Original Sample:
A Ballad For Joe Louis by The Crusaders
This week’s sample was inadvertently and unknowingly picked (for a 2nd time) by PMBeatz’s brother Jeff Villena, an avid listener of WBS since back in the day. His facebook post of this found its way onto my mini-feed. I did some research and was pleased to find it was a joint off The Crusaders’ 1974 album, Southern Comfort.
Real laid back, jazzy, with a mix of funk — probably not the first things that come to mind when you think of Joe Louis, the boxing great that this song is dedicated to. Nonetheless, it’s an amazing song littered with beautiful Rhodes piano solos by Joe Sample and right when you think the song’s going to end, they bring it back w/ some ill horns at 3:49. Since 1961, this group has released 40+ albums which make up one amazing catalog of jazz/funk. They actually reunited back in 2003 with an album called Rural Renewal and they even went on tour last year.
Dope session this week.
[Ok… back to the playoffs. go heat! 🙂 ]
peace, @illa0804
Featured Beats and Producers:
A Muse (With a Laughing Face) by illa (Miami, FL)
AZ – City of Gods Remix by Norman Beats (Orlando, FL)
Tru Master Freeverse w/ Praverb the Wyse REMIX by Chrizo (Las Piñas, Philippines)
Stick n Move by 25/8 (Miami, FL)
This Feelin’ by SPNZ (Makati City, Philippines)
Fa Joe by Agent Smith 78 (Chicago, IL)
Homeless (The Red Door) by Sideways (Orlando, FL)
Smoky Lounge by Nev (Augusta, GA)
Candy Sky by Enfinity (Winter Park, FL)
I See Now by Blankface (Detroit, MI)
Tokin’ by thadizzie1 (San Francisco,CA)
Bliss by Blackph03nix (London, England)
420 by D (Lipa, Batangas)
You’ve Been Chopped by PMBeatz (Washington, DC)
Cafe by Gee (Toronto, Canada)
Other Songs Which Use This Sample:
Situations by 9th Wonder
How High by Method Man & Redman
The Weekly Beat Sessions 
Shit, this one was good. Really good. The 9th Wonder and Method Man drops and some of these other ones made me realize I have a lot of work to do.
dope a$$ sample wbs! nothin beats LIVE music i tell ya. as always superb job 2all (raising hands 2da roof real corny) lls. hiphop worldwide forealz. gn
PS yall rememba 2 keep it hOtFoOt! #beats
I enjoyed listening to this sample on repeat for about two days. Everybody did their thing. Real inspiring!
It was a honor to be included on a Chrizo Beat…fiyah…loving the Weekly Beat Sessions.
The sample in itself was dope!!! I’m loving this WBS ish!!! Its like falling in love with hip hop all over again! Thanks for letting me be a part of it!!! Hope im up to everyones standards cuz y’all is dope!!! Til next week…