E.L.
9. “Important Project” by Keith Mansfield
From the album Impressive Scenes (1978)
Sampled in “Re-Birth”
Produced by Buckwild
10. “Stoned Love” by The Supremes
From the “Stoned Love” single (1970)
Sampled in “Aziatic (Outro)”
Produced by Chop D.I.E.S.E.L.
11. “Life’s a Bitch” by Nas
From the album Illmatic (1994)
Sampled in “Aziatic (Outro)”
Produced by Chop D.I.E.S.E.L.
12. “Do Or Die” by AZ
From the album Doe or Die (1995)
Sampled in “Aziatic (Outro)”
Produced by Chop D.I.E.S.E.L.
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truly an underrated classic….
I bought this when it came out and loved it. Now I can’t listen to it anymore because it brings back to many memories of that summer.
thanks once more!!!
Well first of all thank you very much for uploading the samples brother is not bothered if I wanted to ask if he could raise KevinNottigham samples Album: Pieces of a Man AZ Well if it is annoying that we are serious
@ The Nekro Beats
Huh?
If you’re looking for Pieces of a Man set….scroll down and you’ll find it.
Thank You. I’ve been waiting to hear this sample set for a long time. Much love to SoulControllah.
Yo!
Can anyone of u diggers know a sample from Outkast”s-Git up Git Out?I know it also appears at Macy gray song…Anyone could help me with that???Big up!
I’m curious, how the boys at K.N. would rate all the AZ albums from favorite to least favorite.
I got Doe or Die (obviously) but is there another album worth adding to the collection ?
This one is worth it. The Format is pretty good. If you can find S.O.S.A. that is what 9 Lives is not. I have some hopes for Legendary dropping on June 2.
I would say cop them all, but those two above.
you’re the man.
nuff said.
—a dying metaphor—
We can’t take credit for these AZ sets. Soulcontrollah is the man.
Dope, dope album. Got this album like 6 months ago and it’s top 3 within his discography. I’m just worried about the production for his next lp.
i bought this album the day it came out as well..i stayed bumping it..my mother kept telling me to turn that garbage off…lol..she said that about all hip hop music…and now look at me a hip hop producer….and people need to either go back to school or take the time to write a legible paragraph..damn..how hard is it to hit spell check!?