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Take A Look Around: Original Samples

This set right here is dedicated to my man DJ SoulClap.  I got you man! SoulClap is a huge fan, so we gonna be hittin up the Masta Ace archives and hook up the sample sets. I figure we’ll start with his 1990 debut album, Take A Look Around.

Mostly produced my one of my favorite producers, Marly Marl, Take A Look Around sampled some great funk records from the likes of James Brown, Grand Funk Railroad, Lee Dorsey, and Monk Higgens. One nice gem on here that was hard to hunt down is “Razor Blade” by Little Royal and the Swingmasters.

This set also has a good combination of soul as well, giving us classics from Otis Redding, Eric Kendricks, and Gil Scott-Heron.

“Nothing is the Same” by Grand Funk Railroad
From the album Closer To Home (1970)
Sampled in ”Music Man”
Produced by Marly Marl
“Talkin Loud and Sayin’ Nothing” by James Brown
From the single “Talkin Loud and Sayin’ Nothing” (1970)
Sampled in ”I Got Ta”
Produced by Mister Cee
“The Message” by Cymande
From the album Cymande (1972)
Sampled in ”Me & the Biz”
Produced by Marly Marl
“The Other Side of Town” by Curtis Mayfield
From the album Curtis (1970)
Sampled in ”The Other Side of Town”
Produced by Marly Marl
“UFO” by ESG
From the album ESG (1981)
Sampled in ”The Other Side of Town”
Produced by Marly Marl
“Get out of My Life, Woman” by Lee Dorsey
From the album Ride Your Pony (1966)
Sampled in ”The Other Side of Town”
Produced by Marly Marl
“Escape-ism” by James Brown
From the album Hot Pants (1971)
Sampled in ”Ace iz Wild”
Produced by Marly Marl
“Hard to Handle” by Otis Redding
From the album The Immortal Otis Redding (1968)
Sampled in ”Four Minus Three”
Produced by Marly Marl
“Get Up Offa That Thing” by James Brown
From the single “Get Up Offa That Thing” (1976)
Sampled in ”Can’t Stop the Bumrush”
Produced by Mister Cee
“Razor Blade” by Little Royal & the Swingmasters
From the album Jealous (1972)
Sampled in ”Can’t Stop the Bumrush”
Produced by Mister Cee
“If You Let Me” by Eddie Kendricks
From the album People… Hold On (1972)
Sampled in ”Brooklyn Battles”
Produced by Marly Marl
“Street Life” by The Crusaders
From the album Street Life (1979)
Sampled in ”Postin’ High”
Produced by Mister Cee
“N.T.” by Kool & the Gang
From the album Live at P.J.’s (1972)
Sampled in ”As I Reminisce”
Produced by Mister Cee
“One Man Band (Plays All Alone)” by Monk Higgins & the Specialites
From the album Dance to the Disco Sax of Monk Higgins (1974)
Sampled in ”As I Reminisce” and ”Together”
Produced by Mister Cee
“The Revolution Will Not Be Televised” by Gil-Scott Heron
From the album The Revolution Will Not Be Televised (1974)
Sampled in ”Take a Look Around”
Produced by Marly Marl
“Do You Have the Time” by The Younghearts
From the album A Taste of The Younghearts (1974)
Sampled in ”Together”
Produced by Marly Marl

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  • drewj

    Good stuff. Are you gonna drop the samples for Slaughtahouse and Sittin On Chrome?

  • http://www.myspace.com/djsoulclap SoulClap

    I love you, Kev!

  • skeme

    props..keep them coming

  • http://kevinnottingham.com Kevin

    Yeah, we gonna try to hit em all up. Slaughtahouse should be ready for tomorrow.

  • Bingo

    Like DJ Unk you Guys “showed out” with these posts!! LOL sorry its the video thats on right now….Love this site….and you just dropped to classic Ace albums back to back..keep it coming!!

  • Eric

    Word! Exactly what Bingo said..

  • Thomas

    More to come!

  • Marcha

    I love you, Kev! [2], lol

  • JEMZE

    massive respect mate.. i actually made this one up for myself tho.. got all the letter to the better bits!!

  • JEMZE

    stephanie mills: puttin’ a rush on me – maybe next time, earth, wind & fire: c’mon children – ace iz wild, james brown: take some…leave some – letter to the better..add these y’all!!! peace also, loose booty by ‘sly stone’ for the stabs in the original version of letter to the better (available on the deluxe edition) disc 2…phew!!!!

  • http://kevinnottingham.com Kevin

    Thanks JEMZE! I didn’t realize we had missed so many. Diggin’ ain’t easy! lol

    I’ll get those and re-up this set. Thanks again!

  • JEMZE

    no worries.. love your site.. keep it komin’…peace

  • http://www.wydublog.com Travis

    zzzzzzzz…uh, what? where did this come from. Yeah, me sleeping. thanks!

  • hindsightufuk

    gotta love this set, one of my all time favorite albums from any genre. plus my favourite production on a hip hop album. had a bunch of these but had a lot missing.
    This place is awesome, much, much love

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