Cal is Sparkling!

This week on 7 O Clock sample, we continue to look into the music of CAL TJADER. There is something hypnotic about Cal’s sound.  Many producers have noticed Cal’s sample ready grooves, and have turned out some great tracks… Here is Jordan’s Top Picks for Cal Tjader samples! OOh!  and do you remember this one? [...]

Clap Yo’ Hands

This week on the Seven O Clock sample, we are exploring the music of THE METERS! There are VERY few gentlemen in this world as funky as Art, George, Joe, and Leo.  These four men are responsible for an entire sub-genre of American R&B music.  Their catalog spans 4 decades of Funky music.  They’ve played [...]

M.I.A.’s Original Savannah Showers

( Boy, I’m getting cheesy with these mash up titles… ) Hey Hey Y’all, it’s time for another 7 O’clock sample! This week were are exploring the music of M.I.A. We are looking forward to seeing what her new album is going to be like, so I thought I’d look back at some of her [...]

Find A Way with Towa Tei

Today I’m presenting one of my absolute favorite samples.  I’d been looking for this sample for a very long time. I knew what the song was, but I could not find the album, when I finally got it, I was bragging to Tarik that I had found one of my favorite samples, to which he [...]

The Large Professor’s Thriller

So this week I am exploring songs that have sampled the most infamous Halloween song since the “Monster Mash”. You need not say to much to introduce this song. Unless you’ve been living under a rock since 1982, you know all about this jam. You may even hear this song at the upcoming Creatures and [...]

Forty Days of Lucien

Thursday morning, beautiful sunrise, coffee is warm and sweet, feeling good! So why not continue these good vibrations with a super funky 7 O CLOCK Sample! I pulled today’s sample from a wonderful 70s Jazz-Funk album entitled WINDOWS OF THE MIND. Billy Brooks put this album out on Crossover Records in 1974. This album is [...]

What’s the Scenario?!

This week on the 7 o clock sample, we are exploring one of the most influential and classic hip hop albums of all time. A Tribe Called Quest’s LOW END THEORY. In 1991, the third 12″ single for this album was released by Jive records. That single was ” SCENARIO” , which after almost 20 [...]

7 O Clock Sample MASTER CLASS

Today on the 7 o clock sample we are stepping it up a notch. Every Tuesday and Thursday we dig for the original samples used by producers of ALL genres of music. This week, I’ve chosen to explore the music of A TRIBE CALLED QUEST’S Low End Theory album. Released in 1991, this album paved [...]

Weldon Irvine’s Award Tour

it’s THURSDAY!!!!! Time for more samples… Today we explore one of my favorite hip hop jams of all time. “Award Tour” – By A Tribe Called Quest. This track was the first single for the iconic rap album Midnight Marauders. The album is recognized my most Hip Hop fans as one of the finest examples [...]

5 o’Clock SAMPLE

Hey hey hey! It’s Jordan here, and this week Im filling in for “Dirt Soul” Scott Mullins from 2pm-6pm.  I’ll be maikn’ sure your drive home is fun and funky.   Since Scott always hosts the 5 o’clock shadow ( an original and a cover back to back ) every weekday, I thought I’d put [...]