Series: cypher — Theme: Head-nod to sermon to slow burn. Duration: 1h00m · 13 tracks, fully programmed and narrated on wobuzz radio.
Head-nod to sermon to slow burn. The cypher opens on boom-bap that stole from jazz flute and soul-jazz guitar, walks through the golden age where every hook had a named source — Jeremy Steig, Funk Inc., Clyde Stubblefield, Wayne Shorter — then peels into the records the samples were chasing: EWF's kundalini funk, Asha Puthli's Euro-soul ghost, Shuggie Otis's one-man-band haze, Millie Jackson's midnight nerve, D'Angelo drunk on two-inch tape. Sample culture talking back: we name the jazz and funk the rap records stole, and let the sources stand up beside the flips.
Tracklist: Beastie Boys — Sure Shot · Guru's Jazzmatazz — Jazzy Wayz (7 Grand Exclusive) · Jeru Tha Damaja — Come Clean · Grant Green — Final Comedown · Public Enemy — Fight The Power-Power Sax Mix · Earth, Wind & Fire — Serpentine Fire … (+7 more)
