Buckshot LeFonque - ### Breakfast @ Denny's (Uptown Version)
Uploaded by BshotLeFonqueVEVO on Nov 24, 2009
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This post showcases seven of my favorite Jazz/Hip-Hop videos. Four of those videos were listed in the following jazz.com article http://www.jazz.com/dozens/the-dozens-hip-hop-meets-jazz. This post also provides some information from that article about the combination of Jazz/Hip-Hop from that online article.
I'd like to emphasize that this post focuses on the video even more than the music itself.
The content of this post is presented for historical, folkloric, entertainment, educational, and aesthetic purposes. The copyrights remain with their owners.
My thanks to the performers, musicians, and producers of these featured videos. Thanks also to the uploaders of these videos, and to Jared Pauley whose comments are quoted in this post.
INFORMATION ABOUT JAZZ/HIP-HOP
From http://www.jazz.com/dozens/the-dozens-hip-hop-meets-jazz "THE DOZENS: HIP-HOP MEETS JAZZ by Jared Pauley" [hereafter given as "jazz.com Hip Hop Meets Jazz"]:
For well over forty years, jazz music and hip-hop music have flirted with each other on numerous occasions. When jazz artists began to experiment with sounds beyond free jazz and the avant-garde, they unknowingly helped plant one of the important seeds for hip-hop music. Hip-hop artists returned the favor in the 1980s, sampling some of the most respected music in the jazz catalogue. In the 1990s, popular hip-hop acts took jazz samples to the top of the charts while others worked directly with respected jazz musicians. With the new millennium, this trend continued as jazz artists began incorporating elements of hip-hop into their music through the use of emcees and more importantly deejays.
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FEATURED VIDEOS
(The first four tunes - but not necessarily those featured videos - are listed in the "jazz.com Hip Hop Meets Jazz" post whose link is given above.)
Video #1: Buckshot LeFonque - ### Breakfast @ Denny's (Uptown Version)
This video is presented at the top of this page.
Music video by Buckshot LeFonque performing ### Breakfast @ Denny's (Uptown Version). (C) 1994 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT".
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From the "jazz.com Hip Hop Meets Jazz" article: "With the hip-hop jazz scene in full explosion, Branford Marsalis teams forces with Gangstarr's DJ Premier to create one of the quintessential recordings of the early 1990s"...
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Video #2: US3 - Cantaloop (Flip Fantasia)
Uploaded by emimusic on Mar 12, 2009
Music video by US3 Featuring Rahsaan And Gerard Presencer performing Cantaloop (Video) (Feat. Rahsaan And Gerard Presencer).
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From the "jazz.com Hip Hop Meets Jazz" article:
"Musicians:
Kobie Powell (vocals), Mel Simpson, Geoff Wilkinson (production)
Recorded: 1993
...The brain children behind this group, Simpson and Wilkinson, sampled Herbie Hancock's "Cantaloupe Island" and ended up with one of the biggest hits of the '90s. Along with Powell's raps, this song eventually went gold and ended up being one of the strongest selling Blue Note albums ever."
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Video #3: Gang Starr "Manifest"
Uploaded by BVMUndergroundHipHop on Dec 3, 2008
...Gang Starr was an influential East Coast hip hop group that consisted of Guru and DJ Premier. The group was known mainly for their unique style, which combines elements of New York swing jazz and hip hop.
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From the "jazz.com Hip Hop Meets Jazz" article:
Musicians:
Guru (vocals), DJ Premier (turntables, production)
Recorded: 1992
"...On this recording, MC Guru (aka Baldhead Slick) and DJ Premier flip Dizzy Gillespie's "A Night in Tunisia" into one of the most memorable songs to come out of New York in the early 1990s. This was one of the first uses of a bebop sample..."
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Video #4: ROCK IT by HERBIE HANCOCK 26th 1983 Grammy Award
Uploaded by chanpara on Aug 31, 2009
HERBIE HANCOCK AND ROCK IT BAND 's GREAT performance at 26th 1983 Grammy Awards.
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From the "jazz.com Hip Hop Meets Jazz" article:
"Musicians:
Herbie Hancock (keyboards, synthesizers), Grand Mixer DST (turntables), Bill Laswell (production), Michael Beinhorn (synth programming)
Recorded: 1983
...In 1983, with its skeleton-inspired video, "Rockit" took off from left field and ended up becoming one of the biggest songs of the 1980s. Featured beside Hancock's catchy synthesizer melody is the scratch work by Grand Mixer DST. This marked one of the first times a popular song had utilized DJ scratching, and the song still screams 1980s when you hear it today."
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Video #5: Gang Starr - Jazz Thing
Uploaded by BoomBap90s on Apr 13, 2008
Album "Mo' Better Blues Soundtrack" 1990
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I like this video mostly because of its vintage film clips but also because of the scenes from the Denzil Washington movie "Mo' Better Blues.
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Video #6: Guru Feat. Chaka Khan - Watch What You Say
Uploaded by BoomBap90s on Mar 24, 2008
Album "Jazzmatazz Vol. 2" 1995
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I showcased this video on my Jambalayah website of YouTube video gems. Click http://www.jambalayah.com/node/977 to find selected comments from this video's viewer comment thread.
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Video #7
BVMUndergroundHipHop | April 06, 2009
The Roots are a Grammy award-winning American hip hop band from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They are famed for beginning with a jazzy, eclectic approach to hip hop which still includes live instrumentals. Their debut album was released in 1993 and they have collaborated with a wide range of artists from different genres, including Roy Ayers and Cody Chesnutt. The Roots have generated a great deal of critical acclaim and influenced numerous rap and R&B acts. On March 2, 2009, The Roots began a tenure as the house band on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon."
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I showcased this video on my Jambalayah website of YouTube video gems. Click http://www.jambalayah.com/node/983 to find selected comments from this video's viewer comment thread.
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