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…

1. “Hard Times” by Baby Huey
   • Sampled in “Powaful Impak!”
   • Produced by DJ Evil Dee & Buckshot
2. “Scenario” by A Tribe Called Quest
   • Sampled in “Powaful Impak!”
   • Produced by DJ Evil Dee & Buckshot
3. “Bitches Brew” by Miles Davis
   • Sampled in “Niguz Talk Shit”
   • Produced by DJ Evil Dee
4. “Sport” by Lightnin Rod
   • Sampled in “Who Got da Props?” and “Son Get Wrec”
   • Produced by DJ Evil Dee
5. “It’s a New Day” by Skull Snaps
   • Sampled in “Who Got da Props?”
   • Produced by DJ Evil Dee
6. “Tidal Wave” by Ronnie Laws
   • Sampled in “Who Got da Props?”
   • Produced by DJ Evil Dee
7. “Fantastic Freaks at the Dixie” by DJ Grand Wizard Theodore
   • Sampled in “Who Got da Props?”
   • Produced by DJ Evil Dee
8. “Tell Me How Do You Feel” by Lee Michaels
   • Sampled in “Ack like U Want It”
   • Produced by DJ Evil Dee & Mr. Walt
9. “Son of Mr. Greene Genes” by Frank Zappa
   • Sampled in “Ack like U Want It”
   • Produced by DJ Evil Dee & Mr. Walt
10. “Hihache” by Lafayette Afro Rock Band
    • Sampled in “Buck Em Down”
    • Produced by DJ Evil Dee
11. “Wind Parade” by Donald Byrd
    • Sampled in “Buck Em Down”
    • Produced by DJ Evil Dee
12. “It’s a Man’s World” by James Brown
    • Sampled in “Black Smif-n-Wessun”
    • Produced by DJ Evil Dee
13. “Misdemeanor” by Ahmad Jamal
    • Sampled in “Black Smif-n-Wessun”
    • Produced by DJ Evil Dee
14. “Spinning Wheel” by Lonnie Liston Smith
    • Sampled in “Black Smif-n-Wessun” and “Enta da Stage”
    • Produced by DJ Evil Dee
15. “Message from the Soul Sisters” by Vicki Anderson
    • Sampled in “Son Get Wrec”
    • Produced by DJ Evil Dee
16. “Oblighetto” by Brother Jack McDuff
    • Sampled in “Son Get Wrec”
    • Produced by DJ Evil Dee
17. “Season of the Witch” by Mike Bloomfield, Al Kooper and Steve Stills
    • Sampled in “Son Get Wrec”
    • Produced by DJ Evil Dee
18. “Rule of Mind” by 9th Creation
    • Sampled in “Slave”
    • Produced by DJ Evil Dee
19. “Come Live with Me” by Ten Wheel Drive
    • Sampled in “I Got Cha Opin”
    • Produced by Mr. Walt
20. “Ridin’ High” by Faze-O
    • Sampled in “Shit Iz Real”
    • Produced by DJ Evil Dee
21. “Love Song to Catherine” by John Klemmer
    • Sampled in “Shit Iz Real”
    • Produced by DJ Evil Dee
22. “It’s a New Day” by James Brown
    • Sampled in “Enta da Stage”
    • Produced by Mr. Walt
23. “Eye of the Cosmos” by Cannonball Adderley
    • Sampled in “Enta da Stage”
    • Produced by Mr. Walt
24. “Shifftee” by Onyx
    • Sampled in “Enta da Stage”
    • Produced by Mr. Walt
25. “Hydra” by Grover Washington, Jr.
    • Sampled in “How Many MC’s…”
    • Produced by DJ Evil Dee & Mr. Walt
26. “Nice Girl” by Kellee Patterson *
    • Sampled in “How Many MC’s…”
    • Produced by DJ Evil Dee & Mr. Walt
27. “My Philosophy” by Boogie Down Productions
    • Sampled in “How Many MC’s…”
    • Produced by DJ Evil Dee & Mr. Walt
28. “Risin’ to the Top” by Keni Burke
    • Sampled in “U Da Man”
    • Produced by DJ Evil Dee
29. “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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