All you people arguing about jay z this and quasimoto that, remember Prem flipped this record before both o them kats and the way he chopped the sample was much more creative
why are people talking about jay-z? first of all, this is gold by itself. secondly, madlib did it first for his quasimoto album on the track 'axe puzzles'. all b-money did on jay-z's version was steal madlib's spead up loop, and left the flutes in. jay-z shouldn't even be mentioned other than he rapped over a beat that was jacked by b-money, off Madlib who sampled Mel & Tim.
@drwhatson don't be such a hypocrite. do you really blame the younger generation with all the garbage they play on the radio? sampling is what introduced me to a lot of great artists, curtis mayfield, commodores, the stylistics, etc.
@Scathe8000 If they play garbage on the radio in the USA, they do here in the UK too, and always have done! - which is why we went looking for alternative Soul records in the first place! If someone needs "sampling" to introduce them to such giants of Black American music as Curtis Mayfield, what the hell were they listening to BEFORE?? :-)
@drwhatson it shouldn't matter HOW I got to hear curtis mayfield, only that I hear and appreciate his music now. We weren't born into this world being forced to listen to great music; we have to find it, whether it be through our parent's old records, going to shows, researching online or taking advice from a friend, it should matter that we know it now and can enjoy it. Why such hatred over love of music?
@Scathe8000 Who said anything "hatred over love of music"?? My complaint is entirely about the incessant cheap and unimaginative use of sampling and the "less than love of (real) music" that that implies! Soul music is not there to be constantly ripped off by the otherwise untalented. Where are the equivalents to the likes of Curtis Mayfield, James Brown, Marvin Gaye, and George Clinton etc. today? These artists paid their dues through performing, not relying on "sampling" other artists' music!
@drwhatson oh get over yourself, that's like saying "today's rock is garbage compared to the works of the Beatles". NOBODY makes music like back then anymore. And soul music is not "ripped off" by the "otherwise untalented." It's not just looped over and over like you think. A lot of reworking and hard process goes into making sampled beats, whether you want to accept it or not. There's very talented people in underground music that would astound you if you weren't so unacceptive of other music.
@Scathe8000 That's neither here nor there when they rely on sampling OLD RECORDINGS for their very existance! If today's musicians are so supremely talented, then why is the sample inevitably the best part of the new recording and the rest tame by comparison? One listen confirms that. And yes, Soul music IS being ripped off if the samplers get the lion's share of the credit (and money) for what is little more than a cheap karaoke session.
@drwhatson well if you prefer to deprive yourself of music go right ahead. I enjoy the old classics as well as the sampled records that reinvent them. sampling is simply relevant today. The composer John Williams samples as well. Many of his pieces interpolate other pieces of music which he recreates with a live orchestra. Interpolation and sampling are very much along the same lines, whether he directly uses the sampled recording or recreates it. appreciate music for what it is.
@Scathe8000 I don't feel at all "deprived" - there is plenty of real music around, new and old to keep me satisfied. Every time I chase up a recommended track on Youtube that has sampled an old favourite Soul side, my prejudices are only confirmed. I have yet to hear a sampled side that improves on the original recording in any way whatever.
@drwhatson like i said, you're the only one doing this to yourself. shutting yourself in one area of music is "deprivation" whether you'd like to realize it or not. sampled records give a new sound to what the original artists intended in their compositions. sigh whatever. this argument will never subside; the discussion of who thinks what music is "real". That's just opinion. No single genre is "better" than another b/c there are fans on either side ready to defend their passion.
@drwhatson It's like Miles Davis said "music is like food, take out what you don't like" Maybe you should do that, just ignore what you don't like.
You feel that when someone samples a record that it doesn't improve the original recording, beatmakers and producers are like diamond miners, they search and search just to find that gem of sound.
And it's not to satisfy you or you're "standards" of music, it's about what we like.
And when the sample is turned into something else, it's beautiful.
@gp5 It's rather difficult to "ignore what I don't like" when folk are constantly sampling (and subsequently ruining) what I DO like, ie. classic Soul music, don't you think? Rather as if someone was standing behind you pouring salt over everything you eat! This is a pretty good Soul record - so why are almost ALL of the comments here about "who sampled what, and when" with hardly anybody commenting on the quality (or otherwise) of the original song or Mel and Tim? THAT is my whole point!
@drwhatson See what you will never understand about sampling is that it started when some people couldn't afford musical instruments to make their own music and for the LOVE of the great music being sampled.
If it wasn't for sampling I would have never started listening toa lot of 70's soul/funk or have known about much of the artists, so I thank hip hop and sampling for pointing me towards great music.
Unimaginative sampling has created genres of music and has sold millions world wide.
@ghostnig11 thats hip hop though. I mean no bob james no signature run dmc hooks. It all happened for a reason. This stuff nowadays I dont know what it is.
PPL are stupid as fuck,, he didn't bite it he asked a producer to sample it for him..SAmpling in hiphop is beautiful, honestly ALOT of my generation wouldn't know about none of these songs if it was for the fact jayz used it,, hate all u want but its the truth
@dacandyman De La Soul got some of this first. Look hip hop sampled so WHAT jay especially will pay his share to the group. It opens up people to older music. Stop hatin, you sound like the white people on their favorite rock tunes. SLAM black music especially RAP. The only thing they made was country and techno.
@tylerstone1980 looks like someone needs to grow the fuck up and realize this is not the 70's 80's nor 90's no-more and grow the fuck up and get with the program. No-ones gonna appreciate this shit like you old man...sorry deal wid it
@MrSodaBelly once again, another rambling, incoherent response. i'm backing madlib's work on this track. 'no-ones gona appreciate this shit like you old man'. at what point did i EVER even say i appreciated this track? i appreciate Madlib's use of sampling. and even if i do appreciate this, so fucking what? all this type of music influences whatever garbage you most likely listen to. old man? lol, sure thing kid! just because i enjoy older music doesn't mean i am old, per se.
madlib used this sample on quasimoto's unseen album-i can't think of the name of that song it's on. but other than that mel & tim and stax,it gets no better than that!
Such a great groove and a superb LP - just won a copy on ebay- very happy. This is classy, not your usual Stax sound, lovely
goodburnian 1 week ago
Music from back in the good ole days.
goddydee2 1 month ago in playlist YouTube Mix for Mel & Tim
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¡¡Quasimotooooo!!
pEGiOnBoI 2 months ago
How is anyone suppose to replay this? Vibe
stekeyz 4 months ago
i fall asleep to this type of songs :)
JimbrowskiEarned 5 months ago
Blumentopf - Ich erinner' mich
maexeli 6 months ago
Good times!!!
riverblue2 7 months ago
solid
belmontrecordshop1 9 months ago
@belmontrecordshop1 2 sum it up in 1 word well said
complexnut 7 months ago
What a brilliant, Brilliant Soul Tune. Thats why this music is so influencial. What a track!
redjam40 10 months ago
The best LP
ketefollen1984 11 months ago
This was written by Mark James, who I think did the original the year before (1973). He's got a mix of country and soul.
mattmcwax 1 year ago
Preemo flipped it....Salute Pt.II
821977 1 year ago
@dacandyman you dumb ass thats called a sample wtf you sound stupid so go suck a dick you bitch
TheFatboymike 1 year ago
SALUTE!
mainloop 1 year ago
ya beats is bangin!!!!
tagtaylor 1 year ago
All you people arguing about jay z this and quasimoto that, remember Prem flipped this record before both o them kats and the way he chopped the sample was much more creative
Cantorious 1 year ago 4
@doggieflintant im meant metaphorical WISE dumbass
his rhymes made the beat
what are u some type of six year old that masturbates all day ? cant believe u diddnt get that BITCH!
MrSodaBelly 1 year ago
MOP ft. Gang Starr - Salute pt. II
Num1814 1 year ago 3
Does anyone know the jahmeek track this was used on?
Wafro84 1 year ago
Axe puzzles!!!!
Nycsom1985 1 year ago
Fuck Jay Z! THis is the shit right here!
soulsetsmysoulonfire 1 year ago
@soulsetsmysoulonfire Absolutely! haha!
drwhatson 1 year ago
Quasimoto "Axe Puzzles">>>>>>>Jay-Z "Prelude"
bistroman12 1 year ago
why are people talking about jay-z? first of all, this is gold by itself. secondly, madlib did it first for his quasimoto album on the track 'axe puzzles'. all b-money did on jay-z's version was steal madlib's spead up loop, and left the flutes in. jay-z shouldn't even be mentioned other than he rapped over a beat that was jacked by b-money, off Madlib who sampled Mel & Tim.
tylerstone1980 1 year ago 4
"...A lot of my generation wouldn't know about none of these songs if it was for the fact jayz used it..."
Then a lot of "your generation" has cloth ears, and are too damned lazy to check out great music for yourselves.
drwhatson 1 year ago
@drwhatson don't be such a hypocrite. do you really blame the younger generation with all the garbage they play on the radio? sampling is what introduced me to a lot of great artists, curtis mayfield, commodores, the stylistics, etc.
Scathe8000 1 year ago
@Scathe8000 If they play garbage on the radio in the USA, they do here in the UK too, and always have done! - which is why we went looking for alternative Soul records in the first place! If someone needs "sampling" to introduce them to such giants of Black American music as Curtis Mayfield, what the hell were they listening to BEFORE?? :-)
drwhatson 1 year ago
@drwhatson it shouldn't matter HOW I got to hear curtis mayfield, only that I hear and appreciate his music now. We weren't born into this world being forced to listen to great music; we have to find it, whether it be through our parent's old records, going to shows, researching online or taking advice from a friend, it should matter that we know it now and can enjoy it. Why such hatred over love of music?
Scathe8000 1 year ago
@Scathe8000 Who said anything "hatred over love of music"?? My complaint is entirely about the incessant cheap and unimaginative use of sampling and the "less than love of (real) music" that that implies! Soul music is not there to be constantly ripped off by the otherwise untalented. Where are the equivalents to the likes of Curtis Mayfield, James Brown, Marvin Gaye, and George Clinton etc. today? These artists paid their dues through performing, not relying on "sampling" other artists' music!
drwhatson 1 year ago
@drwhatson oh get over yourself, that's like saying "today's rock is garbage compared to the works of the Beatles". NOBODY makes music like back then anymore. And soul music is not "ripped off" by the "otherwise untalented." It's not just looped over and over like you think. A lot of reworking and hard process goes into making sampled beats, whether you want to accept it or not. There's very talented people in underground music that would astound you if you weren't so unacceptive of other music.
Scathe8000 1 year ago
@Scathe8000 That's neither here nor there when they rely on sampling OLD RECORDINGS for their very existance! If today's musicians are so supremely talented, then why is the sample inevitably the best part of the new recording and the rest tame by comparison? One listen confirms that. And yes, Soul music IS being ripped off if the samplers get the lion's share of the credit (and money) for what is little more than a cheap karaoke session.
drwhatson 1 year ago
@drwhatson well if you prefer to deprive yourself of music go right ahead. I enjoy the old classics as well as the sampled records that reinvent them. sampling is simply relevant today. The composer John Williams samples as well. Many of his pieces interpolate other pieces of music which he recreates with a live orchestra. Interpolation and sampling are very much along the same lines, whether he directly uses the sampled recording or recreates it. appreciate music for what it is.
Scathe8000 1 year ago
@Scathe8000 I don't feel at all "deprived" - there is plenty of real music around, new and old to keep me satisfied. Every time I chase up a recommended track on Youtube that has sampled an old favourite Soul side, my prejudices are only confirmed. I have yet to hear a sampled side that improves on the original recording in any way whatever.
drwhatson 1 year ago
@drwhatson like i said, you're the only one doing this to yourself. shutting yourself in one area of music is "deprivation" whether you'd like to realize it or not. sampled records give a new sound to what the original artists intended in their compositions. sigh whatever. this argument will never subside; the discussion of who thinks what music is "real". That's just opinion. No single genre is "better" than another b/c there are fans on either side ready to defend their passion.
Scathe8000 1 year ago 2
@drwhatson It's like Miles Davis said "music is like food, take out what you don't like" Maybe you should do that, just ignore what you don't like.
You feel that when someone samples a record that it doesn't improve the original recording, beatmakers and producers are like diamond miners, they search and search just to find that gem of sound.
And it's not to satisfy you or you're "standards" of music, it's about what we like.
And when the sample is turned into something else, it's beautiful.
gp5 1 year ago
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drwhatson 1 year ago
@gp5 It's rather difficult to "ignore what I don't like" when folk are constantly sampling (and subsequently ruining) what I DO like, ie. classic Soul music, don't you think? Rather as if someone was standing behind you pouring salt over everything you eat! This is a pretty good Soul record - so why are almost ALL of the comments here about "who sampled what, and when" with hardly anybody commenting on the quality (or otherwise) of the original song or Mel and Tim? THAT is my whole point!
drwhatson 1 year ago
@drwhatson See what you will never understand about sampling is that it started when some people couldn't afford musical instruments to make their own music and for the LOVE of the great music being sampled.
If it wasn't for sampling I would have never started listening toa lot of 70's soul/funk or have known about much of the artists, so I thank hip hop and sampling for pointing me towards great music.
Unimaginative sampling has created genres of music and has sold millions world wide.
gp5 1 year ago
if you listen i will tell you. this intro is the real J aint shit he got money but jackn hooks and slowing them down is currupt.
ghostnig11 1 year ago
@ghostnig11 thats hip hop though. I mean no bob james no signature run dmc hooks. It all happened for a reason. This stuff nowadays I dont know what it is.
hagnuj 1 year ago
Axe puzzles!
djpeteret 1 year ago
PPL are stupid as fuck,, he didn't bite it he asked a producer to sample it for him..SAmpling in hiphop is beautiful, honestly ALOT of my generation wouldn't know about none of these songs if it was for the fact jayz used it,, hate all u want but its the truth
DamevsDame 1 year ago
I swear the first 5 seconds is the hardest ever!!!
cjgrayer 1 year ago
oh wow
bustnjustn 2 years ago
lord quas
JosephO75 2 years ago
Real niggas know this from madlib
YungSunny 2 years ago 5
Word, "The Prelude" was such a bite.
db0ywills 2 years ago
@YungSunny and the real real real ones know this from the 'uk flavour mix' of 'oh my god' by tribe
kimwayan 1 year ago
@kimwayan
Aight you got me, I never heard that lol
YungSunny 1 year ago
tried to download this on imeem but it being lame don't show it dam such a good song to bad dumb rapper sample and take credit
flowflurry 2 years ago
Jay-Z - the prelude
earlbeats 2 years ago
Axe Puzzles
BizeeNimble1 2 years ago 5
Ridiculous...SHEESH!!!
meechamaka411 2 years ago
WHAT A BEAUTYY
INDIANARTAFFECT 2 years ago
from the mack i think
oharrevelt 2 years ago
NO WAY!!! i seen that movie to many times
bmunypimp 2 years ago
i know this sample from lord quas NOT jay z
docbattle07 2 years ago 8
@docbattle07 I know this sample from MOP,Gangstarr-Salute pt 2
projektcancer 3 weeks ago
It's cool listening to the original songs that the rappers and producers sample. It's pretty awesome!!!
Tasukete123 2 years ago 3
@Tasukete123
99% of the time the original song is 10 times better
KingRhod804 2 years ago
quasimoto got the ill arsenals
db0ywills 2 years ago 30
@db0ywills "down in the basement..i got wack mc's wearing muzzles....waiting for the axe puzzle"
TheUnseen97 1 year ago
good sample
Luichiweedy 2 years ago
check out the song "axe puzzles" by quasimoto, it samples this tune
charliegrs 2 years ago
what instruments were used in this???
Str8IndianHair 2 years ago
psychwarlord 2 years ago 4
jay-z " the prelude"
Stealthmodel 2 years ago
1998. DJ Premier sampled this for M.O.P.'s record "Salute Part II" fro their album "First Family 4 Life".
htwowhoa 2 years ago 4
Quasimoto!
oblivionate 2 years ago 2
the jay-z remix to this beat go hard.
YUNGMOOSE1 2 years ago
Jay-Z didn't remix it, he's not a producer.
Madlib used the sample first.
pxkxxfx3 2 years ago 2
QuAz-I-mO-tO!
p1netree 2 years ago
its wake up music
8KobeBryant8 3 years ago
when i first heard this sample on axe puzzles i jus sat back and chilled the fuck out. classic
19AFS91 3 years ago
haha yea!
I love that break! It just sets a hazy, mellow scene.
Muzik444 3 years ago
man i've been lookin for this song for a MINUTE!..i always wondered where they got the jay-z sample for prelude...nice intro!!
kappa27 3 years ago
Madlib had the sample first son, and then Jay-Z found it.
Luckthedon7 3 years ago
jay z is an overated bitn fag
treeZon1 3 years ago
Jay-Z isnt a producer idiots, he doesn't sample anything, he raps over beats
dacandyman 3 years ago 53
@dacandyman De La Soul got some of this first. Look hip hop sampled so WHAT jay especially will pay his share to the group. It opens up people to older music. Stop hatin, you sound like the white people on their favorite rock tunes. SLAM black music especially RAP. The only thing they made was country and techno.
hagnuj 1 year ago
@dacandyman jigga still made the beat THE BEAT u get it
MrSodaBelly 1 year ago
@MrSodaBelly lol, you are just proving you have no clue what you're talking about.
tylerstone1980 1 year ago
@tylerstone1980 looks like someone needs to grow the fuck up and realize this is not the 70's 80's nor 90's no-more and grow the fuck up and get with the program. No-ones gonna appreciate this shit like you old man...sorry deal wid it
MrSodaBelly 1 year ago
@MrSodaBelly once again, another rambling, incoherent response. i'm backing madlib's work on this track. 'no-ones gona appreciate this shit like you old man'. at what point did i EVER even say i appreciated this track? i appreciate Madlib's use of sampling. and even if i do appreciate this, so fucking what? all this type of music influences whatever garbage you most likely listen to. old man? lol, sure thing kid! just because i enjoy older music doesn't mean i am old, per se.
tylerstone1980 1 year ago 2
@MrSodaBelly as well, i apologize for not expressing myself monosyllabically to you. i probably should have dumbed it down a little.
tylerstone1980 1 year ago
@tylerstone1980 maybe so bitch
MrSodaBelly 1 year ago
@dacandyman hahaha
neilcage 11 months ago
@dacandyman THANK YOU!!! At least someone is smart enough to understand that the rappers don't sample songs!
shahryarization 5 months ago
u mad?
ayohrnt 2 years ago
seem to remember Colin Curtis playing this in the last hour at Blackpool Mecca late 74 into 75 - not that I was there !!!!
Blackpool77 3 years ago
it's called axe puzzles
JOSHBENNETUBITCH 3 years ago
this one's really nice!
incrediblecHiller 4 years ago
madlib used this sample on quasimoto's unseen album-i can't think of the name of that song it's on. but other than that mel & tim and stax,it gets no better than that!
soln4suh 3 years ago
Its called "Axe Puzzles", I got that album. Its nice too son.
Luckthedon7 3 years ago