It’s been widely argued over who truly discovered and first flipped Jack Bruce’s second solo LP, Things We Like. Some say Showbiz dug it up first, but really, what fucking difference does it make. As an avid vinyl miner myself, I never understood how one could argue over who found which record first; they’ll all end up sampling the same damn record anyway. The info that I’ve come across regarding the subject attempts to portray Showbiz as if he found it, therefore he owns it. You know that ain’t right. Maybe it’s just the old school mentality. The real challenge is who could flip it the best. In this post, I’d like to focus on one of the more known cuts off Jack’s Things We Like, Born To Be Blue. Jack, one of the founding members of UK rock band Cream decided to produce a bee-bop / free jazz sound for Things We Like, recruiting Dick Heckstall-Smith to provide the elegant soprano and tenor saxophone sounds which really shines on Born To Be Blue.
Digging through my collection as well as doing some extensive research, I’ve come up with eight prime, classic cuts which utilizes bits and pieces of the aforementioned song. The question to y’all is who do you think flipped it the best? A couple of notes before we get to the meat and potatoes: If you copped (or downloaded) Showbiz & A.G.’s Broken Chains: Runaway Slave Demos, you may have heard the fourth instrumental which directly sampled Born To Be Blue. These demos happen to be from somewhere between 1990 and 1992, and as far as I know, predates any of these other cuts. That specific instrumental may have actually been the precursor to Nice & Smooth’s Blunts, released in ’94. However, Da Beatminerz’s version for Smif-N-Wessun’s Bucktown (’95) is eerily similar. Adding on to the “Show found the Things We Like LP first” argument, this invalid dispute eventually spawned some tension between Show & D.I.T.C. and K-Def & the Lords of the Underground camp. Remember that line “Fake Lords, they get strangled with mic cords // Taking beats from my LP for sure ain’t healthy” off Next Level? Guess who that was aimed at.
DOWNLOAD: Jack Bruce – Born To Be Blue
DOWNLOAD: Smif-N-Wessun – Bucktown (prod. Da Beatminerz)
DOWNLOAD: Nice & Smooth – Blunts (prod. Showbiz)
DOWNLOAD: LOTUG – Chief Rocka (prod. K-Def)
DOWNLOAD: Diamond D – Sally Got A One Track Mind
DOWNLOAD: Showbiz & A.G. – Hold Ya Head (prod. Showbiz)
DOWNLOAD: Cella Dwellas – Land of the Lost (prod. Lord Digga)
DOWNLOAD: Artifacts – Wrong Side of Da Tracks (prod. T-Ray)
DOWNLOAD: The Wiseguys – We Be the Crew…
DOWNLOAD: (2)Deep: Jack Bruce – Born To Be Blue.. Who’s Version Is Better? .zip
is it gonna be good saturday instead again?
KNOWxONE should post more stuff like this.
chief rocka>>>
I can’t believe there is a fucking Cream related post on 2Dopeboyz; that shit is (2)Dope. Huge props on fucking with Jack Bruce.
cream is epic
KNOWxONE honestly is the main reason I check this site..homey keeps it music!
very interesting…great post KNOWxONE you’re digging is greatly appreciated.
KNOWxONE is the real hip-hop head on this blog. thank you!
It’s a toss up between K-DEF and Evil D & Mr. Walt
KNOWxONE still putting up great posts. Keep it up!
prince paul had the best version with “beautiful night”
t-ray murked this. dude is a legend.
Who are these people!!!
wiseguys definatly flipped it the best!
watch out for my version im guna do tomoro!!! im guna flip it better than all of these :)
Mediafire please.
dopeeee i think we shud hav more polls on 2dope
Mediafire added
ARTIFACTS all the way>>>>>>>>>>>>
Smif-N-Wessun most def which came out in ’94 not ’95
@Moses Actually, it was released in stores early January of ’95.
@RedSkull I agree with you fam. They destroyed that shit with the Mad Lad break layered underneath. Get Out My Life, Woman.
artifacts ftw
i feel like there’s a difference between “who flipped it better” and “who made the dopest beat”. I didn’t study the songs as closely as i probably should’ve, so i chose Chief Rocka, just because I love that beat.
and yo, keep up the dope posts. 2dbz needs more stuff like this.
damn i remember chief rocka from nba street that game was 2 ill
My vote goes to Artifacts. Personal favorite of my, that album is.
The Smif-n-Wessun joint is a close second though…
KNOWxONE is the homie! I’m not old enough to know about the 90′s hip-hop culture that much but I feel like I get schooled on the old school shit every time i check his posts.
LEYGOO GOOD FRIDAY FINNA DROP IN A COUPLE MINUTE!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Kanye ft keri hilson,PushaT,Cyhi da prynce-Take one for the team.NO SWIZZY!
you guys aren’t biting unkut.com are you?
happy to have cyhi on another track, his tape is good
G.O.O.D. SATURDAE.
much better than last weeks good friday
^^^^^
yup.
yep just downloaded the good friday track…
how ironic the good friday track is called TAKE ONE FOR THE TEAM
“Ye never mind me, have fun…IF the cops ask thats my gun, thats my weed..imma take one for the team…”
hmmmm okay…is wat cons sayin comin tru?
the good friday track isnt all that at all…
again..i applaud KNOWxONE
aint even gonna comment on the flips of the original…never heard the original so soaking that in for now…(2)dope…and thank you.
GOOD friday was alright
like that flow on kanyes last verse
The new Kanye/G.O.O.D. Friday track has been posted. It’s called; “Take One For The Team” featuring Pusha T, CyHi The Prynce and Keri Hilson. I dig it!
all u faggots who came in here to comment on kanye west need to fall the fuck back and LEARN REAL HIP HOP
KNOWxONE is the man, u should be the honorary third dopeboy. great post.
When you make these posts for downloadable stuff (or @ the very least when you have these zip files), is it possible we can get some artwork for those of us who put this on our ipods?…i use the pics you use for the posts, but it looks bootleg-ish…& as always THANKS KNOWxONE for giving us the proper hip-hop education!
@ Grade A
no disrespect, but I would say most ppl visit this site for hip hop news, kanye’s good saturday song is a few hrs old. This song, although great, is 40 years old. so if we want to talk about kanye thats what the fuck is gonna happen.
the problem @shane is that anyone would wanna talk kanye instead of classic hip hop. and they have no relation btw
Kanye ft. Keri Hilson, Pusha T, CyHi the Prynce “Take One for the Team”
Kanye ft. Keri Hilson, Pusha T, CyHi the Prynce “Take One for the Team”
Kanye ft. Keri Hilson, Pusha T, CyHi the Prynce “Take One for the Team”
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NEW — Good friday track — xxl jus premiered it on there site
Damn, let them 2 dope boys get some sleep. You already got the track, so stop complaining, bitches.
KNOWXONE, you are the fuckin’ man!!!!!
why didn’t you guys post the ye track last night?
i guess everybodys gotta take a break once in a while.
lmao..they need to sleep! I know these dudes go to sleep at like 4am on friday-saturday mornings..wake up at 11..get some breakfast and start updating their shiiiet.
The Showbiz Remix of Sally Got A One Track Mind has the Jack Bruce sample, not the album version you posted
I gotta go with either Lords of the Underground OR Artifacts… Bucktown at a close third
@deacthesneak
i went with chief rocca ob…..wise guys was second.
I cant call it!
K-Def and LOTUG wit Chief Rocka…best flip
First of all one of the best posts in a while. Why?!
It’s actually about good old real hip hop. We should keep these younglins guessin’ let them hear, study and enjoy these gems.
And K-Def is an underrated beast!
2DopeBoyz should do something like this every friday or saturday, vote on who flips a sample the best, with background info. Good look KNOWxONE!
Moses is right, Bucktown came out in 94
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