Hi everyone, I’m Lucas from Makeitlikeapro.com and as part of the merger between these two sites we have decided to share many of the resources…including my Sample Of The Week!

So, here we go. This 1st weeks sample is from the one and only Rose Royce.

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Rose is what you could call the ‘Crown Jewel’ of sampled artists. Her samples have created great hip-hop songs such as: Camron’ – Oh Boy, Beastie Boys – Shake Your Rump, Dr. Dre – Big Ego’s and many more. Also, her track ‘Car Wash’ was sampled for the theme of the hit movie ‘Sharks Tale’ by Missy Elliot and Christina Aguilera. However, it could be seen as more of a remix than a sample. This is because the arrangement of the entire track is exactly the same as the original by Rose Royce. Yet, because there are new drums laced on top, it is claimed as a sample None-the-less, Rose is defiantly on every sampler’s shortlist of artists.

Now, the Rose Royce track we have is entitled ‘Would You Please Be Mine’ and is native to the ‘Golden Touch’ Album released in 1980. The Album was produced originally by Norman Whitfield. Who in his own right is arguably one of the greatest sound creators and innovators of 70`s Soul. With his stock of excellent session musicians such as Melvin Ragin, Aaron Smith and Earl van Dyke, he was competent of leaving his mark on any of his projects, whether it was with artist such as Undisputed Truth, The Temptations, David Ruffin or Rose Royce herself.

Norman was also an innovative producer within the industry. His “recycling technique” – recording hits like ‘Superstar’ or ‘Papa Was A Rollin` Stone’ again and again in new versions with different bands- revealed him as one of the first producers using the mix as an instrument of interpretation as we know it today. His way of arranging and producing was unique. His introduction of using beat boxing instead of drums not only on tracks like ‘1990’ or ‘Big John Is My Name’ is so far ahead, that you would have had to look on the record sleeves again to believe when they were even recorded! No doubt: “Produced by Norman Whitfield” – one of the best certificates of quality a record could get during his time.

Now today his productions are being sampled throughout the world of Hip-Hop to create newer, fresher pieces of music. So, with that in mind…here’s the sample for ya’ll to mess with!

   Sample Of The Week #1
   Rose Royce - Would You Please Be Mine

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