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Welcome to part 2 of our look at Snoop Dogg's 'Ego Trippin''.DJ Quik, Tedd Riley, and Scoop DeVille are credited as the producers of 'Ego Trippin''s fifth single 'Those Gurlz', which samples the Bee Gees' 'Too Much Heaven' from 1978's 'Spirits Having Flown'. Snoop's 'One Chance (Make it Good)' utilizes a sample from Prince Phillip Mitchell's similarly titled 'Make it Good'. Hitboy and Polow Da Don use a sample of Mike Oldfield's 'Celtic Rain' for the track 'Why Did You Leave Me'. The album's final track, 'Can't Say Goodbye', produced by Teddy Riley and co-starring Charlie Wilson, samples the 80s pop hit 'The Way It Is' by Bruce Hornsby and the Range.
Check back for more coverage of Snoop, including a full rundown of samples from his debut 'Doggystyle'.
The Lowdown:
Snoop Dogg 'Those Gurlz', 'One Chance (Make it Good)', 'Why Did You Leave Me', and 'Can't Say Goodbye'
from 'Ego Trippin'' (2008) (MP3/CD)
Clean Edits:'Those Gurlz', 'One Chance (Make it Good)', 'Why Did You Leave Me', and 'Can't Say Goodbye'
The Bee Gees 'Too Much Heaven'
from 'Spirits Having Flown' (1978) (MP3/CD)
Prince Phillip Mitchell 'Make it Good'
from 'Make it Good' (1978) (MP3/CD)
Mike Oldfield 'Celtic Rain'
from 'Voyager' (1996) (MP3 not available/CD)
Bruce Hornsby and the Range 'The Way It Is'
from 'The Way It Is' (1986) (MP3/CD)
Bonus Cuts:
Mike Oldfield is probably best known for his work on his debut 1973 album 'Tubular Bells' and the use of the song 'Tubular Bells' in the movie 'the Exorcist'. The song both launched Oldfield's career as well as launched Virgin Records into a telecom giant. In 1997, 'Tubular Bells' was sampled by Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis (and perhaps other unlisted producers like J Dilla) on the title track to Janet Jackson's album 'The Velvet Rope'.
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Following the limited success of 'Runnin'' by the Pharcyde, J Dilla (then, as Jay Dee) scored his second single 'Stakes is High' for De La Soul. 'Stakes is High', like 'Runnin'', was not initially successful but is now seen as one the essential mid 90s East Coast singles. The trademark laid-back beat for 'Stakes is High' is cut partially from James Brown's 'Mind Power' from his landmark album 'The Payback'. Dilla met Q-Tip of A Tribe Called Quest through Amp Fiddler in 1995, leading to the formation of the Ummah with Ali Shaheed Muhammed and Tip in 1996. One of the Ummah's most notable production credits is on Janet Jackson's 1997 single 'Got Til It's Gone', which famously interpolates Joni Mitchell's 1970 hit 'Big Yellow Taxi'. Though the actual production credits are still argued, the liner notes claim the producers of 'Got Til It's Gone' are Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, but many hip-hop fans contend that the beat is obviously by the Ummah.
In addition to breaking into the charts with the Ummah, Dilla was still trying to launch his own group, Slum Village. Slum Village, though not making an impression on Q-Tip at first, toured with A Tribe Called Quest in 1998. Due to problems with their label A&M, their 1997 album, 'Fan-tas-tic Vol. 1' was never officially released until 2005 (five years after the sequel was released). 'Fan-tas-tic Vol. 1' gives insight to Slum Village in an early stage and offers up some early Dilla beats. 'Forth & Back', in particular, shines with a sample from Herbie Hancock's 'I Thought it Was You'.
In a future post of this blog, we'll see Dilla's stock rise with Ummah's production for ATCQ's 'The Love Movement' and the formation of the Soulquarians.The Lowdown:
De La Soul 'Stakes is High'
from 'Stakes is High' (1996) (MP3 not available/CD)
James Brown 'Mind Power'
from 'The Payback' (1973) (MP3/CD)
Janet Jackson 'Got Til It's Gone'
from 'The Velvet Rope' (1997) (MP3/CD)
Joni Mitchell 'Big Yellow Taxi'
from 'Ladies of the Canyon' (1970) (MP3/CD)
Slum Village 'Forth & Back'
from 'Fan-tas-tic Vol. 1' (1997) (MP3/CD)
Herbie Hancock 'I Thought it Was You'
from 'Sunlight' (1977) (MP3/CD)
