Years ago when I first started this blog, someone asked me why I named the blog It's Krack. They wondered if I am really that much of a Schoolly D fan, and the answer to that plain and simply is, YES, I am. But it's deeper than just me being a fan of the original gangster rapper. Some people found my appreciation of Schoolly D to be an odd choice and for those people, this is for you.
This was the first hip hop song that I listened to and really began to wonder about where the samples came from and how they made the beat. I really enjoyed hip hop before hearing this, but after hearing this in the mid-80's for the first time, I was absolutely fascinated with Hip Hop and wanted to hear everything and know all about it. It's been a major part of my life ever since then.
This song inspired my desire to dig for beats and samples. Originally, I dug for the samples used in Hip Hop records. It helped me discover a world of music I was often too young to have experienced when it came out but helped to me appreciate music that I may never have heard otherwise.
Samples found in this record which were of particular interest to me were the Steve Miller Band's Threshold, the intro to Parliament's Mr. Wiggles and of course the constantly scratched "fresh" from the end of Beside's Change The Beat.
So now I hope you understand the blog name and its meaning for me. And please enjoy this mid-80s Hip Hop.
I find a link to your blog in an old dowload..
ReplyDeleteI'm waree, I used to share stuff on the 320k blog if you remember..
I can see that HQ Hip Hop is still online, wonder who run it today.
It was a good era for sharing passion on blogger, I came across the blind man on discogs the one who used to share G Funk and gangsta rap.
Wonder what the others became, Band others.
I remember you! Me and Ben still run the HQ Hip Hop blog but you can see, not much goes on these days. I mostly stick to Instagram now. Times sure have changed.
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