weldon irvine - music is the key

[ALCscratch]

Dilla sampled this.

[nickpelkey]

I got to Weldon from Junie Morrison who showed up in a P Funk search.... thanks YouTube suggestions!

[TheGanainm]

The begginning of this track was sampled by Austrian electronica band Mum in "The Fishing", and distorted to great effect.

[videodrug]

So mysterious and sexy...

[sometimes350]

This some Rosetta Hines.. back in the day WJZZ..Detroit

[DrAyaba]

Cool and comfortable like a cool breezy sunny afternoon riding along side the ocean near Virginia Beach or the Pacific Ocean in Cally. Its all good. I am definitely getting back into this music because of you. First there was the three of us and now there is one of us. So, I gotta do this for all you did for me. I love you madly.

Myra

[krukus7]

Smooooth

[omnistatic]

is this the sample for lowrider by cypress hill or what? starting at like 48 seconds

[vandamation]

@ManuelGodena... Nah... Lyrics To Go sample is Minnie Ripperton 'Inside My love'

[ManuelGodena]

Could be wrong but "Lyrics to go" by Tribe called quest?

[KL209]

UGGGHHH THAT SHIT IS DOOPE

[JonneyeTV]

amazing.

[HypedTV]

this is amaazinnnggg. such a good morning song. so positive.

[Spybass]

What a tune! the bernard wright version is worth a listen!

[speakwhnspkn2]

Incredible track. Reminiscent of the stuff that Dexter Wansel was doing at the time. I read on wikipedia this brother killed himself in 2002. Can anyone tell me some more about this incredibly gifted musician and composer? Wikipedia had very little about him and I don't really consider them a credible source anyway.

[ezearl]

Dilla Knew What To Do When He Got His Hands On This Record

Looks Like I Got Beat To The Chase

[45onelove45]

@ezearl Ha ha WORD! Did he use it for Fantastic 1???

[LeeMoBeats]

@ezearl what song did he use this for?

[nubient]

weldon albums now reaching up to $1000 !!!

[colbito]

@nubient most have been re-issued and can be had for less than $12

[Specialdark23]

What a smooth groove! Weldon is known for good music!

[iampsalmbody]

ooh!

[PeterGentsChannel]

@iampsalmbody ooh indeed! :D

[Caeolian87]

Sounds like the same sample Dilla used for Fantastic The Slum Village joint.

[October33rd]

Listening to this I just forgot my problems. Well maybe not forgot but I just don't care. Thanks!!

[ImaniL8]

oh Yea!!

[alcohalls]

Extraordinary track

[videodrug]

all is said

[Dazzer1234567]

That intro gives me the shivers

[okaythenbob]

Guitar on here was great.

[Ptcut]

amazing...

[elef003]

this is so ahead of its time

[casual36]

A.T.U. A Tribe Unique

[djslipdisk]

Oh my God, this is like some kind of psychedelic Egyptian tantric ganja party.

I love it - RIP Brother Weldon you were a truly fantastic musician.

[jon031264]

lol...you said it ...ha ha ha!

[bermondsey10]

come on guy who care who sampled what or wot instrument it is just sit back and chill to man

[19viECh81]

..hehe yea thats exactly what happend right before.. i nearly fell asleep while listen, 3am here, gonna smoke a last one now before bed while listenin again :)

[3sleeves]

I think Beck sampled this at 1:16 or so on the album Odelay...can't think of the tune, maybe Devil's Haircut?

[senorsalty]

gonna sample this, so just interesting...hmmm

[dothedamnthang2]

All the cool people on youtube listen to music like this...

[alsimmons121]

@dothedamnthang2 True

[alcohalls]

@dothedamnthang2

Thanks.

[SistaNoTomsAllowed]

@dothedamnthang2 You're right! That's how I got here...

What a loss that Brother Weldon is no longer here

sharing his music which IS KEY!!!! Thx for sharing dotluke.

[Pirate7X]

@dothedamnthang2 True. With '0' dislikes, zero people have bad taste.

[JDA315]

shit i accidently gave it two stars! someone shoot me i'm scum

[djslipdisk]

Hahah, that made me chuckle ;-)

[HuggumsMcgehee]

@JDA315 It happens to the best of us.

[KushBerryBlue]

@JDA315 lol back when ther were stars

[manofhue]

whats the instrument at the start ?someone tell me please

Thanks : )))

[Dazzer1234567]

Sounds like a Wurlitzer electric piano with lots of distortion, or maybe a Rhodes..........

[manofhue]

Thanks Mate :: ))

[monophonicster]

Fender Rhodes Mark I Suitcase electric piano

[AraBlak]

"It's Fantastic!!! I say Fan-Ta-Serruh!!!"

[scorpionkingno1]

want to sample this damit !

[UltraDOG17]

i wish i could sample this tho

not a bad sample tho

[roscoegino]

a thing of beauty. RIP Weldon.

[Risingson2]

There is a wonderful cover by Bernard Wright too

[Gthanomad]

Lyrics to Go- also a classic...How could it not be with a sample from this?

[DrOctagon20]

Nah, Minnie Riperton's "inside my love" was sampled for Lyrics To Go.

Sorry...

[DrAyaba]

Residing in a place where true oneness is energized and fed by Sun Rah, Miles Davis, Betty Carter, Ray Charles, John Coltrane, Charlie Parker, Bessie Smith, Lady Day,John Lee Hooker , Nina Simone who now blending together in the SOLAR system of Divine Creativity, intertwine in and around our minds with celestial nectar of sounds to mobilize and energize us to do our very best with the time and space we have been given permission to borrow for a season Live on my precious BROTHER live on

[DrAyaba]

Beautiful magnetic charismatic connecting Divine essence within Musically expressing inner peace The eternal existential challenge to reach beyond self and selfishness to reality through music Afrikan cultural disconnect crucial in our not re-cog-nizing our ancient priests

Music his first love and unselfishness the mode in which he expresses it. Language the brush with which he paints upon the canvas of our minds beautiful forms and images of thought vibrations through sound.

Nalo

[marvelous860]

what tribe song is this??

[Da1juicy]

Great song! It has a Wes Montgomery feel..

[queenayaba2]

A phenomenal song and spirit being passionate about his music A blessing it was to be HIS lead singer A great teacher composer  a gifted comedian lyricist writer Gonna sing this one Lyrics esoteric with double meanings like only Weldon can produce I asked him as students in Hampton U to write me a song that sounded like it had no ending. He had a dream called it Circular Infinity. Here he captured both ideas or one idea and that is that there is no ending Love you "Boss"

Nalo

[DrOctagon20]

Either way, the beginning sounds very familiar. Someone HAD to sample that part.

[atcq718]

A TRIBE CALLED QUEST

[roscoegino]

the fender rhodes opening sounds like the one for "clap your hands" by atcq, right?

[atcq718]

NOPE!!! i had to listen to the first few seconds for it to hit me... its " MONEY MAKER"

[floevera]

Shit, its hella bugging me now too...You're absolutely ON POINT...the beginning is very familiar, Please tell me you've found out by now...cus damn! I got this feeling tho its some track by one of artists like Blockhead, RJD2, St. Germain,DJ Shadow ...I'll mos def find out right quick-(dont know why someone thumb downed you)lol

[DrOctagon20]

Yeah, seriously...I was only asking a ?. Madlib did a whole tribute to Irvine.

whats wrong with that?

It's not often someone dedicates an entire album to someone who is not well known.

It helps breathes life into this obscure musician's legacy for other people to discover.

[floevera]

yes and yes exactly!

[DrOctagon20]

Thanks. I feel like one of those school teachers who get kicked out of their schools for teaching material thats not "appropriate" for the school system like Thomas Jefferson's slave ownership.

[DrOctagon20]

Didn't Madlib cover this?

[micr0cosm]

classic :D