Tuesday, August 12, 2008

Czar's Sample (Rumor) of the Week...

What's up Tim stans? I know it's not Friday, but I thought I'd share something today given what's happened over the last couple of days. As many of you already know, one of music's biggest, most influential, and legendary musicians passed away over the weekend: Isaac Hayes. Isaac Hayes was so huge that it would take me all day just to talk about 5% of his music career. Words really can't explain how large of an impression Isaac Hayes left on the music industry--he was a true legend. If you only know him as "that guy who did Shaft" or "the guy who did Shaft and was the voice of Chef on South Park," then I suggest you get educated on this true icon of music.

Now, some of you all might wonder what Isaac Hayes has to do with Timbo. Well, I thought I'd share a little rumor that has been circulating for some time about a certain Timbaland track and a couple of Issac Hayes tracks that it possibly samples. The track is Bubba Sparxxx's "Lovely," and for some time I've heard arguments over where Tim sampled the cymbal pattern featured on "Lovely." The first theory is that it's just a pattern Timbo created/found on his drum machine. The other two theories, which I find to be more interesting, are that the cymbal pattern actually samples one of two Isaac Hayes tracks. The first track is Hayes' "Theme from Shaft" that opens with that now infamous hi-hat cymbal pattern. The second possible song is "Title Theme" from another 70s film, Three Tough Guys, which also opens with a hi-hat cymbal pattern, but it sounds more rough when compared to the Theme from Shaft.

So what do y'all think? Is it just a pattern from a drum machine? Did it sample "Shaft?" Or did it sample "Title Theme?" To be honest, I'm not quite sure really which theory is right. It seems like this rumor might remain unsolved, just like the baby giggle from "Are you that Somebody" that I posted a year and a half ago (peep "this" )

R.I.P. Isaac Hayes.

Peace,
Czar

3 comments :

  1. yep its the theme from shaft, the reason why it sounds so different is because I think he time shifted which sounds almost like a chorus effect

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  2. YEA MORE THAN LIKELY TIM COULD HAVE SAMPLED IT, BUT THE WAY HE FLIPPED IT, WE MAY NEVER KNOW

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  3. I sounds like he just cut the beginning of Theme from Shaft and prolly time stretched it slightly kinda like Just Blaze did with Touch The Sky.

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