Day 5: Tricks are for kids

Let me start by saying Czar does this quote look familiar:

****“Justin Timberlake's "Oh no" samples Soul II Soul "Back to Life" (hint: play Soul II Soul backwards....lol)

Don't know why he picked this track, but it works in the song."****

It should because you posted it December 15th……….2003 (we both know where) That’s over 4 years ago but yet here you are up to your same old tricks trying to fool people with some “exclusive” sample. That’s twice now that you’ve posted old samples in this war. That in itself should be an automatic disqualification but hey I’ll give you yet another pass.

Yes of course I know all about the sounds coming from the Outer Limits Theme Song. You actually prove my very point. Most (not all) sample CDs, use real music, sounds, etc from various movies, songs and so on. The very sample CDs themselves are based on real songs so how are they not considered samples? Just because they didn’t come from the original source? Hmmm....Czar you yourself said that the Deepest India CDs are based on Indian songs yet you post samples from them all the time and regard them as samples. I guess it’s because you are the “king” right, you can get away with it. Well enough with the long wided jibes let’s DO WORK:

I’ll start with Bubba Sparxxx’s 2 freestyles from the Mudd Katz album. This Freestyle 1 samples John Cougar Mellenncamps’ classic track "Jack And Diane." (love that video) Then there’s this Freestyle 2 that samples Queen’s "Another One Bites The Dust.” Now I know what you’re going to say Czar “Boogie these are so simple” Well check your sample mixes again my friend, you had no problem putting up Nelly Furtado's obvious sample (from her own damn song no less) in Jade’s “Ching Ching Ching” so don’t give me “easy.”

Moving on take a listen to the beginning of Missy’s "Play That Beat" that samples one of my favorite rap tracks growing up MC Breed’s "Ain’t No Future In Yo Frontin.’" Sticking with more of my favorites, take a listen to Ginuwine’s "When Doves Cry" that samples the legendary Tribe Called Quest's "Check The Rhime."

So if that’s not enough poor Czar, there was a comment asking about choral samples. Well of all Timbo sounds and samples, his choral ones are my favorite. One is that is so powerful is in Bubba Sparxxx’s "Nowhere" Tim actually got that from someone he worked with in the past, Janet Jackson, from her track ”This Time."

So Czar there’s my 5 days. I gave you movies, sample CDs, soundtracks, orchestra, choral, and all things in between and the only interesting sample you’ve brought to the table is the “Chili Sauce” sample from yesterday. You’re reign is over.

Duran Duran get 3 tracks from Tim & Danja

****"The actual process of making the album [with Duran Duran] was cool," Danjahandz told AllHipHop.com. "We just went in there as musicians, I think that's what was beneficial for me, playing those instruments, came into play. Because I had to become a musician, not a producer a beat maker, I had to become a musician and write songs. It was just an easy thing for me, the dudes were real open for me and where I was taking them. It was just a cool experience.”*****

Full Article

The Tim and Danja tracks are called "Skin Divers" "Zooming In," and “Night Runner” F/ Justin Timberlake. I have to admit that of all the collabos Tim and Danja have done, Duran Duran's sound to date fits that sort of retro 80s electro vibe that Tim and Danja brought to Nelly Furtado's and Justin Timberlake's projects. I'm really interested to hear what they came up with considering these tracks have been finished for quite some time. Jimmy D should be on the engineering boards as well. Still no date, however, when the album drops.

Day 4: What the hell were you thinking?

Boogie, Boogie, Boogie...I am so disappointed in you right now after your day four thread. With Nick saying that the war is tied 1-1-1, and other people saying you're leading it 2-1 (shout out to the people who say I'm leading it right now), I thought that you were going to come hard tonight and put the nail in the coffin. But instead you came weak...really weak. How in the world were you going to post three "samples" that all came from the SAME SAMPLE CD?!?!?!?! Since they all came from ProSamples Vol 12 Dance Vocals/Voice Sepctral 1 and 2 (go here: http://www.soundsonline.com/ProSamples-Vol-12-Dance-Vocals-pr-PS12.html), where's the digging? Where's the time spent searching for that one sample? Don't cheat your tim stans by posting that mess.

But moving on, let me address some things you said in the beginning of your post. First, you said that my weakness is sample cds, and this is true. I don't produce so I don't have access to these sample cds. But most importantly, I feel like showcasing songs that used sample cds is boring and shows no knowledge of music. I could easily put out a Czar's Timbo Sample Mix Volume 8 out of straight sample cds, but what's the point of stringing together a bunch of "samples" that are only 10 seconds long? You're not showing off a good ear, all you're showing off is that you found a sample CD that had two second snippets of some sound that Tim sampled. This is why, like yesterday, I showcased a song from a sample cd as well as a regular track that tim sampled. And you kind of support the point of knowing sample cds but having no knowledge of music when you did your three day sample cd thing and didn't notice that some of the sounds on the sample cds were snippets from actual songs (like the intros to "slow down" and "backstabbers" not only came from a sample cd, but also from the "Outer Limits Theme Song" ). Secondly, you said I'm not diverse with my samples. All I can do is chuckle at this. 7 sample mixes and showcasing different Tim samples every Friday here, and you say I don't post anything other than Indian samples? C'mon now Boogie, you gotta be kidding me. From Fela to Alison Krauss to Spiderman Theme song, I bring a lot to the table. Look in the mirror next time you talk about lack of diversity in timbo samples, since you seem to only post "samples" from sample cds.

But enough talking, let's get to the samples. Since I did a sample cd yesterday, I won't repeat myself and do some more stuff from sample cds today (like someone else who I know). And since Boogie wants to see diversity, I'll show some diveristy, and show who has the best ear around.

First let's go to Africa. Now I've talked about Fela Kuti a lot during Czar's Sample of the Week, but I have yet to talk about his son, Femi Kuti. Not only did he follow in his father's footsteps in being a musician and creating amazing afrobeat music, but Femi Kuti is also a social and political activist like his father. So why am I talking about Femi Kuit? Well, we all remember Missy's "Old School Joint" from the Miss E...So Addictive album, and how the main beat samples One Way's "Pop It?" Well the drums to the Missy track sample "Victim of Life" from Femi Kuti's "Shoki Shoki" album. This is an amazing song and everyone should pay attention to Femi's lyrics.

Now let's travel to the U.S. and go to Chicago. Sticking with Missy Elliott, we all already know that "Work it" samples Bob James' "Take me to Mardis Gras"/Run DMC's "Peter Piper" and Blondie's "Heart of Glass." But did you all know that the drums heard at the beginning of the track (right after the "DJ beats" intro) samples "Stay the Night" from the pop-rock band Chicago? "Stay the Night" was released in 1984 off the "Chicago 17" album. Don't know why Tim just used the drums for the beginning, but it shows how Tim can just integrate so many different sounds and create a hot beat.

Going from the U.S., let's now travel to the U.K. Ever wonder what Tim is playing backwards in Justin Timberlake's "What you got (oh no)?" Well it's actually the club hit "Back to Life" from the London-based group Soul II Soul from their Club Classics Vol. 1 debut album. Listen carefully to "Back to life" and you can hear the same horns in that song played backwards in "What you got (oh no)."

Jumping back to the U.S., one of my favorite tracks off the Bubba Sparxxx and Mudkatz Mixtape was the track "Cranky Up" It just had this nice guitar riff that I was in love with. Well it turns out that the guitar is sampled from "War" by L.A.-based, but the group is of Armenian descent, rock band System of a Down. "War" is off their 1998 debut album "System of a Down." The beat switch on "War" is just sick!

You know what, I thought I was done, but I'm having so much fun doing this I think I'll post something else. This is not necessarily a sample, but just something cool to mention. When Jamie Foxx's "Can I Take You Home" first leaked, it was an extended mix that had Jamie Foxx ad libbing at the end. Most people thought that he was just showcasing his comedic skills with the whole "I got an italian cook, his name is Jerome Sacagagraci or somethin." Well, while it might seem like an original joke, those lyrics were actually from "Chili Sauce" from the "Ice Cream Castle" album by The Time (go to around 3:30). Now, I talked about earlier in one of my Czar's Sample of the Week about Tim's love of Prince and The Time, so I don't know if Jamie Foxx did this on his own, if Tim wanted Jamie to do it, or if static wrote it. What do y'all think?

Well, I'm done. I hope I didn't drop too much sample napalm on you Boogie. Remember to stay in your place and always know that you're the student and I'm the teacher. You can stick with your sample cds, I'll stick to real music.

Czar

Day 4: Roaches don't die

It’s been said that Czar’s one weakness is Sample CDs. He doesn’t have the time, he’s uninterested, and more likely he has other people to look for him yet I would say for obvious reasons diverse samples are also a weakness. As I was reading through your sample post yesterday Czar I couldn’t help but say “another Indian sample?” Don’t get me wrong they’re great finds, but can you find anything else? I’ll give you the King of Timbaland Indian Samples but that’s about it. I would think with your background (and friends) that Indian samples should be easy for you so how about mixing it up?

For day 4 I will look at another sample CD Tim has used. Let’s start with the Missy track "Pass That Dutch" Yes Czar found the main sample years ago and I identified the whistle sound (big whoop) and if memory serves me correct there’s even a Sanford and Son sample in there too but what interests me is the crowd noise at the beginning, this sample.

Moving on to the "Intro" of Ms Jade’s Girl Interrupted the woman’s singing can be heard here. More? Ok. Justin Timberlake’s first hit collabo with Timbo was ”Cry Me A River” Where did the choral sample come from at the beginning? It came from this sample. What about the dude at the very end? The sample has been slowed from this one.

Finally, one of the few highlights on Missy’s The Cookbook was the track ”Joy” Was that little robot sampled from a movie? No rather it used this sample (wait for it it’s in there) The most obvious part of the track is Missy singing “jooooooy” during the chorus. Wait a minute is that Missy? I say no it’s this. All of these samples can be found off of Best Service’s Voice Spectral 1 and 2.

So I’m sure some people are going to reduce my finds to just sounds (though somehow sounds off Deepest India are labeled “great samples”) but I ask what if the “Joy” sound came from a Dolly Parton record from the 70s would that make it more legit as a sample? Or if the choral voice from ‘Cry Me A River” came from an obscure Hungarian chant, would it make it more of a “sample”? I have to wonder…..

Day 4 is done, the roach can’t be killed.

Danja News

Danja worked on some new shit with both Mariah Carey and a girl group named Jada (thanks to Big-A for that news).

Check them out at myspace.com/bostonsjadamusic

Also, unfortunately, Danja's track on the new M.I.A. album got cut, according to her new interview with Fact Magazine...

Review of MIA's "Kala" album

Check out this article for a full review of MIA's new album Kala dropping Agust 20th.


****You originally intend to get Timbaland to produce the album, right?
“Yeah. He came and met me last summer, but it was so difficult for me to co-ordinate anything from my side. In the end, I’d started recording drummers and music in India and then I went to Trinidad and Africa and the shape of my album was becoming something else. Eight months into me recording, I already had 10 songs. That’s when I got the (work) visa (to enter America). The week before I was with Liberian kids, trying to understand their culture, then I was in Virginia with my own personal chef in a 5-star hotel. It was so mad. I was with Timbaland, who I know is a legend, and I love him, and have always wanted to work with him…but by the time I got there I was just too far-gone in my own worldly sound.”

Do you think that most American hip-hop’s has lost that raw edge?
“Yep, because it’s a business. When I first moved to Brooklyn I spent a day looking for apartments. Before I’d even secured one, on that day I met every kid selling me beats…I ended up in six different houses. Kids were dealing beats instead of drugs. People had so much advice, and gave me so many lectures about how much of a grind it was, and how much of a business it is. Loads of people, especially rappers and producers, that I’ve worked it say to me, ‘Maya make sure two things don’t happen to you: 1. You fall in the love 2. You have babies: because that fucks up the game’. It’s just so industrial. I was like, ‘wow, you guys have really turned this shit into a proper business’. And when I met all these people giving me beats, the random kids were business kids. It’s not creativity coming out of necessity but business coming out of necessity. That’s what hip-hop was becoming. When hip-hop came out, white people were the ones rolling in big cars, with ladies and panthers on a leash…it was like Rod Stewart or whatever. Then the pendulum swings to some kid in the hood, wearing shorts stood next to a speaker by the lamppost, making music. Now hip-hop is Rod Stewart. The pendulum isn’t now gonna swing back to some kid on the street by the speaker in America, it’s gonna swing to somewhere in Africa, or China. Because that’s what we haven’t heard yet.” *****

One of the best interviews I've ever read about her. Definitely check it out. Big thanks to Jakea for the link!

Day 3: Still Alive?

Damn Boogie, I swear you're just like a roach. I thought I killed you on the first day, but you just won't die. You can chuckle all you want about yesterday, but the fact remains, the difference between "colonial mentality" and "hang on" is that I listed "colonial mentality" when I posted the tracklist to that samplemix, but I never posted the "hang on" when I did the tracklist. I wanted people to search for some of the harder to find samples instead of just picking the easy ones. Regardless, while I still believe that the "come around" sample that I posted on Monday wins not only the battle but the entire war, I'm just gonna have to end it today.

So Boogie, you set the stage for world music samples and I thought for today, I'll follow down that same path. Also, you started with a song that sampled a sample cd (really a sound effect) and then moved to a real song, I thought that I'd do the same.

So we all know that the drums on "Icebox" were the same drums that were on Ms. Jade's "Big Head," which helped fuel the idea that Tim actually produced "Icebox." Well, both tracks actually sample "this" track.

Moving on, we all remember the whole Keri Hilson controversy when she released "Love Ya" and "Where did he go" on her myspace. Both are amazing tracks, but I think that for today I'll post the sample to "Love Ya" . The song obviously samples an Indian song, and that song is "Dilbar Dilbar" from the 1998 (or 99) film "Sirf Tum."

So that's it for today's sample. Hopefully Boogie, you'll stay down this time. The samples that I've posted over the three days completely outshine your samples. So get back in your seat and learn from the teacher.

C.Z.A.R.

Day 3: Is that mold on the Crown?

You know I'm still chuckling from Day #2. Putting a sample from one of your own sample mixes from years ago is just plain desperation. If you all remember from the last battle, Czar pointed out "Well Boogie...sad to say it, but you're YEARS late on "Colonial Mentality." That was on one of my first mixes. So sad Boogie...so sad..." Here we are 6 months later and Czar tries the same trick. He may have fooled those who didn't know but to those of us familiar with the "king's" work that just wasn't going to fly.

Enough with the talk on to the samples. So day #3 and let me work yet another angle for the sample war. I'm going to take a look at the video of MIA in the studio with Tim. If ya'll remember it was posted twice here on The Chronicles before Interscope had it taken down with a permanent warning not to put it back up. As much as I'd like to re-up the video or at least show you clips from it for this particular post, I repsect what I was told and audio samples from the video will have to do.

If you remember Tim played MIA a bunch of tracks for her showing off his skills, focusing on his knowledge of Indian music. One track he played for her is this one I'd love to say I knew where the beginning came from but I don't (yet). I did however recognize one sample, this one.

Of all the beats Tim played for her there was one that stood out not only for her, not only for us, but for Tim himself. Seems he forgot he made the beat because if you remember his face he was surprised as hell at what he heard. Here's a clip of that track. Check the beginning of the track and you'll hear both this sample and this sample. All 3 of these samples come from the famous 3 set sample CDs that I posted a few weeks back. I'm telling you Tim loves those CDs and keeps going back to them.

That's it Boogie? No no I mean really that's only 3 "sounds" versus samples right Czar? Let's continue...

What a lot of people had commented on from the video was the very end when Tim "played” MIA this What would you call that? A beat? A sound effect? A sample? Well that track, if you will, samples this song called “Merry Christmas Mr Lawerence” by Ryuichi Sakamoto from the movie of the same name. Sakamoto is a very famous composer having scored such movies as The Last Emperor, Little Buddha, Snake Eyes, nad Femme Fatal. I personally like this version of his song better. A very beautiful piece.

Now I purposely left the last sample up for debate. Yes you’re right it has that very “Do It/Block Party” Commodore 64 sound to it (I bet it was created around the same time). Yes it could be off a sample CD. Yes Tim could have used the original sample and reworked it with added sounds. I’ll leave that debate up to all of you, what do you think?

And that is what Boogie brings on Day 3.

MTV Battle of the Videos

Seems there's a little battle going on between a few videos on MTV. One of which is Timbo's "Throw It On Me." You know Boogie loves a good battle so check it out for more details:

****It’s an illustrious black and white affair in this week’s MTV Battle of the Videos.

Will the Detroit rock couple, The White Stripes, send our temperatures racing and our blood boiling with their pumping new “Icky Thump?” video Or will the vivid technicolor throwback tees featured in “D.A.N.C.E.,” the latest video by the electro French duo,Justice turn us on? Or will the sin city-esque storyline in Timbaland’s latest video, “Throw It On Me” featuring The Hives give us the chills?

Who will paint the sky red in the newest MTV Battle of the Videos competition? Cast your vote for your favorite video now. And don’t forget to comment for your favorite!****

So go here and cast your vote So far Tim is in the lead so let's keep it going!

Day 2: Czar's Response

So I gotta give it up to Boogie today. You came harder today than you did yesterday, but maybe not as hard. It's 11:30pm right now so I'm gonna get right to the chase. Since Boogie posted a track that samples a soundtrack, I'll do the same.

We all remember Nas' "You Won't See Me Tonight" . It's one hot ass collabo with Nas, Tim, and Aaliyah. Well the track samples "Hang On" from the 1998 Deep Rising Soundtrack. This movie and its soundtrack went unseen for the most part, so I have no idea how Tim found it, but he turned "Hang On" into a hot ass track. The Deep Rising Soundtrack was produced by Jerry Goldsmith, who was one of the best film and tv show producers in history (he died in 2004). He produced for a diverse (using Boogie's term) set of film and tv shows, from the Twlight Zone to Mulan.

So that's it for Round 2. Might be a close race between Boogie and I today, but I think the master still pulled it out.

Czar

Tim talks about his Miko

Check out the article but also click that link on the top right "Timbaland and his Miko"

****Q: What artists have you produced using the Miko?
A: I did a Fat Joe record with the Neko, some stuff with Justin Timberlake, and the Fall Out Boys, and several other projects. And of course on my new record, Shock Value. I use the Neko and Miko all the time. I just use it… and it comes out a masterpiece!

Q: So, having it all in one place, does that help your creative process?
A: Yes, having it all right there is great. It’s like your disc cases, your turntables, it’s everything that you would need. All right there at your fingertips.

Q: Do you plan on using your new special edition Miko on your next project?
A: Oh yeah, I’m going to use it everywhere. For one thing, it’s small and easy to travel with and I can eliminate a lot of my disc cases and stuff. I don’t have to carry around anything else, I just do it!****

I have no idea about production equipment but I thought this would be a cool video for all the production heads out there. Tell me what you think about a Miko? Good equipment or ?

Rihanna "Good Girl Gone Bad"

Today is the release of Rihanna's latest album Good Girl Gone Bad. "Umbrella" has become a big hit and she seems poised to continue her success with her 3rd album. I'm not a huge fan of Rihanna's but this is one of those albums where the production makes up for what the artist may lack. I'd definitely recommend checking it out if anything for those Tim tracks. With that said there's also a small twist to the Timbaland puzzle which I know we will start seeing more of in the future. Here are the Tim tracks:


"Sell Me Candy" produced by Timbaland only


"Lemme Get That" produced by Timbaland only


"Rehab" produced by Timbaland and......wait for it.....Hannon Lane

That's right there is no Danja on this album. Surprising to some but you will actaully see Tim and Danja only working on major releases from now on and instead Tim and Hannon working together more. Danja has established himself and now it's time for Hannon. I thought for sure I would see Jim Beanz name all over the Tim tracks for vocal production but rather Terrius "Dream" Nash is on almost every track of the album with the exception of "Rehab" which has vocal produciton my Justin Timberlake.

The most interesting fact about the whole CD in my opinion is that Tim used a brass band for "Lemme Get That" Tim has never used so many live brass instruments for any track so to see him branch out like this speaks volumes on his diversity. If you remember he sampled a lot of the strings back in the Da Real World days but traded those samples in for live strings with Larry Gold handling the brunt of the work for Justin's 2 CDs, Bubba, and others.

Definitely a solid album that I recommend.

Day 2: Watch and learn!

I've noticed Nick and Roderick are a quiet so far. Nick even decided to be a the "ref" Good move kid you're outta your league here (HA!) I have a feeling Big A is not in this for the long run, just a quick sample and he's done. Poor amateurs.

When I getting ready for this week i told myself I would mix up my sample sources rather than doing the whole here's the song and here's the sample. That tatic though effective is pretty boring and doesn't really show any diversity. We all know who usually takes that route and after all these years you'd think the "king" would change up his style but nope. Same ol' boring Czar.

I gave you a sample from a movie yesterday but today I'll go back to the classic song/sample routine. You all are familiar with Tim and Magoo's "Considerate Brotha" from Indecent Proposal right? In my opinion it's one of Tim's most diverse tracks, showing he can make one of those laid back, pimp funk tracks a la Dr Dre.

Well Tim actually sampled soul singer Edwin Starr's "Runnin'" off the Hell Up In Harlem Soundtrack for the track.



Starr was famous for his post Vietnam protest song 'War" which was actaully done in just 1 take.

So there you have my sample for the day. We'll see what the "King" has to offer today.

Sample Wars II: The King is Here!

So I must congratulate both Big A and Boogie for their posts today. Big A you surprised me the most with that find--definitely a good find. Boogie, I'm just giving a decent find because it was only one sound and you know you never knew that Tim track existed till I told you about it lol. Anyway, since today it was all Boogie and Big A, I thought that today's sample would concern you both. Now, before I showcase this sample, I hope that this sample isn't so big that I haven't already won the war on the first day.

So we all remember when the Tim and M.I.A. track "Come Around" came out as a bonus track, and everyone was trying to find out the Indian sample. Boogie, you came first and posted a sample that was too recent and had too many sounds in it for it to be the track that Tim sampled. Then Big A, you posted the original song that it was based off, but we soon all realized that it wasn't the track that Tim sampled (it didn't have the claps or the same voice that was found on "Come Around"). We all thought that it would be impossible to find the Indian song that Tim sampled...until now...

Tim stans, I present to you the "Come Around Sample" . I've put it as a snippet for reasons that will be revealed at the end of this week (I bet you all can already start guessing).

So there you have it. The sample that neither Boogie nor Big A could find and got wrong has been revealed. Next time, understand who the students still are and who the teacher will always be.

C.Z.A.R.

***EDIT***
Since Nick wants the name and artist of the track, here y'all go:
Master Dilbahar (Big A was right on one artist) & Sohan Lal - "Sufanee"

Sample this!

First off let me say great job on that last one Big A! That's a good find that I know Czar didn't have a clue about let alone Nick or Rod :) Now it's my turn and of course in true Boogie style I'm gonna talk a BIG game (even though I don't know nothin' about samples)

Instead of giving you the very basic track and it's sample format that poor boring Czar does all the time (HA!) I'm going to switch it up and I'm even going to bring out a very rare Timbo track that not many know about. We'll see if The Chronicles team has even heard of it. First off watch this clip from the movie Clash Of The Titans:

Clash Of The Titans
Uploaded by ThomasCrownChronicles

When I was a kid way back when this was THE movie. It seems a little dated now with it's aged claymation and simplistic effects but back then when I saw Medusa come out I was mesmorized. Ok Boogie we've seen it, what's up with this movie clip? Well I want you to pay close attention to Medusa's tail more so the very sound it makes when it shakes. Similar to a rattle snake but not quite.

Now think "have I ever heard that sound in a Tim track?" As a man of sounds I recognized it right away. You might now recognize it simply because you've never heard this Tim track before. Boogie is reachin' deep in his bag of Timbo goodies to give you this track:



Here the Medusa tail sound at the beginning? Yes that is the one definitely. The quality of the track is not the best and it's obviously off a mixtape but none the less that's my entry for today. You can argue it's not an actual sample rather a sound but I would argue back that it is not from a sound effect CD but rather sampled from a movie.

Boogie 1 the rest 0

Sample Wars II - Chapter One: Bjork

It's 8am in Germany and I wanna use the chance to start part two of our lil sample war as first while most of you guys in the states are probably already sleepin.

Since most of all former sample postings revealed mainly older Tim tracks, I wanted to keep it up-to-date this time. Bjork's "Earth Intruders" - produced by Timbaland, Danjahandz & Bjork.

I was listening like 10 days ago to some old Enoch Light albums and "Istanbul" off his album "Faraway Places Vol. 2" (1963) literally jumped into my eyes cause of the song title. I'm a lot into far eastern music...well listen to the beginning of Enoch's piece. Pay attention also to the bells in the background (in both songs!).

On a side note: a few freaks might know already about Enoch Light. The Beatnuts sampled "Hi-Jack" on their famous song "Watch Out Now".

Enoch Light & His Orchestra - Istanbul



Please also take the time and educate yourself on the great Enoch Light. His music is timeless!
Biography & Discography

The Remix Project: Week 3

Sticking with the current again, Week #3's accapella is "Laff At Em":

Week 3 sample via zshare.net
Week 3 sample via yousendit.com
Week 3 sample via sendspace.com

Get them to me soundwave@timbotheking.com by next Sunday. Also don't forget to vote for week #2's entries. Good luck!

Week 2 Entries and Poll to vote

So our 1st wek has come to a close and the winners for "The Way I Are" Remix are the J-Mack Remix with 206 votes and the Andy Remix with 197 votes. Congrats to both of you. We had a total of 701 votes which is great!! I was very impressed with that number and look forward to having those kinds of numbers in the future.

People have been asking about what I remix I voted for. Well my vote went to the Introduction remix as he completly flipped the entire track's tempo and came with a an almost 1/2 time beat. I loved all the sounds and loved that it sounded totally different than the original track. With that said however, ALL of you made some pretty amazing remixes. I was impressed with everyone and I thank you!

Here we are at week 2. Now either you all don't like the whole remixing of a sample or you all just aren't into it anymore (though it's only week 2) because I only got 7 entires this week. Talk to me everyone, how are you all feeling? Accapellas only? Didn't like the sample? What's up? Based on the number of entries and feedback I've been getting, I will only be posting accapellas from now on.

Here are the entries for Week 2 and the poll:

Mixtape Project Week 2 Entries

Remember feedback is important!

Czar's Sample of the Week

What's up y'all? It's Friday again, and that means another installment of Czar's Sample of the Week. Instead of showcasing a sample for this week, I decided to showcase an interpolation.

Seeing that interview that Boogie posted today with Tim talking about "Indecent Proposal," made me want to use a sample off that album for this week. We all remember the track "Drop," with the hard latin horns and Fatman Scoop screaming everywhere lol, but my favorite part of the track was the break down. That break down is so smooth and has that 80s dance feel. Well, there's a reason why it has that 80s dance feel: the track interpolates the song "Get It Up" by The Time. "Get it Up" was the first song off the debut album for The Time, a group whose lead singer and friend of Prince, Morris Day, would become extremely famous after the film release of "Purple Rain."

So that's it for this week. Since the Sample Wars II starts on Monday, there won't be a sample of the week. But definitely be prepared for a war between all of us at the Chronicles. It's gonna be insane!!!

Peace,
Czar

Rare Reel

Ok what are the 2 things you notice about this video? Listen good and think?

1. Tim says he worked with Eric Clapton
2. That's a new beat when he talks about the 30 Years To Life Soundtrack

Big props to Timbalandchick for the video.