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“Jazz is the mother of hip-hop” - Jazz Night in America

Source (YouTube)

In this short doc, Glasper identifies three jazz samples, from tracks by Ahmad Jamal and Herbie Hancock, that have served as source material for famed hip-hop producers J Dilla and Pete Rock.

MUSIC:
Ahmad Jamal Trio, "I Love Music," The Awakening (1970)
Nas, "The World Is Yours," Illmatic (1994)
Herbie Hancock, "Come Running To Me," Sunlight (1978)
Slum Village, "Get This Money," Fantastic, Vol. 2 (2000)
Ahmad Jamal, "Swahililand," Jamal Plays Jamal (1974)
De La Soul "Stakes Is High," Stakes Is High (1996)

*Correction to the video: Slum Village's album Fantastic, Vol. 2 was released in 2000, not 2009.

Music production is incredible!

Pianist and producer, Robert Glasper identifies a few samples in this video and talks about how the producers used them in Hip-Hop music.
 
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