Sample Culture

Legendary Bronx Producer/MC Diamond D is in the spotlight this week, as your hosts Sleeper and TP, dig into his productions and the records that inspired his records. 

Q: What do Miles Davis, Biggie Smalls, and LA Law all have in common? 

A: Musician, songwriter, record producer, activist and radio personality James Mtume

Great name, great music, and great inspiration

The Man, the myth the legend. He played chef on South Park. He wrote the theme to Shaft. He helped build the Stax label. He is Isaac Hayes aka Black Moses. This week we will dig into his deep rooted influence on hip hop. 

Synth legend + Funk Legend = Dexter Wansel 

Grammy-winning R&B/jazz fusion arranger, musician, composer, conductor, synthesist and A&R director. Had a profound effect on sampling Hip Hop artists with his unique sound. On this episode we explore his legacy and his influence.

Minneapolis is love. We are just returning it in this episode. We will hear from all Minneapolis artist and the songs that were sampled in their production. I Self Devine, Atmosphere, BK One, Brother ALi and more. 

Sleeper and TP dig into the samples in the the production of Jermaine Dupri. 

In this week's episode we will be celebrating one of Sleeper's favorite holiday's, Halloween. Our third annual edition. Here we dispense with our typical formula and just play a spooktacular playlist of haunted tracks intertwined with horror movie samples. It gets weird and will make for a fine background for any party or an evening in alone. 

Von P

In this episode we dig into one of the most definitive jazz label of all time, Blue Note Records. You can practically hear the DNA of hip hop in any of these records. Although, in this episode we tend to stick with their funkier offerings. Sleeper and TP pick out their favorite Blue Note samples and discuss the impact this record label has had on our lives as well as the life of hip hop.