Rewind: Jaylib 'Champion Sound' (Part 1)

When given a tape of J Dilla's beats in 2000, Madlib rapped over the beats starting the Jaylib project without J Dilla's initial knowledge. After trading beats and meeting only twice, the lone Jaylib album titled 'Champion Sound' was completed and released in 2003. This two part blog post will cover the sampled material from Dilla and Madlib's collaboration.

The opening track 'L.A. to Detroit' produced by both J Dilla and Madlib contains a sample of the drums from Mountain's live version of 'Long Red' from 1973 their album 'Live (The Road Goes Ever On)'. 'McNasty Filth' featuring raps by Dilla and Frank-N-Dank finds Madlib using a sample from Paul Muriat's 1971 album 'El Condor Pasa''s album cut 'Melancholy Man'. Due to a cease and desist order, the sample of Cris Williamson's 'Shine On, Straight Arrow' does not appear on the rerelease version of the Dilla produced cut 'The Red'. Madlib kicks some dub knowledge by sampling Herman Chin-Loy's 'Heavy Duty' (featuring melodica by dub pioneer Augustus Pablo) on the track 'Heavy' with lyrics by Dilla.

Check back for part 2 of our look at 'Champion Sound'.

The Lowdown:
Jaylib 'L.A. to Detroit', 'McNasty Filth', 'The Red', and 'Heavy'
from 'Champion Sound' (2003) (MP3/CD)
Mountain 'Long Red'
from 'Live (The Road Goes Ever On)' (1972) (MP3 not available/Import CD)
Paul Mauriat 'Melancholy Man'
from 'El Condor Pasa' (1971) (MP3 not available/CD not available)
Cris Williamson 'Shine On, Straight Arrow'
from 'Cris Williamson' (1970) (MP3/CD)
Herman Chin-Loy 'Heavy Duty'
from 'Aquarius Dub' (1975) (MP3 not available/CD not available)

Bonus Cuts:
Instrumental versions, get your rap on: 'McNasty Filth' (Instrumental), 'The Red' (Instrumental), and 'Heavy' (Instrumental).

Related Posts:
Producer Profile: J Dilla (Part 5, 2001-2003)