Vic Juris - Horizon Drive

On his 1979 LP "Horizon Drive" here is the title track.
Sampled by Lootpack for "New Year's Resolution" and of course for Gangstarr's "Mass Appeal"

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Music

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• vic
• juris
• horizon
• drive
• lootpack
• new
• years
• resolution
• gangstarr
• mass
• appeal

[Vicjury]

I wish You Tube would take this tune of my down....Maybe these thieves could have learned how to play an instrument.....Vic

[incrediblecHiller]

@Vicjury You want me to take your tune down? Just say the word! :-)

[charlyblues]

Takin 2 seconds of a joint, and sampling just one instrument and filtering or panning out the rest and making a whole other thing of it is even harder to do then playing freely on an instrument.

Premier does it well, creative and probably has the best ear for dope parts.

2 fucking seconds.

[arlichar11]

@Vicjury funny how u want you tube to take down,, without it noone would ever get to hear it anymore..and good music would be lost 4 ever..you should be happy that more people can enjoy it now....

and definetly should be honored your tune was sampled in another amazing song so it can carry on...

intead of just faintly heard in background in drs office,hotels, the waether channel, on hold...

[DeepNYCHouse]

DJ premier is an asshole for stealing this, he is one of the most shittiest producers anyway.

Hahahahaha just kidding Premier is a sampling genius

[DeepNYCHouse]

@StrosB4Hos Whats wrong with elevator music?

[StrosB4Hos]

nahmean, without premo, this is elevator music... at best..

[illustratedsamurai]

Jazz musicians steal material all of the time whether it is a melodic pattern or phrase, chord progression, chord substitution, rhythmic pattern, etc. This song is Fucking Gay anyway. Feel lucky a contemporary musician of a completely different genre found something of value in your music.

[akn0ledge]

@charlyblues excellently stated =)

[taaffeman132]

@Vicjury If it wasn't for these 'thieves' I would have never discovered your music...duh! Sampling gives newer generations a way of discovering the old...

[theomac30]

@Vicjury dj premier took 3 seconds of your song and moulded it into one of the greatest hip hop songs ever made. it's innovative, not theft

[LeviMedia]

@RootsinBrooklyn Look at it this way, if only for a moment... I would not know anything about or be listening to your wonderful music right now if it weren't for the track-back research on that sample. One thing leads to another. I'd be likely to catch a show of yours or buy a CD now. Just sayin'. (the original is sweet, by the way!)

[RootsinBrooklyn]

@LeviMedia

You'd be freaking thrilled. That's you. Not everyone has to feel that way - and apparently Vic is one. His wishes should be respected.

What kind of question is that to ask an artist with the creativity, discipline, and soul of a musician on Vic's level? Perhaps he is less concerned with "what mark" he makes than with artistic integrity. If his "mark" is less than someone's who ripped him off, it might say more about marketing than about Vic's artistry. I'll take the original.

[LeviMedia]

@Vicjury You are a part of one of the best tracks in hip hop history. You should be happy with that. I'd be freaking THRILLED. What mark do you think your music would/could leave otherwise? Minimal, even though you are a skilled musician/writer.

Were I you, I'd be smiling. Forget money, It ruins everything.