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The Whispers – What More Can a Girl Ask For | BeatSession 04|10|12

The Original Sample: What More Can a Girl Ask For by The Whispers I credit my dad with being my first music influence growing up. One day — I couldn’t have been more than 11 or 12 yrs old — … Continue reading

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BeatSession 11|15|11 (Heavy D Tribute)

The Original Sample: Today (feat. the California Dreamers) by Tom Scott First press play. In 1992, Pete Rock and CL Smooth sampled Tom Scott’s cover of “Today” by Jefferson Airplane on their hip hop classic, They Reminisce Over You (T.R.O.Y.), … Continue reading

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BeatSession 05|30|10

Continuing his streak of consecutive sessions, sideways goes solo this week. However, its a good one. This is definitely one of my favorite sideways beats. Also check the Jay Electronica track. -illa Original Sample: Cross My Heart by Billy Stewart … Continue reading

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BeatSession 05|23|10

This week’s sample, “Ghetto Lament”, comes from Sylvia St. James’ 1980 album, “Magic”. It was used by Madlib on Talib Kweli’s “Eat to Live” from his 2007 release, Eardrum. If you haven’t already, don’t forget to check out throwback BeatSession … Continue reading

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BeatSession 05|16|10

Hello all. I decided to choose an instrumental song that happens to be roughly 6 minutes long. It was in the pool of songs from mid March and illa was busy so to help out I sent it. It’s Les … Continue reading

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