Samuel Jonathan Johnson - My music

[CreeWilly]

3 idiots AINT-GON-MAKE-IT, aint gon make it, aint gon make it.

[TheCaoth]

3:19 - 3:38. So beautiful.

[Jaymarvlis]

I always thought alchemist found some surfin music and sampled it. Lol

[dred75]

@Jaymarvlis alchemist turned this loop into a nice hit

[DodgeballTerrorist]

@slamwatson THANK U!!!!!!!!!!!!

[PhoenixRising2041]

WOW. That was CRAZY when the sample kicked in. Great song.

[MrMallymal68]

You gotta give it to the Alchemist, he killed this track!

[RiefBuck27]

Dope Shit

[XavierXDN72892]

HIT 6

[slamwatson]

No one mentions the fact that Ras Kass showed ass on this beat BEFORE JADAKISS, thanx to the fuckery moves on Alchemist part! but of course Ras wouldnt get the burn bcs he's not mainstream like Jada. Check Home Sweet Home by Ras Kass.

[JayMontega28k]

JADA!

[ODBastard05dag]

It's from jadakiss song! Yea real dope

[NellStalgya]

at 3.23,one of the smoothest and illest strings/violins i ever heard,thank you samuel and thank you alchemist

[joeypoppyseed]

He looks like a straight playaaa in that album cover…

[TheFm328]

AT 3:20 YEAH!!!!!!! THAT'S THE JADAKISS SAMPLE!!!!

[badgalfwd]

Big tune - original!!

[Dev17cmd]

3:24 reminds me of chilling with the family, on a summer bbq, and with the little kids running around, watching them. Then you just see them blend in with the afternoon sun. Love this track.

[kmaxxmusic]

Ras Kass sampled this too, in "Home Sweet Home"! Same beat, I think Alchemist (the producer) sold it to both MC's!!

[elcaponemusik]

@kmaxxmusic Nah apparently Alc only got half payment from Ras' label for the beat and thought they were ignoring him so he showed it round to other artists, hence Jada using it

[kmaxxmusic]

@elcaponemusik makes sense, producers sometimes get the shaft in this game. Not mad at Alc at all, dope producer, dope track!

[NellStalgya]

@kmaxxmusic kiss n s.p just ate that beat up

[kmaxxmusic]

Ras Kass sampled this too, in "Home Sweet Home"!

[stefan1997ish]

This right here is a work of art this was my first time this year to hear this song. Was really in love with we gonna make it but hearing this song made me even give it more appreciation for the rap version. This is why I give beat makers three hundred thumbs up because they can take something like this and make it another work art. The violins is just so so words can't even explain it .... Nice song ......

[Londonsmostwantedtv]

i cumed in my pants wen i heard this shit

[bean9seventy]

solid choon ,, i have always liked this smash ,,

however i never knew who sang it ,,, thanks to solar radio i found it

[funktuall]

You are an inpsiration to Sample Junkies everywhere!

[phoen99rising]

Sounds like a nice track to get smoked out to.

[TheFirestarrock]

thats awesome!!!!

[blodachia]

We gon make it! We gon make it!

[kwaseb]

Man these old old school musicians were so talented. How they pieced together instrumentals to make a song. The part that was sampled by jadakiss could have easily been left out of this masterpiece by but it just fit right in. Pure ingenuity

[jeruusaf]

I was waiting for it....waiting for it and said...this must be the wrong sample......then it dropped and it an undeniable feeling! thumbs up

[GrandRapidsBlack]

@jeruusaf The bass is a dead giveaway tho. I remember when I first found this, the groove that plays leading up to it was more than enough to listen to, it does'nt feel like waiting, yo. Oh, shit here it comes, haha......

[pcostel1]

3:18 THERE IT IS!

[1975ANTZ]

yes yes yes ... indeed ... one must know this original to be part of the raregroove elite ...lol .. thanks for this upload ... nice

[Kasak1984]

What person on earth gave this song a thumbs down???

This is what I call MUSIC. I loved the Jadakiss sample, but now I love it even more, now that I realize what an awesome song it comes from! 

[Knobbingham]

"J - to - Mwah! Kiss you, you bitch ass nigga/ Bet the hood won't miss you, you bitch ass nigga/ Might find your man dead in the ocean (you be aight, tho)/ You know dead rappers get better promotion."

[nobitch2011]

first song that came to my head was, Love Machine, at the begining. I dont know why. it wasnt sampled off this was it?

[Kasak1984]

@nobitch2011 , no Love Machine didn't sample this ;-) Back then they didn't sample, they actually played all their instruments.

[creeball]

3:19 - 3:32  nuff said!!!

[youngfly44]

Jadakiss xD

[yojotv7]

That's my daddy!!! ... Mom on the background vocals :) Thanks for posting this

[giacchina63]

@yojotv7

Super! à mon tour de faire la connaissance de ton père et ta maman!

cette musique est sensuelle, aérienne, dans la lignée de tout ce que j'écoute...

[GrandRapidsBlack]

@yojotv7 Stop jokin! Are u serious???

[yojotv7]

@GrandRapidsBlack very

[GrandRapidsBlack]

@yojotv7 In that case, let them know this is one of the greatest songs I've ever heard.

[kar5431]

@GrandRapidsBlack also one of the best album covers!!!

[yojotv7]

@GrandRapidsBlack :) will do

[kidssuperpowerhour]

@yojotv7 Sure he is lol. That can't be true...you lieing.

[soulie61]

How's the rest of this LP ? Great?

[byeybe]

yooo me too man this song is most incredible man just sit down and relax take a break of all the bullshit you hear from the radio

BLESS

[JRythmus]

beautiful!!!

[perlaaa007]

bravo dimitri noumero ena! polu wraio!

[kitches1991]

we got the shi- that the government got. talkin money then you rubbin the spot

[creeball]

@kitches1991: and if u facing capital pun/gimme ur gun....

[FitForFives]

3:18

[rkeidgames]

who ever that was yo..you must not know what HIP HOP IS/....hip hop IS SAMPLING AND ALCHEMIST IS A GENIUS FOR FINDIN THIS TRACK and used it well!

[hautegirl81]

why is everyone giving whoever Alchemist is shouts for sampling he is not the 1st

to sample this, i like originality, this sounds much better w/out chopping or screwing with the master. I bet this man is crazy paid wherever he is. just that one :interplation", forgive me if i got it wrong lol im no expert at sampling mks him more money than the entire song did lol

[cjgrayer]

We gonna make it

[Nasei29]

Incredible record!! This is REAL MUSIC!! that feel good music!!

[Nasei29]

Incredible record!! This is REAL MUSIC!! Soulful feel good music!!

[glory1ify]

ha ha, I still have the vinyl copy of this album, bought it from honest johns record shop in ladbroke grove almost 20 years ago, and still sounding fantastic today!

[optikCB]

the alchemist loop in this joint has such a dope quality to it.. it just kinda comes outta nowhere and just hits somethin in you. the usual close minded douchebags can knock sampling or whatever... but that same heartstopping feeling is involved whether finding a dope loop, the feeling of composing a symphony, or just jammin out a dope drum groove.

[levitajhayam]

very nice, very god, very ganja!

[glennhoddle11]

3:19-3:37 Jadakiss

[JSApathy]

Are you listening to it online? if so, you wouldn't have a link to it would you?

[xpunkxflip]

ALC had to dig deep for this one, i give him props all you morons that are saying all he did was loop the sample, try chopping a sample up and making a DOPE beat and tell us how easy that is

[thematicbeats]

I rechopped this sample and put it back together perfectly- took me like 17 min., but that's because I had a blueprint of what to do. If I first discovered this, I may have never got it right.

[thematicbeats]

People who don't do beats may not know, but I find that it's HARDER to do a sampled beat than an original one.

With the sample, you gotta remember that back in the day there were no sequencers, so naturally all of the songs are off beat. You have to be really precise in chopping that sample to make it fit within a given tempo... No easy task. Then you need drums to match that old analog sound- when the drums of today are mostly clean sounding, again, no easy task. Give Alchemist his props.

[piercedfromwithin]

SPOT ON POINT! I've pretty new to beatmaking (past 7 months), but I've found that matching a loop with a drum break or just to get it on tempo as a whole is far more challenging at least for me than cuttin a sample into 1/4 notes and just pluggin away. i have limited drums to work with to cause i just chop my own breaks. havent fucked with drumkits or all that wack shit yet

[rsabry64]

Tired hearing bout them old cats that had it/ be the same niggas that ratted! WHO CARES

[Mopedioadicomputer]

i love how hiphop samples make me discover golden nuggets like this....thanx a lot jada

[xpunkxflip]

thank ALC, he's the one that sampled this

[cjgrayer]

@Mopedioadicomputer You mean the Alchemist

[closer2god92]

@Mopedioadicomputer ummmmmmmmmm thankx alot alchemist

[DeeSee25]

@Mopedioadicomputer I agree, but it was the Alchemist that found this gem and shared it with the world.

[vavine]

@Mopedioadicomputer thanks at Alchemist..And Jada ;)

[shalimar2k8]

thats crazy......we jus sample certain parts of music.....he wrote and composed that......long live old school music and creativity.....

[montecarlomayne]

kickin down the door and we burnin niggaz naked.....

[DjDaJuice]

im 17 but i love dat ole skool shyt

[Caicosbwoi]

better than good

[skorcha]

this song is one of the eopitomes of why GOOD (not "catchy") music is a rarity. Love it. . .all 5 adn a half minutes of it ;)

[salaw]

alchemist had rass kass do a song over this first then sold the same beat to jadakiss

[Subtle1one]

Just heard this in a bar (for the first time in about 15 years) Give thanks and praises for the internet!

[Odonkour]

For real!

[Shaolin913]

This song is ill as fuck. this shit went hard before alchemist even fucked wit it. Fuck everybody who says otherwise.

[abcdefghjklmnrst]

he sounds a lot like stevie wonder....especially when he does the "la la las"

[mrapalara]

UPandB3YonD- i feel you on that point but how you feel about 3:20 to 3:35

[UPandB3YonD]

It just makes your heart drop the first time you hear it.

[Odonkour]

For real!

[discocaine]

bought this today, Age Concern, 20p <3 xx

[UPandB3YonD]

Yeah, I can't help but feel that 3:20 to 3:28 is the only parts worth listening to. I mean it's still a great, mellow song, and that part is the high point, but I think I would've liked it better if the whole song was 3:20 to 3:28. But I bet when the old folks head that middle part they were like. "Ohhhhh, come on now!" Responsible for a lot of baby making.

[killahkazi]

3:22 bitches

[PrettiBoiShai]

im a fan of dis song....da sample is sick ;)

[c0de0fc0nduct]

what made alchemist listen to this???

the sample bit is sik the rest is boring

[TheTruth1789]

when the sample hits, its SO SICK!!!!!

[darganx]

In the executive class of grooves.. this tune was like Gold Dust in the days of pirate radio (UK)

[honzanoel]

I paid 30 quid for the original album, sure you can get it for 25, London is still on the rare groove tip, so I'm sure you can get it in some record shops..then again even record shops are dying out, all about cd's and mp thingys, vinyl forever !!!!!!!!!!

[honzanoel]

Soul Brother records putney, London a vinyl compilation called wanted 2

[SidewalksOfNY315]

Chiller, you need an award for this upload! One of the many you have on your page!

[incrediblecHiller]

Thanks man. I know many of "freaks" like us can relate to this song and the love of music.

[Sal1675]

@incrediblecHiller

Been looking for this on Youtube. Killer track. Well done my friend.

[port2344chester]

@Sal1675 Yes of course i recall this tune Sal1675.... this is no doubt a classic dust collector. Brings great memories back when life was so much easier..people got along better & a time when all just partied for the love music gave us.

Awesome post/share incrediblecHiller & Sal1675 (5*****'S)

[Sal1675]

@port2344chester

Glad it brings back memories my friend.

The track is a real cross over with the Reggae loving posse's here. Its got that cross-over appeal.

[Tomahawk5Boston]

I just "saved" it to a FLV file, then converted it to mp3.

Im sampling the fuck out of this.

[chemistnj]

lol you got firefox and flv extract?

[ilikegoodhiphop]

haha thats how all the big names do it :)

[Dkenkade20]

Does anybody know where I can get this from, I tried Amazon and they didnt have it I just want this one song

[FearlessQueen1987]

3:19 is that ish

[jalees]

thanks idk why oldies always have it wayyy in the middle or in the beginning of the song.

[YungSunny]

.........

[JammerBD]

oooh 2.32 , thats that shit.

Alchemist is sick. I though there would be more strings in the original but wow amazing chopping.

[AlSween]

dang good ear by alchemist. he chopped it really good!! i play multiple instruments and sample as well and i'm wondering how did alchemist chopped that song to make the loop he came up with.

[melmache]

emdott44 - hARDWORK & tALENT lmFAO!

NOW STFU & DIE YOU FUCKING COCKSUCKA!

[dev212008]

u rite he did have to wait a minute to find the rite part of the beat and it was brilliant

[Loretta77]

Only heard this song for the first time today, whilst driving in my car. Loved it and had to search it on youtube!

[virtue737]

please post more of his songs :)

[truthspeaks84]

Lol, that's pretty ballsy to put a white woman (if that's who she is) on the dude's album cover for the times.

[snorlax140]

that's a light skinned woman man. Black skin color comes in a lot of different colors.

[mozart20dlubos]

3:20 to 3:38 is the only part of the song worth listening to.

[kamesan]

Nice never heard this one before. Sounds almost like Stevie Wonder on the 'laaaaaa-la-laaa'

[nukedagod2379]

thecool987 dude i agree with u but really mayne soulja boy should just stick to makin beats. and yeah i think kanye and dj toomp are some of the best at recreating some classic songs.

[thecool1987]

Yea, Soulja boy ain't shit. He's not real music. I gotta give him credit because he's getting his. But I absolutely love oldies and I also know how hard it is to make a new track out of an old sample and make it unique. Ex. Kanye West. Who would've known that The Good Life was from P.y.t. by Michael Jackson? Originality and creativeness is the quest people are on now.

[nukedagod2379]

Dam man i would have to agree with you. There are'nt any more real artist. people just puttin stupid shit over instrumentals and makin money. Ex. Soulja Boy? How da fuck you make money sayin Yuaah?

[perkins0734]

exactly

[mozart20dlubos]

How is alchemist a genius for sampling someone else's music ? The real genius here is the original composer, samuel jonathan johnson. There were so many great black artists in the decades past, what happened to all of them ? Why aren't there any more genius musicians who compose their own music ? Why is it that almost every hiphop person samples these days ? Musical talent doesn't just disappear, WHERE THE FUCK IS IT ?

[magatio]

How can 1 person be that rascist about music... i absolutely agree with u that most hip hop these days is totally crap. But if u take a listen to the Roots, Justice System, Smokin Suckaz wit Logic or (most of all) the Beastie Boys, u will see there are lots of hip hop artist who play there own instruments...

so next time before you critizise a whole culture, check this...

Beastie Boys - The In Sound from Way Out

The Roots - Organix

Justice Sytem - Rooftop Soundcheck

Go Make Ur Homework!! ;)

[Jasoneberhart]

when we say alchemist is a genius we only praise his skill of catching that piece with the ear and looping it. This sample comes around the 3min 20 sec mark which means he had to listen and catch it at the right time. i appreciate these type of samples. he had to dig for this record. not ya average diana ross, or james brown sample. we praise his work like art if you make beats then you would understand the time and skill. i really appreciate it because he had to dig for this one.

[PatrickStreater]

Graciassss!!

Preach Papi!!!

each these studiantes about sampling lol

[mozart20dlubos]

There's no talent in catching a piece of nice music. There's no talent in looping it. There's no talent in listening to a song all through to catch the good parts. Any normal person can do that, any normal person can dig through many records to find good sounds, all it requires is HARDWORK, not TALENT. There's a huge difference between the two.

[emdott44]

I disagree...it takes a combination of both hardwork and talent.

[mozart20dlubos]

Nonsense. There's no talent in stealing good music.

[PatrickStreater]

wow

[incrediblecHiller]

you're really ignorant

[mozart20dlubos]

So are you, if you think sampling requires any talent beyond having a good ear for what sounds beautiful.

[utooboob17]

Oh man, what a nutrider...

[admiral42]

GO WATCH BOON DOC'S VIDEOS, NOOB

[Kuhl137]

@mozart20dlubos

I'm not saying all producers are creative while sampling.

But what would you call it if a producer hears a new sample and immediately knows what kind of other samples fit to it? is that hard work too :D?

That's exactly what makes me praise a bunch of sampling producers.

[paakw3si]

@mozart20dlubos if you think LOOPING, and sampling is not talent then you are a moron. these sample producers make the original songs famous. if was not jadakiss, i wouldnt even know who Samuel Johnathan Johnson was. because of this form of art, it makes us appreciate different kind of music

[massusm25]

@Jasoneberhart speak it !!!!

[UPandB3YonD]

...I sadly have to agree with you. Alchemist, may have a good ear, and his extensive record collection might have helped, but he is no genius. I bet if anyone of us stumbled upon this and were producers, we could've done that same beat. And I really think it did disappear. I mean even in musical bands like this, they don't make melodies that touch you like that. I guess our musical high was, 60s to 80s. Our maybe the laziness of our whole generation. Damn.

[abcdefghjklmnrst]

this is genius but i definitely hear the Stevie influence....not to take anything away from him....everybody has an influence

[TexuusBoy]

i absoulutely love sampled songs! (jadakiss-we gone make it)

and i love listening to where the sample came from (samuel johnson-my music)

[Ctownboi1]

jadakiss iz a genious 4 samplin dis one

[inthecrates]

jadakiss didn't sample it, alchemist did.. he's the genious behind the beat.. jadakiss is the genious on the track..

"fuck... the... frail shit"

[cjgrayer]

yeah alchemist is a beast. Have you heard "hold you down"?

[jbpanther20]

yea, from 1st infantry? that joint went hard

[kappa27]

that's why i love ole school..and the rythm and beat count on this song is sick...and the break down at three is sick..im still trying to figure out the time on that rift...

[yaboytreyy]

jada did dis

[liteskindream77]

Now see people gonna say this cuz he mainstream but the Ras Kass version(the first version) aint no joke!!!! Ras Kass-Home Sweet Home.

[denverbroncosrock07]

i was bored and tried to remake the loop of that beat like wat alc did... and like, its not easy, i dunno how alc did it but... ITS GENIUS!

[DrOCkABlEs]

3:20 break down is crazy

i must of replayed that one part like 30 times in a row

[piercedfromwithin]

haha same here! i get chills when the sample break kicks in. i was tryin to loop it with my mouse by clicking on the 3:20 mark when the sample is over haha. im a fuckin geek

[kar5431]

that part is sweet, but this whole song is unbelievable

[TUROPHILE768]

shutup

[creeball]

@piercedfromwithin: u do that too???

[thephantomplatypus]

@piercedfromwithin

lol, i was doing the same thing.

[roscoepcoltrane1985]

u can hear the Jadakiss sample @ 3:19

[naturalmystic67]

And who is Jadakiss? When I put the 12" of this on my decks, it's impossible for the tune not to be rewound at least 3 times... a class tune from when Jadakiss was in nappys... no disrespect to him at all, just bigging up the genius that was and IS the ORIGINAL!

[itsowheeze83]

this song has a crazy groove to it. The crazy part about there is more than one break. Alchemist only used one break. This song still has life in it for sampling. This song is dope. I can listen to it over and over again.

[4evaflossin]

there it is at 3:19 the highlight of the sample, thats all i need to hear

[incrediblecHiller]

c'mon, that's just sad to reduce this wonderful track to just a little sample, isn't it?!?

show a little respect...

[4evaflossin]

I have mad respect for the originator of this song , the song in entirety was good, but all I needed to know was where the sample came from, no disrespect intended.

[incrediblecHiller]

allright, never mind then...

[Marcell2aG]

I agree.  I loved the Jadakiss song, but I also loved this whole track.

[stillphil]

The parts b4 the 'highlight'? J Dilla Alchemist Pete Rock Primo NEVER skip those parts. That's what brings us to this page. But I know iknow later ... u sed "I have mad respect for the originator of this song" But don't cheat yourself musically going to the "make em dance" part.

[4evaflossin]

When the thoight came to mind I just had to find out whre that jadakiss sample came from

[sjlona]

yeah i agree :D

[etothaj2007]

god daaaaaam that break Alchemist sampled sounds sooo fukin tight

[manofsteelpan]

wow - it's andre 3000...;)

[Dig4Me]

Good One

[jaharri25]

jadakiss sampled this song

[dontimes1]

la la la music:: pls kill me

[joyceayo]

CHOON!!

[sasdiamondz]

man this jawn is bangin!!!!love it

[shadayafreeman]

SASDIAMONDZ....u gotta be from or near PHILLY?