Swahililand - Ahmad Jamal

[keithrjackson]

Gives me the chills.

[jumbomojokat]

This is my mommy’s music. I was raised hearing this kind of jazz in my house. And recently I was helping my mommy move some things and found a Ahmad Jamal record from the 1950s or early 1960. Makes me wish I had stayed with those piano lessons my mommy used to take me to.

[mthomasiv]

Saw him live at the Blue Note in New York in 2005. He was backed by Idris Muhammed on drums and James Cammack on bass. Incredible set. Unfortunately I saw his second set of the night and he played Swahililand during the first set. He played Poinciana during the second, which is the sample for Stop Frontin' by KRS One.

[x1te]

Holy shit the harmonizing

[digitalrazorbladez]

ahmad jamal is by far my favorite pianist and dilla's a genius on how he flipped this sample for "stakes is high"

[BAGAKOOS]

you know them stakes is high

[jsmidash]

Yo I always love the beat for Stakes is High and this song just made me a fan of someone I've never heard of dope sample from a dope song. This takes you on a voyage. I love jazz

[ldjldj]

I think the person that clicked dislike meant to click like, but sneezed at the same time.

[MCSNEXO]

stakes is high!!!!!!!

[MJizzle32]

everybody when you get a chance look up willie the kid splendid they sampled this song

[genenyviv]

J Dilla Brought me here last time, Ahmad Jamal brought me here this time :)

[Ariadnimusiclover]

OMG!!! This is a masterpeace!!!!!

[JustGod7]

MY FAVORITE JAZZ PIECE OF ALL TIME! THIS MAN IS THE BEST! HE HAD A PIECE CALLED "I LOVE MUSIC" IM ABOUT TO WRITE ONE CALLED "I LOVE JAMAL" !

[kitches1991]

wonder how dilla filtered those congos out of that sample and made it sound clean

[drumatic]

@kitches1991 Easy, hey extracted all the piano notes he needed from 7:48-8:05-8:10 region, that didn't have congas, high passed notes and overlayed them on bassier notes, using the MPC3000's low pass resonant filter. Hip-hop is the art of truncation and chopping, flipping, and cooking up some amazing treats!

[tonystark5151]

This is such a good track, Jamal was genius! DILLA all day too, damn I wish he was here to save us from this mess posing as hip-hop

[frankisright]

Can't any of you rapper appreciate the original piece without mentioning some track that sampled this? BTW, It's about time you guys picked up a real instrument.

[fleshnbone187]

@frankisright Stop being so ignorant. If rappers hadn't sampled classics from the past like this, only you and a handful of other elitists would be here whining about how little views it has. Hip-hop gives the old soul classics new life and keeps them living for decades. Without the sampling, most of it would have been lost in the vault. So appreciate it rather than whining about "real instruments". Even the soul and funk legends respect and appreciate hip-hop.

[folaarowolo]

@fleshnbone187 well said bro

[IAmPeteRockFan]

@fleshnbone187 I couldn't say it any better, brother! Word!

[TheRealeconomics]

@fleshnbone187 well said brother

[drumatic]

@frankisright How about you pick up an MPC3000 or an SP-1200 and do the same sh!t these "rappers" do... then you can ridicule the art of sampling.

[desertdetroiter]

@frankisright Chill bruh...hip hop is what brought us to these classics. Free your mind dude...for real. The rap fans are the only guys appreciating this stuff nowadays.

[JesseFlowinz]

I didn't even know the Stakes is High sample had bongos in it ... RIP Jay Dee, probably the most skilled Hiphop producer ever! That's right, ever!

[Sinosure]

What makes it so bad, when Dilla grabbed this sample, its 3 bars! It's not 2 or 4 bars!

[drumatic]

@Sinosure He extracted a lot more notes then you would expect... especially towards the end of the song... that's the Pete Rock / Madlib thing... sampling the end of songs, rather than from the beginnings.

[SURtifiediLL]

you know the stakes is high!

[iloovepizza]

Dilla is a genius.

[GoggleMan25]

great song by Ahmed......but how the hell did Dilla remove the drums from the sample?

[bigmazzy1]

@GoggleMan25 what the track called

[GoggleMan25]

@bigmazzy1 Stakes is High by De la Soul

[bigmazzy1]

@GoggleMan25 ahh dilla produced it . the sample is right at the end of the track .. minus any drums

[bigmazzy1]

@bigmazzy1 sorry the exact loop is at 8.05

[bigmazzy1]

@bigmazzy1 the sample is at 7.53 .. he rolled a bit of low \pass filter on it ..

[Highest5Amsterdam]

@GoggleMan25

he didnt he used a low pass filter

[cdc2200]

WOW, you dig DEEP in the crates!!

[kayserlein]

bassline!

[aivrsn75phila]

OK....from 7:29 to 8:10 I didn't know WHAT to do with myself? Anyone with me?

[aivrsn75phila]

Ahmad Jamal is a GENIUS BEYOND MEANING

[speedskis777]

Thumbs up if Ahmad Jamal brought you here!

[kayserlein]

@speedskis777 Yes he did! Not samples. And I make electronica, no samples(too 80s). But I love Bill Evans and Hiromi and Keith Jarrett and it's wonderful to discover the source. And his bass lines kill me.

[TEARFUR71]

@ teenabeenaweena...DIAMOND DIDNT SAMPLE THIS ON " HIATUS "...IT SOUNDS SIMILAR...BUT ITS NOT IT....HE ...DIAMOND SAID IT HIMSELF IN A INTERVIEW.

[incrediblecHiller]

@TEARFUR71 i think you're right. always thought this was the sample , but when the real original played in some sample mix i found online i was pretty confused...

[ArnthorJon]

Does Coming Where I'm From - Anthony Hamilton sample the piano @ min 2:56-2:58 ?

[bankaichigo2k8]

Jay Deezy

[YellowTexasRose90]

J Dilla was a mastermind for mixing this into "Stakes is High" ....

[aivrsn75phila]

@YellowTexasRose90 Indeed, like someone knowing where to find diamonds in barren earth

[YellowTexasRose90]

@aivrsn75phila - My Same Sentiments Exactly.

[Duffer2910]

I Love this tune. I saw him do it live at Milenium Park in Chicago last fall.............he smoked it.

[BAGAKOOS]

You know dem STAKES IS HIGH NIGGA!!!!

[sauckratez]

one of my fav!!!..standard on my ipod...

[HuggumsMcgehee]

I'm SOOOOO PISSED!!! I can't find this version of the song or even this album on Amazon or iTunes!!! AUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU­UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU­UUGH!!!

[nadavNDV]

@HuggumsMcgehee why do you need this song to be on either amazon or iTunes if you have it on youtube

[HuggumsMcgehee]

@nadavNDV So I can buy it and listen to it at my own convenience.

[ComposerMK]

you can google extract mp3 from youtube and I'm sure ull find lots of websites to do this :)

[AndRegistration]

@HuggumsMcgehee If you still don't have it, use video2mp3 and it will give you the sound from this video.

[JuzaPIMPnMOB]

This an EPICCCC SONGGG! I fell in love with it and Dilla brouqht me here! Two geniuses and two genius sonqs!

[geoffpeterstrio]

this is epic and awesome!!!

[rudney88]

jamal's the DON!

[klopp159]

I was hungry and now i'm full



[Dazzer1234567]

crazy track - if you like this, check out Stanley Cowell's 1981 album "New World"

[hmcguin]

Simply magisterial!

[muyomio]

h..o....l...y....s...h...i...t­....

[mrOosamoO]

omg i can stop listening to african music egypt nigirea ghana tunisia etc..

[SingleBand]

When this musician played, probably, he has visited heavens...

[Mccritical80]

i wish people would focus on the genius of this tune..then the sample used...

[bebopdad]

@Mccritical80 That just it, they sample it because it is genuis.

[populvuh]

@Mccritical80 I know what you mean, but a lot of people fell in love with the song because of it being sampled. Plus for hiphop heads its like a hobby/obsession finding sample sources cuz producers dont like giving that kind of info.

[roscoegino]

"gun control means using both hands in my land"

[djscoop915]

the sample comes at 7:29 damn it's mesmerizing

[aivrsn75phila]

@djscoop915 IM HIGH



[IxENESxI]

Jamal is one creative musician and he also has the technique which helps him express himself.Pretty sad that more people don't listen to this music...Enes

[Mister006]

Hip hop is finding those places and points of deep communication between artists of the past, and bringing them to the next generation as proof positive of life and love of music, and genius. We must continue to pay homage (and royalties) to the past and continue to push their music into the future.

[KardiFan2000]

Redman recently used this for the intro of "Reggie".

[olindalorena]

great

[wwil74]

1974 the year I was born....... two beautiful things conceived ....lol.... Awesome track.... good look Dela !!!!

[evilgenius151]

i was wonderin where the hell dela got that piano joint from

[videosensei]

what a great pianist

[peachesncreamme]

Hiatus! 

[GROB410]

EPIC SMOOTHNESS!

[ashdash912]

I love this song its such a work of art

[WahkibaJ]

6:42 = CONGA TIME!!!!!!!!!!

[noirtriptyline]

7:23 You know them stakes is high, right?

[chiarugino]

and now listen to glaspers think of one

[dockarnage]

the vibe... vibrations part came from james brown's mind power u de la soul addicts

[earthspirit0722]

@dockarnage am I also hearing some Gangstar in the bass line.?

[fign2345]

@earthspirit0722 that's the late Jamil Nasser on bass and the late Azzidin Weston on conga, the very next year I took over the percussion chair. Played with Ahmad from 75 until 93.

[fign2345]

@fign2345  Frank Gant was the drummer

[roscoegino]

rhapsody in black

[steeltownbrown52]

St. Joe Louis sampled this for 30,000 FT

[steeltownbrown52]

"Man, life can get all up in ya ass".

7:27,started getting a bit teary.

[sugarbear522]

Ahaaaa.........This is also where The Sunburst Band got the inspiration fo "Far Beyond".

[desertdetroiter]

@sugarbear522 Really? Wow...i gotta check that out. Thanks.

[Android11x]

Thank god I found this.

[sinandacceleration]

bravo!

[alldayjay167]

all i can do is close my eyes and think about what goes on in my life and on the outside world when i hear this

[snakeorama35]

This song is a journey. One of the greatest pianists of all time

[LinJapanese]

VIIIIIBE! vibrations...

[maluco97]

Royce Da 5'9" Feat. Black Milk & Elzhi - Real Hip Hop

[9Bamba5]

@maluco97

which part?

[maluco97]

@9Bamba5 it was recreated

[maluco97]

@9Bamba5 7:23

[nicoribas]

indeed masterpiece

[danoba6]

Devastating Masterpiece:

When America is a faded memory we will remember it by the likes of these

[PoggiiBonsii]

very sexy pianoplaying indeed...

[mugzi22]

Cool track, mickey factz did some spoken word over this.

[loudsnares]

Omg -1 of the great pianist ever....

[Jamal249999]

(Vibes....vibrations)

Stakes is high

(Higher than high)

You know them stakes is high

(Higher than high)

When we talkin' 'bout the

(Vibes....vibrations)

[siloe103]

@Jamal249999 you talkin bout James Yancey...and the De La...

[8illmatic3]

oh man, 8:06-8:10

one of my favorites right there...

great song all around, ahmad jamal is one of my favorite pianists

[djdreamproductions]

Kinda disturbing how deep this shit gets. Good pick

[xicatli]

masterpiece!

[kinnybutterfly]

BREATH TAKING